The school is named after H. Milton Stewart, a local philanthropist and successful businessman who formerly graduated from the BSIE undergraduate program.
[citation needed] The "industrial option" for mechanical engineering was first offered at then Georgia School of Technology in 1924.
[1] The Department of Industrial Engineering was created in 1945 with Frank Groseclose as its first director and professor.
In 1948, the department was elevated to its current status of School of Industrial Engineering with Groseclose serving as its first dean.
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