University of Rochester History: Index E


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Easley, Edward H., ESM 1943: 39

East Asian Language and Area Center, 36

East Asian Studies Program, 36

Eastern Intercollegiate News Association, 24

Eastman, George: turns to Lattimore for chemical assistance, 9; early contact, via Interpres, with University, 10; first gift, a camera, to University, 11; relationship with Rush Rhees, 14; goes on yachting trip with Rush Rhees, 14; trustee Hubbell makes aware of University's needs, 15; contributes half a million to University, 1912, 15; gift of Eastman Building, 15; contributes $100,000 to Victory Endowment Campaign, 1919, 17; interest in music 18; offers to give U of R a music school, 18; gives Institute of Musical Art to University, 18; part in planning and construction of Eastman School of Music, 18; reluctantly allows School of Music and Theatre to be named after him, 18; interest in Eastman School of Music and Theatre, 18; views on proposed taxing of Theatre, 18; gift helps establish School of Medicine and Dentistry, 20; promises money for a new medical school, 20; at public unveiling of plans for School of Medicine and Dentistry, 20; praised by Flexner and Rockefeller for generosity for School of Medicine and Dentistry, 20; relationship with Whipple, 20; takes part in decisions regarding the building of Medical School, 21; wants plain architecture for Medical Center, 21; follows planning and construction of Medical Center, 21; is for "Greater University" expansion, 22; pledges $2,500,000 to "Greater University", 22; entertains 125 people on eve of "Greater University" drive, 22; enters into financial agreement with University, 22; described, 22; explains philanthropy, 22; for optical science program, 23; estate distribution, 26; books from business office given to library, 29; centennial of birth commemorated, 35; wrongly thought to have opposed chapel on River Campus, 38; Harold Gleason his private organist, 39

Eastman, Maria Kilbourn, 18

Eastman Building, 14; 15

Eastman Dental Center, history and purpose, 20; relationship with School of Medicine and Dentistry, 20; 21; left money in Eastman will, 26

Eastman Dental Dispensary, See Eastman Dental Center

Eastman House, given to U of R by Eastman, 26; home of President Valentine, 25; relinquished by University, 32; endowment goes to educational uses, 32; ceases to be home of President, 33; becomes a museum, 33

Eastman Kodak Company, 23; 35; 37

Eastman Philharmonic 39

Eastman Quadrangle, 22

Eastman Quartette, 39

Eastman School Chorus, 28

Eastman School of Music, Chapters on: 18: The Birth of a Music Center; 19: Voices of Music; 28: Music and Medicine in the 1930's; 31: Women, Music, Medicine in Wartime; 39: The Eastman School - The Post War Years; Reminiscences of early student, 18; opens for students, 18; land acquired for, 18; early plans for, 18; to be constructed, 18; construction, 18; named to honor George Eastman, 18; described, 18; and theatre, financial and legal set-up, 18; dedication, 18; annex completed, 1924, 18; second annex built, 1926, 18; faculty set-up, 18; summer school started, 1922, 18; opera courses, 19; ballet dancing, 19; student body, 1920's, 19; administration, 1930's, 28; Gilbert's assessment, ca. 1949, 34; history written, 1948, 39; physical plant repairs needed, 39; fortieth anniversary, 39; finances, 1950's to early 1960's, 39

Eastman School of the Dance and Dramatic Action, 19

Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, 28; 31

Eastman Symphonic Band, 28

Eastman Theatre, movies first shown, 18; described, 18; attempts to tax, 18; as a movie house, 19; part of ceiling collapses, 1954, 39; ceiling repaired, 39; purchases rest of land in block, 39 See also Eastman School of Music

Eastman Theatre Subscribers Association, 19

Eastman Wind Ensemble, 39

Easton, William G., 1921, 24

Eaton, Elon H., 1890, 12

Eaton, George W., teaches at Hamilton Institution, 2; leading opponent of removal, 2; attempts to raise funds to stop removal, 2; attempts to keep college at Hamilton, 2; quoted on removal controversy, 2

