Kate Gleason College of Engineering dedication key fob and card holder, 1999-2000.
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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...
Gleason, James E., 1868-1964.
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Rochester Institute of Technology. Kate Gleason College of Engineering.
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Rochester Institute of Technology. James E. Gleason Building.
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Gleason, Kate, 1865-1933
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Kate Gleason (b. November 25, 1865, Rochester, New York-d. January 9, 1933, Rochester, New York) was and engineer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. Her father was the owner of a machine tool company, Gleason Works, which later became one of the most important makers of gear-cutting machine tools in the world. She received her degree at the Rochester at the Mechanics Institute, later renamed Rochester Institute of Technology. Due to conflicts with her family she left Gleason Works in 1913 and j...