Carnegie Mellon University Presidents, Founders & Major Benefactors
by Sylviastel | created - 22 Feb 2015 | updated - 22 Feb 2015 | PublicArthur Hamerschlag; 1903-1922
Thomas Baker; 1922-1935
Robert Doherty; 1936-1950
John Warner; 1950-1965
Guyford Stever; 1965-1972
Richard Cyert; 1972-1990
Robert Mehrabian; 1990-1997
Jared Cohon; 1997-2013
Subra Suresh; 2013-present
David Tepper; Wall Street hedge fund manager who gift renamed the Graduate School of Industrial Administration to the Tepper School of Business.
William S. Dietrich II; steel industrialist whose gift renamed the College of Humanities and Social Sciences to the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Andrew W. Mellon; United States Secretary of Treasury 1921-1932; co-founded the Mellon Institute of Research in 1913.
Richard B. Mellon; President of Mellon Bank who co-founded the Mellon Institute of Research in 1913.
William Latimer Mellon Sr.; founder of the Gulf Oil and the Graduate School of Industrial Administration.
Richard King Mellon; President and Chairman of Mellon Bank known for his urban renewal program in Pittsburgh and founder of the School of Urban and Public Affairs.
Paul Mellon; philanthropist and horse breeder and facilitator of the merger between Carnegie Institute of Technology and the Mellon Institute to form Carnegie Mellon University.
1. Andrew Carnegie
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Andrew Carnegie is a Scottish-American industrialist, and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history. He became a leading philanthropist in the United States and in the British Empire. During ...
industrialist and philanthropist that founded and endowed the university as the Carnegie Technical Schools in 1900.
2. Teresa Heinz Kerry
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Teresa Heinz Kerry grew up in Mozambique's capital, Lourenço Marques (now called Maputo). Her father, José Simões-Ferreira, was an oncologist and tropical disease specialist, and "Teresinha" (her nickname in Portuguese) led a privileged existence. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Romance ...
and the Heinz family, heirs to the H.J. Heinz Company and political family renamed the School of Urban and Public Affairs to the Heinz College after United States Senator H. John Heinz III.
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