1911-1920

1913
Total Giving $630
Class Participation 100%

Benjamin Gross *  30

1915
Total Giving $630
Class Participation 100%

Jacob Reich *  27

1917
Total Giving $1,391
Class Participation 100%

Harold Fischer *  30
Frederick Krug *  30

1918
Total Giving $261
Class Participation 100%

George Muller *  26

1920
Total Giving $9
Class Participation 100%

George Locke *  30

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.