Allegheny College

Encyclopedia : A : AL : ALL : Allegheny College

Please [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ expand] this article.
Further information might be found in a section of the [talk page] or at [Requests for expansionRequests for expansion].
Please remove this message once the article has been expanded.

Brooks Hall, dormitory and dining hall.

Allegheny College is a small private liberal arts college located in Meadville, Pennsylvania located 90 miles north of Pittsburgh and 90 miles east of Cleveland. It was founded in April 1815 by Timothy Alden and is the oldest college in continuous existence West of the Appalachian Mountains. The college has been historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1833, as a result of the financial support the United Methodist Church provided to sustain the college through a difficult era. Despite the college's formal affiliation with the United Methodist Church, Allegheny College is non-sectarian and welcomes members of all faiths, maintaining a policy of non-discrimination.

Contents

1 History
2 Notable college alumni
3 Trivia
4 External links

History

The July 18,1815 publication of the Crawford County Messenger carries the first official mention of Allegheny College (then Alleghany College) in the form of an advertisement by founder Timothy Alden. The first class (comprised of four members) entered the college one year later, on July 4,1816. Following receipt of a charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1817, Alden continued to serve as President until 1831, when financial and enrollment problems forced his resignation.

Today, the college's undergraduate enrollment as of 2005-2006 is approximately 2,100 with an average class size of 16, representing 34 states and 31 countries with the class of 2008 being the largest in the college's history.

Notable college alumni

Glenn Beckert - Former Major League Baseball second baseman for the Chicago Cubs.
Ben Burtt - Academy Award winning sound designer; (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)
Robert J. Corbett, US Congressman from Pennsylvania
Clarence Darrow - Noted American lawyer
Dr. Robert Dowling - Performed the first fully implantable artificial heart implementation in a human patient.
Budd Dwyer - Former Pennsylvania treasurer.
Orville Nelson Hartshorn - Founder of Mount Union College.
Russ McKelvy - Former Major League Baseball player.
William McKinley - 25th President of the United States.
Raymond P. Shafer (1938) - Former Governor of Pennsylvania.
Paul Siple (1932) - An Antarctic explorer and the originator of the wind chill factor.
Ida M. Tarbell (1870) - Author, Journalist, and Muckraker. Published famous exposé on the Standard Oil Company.
Trent Reznor (19830 - Musician, Sole Full-Time member of Nine Inch Nails.

Trivia

In 1971, the movie Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me, based on the novel by Richard Farina of the same name, was filmed on college grounds; the movie was a box office flop.

External links

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.