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{{Short description|Technology university in Inglewood, California (1946–1991)}}
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{{Short description|Private technology university in Inglewood, California (1946-1991)}}
{{Infobox college
{{Infobox college
| name = Northrop University
| name = Northrop University
| former_name = Northrop Aeronautical Institute (1942 to March 1959)<br />Northrop Institute of Technology (March 1959 to 1974)
| former_name = Northrop Aeronautical Institute (1942 to March 1959)<br />Northrop Institute of Technology (March 1959 to 1974)
| image = File:The_crest_of_Northrop_University.png
| image_upright = 0.90
| type = Private
| type = Private
| established = 1942
| established = November 1945
| closed = 1993
| closed = 1991
| founder = [[Jack Northrop]]
| founder = [[Jack Northrop]]
| parent = [[Northrop Corporation]]
| parent = [[Northrop Corporation|Northrop Aircraft]]
| accreditation = [[Western Association of Schools and Colleges]]
| accreditation = [[Western Association of Schools and Colleges]]
| officer_in_charge = James L. McKinley, director (1946)
| officer_in_charge = James L. McKinley, director (1946)
| president = B.J. Shell (1972-1989)<br />John Beljan (1989-1991)
| president = B.J. Shell (1972-1989)<br />John Beljan (1989-1991)
| address =
| address = 1108 West Arbor Vitae Street
| city = [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]]
| city = [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]]
| state = [[California]]
| state = [[California]]
| postalcode = 90306
| country = United States
| country = United States
| campus_size = {{Convert|18|acre}}
}}
}}
'''Northrop University''', formerly '''Northrop Institute of Technology''' and '''Northrop Aeronautical Institute''', was a [[Private college|private]] technology college in [[Inglewood, California]], focused on aviation, engineering, science, mathematics, and computing. Forming in the 1940s, it is one of the earliest examples of a corporate university.<ref name=":11">{{Cite book |last=Allen |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xK2hxNDjmysC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA6&dq=%22Northrop+University%22+-wikipedia&hl=en |title=The Corporate University Handbook: Designing, Managing, and Growing a Successful Program |date=2002 |publisher=AMACOM |isbn=978-0-8144-0711-0 |page=6 |language=en |via=Google Books}}</ref> It operated from 1942 to 1993.<ref name=":8">Lurding, Carroll and Becque, Fran. (August 5, 2003) "[https://uofi.app.box.com/v/closed-institutions Closed Institutions]" ''[https://www.library.illinois.edu/slc/welcome/fraternity-sorority-almanac/ Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities].'' Urbana: University of Illinois. Accessed September 10, 2023.</ref>
'''Northrop University''', formerly '''Northrop Institute of Technology''' and '''Northrop Aeronautical Institute''', was a [[Private college|private]] for-profit college in [[Inglewood, California]], focused on aviation, engineering, science, mathematics, and computing. It was established in the 1940s as one of the earliest examples of a [[corporate university]].<ref name=":11">{{Cite book |last=Allen |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xK2hxNDjmysC&dq=%22Northrop+University%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA6 |title=The Corporate University Handbook: Designing, Managing, and Growing a Successful Program |date=2002 |publisher=AMACOM |isbn=978-0-8144-0711-0 |page=6 |language=en |via=Google Books}}</ref> It operated from 1946 to 1991.<ref name=":8">Lurding, Carroll and Becque, Fran. (August 5, 2003) "[https://uofi.app.box.com/v/closed-institutions Closed Institutions]" ''[https://www.library.illinois.edu/slc/welcome/fraternity-sorority-almanac/ Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities].'' Urbana: University of Illinois. Accessed September 10, 2023.</ref><ref name=":18">{{Cite web |title=Northrop Rice Aviation Institute of Technology – online learning for aviation maintenance |url=https://nrait.edu/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |language=en-US}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
[[Jack Northrop]], airline manufacturer and founder of [[Northrop Corporation]], started Northrop Aeronautical Institute in Inglewood, California in 1942.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1959-03-24 |title=Northrop Offering Degrees in Science |pages=16 |work=Los Angeles Mirror |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-mirror-northrop-offering-deg/131540057/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://northropstudentrecords.org/history/ |access-date=September 10, 2023 |website=Northrup University Student Records}}</ref> He launched the Northrop Aeronautical Institute because he recognized the shortage of master mechanics, airline maintenance specialists, and aeronautical engineers for civilian aviation.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=1946-01-02 |title=Northrop Aircraft Inc. Announces the Establishment of the Northrop Aeronautical Institute |pages=100 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-northrop-aircraft/131540562/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Classes started through home study in January 1946 and expanded to offered on-site in June 1946.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":1" />{{Efn|Several sources, including one from the university, state that it was established in 1942. However, it did not open to the public until 1946. In the gap, Northrop presumably used the school to train his employees at Northrop Corporation. It may have also served as a training facility for the military during World War II, although this theory is not supported by marketing literature.}}


