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Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. [18] Its main campus is in the Druid Hills neighborhood, three miles (five kilometers) from downtown Atlanta. [19]
Emory University is the highest ranked university in the metropolitan area. The most prestigious HBCUs (Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, and Morehouse College) are also found in Atlanta. The educational landscape in Atlanta is rounded out by the smaller liberal arts colleges of Agnes Scott College and Oglethorpe University.
Among the 50 U.S. states and the national capital of Washington, D.C., only five states do not have an R1 level university: Alaska, Idaho, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming. Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity
The Emory University School of Medicine is the graduate medical school of Emory University and a component of Emory’s Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center. Emory University School of Medicine traces its origins back to 1915 when the Atlanta Medical College (founded 1854), the Southern Medical College (1878), and the Atlanta School of Medicine (founded 1905) merged.
Oxford College of Emory University (Oxford College) is a residential college of Emory University. Oxford College is located in Oxford, Georgia, on Emory University's original campus 38 miles (61 km) east of Emory's current Atlanta campus. It specializes in the foundations of liberal arts education.
Emory & Henry University (E&H or Emory) is a private university in Emory, Virginia, United States. The campus comprises 335 acres (1.36 km 2 ) of Washington County , which is part of the Appalachian highlands of Southwest Virginia .
Atlanta: Emory University, 1966. Hauk, Gary S. A Legacy of Heart and Mind: Emory since 1836 (Atlanta: Emory University, developed and produced by Bookhouse Group, Inc., 1999). Young, James Harvey. "A Brief History of Emory University", in Emory College Catalog 2003–2005 (Atlanta: Emory University Office of University Publications, 2003), 9–15.
Emory Williams, Sr. (BA 1932 [36]) – retired corporate executive of Sears Roebuck and civic leader in Chicago, namesake of the Emory Williams Teaching Award at Emory University Robert W. Woodruff (one term as an undergraduate [ 37 ] ) – former president of the Coca-Cola Company , gave over $230 million to Emory University, [ 37 ] namesake ...