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Hobart and William Smith Colleges are private liberal arts colleges in Geneva, New York.They trace their origins to Geneva Academy established in 1797. Students can choose from 45 majors and 68 minors with degrees in Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Science in Management, and Master of Arts in Higher Education Leadership.
Geneva Medical College's parent school was known as Geneva College until 1852, when it was renamed in memory of its most forceful advocate and founder, Episcopal bishop John Henry Hobart, to Hobart Free College. In 1860, the name was shortened to Hobart College and is currently known as Hobart and William Smith Colleges. [21]
Hobart and William Smith Colleges is a private liberal arts college in Geneva, New York. It was known as Geneva Academy from 1784 to 1822 and Geneva College from 1822 to 1852. Geneva Medical College was a department of the college from 1834 to 1871. Following are some of its notable alumni.
In 1906, Smith donated it to the college. William Smith died in Geneva on February 6, 1912 at the age of 93, shortly before the charter class of William Smith College was to graduate. [3] Smith left his mansion, the observatory and the house he had had built for Brooks to Hobart College. The house was subsequently bought back by Brooks ...
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The Colleges' 65 foot research vessel was renamed from HWS Explorer to William F. Scandling in his honor. [13] [14] In 2003, Scandling made the largest gift in the history of Hobart and William Smith Colleges ($15 million). [5] Scandling's gifts to Hobart and William Smith Colleges totaled more than $30 million. [9]
The Winn-Seeley Gymnasium at Hobart and William Smith Colleges was named for the pair in 1970. [16] [17] In 1975, she and two of her siblings inherited the estate of their cousin, Elizabeth Sterling Seeley. [18] In 1997 both Winn and Seeley were inducted posthumously into the Hobart and William Smith Colleges Athletics Hall of Fame. [10]
The Durfee House is a historic building that now serves as student housing for Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. It was originally built downtown as a land speculator's office during the nascence of European settlers in the region. Frederick Augustus de Zeng and his family are supposed to be early owners.