It’s busy here on campus with Reunion & Homecoming in full swing. Here are a few old reunion photographs to mark the occasion. Enjoy!
Posts Tagged ‘RPI alumni’
vintage reunion photos
Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, tagged reunion, RPI alumni on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
campus buildings designed by alums
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged architecture, Lawlor, Palmer Ricketts, RPI alumni, RPI campus on May 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been immersed in the history of campus buildings lately and, being saturated with lots of interesting information, I feel compelled to share some with you! Here is something that I find quite striking: at least fifteen buildings on the RPI campus were designed by alumni or their firms. I wonder if any other university [...]
more new old stuff
Posted in RPI Trivia, Troy NY, tagged donations, Garnet Douglass Baltimore, musical instruments, RPI alumni on January 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
We recently received an item that is part of an interesting story with a connection to an important alum. The item is a zither — yes, a zither. It’s a complex musical instrument that was quite familiar a hundred years ago. This was the first time I had seen one outside of a museum. The [...]