ITT International Fellowship Program

ITT International Fellowship Program

The ITT International Fellowship Program was a program of grants promoting international educational student exchanges, similar to the Fulbright Program, sponsored by the International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation. The program was administered by the Institute of International Education from 1973 until the mid 1980s.

History

Between 1973 and 1982, 498 students received ITT fellowships: 244 American students who went abroad for a year of study, and 254 non-US students who came to the the US, usually to pursue a master's degree.

Notable alumni

* Madeleine Mitchell, violinist
* [http://www.doctortango.net/medical_cv.php Jeannette M. Potts] , Dr Tango
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_adv_b/?search-alias=stripbooks&unfiltered=1&field-keywords=&field-author=ronald+m+james&field-title=&field-isbn=&field-publisher=&node=&url=&field-binding=&field-subject=&field-language=&field-dateop=&field-datemod=&field-dateyear=&sort=relevancerank&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=0&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=0 Ronald M. James] , (to Ireland, 1981) historian, author
* [http://www.haseltd.com Thomas C. Hase] , (to Germany, 1986) theatre lighting designer
* [http://philosophy.berkeley.edu/people/detail/2 Paolo Mancosu] (To Stanford, 1985), professor at the University of Berkeley
* [http://www.sju.edu/academics/cas/dean/pages/madges.html William Madges] Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Saint Joseph's University
* [http://scripts.mit.edu/~rlocke/ Richard Michael Locke] (to Italy, 1986) Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan School of Management
* [http://www.bates.edu/x111432.xml Barry Nemett] (to Spain) Chair of the Painting Department at Maryland Institute College of Art
* [http://www.eo.uni-jena.de/index.php?id=665&L=2 Christiane Schmullius] professor, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

References

[http://www.amazon.com/Itt-International-Fellowship-Program-Assessment/|The ITT International Fellowship Program: An Assessment After Ten Years, by Marianthi Zikopoulos, Inst of Intl Education, ISBN 0941144097 (0-941144-09-7)]


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