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The school officially opened its doors on November 13, 1844, as a Methodist-related but nonsectarian college under the name Ohio Wesleyan University. It was among the first of a number of institutions named for Methodism founder John Wesley. The college originally admitted only male students, and began with twenty-nine students and three ...
Ohio Wesleyan University (abbrevriated OWU) is a private liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio, United States.It was founded in 1842 by Methodist leaders and Central Ohio residents, and is a member of the Ohio Five – a consortium of Ohio liberal arts colleges.
John H. Coatsworth (1963) – historian of Latin America; provost, Columbia University; dean, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (2007–12) Marion Cohen (PhD in mathematics (distribution theory)) – mathematician and poet; Kate Cooper – Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manchester, England
At Ohio Wesleyan University, history seems to happen on the stage at University Hall's Gray Chapel. ... all high school students who live in or go to school in Delaware County, who have a 3.5 or ...
Branch Rickey, a 1903 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan, is regarded as a significant figure in the history of professional baseball for breaking the sport's racial barrier. [14] A racial incident early in Rickey's life when he was as a baseball coach for Ohio Wesleyan in 1910 would play an important role in his decision thirty years later.
Ohio Wesleyan Female College was a women's college, operating for two-and-a-half decades, until it merged into Ohio Wesleyan University in 1877. After starting as a Delaware, Ohio , academy for women in 1850, equivalent to a high school, it expanded its program in 1853 to begin service as a college. [ 1 ]
University of Akron (at that time "Buchtel College") [citation needed] University of Maine [52] University of Washington (co-ed secondary classes began in 1861; the school was closed at various times between 1862 and 1869) Wesleyan University (until 1912, when it became all male once again) [77] 1873
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