University of Pittsburgh Chancellor administrative files (Rufus Henry Fitzgerald), 1945-1955.

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University of Pittsburgh Chancellor administrative files (Rufus Henry Fitzgerald), 1945-1955.

This is a collection of the office files of University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Rufus H. Fitzgerald (1945-1955). In addition to the day to day files, there are those that document the construction of several of the University's significant buildings on campus as well as the development of the Medical Center. In addition to the University's records, there are also files that document Fitzgerald's involvement with the City of Pittsburgh, the State of Pennsylvania, and the University's role with the G.I. Bill and the influx of students that resulted.

34.3 linear ft. (61 boxes)

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University of Pittsburgh

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University of Pittsburgh. Chancellor

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Dr. David H. Kurtzman came to the University of Pittsburgh as its Vice Chancellor for Finance in July of 1965. He assumed his new duties at the height of a financial crisis at the University. Seven months later, the institution faced another crisis, the death of Acting Chancellor Stanton C. Crawford in 1966. Dr. Kurtzman was asked to serve as the Chancellor until the University named a permanent Chancellor. In his capacity as Acting Chancellor, Kurtzman guided the University through the transiti...

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...

Fitzgerald, Rufus Henry, 1890-1966.

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