Henry Townley Heald

Henry Townley Heald (1904–1975) was the president of Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).

Career

Heald was president of Armour Institute of Technology from 1938 to 1940, when it became Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He is credited with bringing architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to Chicago in 1938 to direct IIT's architecture program.^[1] He led a team that investigated the idea of a research institute on the west coast and made proposals that would result in the creation of SRI International.^[2]

He left IIT in 1952 to become president of New York University and later, the Ford Foundation. He appeared on the cover of Time in 1957 for his work at the Ford Foundation.

Legacy

A scholarship at IIT is named after him.^{[citation needed]} Awarded the Hoover Medal in 1959.

References

^ "Henry T. Heald". Illinois Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
^ Nielson, Donald (2006). A Heritage of Innovation: SRI's First Half Century. SRI International. pp. F1-4. ISBN 978-0-9745208-1-0.

External links

A film clip "Longines Chronoscope with Dr. Henry T. Heald (September 15, 1952)" is available for viewing at the Internet Archive

Academic offices
Preceded by Clarence L. Clarke	President of the Illinois Institute of Technology 1937–1952	Succeeded by John Rettaliata
Preceded by Harry Woodburn Chase	President of New York University 1952-1956	Succeeded by Carroll Vincent Newsom

[1] "Henry T. Heald". Illinois Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2011-12-28.

[nielson-2] Nielson, Donald (2006). A Heritage of Innovation: SRI's First Half Century. SRI International. pp. F1-4. ISBN 978-0-9745208-1-0.

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