max lowenthal. william f. peck, henry lomb CD co b T3 C D O in this century it was said that haft the rochester were connected with the insti- tute. whatever the number, the comment illus- trates how closely associated rrt has always been with its community. an example of this occurred in 1980 when the institute, being short of money, as usual, decided to hold a tag day. selling little red tags all across the city for whatever people would give, over a thousand young women spread through the city, under the watchful eye of male chaperones, and raised over S7QQQ in nickels, dimes, and quarters, several people gave dollar bills saying that they had been helped by the institute, or someone they knew had been helped, and they wanted to do something to show how they felt. in the first few years of this century almost all the home economics and mechanics arts teachers in the rochester public schools were graduates of the mechanics institute, some of the people associated with the institute were notable city leaders such as nathaniel rochester, after whom the city was named, the athenaeum's first presi- dent, henry lomb of bausch and lomb — he and his friend max lowenthal thought of the idea of a rochester mechanics institute — frank gannett of the gannett press, george eastman. who served as an institute trustee when kodak was a very young company. the institute has been fortunate in its own lead- ers, most notably dr, mark ellingson, president of the institute from 1936-1969, who guided the school from its position as a small local institution to the 1300 acre campus where it now is with an international reputation, from 1969-1979 dr. paul miller was president, he came just ahead of the anti-war disruptions and at the beginning of disen- chantment with higher education, by the end of his tenure the 'new' campus was just the campus with trees large enough to have been there forever, colonel nathoniel rochester captain henry fomb frank ritter
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