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Leonard Shaw Papers

Call Number

RG.008

Dates

1978-2003, inclusive
; 1978-1998, bulk

Creator

Extent

1 Linear Feet One box

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Abstract

Leonard Shaw served as Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 1982 – 1990, then as the Dean of the School of EE and CS until 1994. Throughout his time both teaching and in his leadership roles, Shaw was an active member of the faculty, helping to plan and execute joint programs with institutions abroad in Iran and Italy, as well as courses offered in the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey and on the Brooklyn campus.

Biographical / Historical

Professor Leonard Shaw joined the faculty at Polytechnic University in 1960, where he taught Electrical Engineering (EE) for 43 years. During that time, Shaw also served as the Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 1982- 1990, and then Dean of the School of EE and CS until 1994.

Arrangement

Series are arranged by subject. Items are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

The Leonard Shaw Papers includes departmental records, memorandum, and correspondence concerning the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department from 1973 through 1999.

This collection documents the merger with NYU in 1973 and some of the effects on the EE/CS Department and students, primarily in regards to confusion surrounding graduation requirements. This collection also contains records from the departmental decision to eventually phase-out the evening course offerings for the BS in EE program in 1989. Also included in the collection are records of the planning, implementation, and assessment of joint EE degree programs offered in cooperation with both Reiss-Romoli in Italy in the early 1990s and the School of Television and Cinema in Tehran, Iran in the late 1970s. Lastly, the collection contains records of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Traineeship from 1993 through 1999.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish materials must be obtained from:

Poly Archives & Special Collections Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology 5 MetroTech Center Brooklyn, NY 11201

Phone: (718) 260-3943 Fax: (718) 260-3756 E-mail: archives@library.poly.edu

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Leonard Shaw Papers; RG 008; box number; folder number or item identifier; Poly Archives at Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology, New York University.

Location of Materials

Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology 5 MetroTech Center Brooklyn, New York, 11201 (646) 997-3943 polyarchives@nyu.edu

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials found in collection; there is no documentation concerning the provenance of these materials.

Collection processed by

Sophia Dahab

About this Guide

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Revisions to this Guide

November 2021: Finding aid revised and edited by Zoe Blecher-Cohen, Mandy Abokhair, and Aileen Thong in 2021 to update the institutional change from NYU-Poly to NYU and for compliance with DACS Required Elements for Archival Description.

Repository

Poly Archives at the Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology, NYU Libraries

Container

box: 1 (Material Type: Text)
Poly Archives at Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology
Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology
5 MetroTech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11201