Edwin Sharp Burdell (February 2, 1898 – August 30, 1978) [1][2] was the director (1938-1951) and president (1951-1960) of the Cooper Union for 22 years [3] and the first dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences [4] at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[5] [6]

Burdell left Cooper Union in 1960 to take up an appointment as the first president of Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. He was subsequently resident consultant of the Cranbrook Institutes in the early 1960s, where his responsibility was to help coordinate the activities of the six Cranbrook Institutions.

References

  1. ^ Harvard Business School Bulletin (Volumes 55-56 ed.). 1979. p. xiv. Retrieved February 24, 2015. Edwin S. Burdell died on August 30, 1978
  2. ^ White, J.T. (1952). The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. p. 296. Retrieved February 24, 2015. Burdell, Edwin Sharp, educator, was born in Columbus Ohio, Feb. 2, 1898, son of William ... In 1938 he became director and in 1951, president of Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art,
  3. ^ "Technology for Turkey". Time. July 11, 1960. Archived from the original on November 14, 2006.
  4. ^ "MIT History: School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences". Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  5. ^ "Dean Burdell Resigns From Institute To Become Director Of Cooper Union" (PDF). The Tech. March 1, 1938.
  6. ^ "Turbulent Times". Time. October 2, 1939. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.

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Academic offices Preceded byGano Dunn President of Cooper Union 1951 —1960 Succeeded byRichard F. Humphreys


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