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Dais table, Dinner for Trustees and the Centennial Committee, October 9, 1956
No full textView of dais table and dinner guests at the Dinner for Trustees and the Centennial Committee, October 9, 1956 in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Former President Herbert Hoover is seated at the left of the podium, with Admiral Lewis Strauss next to him. The painting "Men of Progress" hangs in the background.image/tif; 100-229 panel and dinner Waldorf.tif; 29,780,130 bytesHP Scanjet 8300; 600ppi; 8-bit grayscaleMitsuko Brook
Alumnus John Charles Riedel receiving citation
No full textJohn Charles Riedel receiving Alumni Citation from Cooper Union Trustee Harrison Tweed, Alumni Banquet, Hotel Statler, October 6, 1956.image/tif; 100-52 J Riedel_Alumni Banquet Oct 6 1956 Hotel Statler.tif; 29,274,194 bytesHP Scanjet 8300; 600ppi; 8-bit grayscaleMitsuko Brook
Alumnus George Spatta receiving citation
No full textAlumnus George Spatta receiving Alumni Citation from Cooper Union Trustee Harrison Tweed, Alumni Banquet, Hotel Statler, October 6, 1956.image/tif; 100-78 Spatta_Alumni Banquet_Hotel Statler.tif; 30,558,690 bytesHP Scanjet 8300; 600ppi; 8-bit grayscaleMitsuko Brook
Convocation General Assembly Speakers
No full textA General Assembly was held during the three-day Convocation, on the topic "The Scientist, the Engineer, and the Transformations of Man." Seated on the Great Hall stage are (left to right): Mervin J. Kelly, President, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Harrison Tweed, Cooper Union Trustee, and Lewis Mumford, writer and philosopher, Monday, October 8, 1956. Behind the speakers is a rendering of Cooper Union's planned Engineering Building.image/tif; 100-95 speaker panel Great Hall stage.tif; 30,237,154 bytesHP Scanjet 8300; 600ppi; 8-bit grayscaleMitsuko Brook
Panel discussion "The Development of Creative Leaders"
No full textConvocation panel discussion on "The Development of Creative Leaders," Monday, October 8, 1956 in the Great Hall. Panel members included Mortimer J. Adler, author and Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research; panel moderator Courtney Brown, Vice President in charge of Business Affairs, Columbia University; Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., lecturer on design; Francis Keppel, Dean of the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University; Paul Rudolph, architect; and Jose Luis Sert, Dean of the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.image/tif; 100-42 Mortimer Adler looking left_speakers in Great Hall.tif; 14,643,074 bytesHP Scanjet 8300; 600ppi; 8-bit grayscaleMitsuko Brook
Alumnus John Cetrule receiving citation
No full textAlumnus John Cetrule, Mechanical Engineer, receiving Alumni Citation from Cooper Union President Edwin S. Burdell, Alumni Banquet, Hotel Statler, October 6, 1956.image/tif; 100-61 Burdell_Alumni Banquet Hotel Statler.tif; 29,851,970 bytesHP Scanjet 8300; 600ppi; 8-bit grayscaleMitsuko Brook
Convocation Mon. Oct. 8/56 Afternoon
No full textLewis Mumford (center) and Mervin J. Kelly (right), who gave addresses at a General Assembly in the Great Hall on October 8, 1956 as part of the 3-day Convocation beginning the celebration of Cooper Union's centennial. With them, at left, is Cooper Union Trustee Harrison Tweed.image/tif; 100-15 Lewis Mumford_Mervin Kelly_Tweed.tif; 13,310,162 bytesHP Scanjet 8300; 600ppi; 8-bit grayscaleMitsuko Brook
Alumni Campaign Dinner, View of Alumni Workers and Campaign Leaders
No full textAlmost 1,000 Cooper alumni were enlisted to work on the Alumni Campaign, which began in 1956 and lasted through the college's 100th year in 1959. This dinner was held for campaign volunteers on September 24, 1956, one month prior to the official kickoff of the campaign.image/tif; 100-136 Hotel Commodore.tif; 31,306,450 bytesHP Scanjet 8300; 600ppi; 8-bit grayscaleMitsuko Brook
Alumni Campaign Dinner, Unidentified Alumnus Speaking
No full textUnidentified alumnus addressing guests at the dinner for Alumni Campaign workers, September 24, 1956 at the Hotel Commodore. The Alumni Campaign formally began at the Alumni Gathering a month later, where plans were introduced to raise a million dollars from Cooper Union alumni.image/tif; 100-140 Hotel Commodore.tif; 31,480,530 bytesHP Scanjet 8300; 600ppi; 8-bit grayscaleMitsuko Brook
Dinner Guests, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
No full textGuests at the Dinner for Trustees and the Cooper Union Centennial Committee, October 9, 1956. The Convocation of 1956 marked the beginning of a series of events to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of The Cooper Union in 1959.image/tif; 100-164 People seated for dinner.tif; 30,558,690 bytesHP Scanjet 8300; 600ppi; 8-bit grayscaleMitsuko Brook