Title: College of Engineering History, 1868-1945

Series Number: 11/1/856

Acquired: 1/64

Volume: 0.4 cubic feet

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Organized when the University opened in 1868 and formed as a college in March, 1873, the College of Engineering operates an experiment station, twelve departments, and a graduate program.

The duties of the Dean of the College of Engineering have evolved from being chairman at faculty meetings to being chief administrator for and representative of the College within the University system.¹ In this capacity as chief administrator, the Dean has the power to create positions and offices under his direct control in order to meet his obligations to both faculty and students.²

The Measurement Program was created in 1948.³ It is a branch of the Engineering Experiment Station, which was founded in 1909 and placed under the control of the Dean of the College.⁴ It functions as a service group for the entire campus by calibrating and repairing optical and electrical laboratory equipment used for experimentation or instruction.⁵

Student Placement is an office providing information and assistance to graduating students seeking employment.⁶ This office developed as a result of the University's policy of leaving employment counseling to the deans of the colleges.⁷ Its budget and staff are incorporated into the general administrative allocations of the College.⁸

The Bioengineering office was created in 1973 when the Urbana-Champaign Senate approved a recommendation from the College of Engineering for the establishment of a bioengineering option. Because students in any of the engineering curricula are eligible to participate in this option, this office was placed under the control of the Dean of the College.⁹

1. Ira O. Baker and Everett King. A History of the College of Engineering of the University of Illinois, 1868-1945, p. 114-116.

2. Statutes, September 1, 1957, p. 10.

3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 44th Report, June 15, 1948, p. 1289.

4. Ira O. Baker and Everett King. A History of the College of Engineering of the University of Illinois, 1868-1945, p. 116.

5. Interview with the Acting Director, February, 1980.

6. Interview with the Assistant Dean, February, 1980.

7. Annual Register, 1943-1944, p. 109.

8. Board of Trustees Transactions, 41st Report, June 24, 1941, p. 317.

9. Board of Trustees Transactions, 57th Report, March 21, 1973, p. 234.

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Mimeographed "History of the College of Engineering of the University of Illinois, 1868-1945" written by Ira O. Baker and Everett E. King, emeritus professor of Civil Engineering, and covering the founding and organizing of the University; regent and presidents; educational policies and methods of instruction; evolution of engineering courses and curricula; finance; engineering buildings and physical plant; administration and deans of the College of Engineering; work, laboratories and faculty of the departments of mechanical engineering, civil engineering, architecture, mining and metallurgical engineering, physics, municipal and sanitary engineering, theoretical and applied mechanics, electrical engineering, railway engineering, chemical engineering, general engineering drawing, aeronautical engineering and ceramic engineering; University extension and the Engineering Experiment Station; graduate and summer schools; libraries; engineering training in World Wars I and II; engineering students and enrollments and engineering societies.

Prof. King (1877- ) completed Prof. Baker's (1853-1925) Semi-Centennial History (Record Series 11/0/5). The history is especially useful for data on departmental and divisional organization and faculty biographies.