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To celebrate the school\u2019s 80th birthday, we offer 17 delightful details about its history and achievements<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Joe Wilensky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was Cornell\u2019s first new school launched in the post-World War II era. Opened in fall 1945, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations was founded to address the great workplace conflicts of the era, and to promote better labor-management relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celebrating its 80th birthday<\/a> this year, ILR has become a global leader in the study of labor, management, and the economy. It continues to help transform the world of work\u2014as its research and outreach influences policy and practice for employees, managers, unions, industries, corporations, governments, and nonprofits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ILR has become a global leader in the study of labor, management, and the economy.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

ILR currently enrolls 1,025 undergraduates and 175 grad students, with an academic and outreach faculty of more than 150.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it has nearly 14,000 living alumni\u2014including union leaders, Fortune 100 executives, White House appointees, entrepreneurs, academics, and other notables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eight decades ago, the then-governor of New York heralded ILR as a \u201ctrailblazing effort.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is no labor school where dogma will be taught,\u201d Thomas Dewey said at its first convocation, \u201cnor is this a management school where students will learn only to think of workingmen as items on a balance sheet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read on for 17 fascinating facts about the ILR School!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was the brainchild of a state legislator!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Irving Ives was an assemblyman representing rural Chenango County in the 1930s when he conceived of a state school of industrial and labor relations\u2014one that would help lay the groundwork to bring America\u2019s workers and bosses to the negotiating table in times of discord.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ives Hall is named for ILR’s first dean.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In 1942, his committee recommended that the state establish a school at Cornell. Despite competing proposals from Syracuse University and Union College, his bill passed two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ives was appointed ILR\u2019s first dean, serving from 1945\u201347. As he was still a member of the legislature, he declined a salary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It opened (oddly) in the month of November!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The new ILR School\u2014and Cornell itself\u2014started the academic year six weeks later than usual. This was due to the University\u2019s rush to build new (and modify existing) housing to handle a surge in veteran enrollment, as some 800 additional students were taking advantage of the GI Bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was first headquartered in Warren Hall!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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First day of classes: November 5, 1945.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Although headquartered on the Ag Quad, the school\u2019s founding cohort of 107 undergrads and 11 grad students took courses in labor economics, collective bargaining, mediation and arbitration, and statistics in Arts & Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Its library began with a single book!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first iteration of the ILR library debuted with one volume: a dictionary. In 1949, as the library grew, it established the Labor-Management Documentation Center, which would later become the renowned Kheel Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The school\u2019s first library quickly filled its allotted space.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Former military barracks were its early home!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the school\u2019s second year, most of its administrative and faculty offices moved into barracks and a Quonset hut\u2014located on the future Engineering Quad\u2014that had housed World War II training programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Temporary digs on the future Engineering Quad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cWe worked in what might be termed by cynics an academic slum,\u201d founding faculty member Jean McKelvey once recalled. \u201cYet we all enjoyed our locale, despite the leaking roofs and hallways dotted with pails to catch the dripping water, because it helped to build broad friendships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A popular class gave an up-close look at working life!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Known as the \u201cbus-riding\u201d course, it took students into factories, mines, and other workplaces in New York and Pennsylvania, becoming an educational staple of the 1950s.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Students visit an in-operation factory floor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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It occupied former Vet college digs!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 1962, after 17 years of temporary housing, the school moved into four buildings, clustered near Garden Avenue and Tower Road, that had previously served as CVM\u2019s surgery, blacksmith shop, labs, and large- and small-animal clinics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cornell University<\/figcaption>
The walls have eyes: An Ives exterior detail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Today, at least one fa\u00e7ade still bears evidence of its former tenants: stone carvings of animals parade around the perimeter of an Ives Hall doorway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first female cabinet member taught there!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. labor secretary for 12 years, Frances Perkins<\/a> was the architect of legislation\u2014unemployment compensation, Social Security, child labor laws, and the 40-hour work week\u2014that vastly altered U.S. work culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Known as the \u201cmother of the New Deal,\u201d Perkins was a visiting lecturer from 1957 until her death in 1965. Famously, she always taught while wearing a hat and pearls, and was the first woman to live in Telluride House. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Rare and Manuscript Collections<\/figcaption>
