David Houston collection on Pittsburgh corporations, 1967-1972.
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University of Pittsburgh. United Faculty
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Throughout its history the University of Pittsburgh has received occasional support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In the early 1960s it suffered an unprecedented fiscal crisis and sought a solution that linked it to the Commonwealth. On August 23, 1966, House Bill No. 2 of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania was signed and the University officially became state-related. From the description of State-related status of the University of Pittsburgh files, 1936-1983. (Universit...
Houston, David B., 1930-2008.
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Born on December 21, 1930, David Houston was a Wharton School graduate before earning his doctorate in American Civilization at the University of Pennsylvania. The Marxist scholar became a professor in the economics department at the University of Pittsburgh in the 1960s. He was an activist that protested war and the university's investment practices. Houston was also a founding member of the Union of Radical Political Economists and was managing editor of its publication for ten years. Houston ...