Toward the end of 1940, [[Northrop Corporation|Northrop Aircraft Corporation]] started a training program for airplane mechanics who would, then, work in its manufacturing facility in [[Hawthorne, California]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=Fred |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-YEEDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Northrop+University%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA288 |title=Northrop: An Aeronautical History |date=2016-06-29 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-5326-0356-3 |page=16 |language=en |via=Google Books}}</ref> In 1942, Northrop Aircraft started a program called Department 95 that provided technical training exclusively for military personnel during [[World War II]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |last=Lord |first=Paul A. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-YJZ3jMMk1MC&dq=%22Northrop+University%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA899 |title=Aerospace Engineering Education During the First Century of Flight |date=2004 |publisher=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |isbn=978-1-56347-710-2 |editor-last=McCormick |editor-first=Barnes Warnock |page=899 |language=en |chapter=Aerospace Engineering at Northrop University |editor-last2=Newberry |editor-first2=Conrad F. |editor-last3=Jumper |editor-first3=Eric |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=Fred |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-YEEDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Northrop+University%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA288 |title=Northrop: An Aeronautical History |date=2016-06-29 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-5326-0356-3 |page=82 |language=en |via=Google Books}}</ref> It was overseen by [[Jack Northrop]] and James L. McKenley.<ref name=":12" />
The school targeted male students, mostly veterans of the war, as well as employees of Northrop Corporation.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=1946-01-14 |title=Public Housing Agency Named at Hawthorne |pages=14 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-public-housing-age/131540972/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> The first class consisted of 412 students.<ref name=":1" /> Its first director was James L. McKinley.<ref name=":4" /> [[Charles Edward Chapel]] became its reseach and development director in 1946.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=1946-03-10 |title=Iowan an Expert in Many Fields |pages=29 |work=The Gazette |location=Cedar Rapids, Iowa |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-iowan-an-expert-in-many-fiel/131541471/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Additional faculty included employees of Nortrup Corporation and alumni of the school.<ref name=":1" />


In 1953, the school became independent of Northrop Corporation, becoming a for-profit college.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=1991-05-10 |title=Northrop University to Drop Degree Programs, Cut Faculty |pages=548 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-northrop-universit/131562645/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> In March 1959, the school announced its new name, Northrup Institute of Technology, reflecting the start of its Bachelor of Science curriculum.<ref name=":0" />{{Efn|The Northrup University Student Records website says this change happened in 1953 but this does not match newspaper reports.}} It became Northrup University at Inglewood in 1974 and offered master's degrees.<ref name=":1" /> The university's mission statement was "to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education. We investigate the most challenging, fundamental problems in science and technology in a singularly collegial, interdisciplinary atmosphere while educating outstanding students to become creative members of society."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mission Statement |url=https://northropstudentrecords.org/missionstatement/ |access-date=September 10, 2023 |website=Northrup University Student Records}}</ref>
After the war, John Northrop formed the Northrop Aeronautical Institute because he recognized the shortage of master mechanics, airline maintenance specialists, and aeronautical engineers for civilian aviation.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=1946-01-02 |title=Northrop Aircraft Inc. Announces the Establishment of the Northrop Aeronautical Institute |pages=100 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-northrop-aircraft/131540562/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Classes started through home study in January 1946 and expanded to on-site in June 1946.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://northropstudentrecords.org/history/ |access-date=September 10, 2023 |website=Northrop University Student Records}}</ref> The school targeted male students, mostly veterans of the war, as well as employees of Northrop Aircraft.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=1946-01-14 |title=Public Housing Agency Named at Hawthorne |pages=14 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-public-housing-age/131540972/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> The first semester has 412 students, with 750 students by the end of the academic year.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":13" /> The school admitted 1,000 students in its second year.<ref name=":13" />
[[File:August_1975_Convocation_Northrop_University,_California,_USA.jpg|thumb|August 1975 Convocation Northrop University]]
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Jack Northrop made a significant donation in 1975 to create the American Hall of Aviation at the school.<ref name=":1" /> The museum included the David D. Hatfield Collection of Aviation History which was the largest collection of aviation history ever to be displayed at a single location.<ref name=":1" />


Its first director was James L. McKinley.<ref name=":4" /> [[Charles Edward Chapel]] became its research and development director in 1946.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=1946-03-10 |title=Iowan an Expert in Many Fields |pages=29 |work=The Gazette |location=Cedar Rapids, Iowa |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-iowan-an-expert-in-many-fiel/131541471/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Its 80 faculty included employees of Nortrup Corporation and, eventually, alumni of the school.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":13" />[[File:August_1975_Convocation_Northrop_University,_California,_USA.jpg|thumb|August 1975 Convocation Northrop University]]In May 1953, Northrop Aircraft decided to sell the school so it could focus on producing airplanes.<ref name=":13" /> The Northrop Aeronautical Institute merged with California Flyers, a school in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], and became an independent, for-profit college.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=1991-05-10 |title=Northrop University to Drop Degree Programs, Cut Faculty |pages=548 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-northrop-universit/131562645/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=":11" /><ref name=":13" /> In March 1959, the school announced its new name, Northrop Institute of Technology, and the start of its bachelor of science curriculum.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1959-03-24 |title=Northrop Offering Degrees in Science |pages=16 |work=Los Angeles Mirror |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-mirror-northrop-offering-deg/131540057/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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In 1989, the [[Western Association of Schools and Colleges]] accused the university of improprieties in bookkeeping, credits, and the recruitment of foreign students.<ref name=":7" /> This threatened the school's accreditation with that agency.<ref name=":7" /> B.J. Shell who had been the university's president for seventeen years, stepped down.<ref name=":7" /> John Beljan, previously the provost of [[California State University, Long Beach|California State University,]] became interim president.<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Larry Gordon |date=1989-09-23 |title=Northrop U. Hires Provost From Cal State Long Beach |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-23-mn-653-story.html |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Despite Beljan save of the school's accreditation, student enrollment from dropped from 1,800 to 1,200 by 1991.<ref name=":7" />


