The Robert H. Goddard Library is the primary library of
Clark University
Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research universities in the ...
in
Worcester
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* Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England
** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament
* Worcester Park, London, Englan ...
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United States
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. The library was named after rocketeer
Robert H. Goddard
Robert Hutchings Goddard (October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945) was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first Liquid-propellant rocket, liquid-fueled rocket. ...
, who earned a M.A. and Ph.D. at Clark in the 1910s. The building was built in 1969 and remodeled in 2009. The brick and concrete building was designed by architect
John M. Johansen
John MacLane Johansen (June 29, 1916 – October 26, 2012) was an American architect and a member of the Harvard Five. in the Brutalist style.
Dedication
Two months before the opening of the library,
Willard Rockwell's
Rockwell Foundation gave 75,000 dollars towards the establishment of a periodical room in the library. On May 19, 1969, United States Senator