Lois Graham was a professor of thermodynamics and cryogenics. She was the first woman to earn a mechanical engineering PhD in the United States.
1953 Society of Women Engineers board meeting; Lois Graham is standing, on the right
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), commonly referred to as Illinois Tech, is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to 1890, the present name was adopted upon the merger of the Armour Institute and Lewis Institute in 1940. The university has programs in architecture, business, communications, design, engineering, industrial technology, information technology, law, psychology, and science. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". The university's faculty and alumni include three Nobel Prize laureates, two Fulbright Scholarship recipients, and one recipient of the National Medal of Technology.
S. R. Crown Hall on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1956, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2001.
State Street Village IIT dormitories
Main Building of the Armour Institute of Technology
Several buildings on the Illinois Institute of Technology main campus, such as Machinery Hall pictured here, have been designated as Chicago Landmarks and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
