Thanks Justice. My father got his Chemical Engineering degree from Carnegie Tech, which was later named Carnegie Mellon - I’m wondering if it is named after Andrew Mellon?
Of course, Carnegie Mellon is named after Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon and/or their heirs. They are huge names in the world of philanthropy.
From Wikepedia.com
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, founded in 1913 by Andrew W. Mellon and Richard B. Mellon, merged with the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1967 to form Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellon_Institute_of_Industrial_Research