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Worcester Polytechnic Institute was founded by self-made tinware manufacturer, John Boynton, and Ichabod Washburn, owner of the world's largest wire mill.Boynton envisioned science schooling that would elevate the social position of the mechanic and manufacturer, but not necessarily teach the skills needed to become either.
John Boynton (c. 1791–1868) was an American tinware entrepreneur, politician, and philanthropist who founded Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. John Boynton was born in about 1791 to Elizabeth and Jeremiah Boynton, farmers in Mason, New Hampshire. Boynton served in the New Hampshire militia in 1814.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Blacksburg, Virginia: 1872 Public 31,224 $0.818 Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Worcester, Massachusetts: 1865 Private not-for-profit 6,381 $0.436 Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity
Ichabod Washburn (1798–1868) was an American Congregational deacon and industrialist from Worcester County, Massachusetts. His financial endowments led to the naming of Washburn College, now Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas and the foundation of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The WPI Engineers football team has competed since 1887 and has the distinction of being Worcester's first college football team. The team has had three undefeated, untied seasons (1938, 1954 and 1983), two Freedom Football Conference (FFC) Championships (1992 and 1993), and one NEWMAC Championship (2019).
Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the United States, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI, informally: "Worcester PolyTech") was founded in 1865 as the Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science by John Boynton and Ichabod Washburn (and Stephen Salisbury II, Emory Washburn, George Frisbee Hoar, Phillip Moen, Seth Sweetser, David Whitcomb, and Charles O. Thompson).
The Stoddards and Wyman-Gordon had a long association with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Wyman-Gordon had been founded by two WPI graduates. The Stoddard Residence Center and the Stoddard Professorship in Management are named for Harry G. Stoddard. [5] The Stoddard Residence Center was built between April 1969 and September 1970.
Robert L. Norton is an American engineer, academic and author.He is the President of Norton Associates [1] and the Milton P. Higgins II Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Mechanical Engineering at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.