McClure Scholarship collection, 1979-1997.

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McClure Scholarship collection, 1979-1997.

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The McClure Scholarship collection contains birthday cards sent to scholarship winners, baby t-shirts, clippings, and press releases. Also included are copies of thank you letters sent from the 12 scholarship winners that attended RIT to J. Warren and Lois McClure. Materials related to the McClure Scholarships. These scholarships were awarded to 150 students as part of Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT) 150th Anniversary Celebration in 1979. The collection includes press releases, clippings, birthday cards, and baby t-shirts.

0.75 linear feet (1 clamshell box)

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8161008

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Rochester Institute of Technology. 150th Anniversary Campaign Fund.

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McClure, J. Warren (James Warren), 1919-

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James Warren McClure, born in 1919, was a newspaper executive and publisher. In 1971 he sold the Burlington, VT Free Press and the Chambersburg, PA Public Opinion to Gannett Co., Inc., making him Gannett's largest individual stockholder, as well as their first vice president/marketing. McClure retired from Gannett in 1975 and created McClure Media Marketing Motivation Company, and later Ener/Gem Success Systems, Inc. McClure and his wife Lois began making substantial financial donations to major...

Rochester institute of technology

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It is unclear when the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) first admitted minority students. However, it appears as though the first African American students entered the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed RIT in 1944) during the early 1900s. For instance, in 1906 Fredericka Sprague, the granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, took classes at the Institute. There are several other instances of African American students attending the school during the early 20th century as well...