the production of engineers in new york colleges and universities 1800 1950 some data michael edelstein queens college graduate school cuny june 2001 for presentation at rochester conference honor stanley engerman factor endowments labor economic growth americas 8 10 acknowledgements i would like to acknowledge help archivists librarians registrars seventeen state library archives public science business branch they are too numerous individually here but their generous was essential this project one all absolved from any errors 2 president a silicon valley firm asked by possible merger partner how he evaluate his company replied million dollars each engineer 1 introduction there many links that draw us together today celebrate achievements stan my case an important link is academic genealogy we both direct descendants simon kuznets