This latter degree, along with the Business College’s M.B.A., are among the most popular graduate programs in the University . After World War Two, during the Presidency of Martin Dewey Whitaker, Lehigh’s 8th President, a pressing need arose to increase the range and depth of the University’s graduate engineering programs, as initially envisioned by Mr . Drown . This presented a difficult path for Lehigh, as to successfully do this, along the lines the administrators planned, it would involve many necessary and interdependent facets, അതുപോലെ: knowledgeable Professors, ambitious students, a variety of degrees and class offerings, ഇടം, equipment and both private and public funding . If the University was to acquire a graduate program in the sciences, math, and engineering of comparable quality and prestige as that of the undergraduate, support was critical, especially in regards to obtaining federal grants, such as from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA .
នេះជាការធ្លាក់ផ្សារហ៊ុនអមភ័យស្លន់ស្លោនៃការ 1893 ជាការខកចិត្តហិរញ្ញវត្ថុធំចូលសាកលវិទ្យាល័យ, ចាប់តាំងពីការទទួលពិធីពិសិដ្ឋផ្ទាល់ខ្លួនរបស់វាត្រូវបានបណ្តាក់ទុនភាគច្រើននៅក្នុងស្តុក, ភាគហ៊ុនរបស់ Lehigh ជាពិសេសផ្លូវដែកបានបរិច្ចាគដោយជ្រលងស្ថាបនិក. ជាលទ្ធផល, Lehigh សម្រេចចិត្តក្នុងការធ្លាក់ចុះរបស់ខ្លួននៅក្នុងគ្រឹស្ត Churchaffiliation 1897, អនុញ្ញាតឱ្យវាមានលក្ខណៈគ្រប់គ្រាន់ក្នុងការផ្តល់ជំនួយរដ្ឋាភិបាលរដ្ឋនិងសហព័ន្ធ.