Proper noun
Throop (plural Throops)
A surname.
The school was known successively as Throop University, Throop Polytechnic Institute (and Manual Training School), citation and Throop College of Technology, before acquiring its current name in 1920. Source: Internet
To that end, as Hale wrote in The New York Times : Throop College of Technology, in Pasadena California has recently afforded a striking illustration of one way in which the Research Council can secure co-operation and advance scientific investigation. Source: Internet