At Cooper Summer 2011

At Cooper Union | Digital Edition
Summer 2011

News
Message from President Campbell
Commencement 2011
New Trustees Strengthen the Board
Derek A. Wittner, Vice President for Development at Cooper Union
Leonard E. Trentin (AR'37) Bequest
A Message from Dr. Jamshed Bharucha

Features
New Frontiers in Private Industry: George Ketigian (BA Eng'07) at SpaceX
End of the Year Show 2011
Snarkitecture: The Collaborative Effect

Alumni News
President's Column: MaryAnn Nichols (A'68)
CUAA Ballot Results
Pioneer Profile: François de Menil (AR'87)
Fall events: Wreath Laying; Golden Legion, Class Reunions;
Founder's Day Dinner Dance; On the Rooftop; Phonathon;
Regional Events; Service to the School Awardees
Cooper Union Shop
Published Pioneers

Class Notes
Engagement and Marriages | Births
By Year | Obituaries | In Memoriam

Special Projects
Circumnavigating the Dead Sea: Salome Balderrama (AR'11) and Daphne Binder (AR'11)
Cooper Union Alumni Film Festival

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  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.