EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1865 as Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science, coeducational in 1968.

Location:
Worcester, MA

Founding Date:
1865

Motto:
Lehr und Kunst

Enrollment:
3800

Official Website:
http://www.wpi.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Allaire	Business	21-Jul-1938		Twice CEO of Xerox
George A. Cowan	Physicist	c. 1919		Founder, Santa Fe Institute
Robert Goddard	Scientist	5-Oct-1882	10-Aug-1945	Father of modern rocketry
Dean Kamen	Inventor	5-Apr-1951		Segway pedestrian vehicle
Windle B. Priem	Business	c. 1937		CEO of Korn/Ferry International, 1998-2001
Ronald L. Zarrella	Business	1949		CEO of Bausch & Lomb, 2001-08

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William F. Durand	Engineer	5-Mar-1859	9-Aug-1958	National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
John R. Freeman	Engineer	27-Jul-1855	6-Oct-1932	Charles River Dam
Albert Wallace Hull	Physicist	19-Apr-1880	22-Jan-1966	Inventor of the magnetron tube
Albert Kingsbury	Engineer	23-Dec-1863	28-Jul-1943	Kingsbury thrust bearing
Kenneth P. Ruscio	Educator	c. 1954		President, Washington and Lee University
James B. Sumner	Chemist	19-Nov-1887	12-Aug-1955	First to crystallize an enzyme

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Thomas A. Corcoran	Business	c. 1945		Senior Advisor, Carlyle Group
Richard H. Gallagher	Engineer	17-Nov-1927	30-Sep-1997	Finite element method
Claire L. Gaudiani	Educator	1944		President, Connecticut College, 1988-2001
Windle B. Priem	Business	c. 1937		CEO of Korn/Ferry International, 1998-2001

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