Maxwell Upson

Maxwell Mayhew Upson (1876–1969),[1] was a member of the Cornell University Board of Trustees for over 35 years.

Upson graduated in 1899 from Cornell with a bachelor's degree in engineering. Upson was elected to the Sphinx Head Society as a senior.

He was awarded the Edward Longstreth Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1940.[2]

At the bequest of his widow, Upson is the namesake of Upson Hall on the Cornell campus. The building originally cost $1,988,083 and was designed by the architects Perkins and Will of Chicago and was finished in 1958. The building houses the Departments of Computer Science and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.[3] A professorship named for him at Princeton Theological Seminary is currently held by Mark Lewis Taylor.

Notes
  1. "Maxwell Mayhew Upson Portrait". Cornell University. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. "Franklin Laureate Database - Edward Longstreth Medal 1940 Laureates". Franklin Institute. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
  3. "Search Pages". Cornell University.
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