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Carnegie Mellon 1900-2000: A Centennial History
Book by Fenton, Edwin
Paperback
First published May 1, 2000
About the author
Edwin Fenton
29 booksEdwin (Ted) Fenton, professor emeritus of history, joined the Carnegie Institute of Technology (Carnegie Tech) faculty in 1954. He has served under five of Carnegie Mellon's eight presidents and has received the university's highest honor in teaching (the William H. and Francis S. Ryan Teaching Award) and education (the Robert Doherty Prize for Educational Leadership).
Author or editor of more than 200 publications, Fenton has also served as director or chair of the Carnegie Education Center, the University Teaching Center, the Center for University Outreach and the Educational Facilities Committee. He was a founding member of the Academy for Lifelong Learning and a lifetime member of the university's philanthropic association, the Andrew Carnegie Society.
Fenton spends his summers in Wellfleet on Cape Cod where he fishes, gardens, makes furniture, reads, writes and celebrates life with his wife, Barbara, and assorted offspring, friends and dogs.
Fenton’s published works include New History of the United States (1975); Immigrants and Unions: A Case Study: Italians and American Labor, 1870-1920 (1973); and Carnegie Mellon1900-2000, a Centennial History.
Author or editor of more than 200 publications, Fenton has also served as director or chair of the Carnegie Education Center, the University Teaching Center, the Center for University Outreach and the Educational Facilities Committee. He was a founding member of the Academy for Lifelong Learning and a lifetime member of the university's philanthropic association, the Andrew Carnegie Society.
Fenton spends his summers in Wellfleet on Cape Cod where he fishes, gardens, makes furniture, reads, writes and celebrates life with his wife, Barbara, and assorted offspring, friends and dogs.
Fenton’s published works include New History of the United States (1975); Immigrants and Unions: A Case Study: Italians and American Labor, 1870-1920 (1973); and Carnegie Mellon1900-2000, a Centennial History.
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March 5, 2013
I have been interested in and searching for a history of Carnegie Mellon for about a year now. I mentioned my interest in the history of the school and the effect that each presidential administration has had on it to my housefellow. She lent me this book at it was everything I was looking for. It was an interesting read especially with Dr. Cohon retiring it gave me some insight into how this school could be influenced by a new president. The answer: a lot.
Overall it was well-written and organized and full of quotes, pictures, diagrams, and statistics. It paints a vivid and very positive history of the school as told from the perspective of each of the eight presidents with intermittent "snapshots" of student life and culture on campus. I learned a ton about Hornbostel's original plan and about the improvements each president made to the campus. Recommended for anyone who is interested in the history of the school, not good for anyone else.
Overall it was well-written and organized and full of quotes, pictures, diagrams, and statistics. It paints a vivid and very positive history of the school as told from the perspective of each of the eight presidents with intermittent "snapshots" of student life and culture on campus. I learned a ton about Hornbostel's original plan and about the improvements each president made to the campus. Recommended for anyone who is interested in the history of the school, not good for anyone else.
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