In 1882 this Mass. univ. established the 1st curriculum for electrical engineering within its physics department
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the MIT physics department when, in 1882, he created the country's first ... 
emeritus of electrical engineering, the idea of a technical university seems ... 15-
year struggle to get the Massachusetts legislature to approve his plan... [DOC] [TLE] The Electron and the Bit - Microsystems Technology Laboratories - MIT [PAR] MIT started the first electrical engineering program, and has emphasized its ... 
painter and inventor Samuel F. B. Morse, a native of Charlestown, Massachusetts
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