August 17, 2016

Nesbitt Hall is completed in 1970. The building — plus the Nesbitt College of Design, Nutrition, Human Behavior, and Home Economics as well as the Nesbitt College of Design Arts — is named after Albert Nesbitt, president of John J. Nesbitt Inc., the leading manufacturer of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning units for schools. Nesbitt  had studied engineering at Drexel's evening school and received an honorary Doctor of Engineering in 1952. He was a member of Drexel's Board Trustees from 1953-1970, serving as Chairman of the Board from 1966 to 1968. The building currently houses the Dornsife School of Public Health.