Allan Cullimore

American academic administrator

Allan Cullimore

3rd President of New Jersey Institute of Technology
In office
1920–1947
Preceded by| Daniel Hodgdon
Succeeded by| Robert W. Van Houten
Personal details
Born|

Allan R. Cullimore

Nationality| American
Alma mater| Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Allan R. Cullimore was an American academic administrator. He was the 3rd President of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) from 1920 until 1947.

Cullimore was a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Prior to this Cullimore had been a member of the faculty of the University of Toledo and then the first dean of the University of Delaware College of Engineering.[1]

Cullimore was known to have published a book on the use of the slide-rule in 1915.

A number of things at NJIT are named after Cullimore including Cullimore Hall which houses the College of Science and Liberal Arts, the Newark College of Engineering Cullimore Doctoral Fellowship, the Allan R. Cullimore Medal and the Cullimore Award.

## Awards

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* Benjamin Garner Lamme Award (1951) from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASME).[2]

## Sources

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1. ^ a history of the University of Delaware, about 80% of so through the file
2. ^ ASEE award winners list Archived 2007-12-12 at the Wayback Machine

Academic offices

Preceded by

Daniel Hodgdon

|  President of New Jersey Institute of Technology
1920-1947  | Succeeded by

Robert W. Van Houten

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