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Frederick E. Dobbs was the second principal of Wentworth Institute
from 1924 to 1952. Dobbs was a native of Danbury, CT and graduated
from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.
When Mr. Williston was recruiting Wentworth's original faculty,
Dobbs came as an instructor. After retiring in 1952 he became
an educational consultant for the Ford Foundation in the Far
East. In Pakistan and the Middle East, Dobbs helped to establish
technical schools patterned after Wentworth. In India he served
as a consultant to the Indian government on a commission to
develop the nation's small industries.
Mr. Dobbs received the Sixth Annual James H. McGraw Award
in Technical Institute Education in 1955 for his outstanding
contributions, leadership, and administrative skill in technical
education. He died in New York City on October 11, 1962.
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- Built in 1916
- Architects - Swain Peabody and Stearns
- Dobbs Hall currently houses administrative offices,
academic classrooms, and strength of materials classrooms.
- In the past, Dobbs Hall was the home of architectural
drafting rooms, labs and shops for industrial electronics,
and shops for carpentry and building construction.
- Dobbs Hall was formerly named the Commons Building.
- Building key - Building 5
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Dobbs Hall at the attachment to Watson Hall
1998 photograph
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Dobbs Hall appendage
1998 photograph
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Dobbs Hall appendage
1998 photograph
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Dobbs Hall--front
1998 photograph
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