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Hamilton College is a private liberal arts college in the Clinton, New York, area. [4] It was established as the Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1793 and received its charter as Hamilton College in 1812, in honor of Alexander Hamilton , one of its inaugural trustees, following a proposal made after his death in 1804.
Edgar Baldwin Graves (1898 – March 24, 1983) [1] was an American medievalist and professor of history at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.His primary area of expertise was medieval English law and the relationship between royal and ecclesiastical jurisdictions.
Hamilton College is a private, independent liberal arts college located in Clinton, New York. It has been coeducational since 1978, when it merged with Kirkland College . Below is a non-comprehensive list of Hamiltonians who have made notable achievements or contributions in their chosen fields.
Samuel Eells studied at Hamilton College from 1828 to 1832, a time when both the college and American society were in turmoil. The college was nearly bankrupt due to mismanagement, and the student body was torn apart by rivalries between underground debating and literary societies, primarily the Phoenix and the Philopeuthian.
Azel Backus (October 13, 1765 – December 28, 1816) was an American educator, born in New London County, Connecticut.After having a long preaching career, he was elected as the first President of Hamilton College in New York. [1]
About 100 students occupied Hamilton Hall for four days to demand the university create an ethnic studies department, while a handful of students also staged a hunger strike that lasted two weeks.
Robert Louis Paquette (born 1951) is an American historian and former Professor of American History at Hamilton College, and co-founder of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization. [1] He is particularly known for his work on the history of slavery in Cuba. [2] [3]
The building allowed Hamilton to both practice and play on a consistent ice surface years before most other teams had access to similar facilities. This helped the Continentals flourish throughout the 20's and 30's. In the decades since its completion, Hamilton continued to use Sage Rink as its home and the arena was renovated in 1993.