1921-1930

1922
Total Giving $152
Class Participation 100%

Michael Steinberg *  30

1925
Total Giving $755
Class Participation 100%

Thomas Guida *  29
Walter Meiers *  24
Irving Troemel *  15

1927
Total Giving $1,227
Class Participation 100%

Jack Gould *  26

1928
Total Giving $21,721
Class Participation 100%

Alphonse Jacquet *  16
Peter Torraco *  30

1929
Total Giving $128
Class Participation 25%

Herbert Harris *  31

1930
Total Giving $327
Class Participation 29%

Sylvan Fich *  27
Robert Schalk *  28

  • 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.