Upon his return from Europe to accept the chair of indus- 
trial chemistry in the University of Kansas, Dr. Duncan ar- 
ranged for the establishment of the first Industrial Fellowship 
in January, 1907. In 1910, Dr. Duncan was called to the 
University of Pittsburgh to inaugurate his system in the 
Department of Industrial Research, and the operation of the 
Fellowships was begun in a temporary building on March 1, 
1911. Andrew W. Mellon and Richard B. Mellon, citizens 
of Pittsburgh and sons of Judge Thomas Mellon, of the class 
of 1837 at the University of Pittsburgh, noted the practical 
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success of this educational experiment and saw in the system 
an apparently sound method of benefiting American industry 
by the study of manufacturing problems under suitable con- 
ditions and by training young men for technical service. In 
consequence of this interest, in March, 1918, they founded 
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research at the University of 
Pittsburgh, and later placed the Industrial Fellowship system 
on a permanent basis, as a memorial to their father (1818- 
1908) and to Dr. Duncan (1868-1914). The main building 
of the Institute, which is a part of the central group of the 
University of Pittsburgh, was occupied in February, 1915, 
by the twenty-three fellowships then in operation. At the 
present time, two buildings are filled to approximate capa-