On this day in Rochester history: Rochester Athenaeum, later RIT, is founded On this day in 1829, the Rochester Athenaeum, a literary society that later became Rochester Institute of Technology, was formed.Read other RocRoots stories'Like' RocRoots on FacebookFollow RocRoots on Twitter
June 12, 2013 - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Alexander Armstrong in BBC News While hosting Have I Got News for You last Friday, Armstrong recalled: "Nat Rothschild once reneged on a gentleman's agreement we had for him to buy me a baked potato when he was the head of Bullingdon and I was head of the Athenaeum at Cambridge."