Andrew Carnegie’s profound belief in the transformative power of education leads him to initially promise a $1 million endowment to fund the Carnegie Technical Schools. (He continued to support the new institution substantially until his death.
May founds the Annual Fund and contributes to it every year until his death in 1998. CMU’s Order of the May, which honors the university’s consecutive annual donors, is named for him.
The school is founded thanks to a grant from physician and philanthropist W. L. Mellon. It later becomes the Tepper School of Business.
President Stever announces the formation of Carnegie Mellon University from the merger of Carnegie Institute of Technology and Mellon Institute.
The Richard King Mellon Foundation funds the launch of the School of Urban and Public Affairs (SUPA), now Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, to wrestle with the challenges of modern society.
This group of like-minded philanthropists wanted to show their commitment to the future of Carnegie Mellon University and inspire others to do the same. Membership is now earned with a minimum qualifying gift of $2,500 per year. This year, 1,500 generous supporters will give at this level.
Established with support from 11 companies, the Natioanal Science Foundation, and Carnegie Mellon, CISR has worked for 40 years with member organizations to develop long-term research projects, coordinate activity and share findings on topics such as new production processes like strip casting or sustainability...
Together with the University of Pittsburgh, CMU opens the Pittsburgh Super Computing Center — one of the original five National Science Foundation supercomputing centers — providing advanced scientific computing to cutting-edge research.
With a $55 million gift from David Tepper, the largest gift in CMU history at the time, the Graduate School of Industrial Administration (GSIA) becomes the Tepper School of Business.
Funded by the R.K. Mellon Foundation, the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition supports a coordinated cross-university research and educational program of international stature.