EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1874 by Chauncey Rose as Rose Polytechnic Institute, renamed in 1971 to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology after a donation of land by the Hulman family and a later donation of $11M by Tony and Mary Fendrich Hulman. Formerly a men's school, coeducational in 1991.

Location:
Terre Haute, IN

Founding Date:
1874

Motto:
Labor et scientia

Team:
Fightin' Engineers

Mascot:
Rosie the Elephant

Enrollment:
2000

Official Website:
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stephen D. Ban	Business	c. 1940		Argonne National Laboratory
Skeets Gallagher	Actor	28-Jul-1891	22-May-1955	Possessed
John Hostettler	Politician	19-Jul-1961		Congressman from Indiana, 1995-2007
Steven R. McCracken	Business	1953	7-Feb-2008	CEO of Owens-Illinois, 2004-06
Michael A. Mussallem	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Edwards Lifesciences
Greg C. Smith	Business	c. 1952		Vice Chairman of Ford, 2005-06

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