Perkins, in her typical teaching garb.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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It was home to the influential \u2018American Ideals\u2019 course!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Professor Milton Konvitz, PhD \u201933, offered the class for more than a quarter century, starting in 1947. Thousands of alums\u2014including the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg \u201954\u2014considered it foundational to their Cornell experience.\u202f\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Konvitz in later years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cI was a student in your American Ideals course in the early 1950s,\u201d she wrote to Konvitz in 2003. \u201cIt was mind opening, and you were a marvelous teacher. I did have many questions, but was not brave enough to bring them to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Its grads include two current sports commissioners!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gary Bettman \u201974 has been commissioner of the National Hockey League since 1993, while Robert Manfred Jr. \u201980 has led Major League Baseball since 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Rachel Philipson<\/figcaption>
Bettman (left) and Manfred at an ILR event in NYC in 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Its campus expanded in the 1990s!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ILR grew and modernized significantly, as aging structures on Tower Road were torn down and replaced with the new facilities\u2014including Catherwood Library<\/a>, the premier labor-management library in North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An alum leads a major teachers\u2019 union!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Randi Weingarten \u201980 has served as president of the 1.8 million-member American Federation of Teachers since 2008; previously, she was president of its NYC chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Randi
Heather Ainsworth<\/figcaption>
Weingarten on a recent visit to campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Weingarten has returned to ILR numerous times to lecture and meet with students, most recently serving as a labor leader in residence in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It houses programs devoted to workplace safety and more!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The school has pioneered more than a dozen institutes, programs, and centers<\/a>\u2014including the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, the ILR Workplace Health and Safety Program, the Labor and Employment Law Program, the Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative, and the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It has headquarters in the Big Apple!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ILR and its various entities have long maintained a presence in NYC. In 2019, it moved to new accommodations at the corner of Lexington Avenue and East 51st Street in Midtown Manhattan.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dean Alex Colvin, PhD \u201999, unveils the new NYC space in 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Located on two floors of the historic General Electric building, the 40,000-square-foot space is shared by other Cornell colleges, units, and programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Its new school banner balances tradition and modernity!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Alexandra Bayer \/ Cornell University<\/figcaption>
Colvin (far left) debuts the new design.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Unveiled in 2024, the design reflects the school\u2019s contemporary breadth\u2014which includes human resources, business, law, government, and social justice\u2014while staying true to its founding principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The banner depicts a globe surrounded by the scales of justice, a wrench, a gear, an open book, and a bar graph. Like the original version, it has two hands shaking\u2014but lacks the previous design\u2019s smokestack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A young alum had a viral hit song!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Paul Russell \u201919 is a singer \/ songwriter best known for his 2023 hit \u201cLil Boo Thang<\/a>,\u201d which went viral on TikTok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It rose to 14 on the Hot 100\u2014and famously garnered a spot on President Barack Obama\u2019s summer 2024 playlist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the wake of that fame, Russell performed at the White House, appeared in the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade and on American Idol<\/em>, and opened for Meghan Trainor on her \u201cTimeless\u201d tour.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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And \u2026 it boasts one of Cornell\u2019s funniest T-shirts!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A shirt popular among students lists the \u201cTop 10 Reasons Why I\u2019m in ILR.\u201d They include: \u201cApplied Engineering of Physics was too<\/em> easy!\u201d; \u201cEnjoy having classes located on every other quad but my own\u201d; and \u201cWait! This isn\u2019t business school?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another entry on the list evokes the enduring mystery around a notorious, long-vanished labor leader (who disappeared shortly after his 1975 visit to the school): \u201cTo find Jimmy Hoffa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top: Students work with vintage tech\u2014including adding machines\u2014in a 1947<\/em> statistics class. (All photos courtesy of the ILR School, unless otherwise noted.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published November 14, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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