CMU is positioned like never before to meet the challenges of the 21st century. In the coming years, the university will see the largest expansion to the Pittsburgh campus since At the intersection of technology and humanity, CMU research, innovation and creativity will continue to guide our future as a world-class university. As outlined in the Strategic Plan , the university will focus on advancing the individual student experience, the broader Carnegie Mellon community experience, and the social impact of Carnegie Mellon throughout the world.
Andrew Carnegie A self-educated "working boy" who loved books, Andrew Carnegie emigrated from Scotland in and settled in Pittsburgh, Pa. Carnegie Technical Schools At one point the richest man in the world, Carnegie believed that "to die rich is to die disgraced. Some key developments were: It expanded from two buildings into an elegant 20th century campus designed in the beaux arts architectural style, housing a wealth of machine shops, studios and laboratories — the hands-on center of learning that persists today.
It pioneered conservatory degree programs in music and drama, in addition to visual art and design programs. The first U. It began offering graduate degrees. In , the first doctorate in civil engineering was awarded to Mao Yisheng, a student from China. It laid the groundwork for a research institution, recruiting leading scientists, offering sponsored fellowships with government and industry leaders and pioneering nontraditional interdisciplinary research, which brought together physicists, chemists and metallurgists, for example.
And so, in , these two legends' visions merged to become Carnegie Mellon University, forever impacting the world of higher education, research and discovery. Carnegie Mellon has long been a leader at the intersection of technology, arts and humanity; inspired by one to better the others; harnessing the power of our differences to make a profound impact on our society. Founders in history, Visionaries at heart. Industrial Titans, Revolutionary Philanthropists Because Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon shared their wealth, higher education would never be the same.
This was the end of Mellon's public career, but it was hardly the end of his life. Since the turn of the century, he had been collecting paintings—initially in the conventional manner of the Pittsburgh plutocracy, but on a larger and more discerning scale after his move to Washington.
Urged on by Henry Clay Frick, and aided by the dealers Duveen and Knoedlers, Mellon specialized in Old Masters and British portraits, and by the early s he had amassed the greatest collection of his generation. Much of it went to educational and charitable institutions in his native Pittsburgh, but his most famous gift was the money and the artwork to establish the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
Ironically, at the very time this benefaction was being negotiated with the Federal Government, Mellon was also being prosecuted for tax evasion. President Franklin D. Roosevelt hated Mellon, as the embodiment of everything that was bad about the s; Mellon vehemently denied the charges, and was eventually found not guilty of tax evasion.
But he did not live long enough to learn of this decision, and nor did he see the opening of the National Gallery of Art in By his express wish, the institution was not named for him. Like their father, both children were generous benefactors to many causes, and in June , these two organizations were merged to form the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation in his memory.
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