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This is an incomplete list of U.S. college nicknames. ... Garden City, New York: Adrian College: Bulldogs: Adrian, Michigan ... Thomas College Terriers;
The type of institution, such as "University" or "College," may be dropped, or some component of it abbreviated, such as "Tech" in place of "Institute of Technology" or "Technological University." The same nickname may apply to multiple institutions, especially in different regions.
The hotel was renamed The Hotel Edison upon Edison's return to the city on 1922. [4] In 1954, Lake Thomas A Edison in California was named after Edison to mark the 75th anniversary of the incandescent light bulb. [5] Edison was on hand to turn on the lights at the Hotel Edison in New York City when it opened in 1931. [6]
Edison in 1861. Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio, but grew up in Port Huron, Michigan, after the family moved there in 1854. [8] He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. (1804–1896, born in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia) and Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871, born in Chenango County, New York).
S. S. Conner Junior High School 1955–1964 (the S. S. Conner name was subsequently taken by an elementary school that opened in 1965) Edison Middle Learning Center (closed 2018) [137] It was located in West Dallas and named after Thomas Edison.
The Oasis of West Texas [77] (The city is unusual in West Texas for having three rivers and three lakes.) Queen City of Central West Texas [76] Texas' biggest small town [78] Wool Capital [76] [77] or the Wool and Mohair Capital of the World [79] San Antonio. Alamo City [80] Countdown City [81] Spurs Nation; Deuce Dime [citation needed] River ...
Southwest Texas State Normal College (1918–1923); Southwest Texas State Teachers College (1923–1959); Southwest Texas State College (1959–1969); Southwest Texas State University (1969–2003); Texas State University–San Marcos (2003–2013) 2013 Texas Tech University: Texas Technological College 1969 Thomas More College: Villa Madonna ...
Lincoln College (Illinois), a private college in Lincoln; Lincoln Land Community College, a public community college in Springfield, Illinois; Abraham Lincoln High School (disambiguation) Lincoln High School (disambiguation), includes some schools that may not be named after the president; Lincoln Junior High School, Bentonville, Arkansas