It became Northrop University in 1974 and offered master's degrees.<ref name=":1" /> The university's mission statement was "to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education. We investigate the most challenging, fundamental problems in science and technology in a singularly collegial, interdisciplinary atmosphere while educating outstanding students to become creative members of society."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mission Statement |url=https://northropstudentrecords.org/missionstatement/ |access-date=September 10, 2023 |website=Northrop University Student Records}}</ref> By 1977, the university had nearly 14,000 graduates in its aviation program.<ref name=":14">{{Cite journal |date=September 1977 |title=Times Have Changed... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SOUUuRXEFmoC&dq=%22Northrop+University%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA133 |journal=Flying Magazine |volume=101 |issue=3 |page=133 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
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In May 1991, the university announced that it was reducing its degree programs and related staff due to low enrollment and related financial problems.<ref name=":7" /> Students in its degree-based programs were assisted in transferring to other institutions after the June 1991 semester.<ref name=":7" /> After declaring bankruptcy, Northrop University closed in August 1993.<ref name=":8" />

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In 1989, the [[Western Association of Schools and Colleges]] accused the university of improprieties in bookkeeping, credits, and the recruitment of foreign students.<ref name=":7" /> This threatened the school's accreditation with that agency.<ref name=":7" /> B.J. Shell who had been the university's president for seventeen years, stepped down.<ref name=":7" /> John Beljan, previously the provost of [[California State University, Long Beach|California State University]], became interim president.<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Larry Gordon |date=1989-09-23 |title=Northrop U. Hires Provost From Cal State Long Beach |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-23-mn-653-story.html |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Despite Beljan's successful rescue of the school's accreditation, student enrollment from dropped from 1,800 to 928 in 1991.<ref name=":15">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lw12DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Northrop+University%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA235 |title=American Universities and Colleges |date=2014-10-08 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-11-085048-2 |page=California 235 |language=en |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name=":7" />

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In 1990, James and Alice Rice purchased Northrop University and merged it with Rice Aviation, establishing Northrop Rice USA.<ref name=":18" /> In May 1991, Northrop University announced that it was ending its degree programs and cutting the related staff due to low enrollment and financial problems.<ref name=":7" /> Students in its degree-based programs were assisted in transferring to other institutions after the June 1991 semester.<ref name=":7" /> At this time, the Inglewood campus was closed.<ref name=":18" />

Northrop Rice USA established the Northrop Rice Aviation Institute of Technology which offered training in avionics, helicopter maintenance, and technical training.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":12" /><ref name=":18" /> Starting in 1998, Northrop Rice Aviation Institute was sold several times, passing from [[Redstone College]] to Crimson College and to [[Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology]]. As of 2023, the latter operates the Northrop Rice Aviation Institute of Technology as an online aviation maintenance training program.<ref name=":18" /> On September 12, 2022, it started offering advanced training in person at [[Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base|Ellington Field]] in [[Houston|Houston, Texas]]'''.'''<ref name=":18" />


==Campus==
==Campus==
The school was originally located in the [[Northrop Corporation]] plant at 1637 East Broadway at Northrup Field.in Hawthorne, Los Angeles County, California.<ref name=":2" /> It consisted of three purpose-built structures: a main building that included administration, classrooms, and engineering drafting rooms; a building for laboratories; and a building with modern shops/<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=1946-02-20 |title=New Aviation School |pages=18 |work=The Pomona Progress Bulletin |location=Pomona, California |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pomona-progress-bulletin-new-aviatio/131541322/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In January 1946, Northrup purchased a former Army barracks installed on property owned by the City of Los Angeles and relocated it to property adjacent to Northrop Corporation to use as dormitories for 150 to 170 students.<ref name=":3" />
Northrop Aeronautical Institute was originally located in the [[Northrop Corporation|Northrop Aircraft]] plant at 1637 East Broadway at Northrop Field.in Hawthorne, Los Angeles County, California.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":16">Lord, Paul A. (2004). "[https://books.google.com/books?id=-YJZ3jMMk1MC&q=northrop Aerospace Engineering at Northrop University]". In McCormick, Barnes Warnock; Newberry, Conrad F.; Jumper, Eric (eds.). ''Aerospace Engineering Education During the First Century of Flight''. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. p.&nbsp;900. {{ISBN|978-1-56347-710-2}}.</ref> It consisted of three purpose-built structures: a main building that included administration, classrooms, and engineering drafting rooms; a building for laboratories; and a building with modern shops/<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=1946-02-20 |title=New Aviation School |pages=18 |work=The Pomona Progress Bulletin |location=Pomona, California |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pomona-progress-bulletin-new-aviatio/131541322/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In January 1946, Northrop purchased a former Army barracks that had been temporarily installed on property owned by the City of Los Angeles and relocated it to property adjacent to Northrop Aircraft to use as dormitories for 150 to 170 students.<ref name=":3" />

After it was sold and merged, the school moved to 5800 West Arbor Vitae Street in Inglewood, California near the Los Angeles airport in 1953.<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite journal |date=June 1979 |title=On the Job with... Tony Owen '66 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sAqTx6B4BfMC&dq=%22Northrop+University%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA28 |journal=Flying Magazine |volume=6 |issue=104 |page=28 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name=":14" /> Its School of Law was located at 1108 West Arbor Vitae Street in Los Angeles, California.<ref name=":17">{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JEWwAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Northrop+University%22+-wikipedia |title=Northrop University Law Journal of Aerospace, Energy and the Environment |date=1985 |publisher=School of Law, Northrop University |volume=5 |language=en |via=Google Books}}</ref> By 1977, the campus consisted of eighteen acres.<ref name=":14" />


The school expanded to an additional site in Inglewood, California near the Los Angeles airport, around 1953.<ref name=":7" /> The Central Coast Institute of Technology was founded in Sanda Barbara in 1978 and was accredited as a satellite campus of Northrop University in 1979/
The [[Central Coast Institute of Technology]] was founded in [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]] in 1978 and was accredited as a satellite campus of Northrop University in 1979.