Eberlein, William F., 36

Echaniz, Jose, 31

Economics, separate department created, 15; separated from business administration, 36; Ph.D. offered in, 37

Education, degree in considered, 17; school of, considered, 22; degrees in, 23; department transferred from College of Arts and Science to University School, 36; master's offered in, 37; professional school set up, background and discussion, 37

Edward G. Miner Library, See Miner Library

Eggers and Higgins, 35

Ehre, Edward, 1932, 27

Ehrich, William E., 35

Eisenberg, Richard F., 1945, 30

Eisenhart, M. Herbert, becomes Chairman of Board of Trustees, 30; role as Chairman of Board of Trustees, 32; quoted on Board of Trustees, 32; quoted on philosophy of University, 1950, 33; quoted on selection of de Kiewiet, 34; part in de Kiewiet induction, 34; resigns as Chairman of Board of Trustees, 35

Eiserhardt, Ewald, 17

Electrical engineering, taught, 1945-1950, 32; taught again beginning 1956, 36; Ph.D. offered in, 37

Eliot, Charles W., 8

Elizabeth Hoyt Hall, See Hoyt Hall

Elkind, Charlotte (Woods), 1947, 33

Ellinwood, Leonard W., Ph.D. ESM 1936, 28

Ellison, N. B., 16

Ellwanger, Helen, 1904, See Hanford, Helen (Ellwanger), 1904

Ellwanger and Barry, 29; 37

Ely, William S., 1861, 7; 15

Emergency Training Course for Employment Managers, 17

Emerson, Edith E., 1925, 21

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 4

Employment, of students, 16

Engineering, division created, 30; professional college, 37

Engineers Club, 27; 30

English, goes to large lecture course, 36; Ph.D offered in, 37

English Department, holds annual conferences, 38

Enrollment, at opening, 4; 1850's, 6; declines during Civil War, 7; rises after Civil War, 8; in 1880's, 10; 1890's, 12; 1901-1912/13, 16; late 1910's, 17; 1920's, 24; 1930's, 27; River Campus during World War II, 29; civilian men during World War II, 30; optimum for River Campus, 33; 1945-1951, 33; projected ca. 1950, 34; projected, 1952, 35; projection for 1965, 38; College for Women, 1930's, 27; late 1930's and early 1940's, 31; during World War II, 31; 1945, 30; late 1940's, 33; Eastman School of Music, late 1920's, 19; 1930's, 28; during World War II, 31; post World War II, 39

School of Medicine and Dentistry, 1930's, 28; late 1930's and early 1940's, 31; School of Nursing, during World War II, 31

Entry requirements, 1890's, 12; early 1900's, 15

Eastman School of Music 1920's, 18; School of Medicine and Dentistry, 21

Equitable Fraternity, 6

Erdle, Charles E., 1933, 27

Erickson, Robert S., 1942, 29

Ernsberger, Millard C., 1888, 15

Esty, Alexander R., 6

Eta Beta Pi, 19

ETES, 17

Everett, Edward, 2

Examinations, early, 4; of 1870's, 8; of 1890's, 11

Expansion, plans for, 1940's, 30

Experimental psychology, 17

Extension Division, administered by Taylor, 23; begun, 23; suspended during World War I, 23; resumed, 1920, 23; during 1920's, 23; 1930's, 26; during World War II, 29 See also Division of University Extension, University School of Liberal and Applied Studies, University Extension

Extension study, 11

Extracurricular activities and organizations early, 4; 6; 1860's, 7; 1870's, 8; 1880's, 10; 1890's, 12; 1900's, 16; 1910's, 17; 1920's, 24; 1930's, 27; World War II, 29; 30; post World War II, 38; 1950's to early 1960's, 38; Eastman School of Music, 1920's, 19; 1930's, 28; World War II, 31; post World War II, 39; School of Medicine and Dentistry, early years, 21; World War II, 31; University School, post World War II, 32; Women, 1900's, 16; 1910's, 17; 1920's, 24; 1930's, 27; late 1930's and early 1940's, 31; World War II, 31; See also Athletics and individual sports by name; Fraternities, and Sororities, and individual ones by name; Literary societies; Student publications by name