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A. George Schillinger Papers

Call Number

RG.048

Date

1946-2008, inclusive

Creator

Schillinger, A. George, 1930

Extent

20 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Biographical / Historical

Professor A. George Schillinger was born in Hungary in 1930. He began his career at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1957 where he was chairman of Polytechnic's division of management, creator and director of the Executive MS in the Management of Technology Program, and editor of the Journal of Technology in Society. Schillinger received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from City College of New York and his M.S. and Doctor of Engineering Science from Columbia University.

Arrangement

This collection is housed in seventeen boxes and arranged into six series:

Series I: Academia, 1946-2008 Series II: The American Society for Macro-Engineering, 1981-2005 Series III: Industrial Research Institute, 1978-1983 Series IV: Management of Technology, 1987-2007 Series V: Brooklyn Poly, 1949-2008 Series VI: Societies, Conferences, and Committees, 1968-2002

Original order was maintained whenever possible. However, there was some reorganization of materials for series placement.

Scope and Contents

The A. George Schillinger Papers contain documents from 1946 to 2008. These documents were assembled by Schillinger throughout his academic and professional careers at Brooklyn Poly (operating under the names of Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (1900-1973), Polytechnic Institute of New York (1973-1985), Polytechnic University (1985-2008), Polytechnic Institute of New York University) and Columbia University. Most documents are of significance to Polytechnic departments and programs, the American Society for Macro-Engineering, and Technology in Society. Documents include correspondence, curricula, information on committees, financials, and more. The collection is 20 linear feet, located on bay 29, shelves 2F-7F and 2E-4E.

Conditions Governing Use

Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Polytechnic University in all its forms are maintained by New York University. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from the Poly Archives. Please contact the Poly Archives, polyarchives@nyu.edu, 646-997-3530.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; A. George Schillinger Papers; RG 048; 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

The collection was donated to the Poly Archives by the Technology Management and Innovation Department of NYU Tandon in 2022.

Collection processed by

Aileen Thong and Megan Bardis

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-22 10:08:05 -0400.
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Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.

Repository

Poly Archives at the Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology, NYU Libraries
Poly Archives at Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology
Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology
5 MetroTech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11201