==Academics==
==Academics==
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When it opened, Northrop Aeronautical Institute specialized in aeronautical engineering and training for airline maintenance mechanics.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=1945-12-20 |title=New Air School |pages=6 |work=The Bull Horn |location=Norman, Oklahoma |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bull-horn-new-air-school/131540472/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> It offered training in aeronautical engineering, master airplane and engineer mechanic (A&E), engine mechanic, airline maintenance specialist, and airplane and engine maintenance.<ref name=":2" /> A 1946 ad, claimed, "The Northrop Aeronautical Institute brings to aviation training completely new standards."<ref name=":2" />


=== Curriculum ===
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In March 1959, the school expanded beyond its certificate and two-year associate's degree program to include a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering, reflecting the industry's need for space engineers.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7" /> In 1974, it offered Bachelor's and Masters degrees in accounting, aeronautical sciences, business administration and management, computer science, electrical engineering, design engineering project management, and mechanical engineering.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":11" /> It also added a law to its academic offerings in 2001.<ref name=":7" /><ref>"[https://admissions.calbar.ca.gov/s/login/?startURL=%2FLinkClick.aspx%3Ffileticket%3D6RVkwHtxTM0%253D%26tabid%3D2269 California State Bar, General Statistics Report, July 2001 California Bar Examination]". Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2012-06-19.</ref><ref name=":11" /> The Law School published the North
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When it opened, Northrop Aeronautical Institute specialized in aeronautical engineering and training for airline maintenance mechanics.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=1945-12-20 |title=New Air School |pages=6 |work=The Bull Horn |location=Norman, Oklahoma |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bull-horn-new-air-school/131540472/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> It offered a two-year aeronautical engineering technician associate's degree, an A & E master airplane and engineer mechanic program, and fifty-week certificate programs for engine mechanics, airline maintenance specialists, and airplane and engine maintenance workers.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":16" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":14" /> A 1946 ad, claimed, "The Northrop Aeronautical Institute brings to aviation training completely new standards."<ref name=":2" />


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In March 1959, the school's program expanded to include a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering, reflecting the industry's need for space engineers.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7" /> In 1975, it offered bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting, aeronautical sciences, business administration and management, computer science, electrical engineering, design engineering project management, and mechanical engineering.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":11" /> It also added business and law schools.<ref name=":7" /><ref>"[https://admissions.calbar.ca.gov/s/login/?startURL=%2FLinkClick.aspx%3Ffileticket%3D6RVkwHtxTM0%253D%26tabid%3D2269 California State Bar, General Statistics Report, July 2001 California Bar Examination]". Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2012-06-19.</ref><ref name=":11" /><ref>Lord, Paul A. (2004). "[https://books.google.com/books?id=-YJZ3jMMk1MC&q=northrop Aerospace Engineering at Northrop University]". In McCormick, Barnes Warnock; Newberry, Conrad F.; Jumper, Eric (eds.). ''Aerospace Engineering Education During the First Century of Flight''. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. p.&nbsp;903. {{ISBN|978-1-56347-710-2}}</ref> The Law School published the ''Northrop University Law Journal of Aerospace, Energy and the Environment'' and the ''Northrop University Law Journal of Aerospace, Business, and Taxation.''<ref name=":17" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EkawAAAAIAAJ |title=Northrop University Law Journal of Aerospace, Business, and Taxation |date=1988 |publisher=School of Law, Northrop University |volume=8 |language=en |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name=":15" /> The latter started in 1979 and was published annually.<ref name=":15" />
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Starting in 1978, it offered bachelor's and master's degrees in [[Aeronautics|aeronautical sciences]], [[computer science]], [[Electrical engineering|electrical]], [[Mechanical engineering|mechanical]], and [[systems engineering]] programs at its satellite campus at Central Coach Tech.


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Starting in 1978, it offered bachelor's and master's degrees in [[Aeronautics|aeronautical sciences]], [[computer science]], [[Electrical engineering|electrical]], [[Mechanical engineering|mechanical]], and [[systems engineering]] programs at its satellite campus at [[Central Coast Institute of Technology]]. In 1991, the university issued 309 master's degrees and 189 baccalaureate degrees.<ref name=":15" />
In 1991, the university significantly cut its academic program and focused on avionics, helicopter maintenance, and technical training.<ref name=":7" />


=== Admissions ===
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The school was accredited by the [[American Engineers' Council for Professional Development]]. It was accredited by the [[Western Association of Schools and Colleges]] in 1960.<ref name=":1" />
In the fall of 1991, the freshman class included students from 29 states and 53 countries; 25 percent were from California.<ref name=":15" /> The freshmen had a mean SAT score of 500 verbal and 500 math.<ref name=":15" /> Sixty percent of applicants were accepted.<ref name=":15" /> Total students that year included 755 full-time and 173 part-time.<ref name=":15" />

=== Accreditation and honors ===
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The university was accredited by the [[Western Association of Schools and Colleges]] in 1960.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":15" />

=== Library and museum ===
In 1991, the university's library consisted of 66,135 books, 75,871 government documents, 100,000 microforms, and 980 audiovisual materials.<ref name=":15" /> The library subscribed to 400 periodicals.<ref name=":15" /> The campus also included a Law Library.<ref name=":15" />

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In 1975, Jack Northrop made a significant donation to create the American Hall of Aviation, a museum that became part of the library's collection.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":15" /> The museum included the David D. Hatfield Collection of Aviation History which was the largest collection of aviation history ever to be displayed at a single location, including more than 500,000 objects.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":14" />


