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Illinois Institute of Technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | IIT is bordered on the north roughly by 30th Street, on the south by 35th Street, on the east by Michigan Avenue, and on the west by Metra's Rock Island Line. |
 | | IIT was the home of many research organizations, including IIT Reseach Institute, formerly Armour Research Foundation and birthplace of magnetic recording wire and tape and both audio and video cassettes, as well as the Institute for Gas Technology and American Association of Railroads among others. |
 | | Bolstered by a $120 million gift in the mid-1990s from IIT alum Robert Pritzker, chairman of IIT's Board of Trustees, and Robert Galvin, former chairman of the board and former Motorola executive, the university is in the midst of a physical rennovation and revitalization campaign for the Main Campus. |
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