Edward B. Van Voorhees Visual Materials Collection, 1939-ca. 1957 (bulk 1939-1943).
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United States. Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
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Princeton University's Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program was started in 1946 amidst a wave of enthusiasm for the ROTC that followed World War II. It joined the Army ROTC unit on campus, which had operated since 1919, and was followed by the formation of an Air Force ROTC unit in 1951. By the 1950s however, faculty opposition to the degree-credit granting programs had risen high enough to merit their reformation, and special University-taught courses were added to the curricula....
Van Voorhees, Edward B. (Edward Burnette), 1920-1998.
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Edward Burnette Van Voorhees (04 July 1920-15 January 1998), of Nashville, Tennessee, entered Georgia Tech as a freshman in the fall of 1939. He graduated in 1943 with a degree in industrial management. Following graduation Van Voorhees, a member of Tech's Naval ROTC program, was commissioned a lieutenant in the US Navy and served for the duration of World War II. After the war, Van Voorhees was the general manager of United Service in Nashville. From the description of Edward B. Van...
Georgia Institute of Technology. Naval Reserve Officer's Training Corps
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In 1926, the Department of the Navy authorized the formation of Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) units at six universities around the country. Georgia Tech, along with Harvard, Yale, Northwestern University, University of California at Berkley, and the University of Washington, were selected to be the host institutions for the first NROTC units. Planning began in July 1926 and by autumn the Georgia Tech unit was underway with 59 students. Because Georgia Tech is not near a large body...
Georgia institute of technology
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The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or Tech, was founded on October 13, 1885 as the Georgia School of Technology. The creation of the educational institution was part of the plans of Georgia leadership to reconstruct and revitalize the state's economy following the Civil War. Eighty-four candidates took the first entrance examination on October 3, 1888 and the school formally opened on October 5, 1888. Over the next several decades the school evolved from tr...