== Student life ==
== Student life ==


=== Student organizations ===
=== Housing ===
In 1991, fifteen percent of students lived on campus in dormitories.<ref name=":15" />
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Northrop University was home to three social fraternities.<ref name=":8" /> Alpha Epsilon Rho was a local fraternity established in 1963.<ref name=":8" /> In 1968, it became a chapter of the national fraternity [[Tau Kappa Epsilon]] that was active at the university through 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a Chapter {{!}} Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity |url=https://www.tke.org/find-a-chapter |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=www.tke.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":8" /> in addition, the national fraternity [[Sigma Phi Epsilon]] was active from 1972 to 1976.<ref name=":8" />

=== Organizations and activities ===
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Northrop University was home to three social fraternities.<ref name=":8" /> Alpha Epsilon Rho was a local fraternity established in 1963.<ref name=":8" /> In 1968, Alpha Epsilon Rho became a chapter of the national fraternity [[Tau Kappa Epsilon]] that was active at the university through 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a Chapter {{!}} Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity |url=https://www.tke.org/find-a-chapter |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=www.tke.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":8" /> in addition, the national fraternity [[Sigma Phi Epsilon]] was active there from 1972 to 1976.<ref name=":8" />

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The university also had a chapter of [[Alpha Eta Rho]], a [[Professional fraternities and sororities|professional]] college aviation fraternity, that was chartered in March 1960.<ref>Robson, John, ed. (1963). ''Baird's Manuel of American College Fraternities'' (17th&nbsp;ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp.&nbsp;498–499.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-02-26 |title=Chapters - Alpha Eta Rho |url=http://www.alphaetarho.org/chapters |access-date=2023-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226014800/http://www.alphaetarho.org/chapters |archive-date=2014-02-26 }}</ref> Its chapter of the engineering honor society [[Tau Beta Pi]] was chartered in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-07-23 |title=Information Book Chapters and Districts |url=http://www.tbp.org/pages/About/InformationBook/ChapDist.cfm |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=Tau Beta Pi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723232621/http://www.tbp.org/pages/About/InformationBook/ChapDist.cfm |archive-date=2008-07-23 |via=web.archive.org}}</ref>

Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC were offered through [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] Extension the [[University of Southern California]], and [[Loyola Marymount University]], respectively.<ref name=":15" />


Student publications included ''LOG'', a weekly newspaper.
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The university also had a chapter of [[Alpha Eta Rho]], a [[Professional fraternities and sororities|professional]] college aviation fraternity that was chartered in March 1960.<ref>Robson, John, ed. (1963). ''Baird's Manuel of American College Fraternities'' (17th&nbsp;ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp.&nbsp;498–499.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-02-26 |title=Chapters - Alpha Eta Rho |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226014800/http://www.alphaetarho.org/chapters |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>


=== Sports ===
=== Sports ===
Students at Northrup University formed a [[Sepak takraw]] or kick volleyball in 1986. [[Malaysia Airlines]] sponsored the team to represent the United States team at the national tournament in [[Kuala Lumpur|Kuala Lumpur,]] [[Malaysia]] in November 1987; the Northrop team came in first place.<ref name=":10">''Northrop University Magazine,'' December 1987, vol 3, no. 4.</ref>
Students at Northrop University formed a [[Sepak takraw]] or kick volleyball in 1986. [[Malaysia Airlines]] sponsored the team to represent the United States at the national tournament in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] in November 1987; the Northrop team came in first place.<ref name=":10">''Northrop University Magazine,'' December 1987, vol 3, no. 4.</ref>


== Popular culture ==
== Popular culture ==


* . Northrop University loaned its working GE turbojet engine for the jet car sequences in the film ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]]'' (1984).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Sean |date=June 10, 2016 |title=What do we know about the Jet Car? |url=https://www.figmentfly.com/bb/institute4.html |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=www.figmentfly.com}}</ref>
* . Northrop University loaned its GE turbojet engine for the jet car sequences in the film ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]]'' (1984).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Sean |date=June 10, 2016 |title=What do we know about the Jet Car? |url=https://www.figmentfly.com/bb/institute4.html |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=www.figmentfly.com}}</ref>
* The first accounts of organized [[Sepak takraw]] or kick volleyball in the United States were at Northrop University where Malaysian students formed a team in 1986.<ref name=":10" />
* The first accounts of organized [[Sepak takraw]] in the United States were at Northrop University where Malaysian students formed a team in 1986.<ref name=":10" />


