Lifton, David (Mechanical Engineering '40), 1930s-1995
Scope and Contents note
This collection was assembled by the Archivist from CIT-related material donated by several Engineering alumni. The bulk of this collection consists of course material such as course notes, laboratory reports, and instruction papers, from the 1920s to the 1940s. The collection also contains some textbooks and photographs. Some of the course material is from the night classes offered by Carnegie Tech to engineers working full-time during the day.
Each series in this collection correspond to a donation by a different alumnus. The miscellaneous series contains named donations amounting to up to a couple of folders, or CIT-related student material for which the provenance is unknown.
Dates
- Creation: 1930s-1995
Biographical/Historical note
David Lifton, born Hymen David Lifshitz, grew up in Pittsburgh and graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1940 with a major in Mechanical Engineering. He went on to earn a Master's Degree from Caltech and a Ph.D. from Penn State University. He spent most of his career in aerospace, working on North American Aviation's original proposal for the Apollo program and remaining with the company after it merged with Rockwell. He died on January 8 2013.
This collection was donated by Sarah Lifton on February 26, 2013.
Extent
0.5 Linear feet
Language
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Carnegie Mellon University Archives Repository