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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.
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.
Joyce Penelope Jacobsen [2] is a former President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Dr. Jacobsen was elected as the 29th President of Hobart College and the 18th President of William Smith College. [3] Jacobsen is a scholar of economics, an award-winning teacher and an experienced administrator. She began her presidency on July 1, 2019.
Mark Daniel Gearan (born September 19, 1956) [1] is an American lawyer and the president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York.He previously served as a director at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics from 1995 to 1999 and as the director of the Peace Corps.
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]
Telsey is a 1984 graduate of Hobart-William Smith College and has an M.B.A. degree from Fordham University. [1] Family members have worked in the fashion industry. Her grandmother worked at Bergdorf Goodman and her mother at Fred the Furrier in addition to the family bookstore on Madison Avenue.
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]
In addition to Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and the University of Rochester, Scandling was a major contributor to Johns Hopkins University where he established The Paul R. McHugh Endowed Chair in Motivated Behaviors in 1998, [17] Deep Springs College where he served on the Board of Trustees for 8 years, [8] the Salk Institute where a $1 ...