== Notable alumni ==
== Notable alumni ==


* [[David Armenta]] ([[Master's degree]] in Public Law and Contracts), former mayor of [[Pico Rivera, California]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2006 |title=David W. Armenta, Councilmember |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727174750/http://www.pico-rivera.org/downloads/GeneralDocuments/City%20Council/David%20Armenta.pdf |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=City of Pico Rivera |via=Web Archive}}</ref>
* [[Forrest Bird|Forrest Bird (ScD)]], [[Aircraft pilot|aviator]], [[inventor]], and [[Biomedical engineering|biomedical engineer]]
* [[Forrest Bird|Forrest Bird (ScD)]], [[Aircraft pilot|aviator]], [[inventor]], and [[Biomedical engineering|biomedical engineer]]
* Tim Brummer, winner of the Abbott Prize and co-founder of [[Lightning Cycle Dynamics]] while still a student at Northrop<ref name=":9">{{Cite book |last=Hadland |first=Tony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CuoxAwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA489&dq=Lightning&hl=en |title=Bicycle Design: An Illustrated History |last2=Lessing |first2=Hans-Erhard |date=2014-03-28 |publisher=MIT Press |isbn=978-0-262-32222-5 |page=489 |language=en |via=Google Books}}</ref>
* Tim Brummer, winner of the Abbott Prize and co-founder of [[Lightning Cycle Dynamics]] while still a student at Northrop<ref name=":9">{{Cite book |last1=Hadland |first1=Tony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CuoxAwAAQBAJ&dq=Lightning&pg=PA489 |title=Bicycle Design: An Illustrated History |last2=Lessing |first2=Hans-Erhard |date=2014-03-28 |publisher=MIT Press |isbn=978-0-262-32222-5 |page=489 |language=en |via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[Robbyanto Budiman]] (MBA), Indonesian businessman<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robbyanto Budiman, Wahana Ottomitra Multiartha PT: Profile and Biography |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/15067716 |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Robbyanto Budiman]] (MBA), Indonesian businessman<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robbyanto Budiman, Wahana Ottomitra Multiartha PT: Profile and Biography |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/15067716 |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Bob Citron]] (Aerospace engineering, 1959), entrepreneur and [[aerospace engineer]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Citron, Private Space Pioneer, Dies at 79 – |url=https://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/news/robert-citron-private-space-pioneer-dies-79/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=www.spacesafetymagazine.com}}</ref>
* [[Bob Citron]] (Aerospace engineering, 1959), entrepreneur and [[aerospace engineer]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Citron, Private Space Pioneer, Dies at 79 – |url=https://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/news/robert-citron-private-space-pioneer-dies-79/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=www.spacesafetymagazine.com}}</ref>
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* [[Ed Horstman]] (BS Aeronautical Engineering), [[Naval architecture|naval architect]] and [[multihull]] [[sailboat]] designer
* [[Ed Horstman]] (BS Aeronautical Engineering), [[Naval architecture|naval architect]] and [[multihull]] [[sailboat]] designer
* [[Ray Jardine]] ([[Aerospace Engineering]], 1963) [[Rock climbing|rock climber]] who the first to [[Free climbing|free climb]] the ''West Face'' of [[El Capitan]] in [[Yosemite Valley]]
* [[Ray Jardine]] ([[Aerospace Engineering]], 1963) [[Rock climbing|rock climber]] who the first to [[Free climbing|free climb]] the ''West Face'' of [[El Capitan]] in [[Yosemite Valley]]
* [[Lin Ling-san|Lin Ling‑san]] (MS), [[Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Republic of China)|Minister of Transportation and Communications]] of the [[Republic of China]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-17 |title=Taiwan Review - The New Cabinet |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217231629/http://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1067&CtNode=1347 |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
* [[Lin Ling-san|Lin Ling‑san]] (MS), [[Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Republic of China)|Minister of Transportation and Communications]] of the [[Republic of China]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-17 |title=Taiwan Review - The New Cabinet |url=http://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1067&CtNode=1347 |access-date=2023-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217231629/http://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1067&CtNode=1347 |archive-date=2013-12-17 }}</ref>
* [[Anthony S. Manera]] (BS Electronics Engineering, 1963), President of the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]
* [[Anthony S. Manera]] (BS Electronics Engineering, 1963), President of the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]
* [[Carolyn L. Mazloomi]], curator, [[quilter]], author, art historian, and [[Aerospace engineering|aerospace engineer]]
* [[Carolyn L. Mazloomi]], curator, [[quilter]], author, art historian, and [[Aerospace engineering|aerospace engineer]]
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* [[Emil Notti]] (BS degree in [[Aerospace engineering|aeronautical]] and [[electrical engineering]]), 1st President of the Alaska Federation of Natives
* [[Emil Notti]] (BS degree in [[Aerospace engineering|aeronautical]] and [[electrical engineering]]), 1st President of the Alaska Federation of Natives
* [[Gordon Novel]], private investigator and electronics expert
* [[Gordon Novel]], private investigator and electronics expert
* [[Naveed Qamar]] (1974, MS Management), member [[National Assembly of Pakistan]], Pakistan Minister for Defence and Pakistan Minister for Finance<ref>{{Cite web |title=Syed Naveed Qamar, Federal Minister for Defence |url=http://202.83.164.25/wps/portal/Mod/!ut/p/c0/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os_hQN68AZ3dnIwML82BTAyNXTz9jE0NfQwNLE_2CbEdFACM6vXU!/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:v0WCZ7NTnlAJ:202.83.164.25/wps/portal/Mod/!ut/p/c0/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os_hQN68AZ3dnIwML82BTAyNXTz9jE0NfQwNLE_2CbEdFACM6vXU!/+syed+naveed+qamar+defence&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us |archive-date=December 1, 2012 |access-date=September 10, 2023 |website=Ministry of Defense, Government of Pakistan |via=Archive.today}}</ref>
* [[Naveed Qamar]] (1974, MS Management), member [[National Assembly of Pakistan]], Pakistan Minister for Defence and Pakistan Minister for Finance<ref>{{Cite web |title=Syed Naveed Qamar, Federal Minister for Defence |url=http://202.83.164.25/wps/portal/Mod/!ut/p/c0/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os_hQN68AZ3dnIwML82BTAyNXTz9jE0NfQwNLE_2CbEdFACM6vXU!/ |access-date=September 10, 2023 |website=Ministry of Defense, Government of Pakistan |via=Archive.today}}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}</ref>
* [[Jack Real]] (Honorary 1985), [[aerospace]] pioneer
* [[Jack Real]] (Honorary 1985), [[aerospace]] pioneer
* [[Shawn Steel]] (J.D.) , [[Republican National Committee|Republican National Committeeman]] from [[California]] and former cairman of the California Republican Party
* [[Shawn Steel]] (J.D.) , [[Republican National Committee|Republican National Committeeman]] from [[California]] and former chairman of the California Republican Party
* [[Suphajee Suthumpun]] (master's degree in business administration), CEO of the hotel business [[Dusit International]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suphajee Suthumpun Net Worth (2023) – wallmine.com |url=https://wallmine.com/otc/kpcpy/officer/2096787/suphajee-suthumpun |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=wallmine.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Suphajee Suthumpun]] (master's degree in business administration), CEO of the hotel business [[Dusit International]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suphajee Suthumpun Net Worth (2023) – wallmine.com |url=https://wallmine.com/otc/kpcpy/officer/2096787/suphajee-suthumpun |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=wallmine.com |language=en}}</ref>
* Ray Swanson, painter of the [[Western United States|American West]]
* Ray Swanson, painter of the [[Western United States|American West]]
* Jim Thelle, [[ERAU-Daytona Beach Eagles|ERAU]] Asst. Professor, Airline Engineering Management, Entrepreneur
* [[Gerald Wiegert]], automotive engineer and founder of [[Vector Motors]]
* [[Gerald Wiegert]], automotive engineer and founder of [[Vector Motors]]


