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Website. www.washjeff.edu. Washington & Jefferson College (W&J College or W&J) is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania. The college traces its origin to three Presbyterian missionaries in the 1780s: John McMillan, Thaddeus Dod, and Joseph Smith. Early schools grew into two competing academies, with Jefferson College ...
The modern campus of Washington & Jefferson College is located in the City of Washington and the East Washington Borough, small-town communities about 30 miles (48 km) south of Pittsburgh. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The 60-acre (0.24 km 2 ) campus is home to more than 40 academic, administrative, recreational, and residential buildings. [ 1 ]
Brevet Brigadier general during the American Civil War; lawyer and United States Attorney (1849–1869) [69] Daniel Van Voorhis. 1901†. United States Army Lieutenant general; Commander of the Caribbean Defense Command and V Corps; left Washington & Jefferson College to enlist in the Spanish–American War. [70] Joseph A. Walker.
Construction started. 1834. Completed. ca. 1836. Old Main is the main academic building at Washington & Jefferson College. [1][2][3] It is the predominant building on campus and has served virtually every student since its construction. [2][4] Its two identical towers, added in 1875, symbolize the union of Washington College and Jefferson ...
The Clark Family Library, formerly U. Grant Miller Library is the academic library for Washington & Jefferson College, located in Washington, Pennsylvania. The library traces its origins back to a donation from Benjamin Franklin in 1789. The Archives and Special Collections contain significant holdings of historical papers dating to the college ...
A modern view of John McMillan's Log School, the oldest remnant of Washington & Jefferson College. The history of Washington & Jefferson College begins with three log cabin colleges established by three frontier clergymen in the 1780s: John McMillan, Thaddeus Dod, and Joseph Smith. The three men, all graduates from the College of New Jersey ...
The Howard J. Burnett Center, also known as The Burnett Center, [5] is an academic building on the campus of Washington & Jefferson College. This building, named after former President Howard J. Burnett, was completed in 2001 at a cost of $ 12.8 million. It houses the Departments of Economics and Business, Modern Languages, and Education.
In 1852, the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity was founded at Jefferson College by two students who had formed a bond while treating their classmates during a typhoid outbreak on campus. [13] By 1863, the Jefferson and Washington chapters merged, as most members had enlisted to fight in the American Civil War. [13]