Aileen Osborn Webb

Aileen Osborn Webb (1892-1979) was a trustee of Rochester Institute of Technology for 26 years. She received the Founders Award from RIT in 1956 and was vice chairman of the Building Committee for the Henrietta campus. She was one of the founders of the Women's Council of RITMrs. Webb founded the American Crafts Council and the Museum of Contemporary Crafts. She was instrumental in bringing the School for American Craftsmen to RIT in 1950. Prior to the move to RIT, the school had been located at Dartmouth and Alfred University.