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* [[Charles Edward Chapel]], politician and noted technical writer<ref name=":6" />
* [[Charles Edward Chapel]], politician and noted technical writer<ref name=":6" />
* [[Knut Hagrup]], Norwegian aviator
* [[Knut Hagrup]], Norwegian aviator
* [[Jack Northrop|John Northrop]], aircraft industrialist and designer who founded the [[Northrop Corporation]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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Northrop University
Former name
Northrop Aeronautical Institute (1942 to March 1959)
Northrop Institute of Technology (March 1959 to 1974)
TypePrivate
ActiveNovember 1945–1991
FounderJack Northrop
Parent institution
Northrop Aircraft
AccreditationWestern Association of Schools and Colleges
Officer in charge
James L. McKinley, director (1946)
PresidentB.J. Shell (1972-1989)
John Beljan (1989-1991)
Address
1108 West Arbor Vitae Street
,
Inglewood
,
California
,
90306
,
United States
Campus18 acres (7.3 ha)

Northrop University, formerly Northrop Institute of Technology and Northrop Aeronautical Institute, was a private for-profit college in Inglewood, California, focused on aviation, engineering, science, mathematics, and computing. It was established in the 1940s as one of the earliest examples of a corporate university.[1] It operated from 1946 to 1991.[2][3]

History

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Toward the end of 1940, Northrop Aircraft Corporation started a training program for airplane mechanics who would, then, work in its manufacturing facility in Hawthorne, California.[4] In 1942, Northrop Aircraft started a program called Department 95 that provided technical training exclusively for military personnel during World War II.[5][6] It was overseen by Jack Northrop and James L. McKenley.[5]

After the war, John Northrop formed the Northrop Aeronautical Institute because he recognized the shortage of master mechanics, airline maintenance specialists, and aeronautical engineers for civilian aviation.[7] Classes started through home study in January 1946 and expanded to on-site in June 1946.[8][9] The school targeted male students, mostly veterans of the war, as well as employees of Northrop Aircraft.[10][9] The first semester has 412 students, with 750 students by the end of the academic year.[9][6] The school admitted 1,000 students in its second year.[6]

Its first director was James L. McKinley.[11] Charles Edward Chapel became its research and development director in 1946.[12] Its 80 faculty included employees of Nortrup Corporation and, eventually, alumni of the school.[9][6]

August 1975 Convocation Northrop University

In May 1953, Northrop Aircraft decided to sell the school so it could focus on producing airplanes.[6] The Northrop Aeronautical Institute merged with California Flyers, a school in Inglewood, and became an independent, for-profit college.[13][1][6] In March 1959, the school announced its new name, Northrop Institute of Technology, and the start of its bachelor of science curriculum.[14]

It became Northrop University in 1974 and offered master's degrees.[9] The university's mission statement was "to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education. We investigate the most challenging, fundamental problems in science and technology in a singularly collegial, interdisciplinary atmosphere while educating outstanding students to become creative members of society."[15] By 1977, the university had nearly 14,000 graduates in its aviation program.[16]

In 1989, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges accused the university of improprieties in bookkeeping, credits, and the recruitment of foreign students.[13] This threatened the school's accreditation with that agency.[13] B.J. Shell who had been the university's president for seventeen years, stepped down.[13] John Beljan, previously the provost of California State University, became interim president.[13][17] Despite Beljan's successful rescue of the school's accreditation, student enrollment from dropped from 1,800 to 928 in 1991.[18][13]

In 1990, James and Alice Rice purchased Northrop University and merged it with Rice Aviation, establishing Northrop Rice USA.[3] In May 1991, Northrop University announced that it was ending its degree programs and cutting the related staff due to low enrollment and financial problems.[13] Students in its degree-based programs were assisted in transferring to other institutions after the June 1991 semester.[13] At this time, the Inglewood campus was closed.[3]

Northrop Rice USA established the Northrop Rice Aviation Institute of Technology which offered training in avionics, helicopter maintenance, and technical training.[13][5][3] Starting in 1998, Northrop Rice Aviation Institute was sold several times, passing from Redstone College to Crimson College and to Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology. As of 2023, the latter operates the Northrop Rice Aviation Institute of Technology as an online aviation maintenance training program.[3] On September 12, 2022, it started offering advanced training in person at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas.[3]

