Maxwell Upson
Maxwell Mayhew Upson (1876 – 1969)[1] was an American educationalist, who was member of the Cornell University Board of Trustees for over 35 years.
Biography
Born in 1876, Upson graduated in 1899 from Cornell with a bachelor's degree in engineering. Upson was elected to the Sphinx Head Society as a senior. Upson's research contributed to the development of prestressed concrete.[2]
He was awarded the Edward Longstreth Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1940.[3]
At the bequest of his widow, Upson is the namesake of Upson Hall on the Cornell campus. The building originally cost $1,988,083 and was designed by the architects Perkins and Will of Chicago and was finished in 1958. The building houses the Departments of Computer Science and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.[4] A professorship named for him at Princeton Theological Seminary is currently held by Mark Lewis Taylor.
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