Carmen DelliQuadri Papers

Collection — Box: 1-10

Identifier: MTU-248

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Papers, 1959-1976, of Carmen DelliQuadri, a Professor Emeritus of Michigan Technological University's School of Business and Engineering Administration. Includes correspondence, publications and minutes relating to his different positions as professor and president of the Faculty Senate at Michigan Technological University, the first member from the Upper Peninsula for Michigan's State Board of Education and a member of the State Board for Community Colleges as well as being an active participant in local, regional and state Democratic politics.

Dates

1959-1976

Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

Carmen DelliQuadri was born in Pueblo, Colorado in 1917. After working as an elementary school teacher and principal, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, History and Political Science and a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Colorado. Before coming to Michigan Technological University, he was an assistant professor at the University of Detroit and chief economist for the United Auto Workers labor union. As one of the original faculty members in the School of Business and Engineering Administration, DelliQuadri received the Distinguished Teaching Award in 1972 and was named the School of Business and Engineering Administration's Outstanding Teacher in 1981. Eventually being honored as Professor Emeritus, DelliQuadri also served on Michigan's State Board of Education and the State Board of Community Colleges and was a staunch Democrat, active at the state and local level. DelliQuadri is remembered by his students for making them negotiate for their grades, providing them with skills rarely found in a textbook.