- Collection:
- Georgia Tech Artifacts
- Title:
- plaque
- Date of Original:
- 1911
- Subject:
- Georgia Institute of Technology--History
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Metal plaque, probably of bronze, which features a quote in raised bas relief lettering. The plaque features a quote from U.S. President William Howard Taft as follows: "I consider the honest engineer the / most valuable asset of this Government. / These are the reasons: Dishonesty in / any other branch of the service can / be overcome in some way. / In some way we can recover from it: / in some way we can rally from it. / But dishonesty on the part of the / engineer is always so far reaching, / in the loss of property, of money, of / time, of human lives, that dishonesty on / the part of the engineer is irreparable. / By President William Howard Taft / at Georgia Tech, May 11, 1911"
- Local Identifier:
- gta.0657
- Metadata URL:
- http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/6040
- Digital Object URL:
- http://history.library.gatech.edu/files/original/gta0657_taft-seal_a7bc3f2e9e.jpg
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Institute of Technology. Library. Archives, Records Management and Digital Curation Department
- Rights:
-
