Allan Cullimore Explained

Allan Cullimore
Office:3rd President of New Jersey Institute of Technology
Term Start:1920
Term End:1947
Predecessor:Daniel Hodgdon
Successor:Robert W. Van Houten
Birth Name:Allan R. Cullimore
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Allan R. Cullimore was an American academic administrator. He was the 3rd President of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) from 1920 until 1947.

Cullimore was a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Prior to this Cullimore had been a member of the faculty of the University of Toledo and then the first dean of the University of Delaware College of Engineering.[1]

Cullimore was known to have published a book on the use of the slide-rule in 1915.

A number of things at NJIT are named after Cullimore including Cullimore Hall which houses the College of Science and Liberal Arts, the Newark College of Engineering Cullimore Doctoral Fellowship, the Allan R. Cullimore Medal and the Cullimore Award.

Awards

Sources

  1. http://www.udel.edu/PR/munroe/chapter7.html a history of the University of Delaware, about 80% of so through the file
  2. http://www.asee.org/activities/awards/archive/national1.cfm?&printerFriendly= ASEE award winners list