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:I think it was meant to be named after a famous Jewish person of science, as the institution is very research oriented and is part of a Jewish University. They asked Einstein, one of the worlds most famous people, for his permission to use his name for the school. ~~~~
:I think it was meant to be named after a famous Jewish person of science, as the institution is very research oriented and is part of a Jewish University. They asked Einstein, one of the worlds most famous people, for his permission to use his name for the school. ~~~~
::as i heard the story, this is correct, but it was told, in one of the AECOM internal magazines, roughly like: the founding dean goes to visit princeton to get AEs permission.
he says, no, I'm a physicist. the dean says, well we will call it the Pasteur school
AE, but he was french, and not jewish
founder, well, we will call it the schmorekin school
AE, looking puzzled, who is schmorekin ?
founder, you know dr einstein, with your name, we will never get asked that question....

==leftist and women==
AECOM gave jobs to many famous scientists who were kicked out in 50s red scares, notable Alex Novikoff
AECOM gave jobs to woman: eg, Ora Rosen graduated 1st in her class from columbia med school, and couldn't get ajob (vrey similr to sandra day o connor)


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Naming

Does anyone know why they called a medical faculty after a Physicist? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.18.17.45 (talk) 10:11, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]