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1941

Navy ROTC unit established at RPI.

 
 

1943

Livingston W. Houston is appointed president.
V-5 and V-12 Naval training programs are established on campus.
Curriculum accelerated to 2 2/3 years with three, sixteen week semesters per year.  Curtiss-Wright Cadette training program held at R.P.I.

 
 

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