Guide to the Porus Olpadwala Papers,
1984-2009.

Collection Number: 15-1-3749

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
November 2011
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, November 2011
Date modified:
Jude Corina, October 2012

© 2011 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Porus Olpadwala papers, 1984-2009.
Collection Number:
15-1-3749
Creator:
Porus Olpadwala
Quantity:
ca. 7 cubic feet.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Files relating to his time as dean, to a proposed reorganization of the college units, and to his work at Bethe House.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Porus Olpadwala joined the Cornell faculty in City and Regional Planning in 1984, serving as department chair and then Dean of the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning from 1998-2004. From 2006 until his retirement in 2010, he served as Dale R. Corson Professor and Dean of Hans Bethe House. Earlier in his career, during the 1960s, he worked in the private sector in India with Price Waterhouse and the Indian affiliate of Jardine Mathesen. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Calcutta and an MBA and an MRP and PhD in regional planning from Cornell. His professional interests have been in political economy, comparative social and economic development, and urban and environmental issues.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Files relating to his time as dean, to a proposed reorganization of the college units, and to his work at Bethe House. Includes "Re-alignment: The Defense of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Cornell University, 2002-2003," 1984-2003, copies of material relating to a threat by Cornell's central administration to disband the college, with some similar files by Ian R. Stewart from 1984, and copies of email from 2004-2009.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Olpadwala, Porus.
Stewart, Ian R.
Cornell University--Students.
Cornell University.College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
Cornell University.Hans Bethe House.

Subjects:
Architecture--Study and teaching--New York (State)--Ithaca.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Porus Olpadwala papers, #15-1-3749. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Access Restrictions:
Collection restricted to permission of Porus Olpadwala or until 2037.
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