RIT Founders Awards
Scope and Contents
RIT Founders Awards contains certificates for three past honorees: Carl F. Lomb (1935), Mark Ellingson (1972), and Arthur L. Stern (1982). There is also coverage for other honorees in the form of press releases, programs, and clippings. These include: M. Herbert Eisenhart (1971), Ralph W. Tyler (1974), F. Ritter Shumway and Burton S. August (1990), James and Janis Gleason (1999), Albert J. and Carolie R. Simone (2002), and Alfred L. Davis (2006).
Dates
- Creation: 1935-2006
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers.
Biographical / Historical
The Executive Committee of the RIT Board of Trustees confers the Founders Award. This Institute award is to be extended to the persons who are living examples of the type of public and Institute spirit demonstrated by the founders of the Athenaeum and the Mechanics Institute. Nominations are submitted by Trustees, faculty, staff, and administrators to the President of RIT. The President can recommend candidates to the Executive Committee for final approval. Honorees are awarded a hand illuminated citation, hand-crafted silver piece, and are listed on a plaque in the lobby of the George Eastman building on campus.
Past honorees are:
Past Honorees
- June 11, 1935
- Carl F. Lomb
- George H. Clark
- May 17, 1952
- Frank E. Gannett
- May 26, 1956
- Aileen O. Webb
- September 22, 1971
- M. Herbert Eisenhart
- November 20, 1972
- Mark Ellingson
- October 4, 1974
- Ralph W. Tyler
- March 4, 1983
- Arthur L. Stern
- July 15, 1985
- Brackett H. Clark
- April 19, 1990
- Burton S. August
- November 15, 1990
- F. Ritter Shumway
- October 23, 1998
- Robert F. Panara
- April 16, 1999
- James and Janis Gleason
- November 14, 2002
- Albert J. and Carolie R. Simone
- March 23, 2006
- Alfred L. Davis
Extent
3 Folder(s) (1 Oversize framed piece, 1 Oversize folder, 1 Folder)
Language
English
Overview
Collection contains RIT Founders Awards certificates, press releases, and programs.
Arrangement
Collection consists of three items.
Physical Location
C.S. South, Shelves 1, 46
C.S. South, Shelf 783, Box 3
Processing Information
Finding aid created by Amy Vilz in August 2011.
Subject
- Ellingson, Mark (Person)
- Founders Award (Organization)
- Lomb, Carl F. (Ferdinand) (Person)
- Rochester Institute of Technology -- Awards (Organization)
- Stern, Arthur L. (Person)
- Title
- RIT Founders Awards
- Subtitle
- RIT Archives
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Amy Vilz
- Date
- 10 August 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the RIT Archives Repository