Campus

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Northrop Aeronautical Institute was originally located in the Northrop Aircraft plant at 1637 East Broadway at Northrop Field.in Hawthorne, Los Angeles County, California.[7][19] It consisted of three purpose-built structures: a main building that included administration, classrooms, and engineering drafting rooms; a building for laboratories; and a building with modern shops/[11] In January 1946, Northrop purchased a former Army barracks that had been temporarily installed on property owned by the City of Los Angeles and relocated it to property adjacent to Northrop Aircraft to use as dormitories for 150 to 170 students.[10]

After it was sold and merged, the school moved to 5800 West Arbor Vitae Street in Inglewood, California near the Los Angeles airport in 1953.[13][20][16] Its School of Law was located at 1108 West Arbor Vitae Street in Los Angeles, California.[21] By 1977, the campus consisted of eighteen acres.[16]

The Central Coast Institute of Technology was founded in Santa Barbara in 1978 and was accredited as a satellite campus of Northrop University in 1979.

Academics

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Curriculum

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When it opened, Northrop Aeronautical Institute specialized in aeronautical engineering and training for airline maintenance mechanics.[8] It offered a two-year aeronautical engineering technician associate's degree, an A & E master airplane and engineer mechanic program, and fifty-week certificate programs for engine mechanics, airline maintenance specialists, and airplane and engine maintenance workers.[7][19][14][16] A 1946 ad, claimed, "The Northrop Aeronautical Institute brings to aviation training completely new standards."[7]

In March 1959, the school's program expanded to include a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering, reflecting the industry's need for space engineers.[14][13] In 1975, it offered bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting, aeronautical sciences, business administration and management, computer science, electrical engineering, design engineering project management, and mechanical engineering.[9][1] It also added business and law schools.[13][22][1][23] The Law School published the Northrop University Law Journal of Aerospace, Energy and the Environment and the Northrop University Law Journal of Aerospace, Business, and Taxation.[21][24][18] The latter started in 1979 and was published annually.[18]

Starting in 1978, it offered bachelor's and master's degrees in aeronautical sciences, computer science, electrical, mechanical, and systems engineering programs at its satellite campus at Central Coast Institute of Technology. In 1991, the university issued 309 master's degrees and 189 baccalaureate degrees.[18]

Admissions

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In the fall of 1991, the freshman class included students from 29 states and 53 countries; 25 percent were from California.[18] The freshmen had a mean SAT score of 500 verbal and 500 math.[18] Sixty percent of applicants were accepted.[18] Total students that year included 755 full-time and 173 part-time.[18]

Accreditation and honors

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The university was accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in 1960.[9][18]

Library and museum

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In 1991, the university's library consisted of 66,135 books, 75,871 government documents, 100,000 microforms, and 980 audiovisual materials.[18] The library subscribed to 400 periodicals.[18] The campus also included a Law Library.[18]

In 1975, Jack Northrop made a significant donation to create the American Hall of Aviation, a museum that became part of the library's collection.[9][18] The museum included the David D. Hatfield Collection of Aviation History which was the largest collection of aviation history ever to be displayed at a single location, including more than 500,000 objects.[9][16]

Student life

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Housing

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In 1991, fifteen percent of students lived on campus in dormitories.[18]

Organizations and activities

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Northrop University was home to three social fraternities.[2] Alpha Epsilon Rho was a local fraternity established in 1963.[2] In 1968, Alpha Epsilon Rho became a chapter of the national fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon that was active at the university through 1993.[25][2] in addition, the national fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon was active there from 1972 to 1976.[2]

The university also had a chapter of Alpha Eta Rho, a professional college aviation fraternity, that was chartered in March 1960.[26][27] Its chapter of the engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi was chartered in 1974.[28]

Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC were offered through UCLA Extension the University of Southern California, and Loyola Marymount University, respectively.[18]

Student publications included LOG, a weekly newspaper.

Sports

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Students at Northrop University formed a Sepak takraw or kick volleyball in 1986. Malaysia Airlines sponsored the team to represent the United States at the national tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in November 1987; the Northrop team came in first place.[29]

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Notable alumni

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Notable faculty

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References

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  10. ^ a b "Public Housing Agency Named at Hawthorne". The Los Angeles Times. 1946-01-14. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-09-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ a b "New Aviation School". The Pomona Progress Bulletin. Pomona, California. 1946-02-20. p. 18. Retrieved 2023-09-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ a b "Iowan an Expert in Many Fields". The Gazette. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 1946-03-10. p. 29. Retrieved 2023-09-10 – via Newspapers.com.
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  17. ^ Gordon, Larry Gordon (1989-09-23). "Northrop U. Hires Provost From Cal State Long Beach". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
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  20. ^ "On the Job with... Tony Owen '66". Flying Magazine. 6 (104): 28. June 1979 – via Google Books.
  21. ^ a b Northrop University Law Journal of Aerospace, Energy and the Environment. Vol. 5. School of Law, Northrop University. 1985 – via Google Books.
  22. ^ "California State Bar, General Statistics Report, July 2001 California Bar Examination". Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
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  24. ^ Northrop University Law Journal of Aerospace, Business, and Taxation. Vol. 8. School of Law, Northrop University. 1988 – via Google Books.
  25. ^ "Find a Chapter | Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity". www.tke.org. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  26. ^ Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manuel of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp. 498–499.
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  28. ^ "Information Book Chapters and Districts". Tau Beta Pi. 2008-07-23. Archived from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2023-09-12 – via web.archive.org.
  29. ^ a b Northrop University Magazine, December 1987, vol 3, no. 4.
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