Dates

• Majority of material found within 1775 - 1851

Extent

3 framed land deeds Linear Feet (Timothy G. Rupert graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) in 1968, and he is a board member of the Foundation for IUP. After graduating from IUP, Rupert joined U.S. Steel Corp. in its computer services division, where he held various analytical posts at the company’s Pittsburgh Service Center. In 1979, he was named assistant district credit manager for the New York region. He advanced to senior investment analyst in New York in 1981 and manager of New York treasury operations in 1983. Rupert returned to the Pittsburgh headquarters in 1984 and became director of corporate treasury administration in 1986, director of corporate finance in 1988, and director of corporate staff in 1990. In 1999, Rupert was named president and chief executive officer of RTI International Metals Inc. He was also a member of the company’s board of directors. Timothy Rupert retired in 2007, and he currently serves as lead director on the board of Calgon Carbon Corporation, an activated carbon producer headquartered in Pittsburgh. Timothy Rupert was recognized with the IUP Distinguished Alumni Award in 2001 for his outstanding professional achievements as a chief executive officer in the international metals industry. In 2016, he received the IUP President’s Medal of Distinction. This collection contains several land deeds dating from 1775 to 1851 for property in Indiana County that belonged to the ancestors of Timothy G. Rupert. These deeds are on permanent display in the reading room of the IUP Special Collections and University Archives (Stapleton Library, Room 302). Box 1 Land Deeds (3 items) on display in the IUP Special Collections and University Archives: 1. 1775 Pennsylvania Land Grant: Patent to Thomas and Samuel Fisher, the Canoe Tract, Westmoreland County, September 8, 1775; 2. 1824 Land Deed – Joseph Parker, Armstrong Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, July 28, 1824; and 3. 1851 Land Deed – Thomas Gilpin of Philadelphia to Dubre Thomas of Indiana County, 110 Acres, Indiana County, February 19, 1851.)

Language of Materials

English