"This book is different. It's short. It has lots of pictures of people doing things. It's full of funny stories, some of them true and others contributed from memory by alumni and faculty members."

--Edwin (Ted) Fenton
emeritus professor of history, on his newest book, "Carnegie Mellon: A Centennial History, 1900-2000"

This generously illustrated volume covers the history of Carnegie Mellon University since its founding as the Carnegie Technical Schools in 1900. Written by Professor Emeritus Edwin (Ted) Fenton, this rich history immerses readers in the life of the university throughout its 10 decades of achievement.

Edwin (Ted) Fenton, professor emeritus of history, joined the Carnegie Institute of Technology (Carnegie Tech) faculty in 1954. He has served under five of Carnegie Mellon's eight presidents and has received the university's highest honor in teaching (the William H. and Francis S. Ryan Teaching Award) and education (the Robert Doherty Prize for Educational Leadership).

Author or editor of more than 200 publications, Fenton has also served as director or chair of the Carnegie Education Center, the University Teaching Center, the Center for University Outreach and the Educational Facilities Committee. He was a founding member of the Academy for Lifelong Learning and a lifetime member of the university's philanthropic association, the Andrew Carnegie Society.

Fenton spends his summers in Wellfleet on Cape Cod where he fishes, gardens, makes furniture, reads, writes and celebrates life with his wife, Barbara, and assorted offspring, friends and dogs.