Stanford University. School of Engineering. Dean's Office.
Stanford University, School of Engineering, Dean's Office records, 1915-1998 (inclusive), 1925-1955 (bulk).
General office files of the Dean's Office. The bulk of the papers cover the years 1925-1955. Included are subject files regarding school and departmental affairs as well as interests of the individual deans; files regarding teaching appointments of non-tenured assistants, lecturers, instructors, assistant professors and visiting faculty; annual budget files (1925-1960) and annual reports to the President (1945-64) regarding school and departmental activities, goals, faculty achievement and funding. Collection also includes some photographs and blueprints. Correspondents include: George Crothers, Herbert Hoover, Theodore Jesse Hoover, Willard Hotchkiss, William Kays, Charles Marx, Guido H. Marx, Samuel Brooks Morris, Joseph M. Pettit, Archie Rice, Hugh Mildreth Skilling, Frederick Emmons Terman, Donald B. Tresidder, David Lock Webster, Ray Lyman Wilbur, Bailey Willis, among others.
Civil and mechanical engineering courses were among the first taught at Stanford University, to be joined in 1893 by electrical and mining engineering. In 1925, the formerly independent engineering departments were organized into the School of Engineering with Theodore Jesse Hoover as Dean. Hoover was succeeded in 1936 by Samuel B. Morris, former director of the Pasadena municipal water system and a respected civil engineer. The School experienced its greatest development during the deanship of Frederick E. Terman, 1945-1960, formerly the executive head of the Electrical Engineering Department. Important connections were made between the School and local industry, and the School began to draw significant government contracts and grants to support graduate and faculty research. Although Terman was appointed University Provost in 1955, he remained Dean until Joseph M. Pettit, Professor of Electrical Engineering, succeeded him. Pettit resigned in 1971 to become president of Georgia Institute of Technology and was succeeded by William Kays, chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Department. The School now includes nine departments, numerous laboratories and research centers.
Crothers, George E.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Hoover, Theodore Jesse.
Hotchkiss, Willard.
Kays, William.
Marx, Charles.
Marx, Guido H., 1871-1949.
Morris, Samuel Brooks.
Pettit, Joseph M.
Rice, Archie.
Skilling, Hugh Hildreth, 1905-
Terman, Frederick Emmons, 1900-1982.
Tresidder, Donald B. (Donald Bertrand), 1894-1948.
Webster, David Locke, 1888-1976.
Wilbur, Ray Lyman, 1875-1949.
Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949.
Stanford University. Dept. of Civil Engineering.
Stanford University. Department of Electrical Engineering.
Stanford University. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
Stanford University. Dept. of Mining and metallurgy.
Stanford University. Reserve Officers Training Corps.
Stanford University. Ryan High Voltage Laboratory.
Stanford University. -- Buildings.
Engineering.
Klystrons.
World War, 1939-1945.
Students -- Political activity.
Photographic prints. ftamc
Blueprints. ftamc. aat
Annual reports. ftamc. aat
AIP-ICOS
Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Stanford, CA 94305, USA