Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Textile Engineering

The School of Textile Engineering, which was originally housed in the A. French Textile Building (named in honor of its chief donor Aaron French), opened its doors for instruction in February 1899. The textile program enjoyed immediate success. By October 1899 more than 125 students had enrolled in the program. In 1949, the year of the School's fiftieth anniversary, it moved to the newly completed Harrison Hightower Textile Engineering Building. In the 1990s the School, which had become known as the School of Textile and Fiber Engineering, moved to the newly constructed Manufacturing Related Disciplines Complex on Ferst Drive. The School of Textile and Fiber Engineering changed its name to the School of Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering in 2002.