Professor Clark to discuss his new book on Stevens' history
Book talk and signing event set for Nov. 8 at Hoboken Barnes & Noble
A newly published book by a Stevens Institute of Technology history professor reveals the complete history of the 130-year-old, Hoboken-based university, the unique value of a Stevens education, and the foundations of the institute's new direction known as Technogenesis®. The new book, the first of its kind to detail Stevens' complete history, will be the topic of a special book event at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, at Barnes & Noble, 59 Washington St., in Hoboken.
Stevens Professor of History Geoffrey W. Clark, who wrote History of Stevens Institute of Technology: A Record of Broad-Based Curricula and Technogenesis, 1870-2000, will discuss highlights of the book, respond to questions, and sign copies during the Barnes & Noble event. The book will be on sale ($21.95) at the store during the Nov. 8 event, which is free and open to the public.
Clark completed History of Stevens Institute of Technology during the 1999-2000 academic year, and the institute published it this fall. The 400-page book features more than 80 photographs and drawings illustrating aspects of Stevens history and the people who shaped it. In addition, the history contains never-before-published material from the Stevens archives on Andrew Carnegie, who became a Stevens Trustee in the 1890s; alumnus Frederick W. Taylor, who went on to achieve world renown as the Father of Scientific Management; and the famous sculptor Alexander Calder, also a Stevens alumnus.
Beginning with the institute's early founders, the highly entrepreneurial Stevens family, the book tells the story of how Stevens Institute of Technology developed from an engineering college with a unique curriculum to a private university whose programs in engineering, management and the sciences form a revolutionary educational environment now known as Technogenesis.
A term recently trademarked by Stevens, Technogenesis is described as "the educational frontier wherein students, faculty and industry jointly nurture new technologies from concept to realization."
Clark says that in his scholarly approach to the book, he chose to show how Stevens created and retained a broad-based engineering curriculum.
"I believe that Stevens' broad-based engineering curriculum, along with the distinct advantages it brings to graduates as they pursue lifelong careers, has not been sufficiently appreciated by academics outside the institute and the public in general," says Clark.
"The curriculum at Stevens provides every graduate with an overview of all the major engineering specialties," he notes. "Such a broad-based engineering curriculum was often a struggle to maintain, as this history shows. But Stevens, through the wisdom of many outstanding leaders, alumni and trustees over the years, has persevered in keeping its unique educational environment."
Today, with Stevens' new emphasis on Technogenesis, the entrepreneurial legacy of the Stevens founding family remains alive and well in the 21st century.
Copies of the book are available on an ongoing basis, while supplies last, through the Stevens Campus Store, located on the first floor of the Wesley J. Howe Center on the Stevens campus (about one block east of Eighth Street and Castle Point Terrace in Hoboken). The campus store also offers the book for sale online at its web site at www.stevenscampusstore.com or by calling (201) 216-5101. Copies are $21.95 plus shipping and handling.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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