DePauw University
 DePauw University  (University)    | |
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| Motto | Decus lumenque reipublicae collegium (the college is the splendor and light of the common good) |
| Formation | 1837 |
| Headquarters | Indiana, USA |
| Type | • Private • liberal arts • co-educational |
| Other name | Tigers |
| Small Midwestern university | |
DePauw University is a private university in Greencastle, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 1,972 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University. DePauw is a member of both the Great Lakes Colleges Association and the North Coast Athletic Conference. The Society of Professional Journalists was founded at DePauw.
History
Indiana Asbury University was founded in 1837 in Greencastle, Indiana, and was named after Francis Asbury, the first American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The people of Greencastle raised $25,000, equivalent to around $500,000 in 2007 terms, to entice the Methodists to found the college in Greencastle, which was little more than a village at the time. It was originally established as an all men's school, but began admitting women in 1867.
In 1884 Indiana Asbury University changed its name to DePauw University in honor of Washington C. DePauw, who made a sequence of substantial donations throughout the 1870s, which culminated in his largest single donation that established the School of Music during 1884.[1] Before his death in 1887, DePauw donated over $600,000 to Indiana Asbury, equal to around $13 million in 2007. In 2002, the school received the largest-ever gift to a liberal arts college, $128 million by the Holton family.
Sigma Delta Chi, known today as the Society of Professional Journalists, was founded at the university in 1909 by a group of student journalists, including Eugene C. Pulliam. The world's first Greek-letter sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, was also founded at DePauw in 1870. DePauw is home to the two longest continually running fraternity chapters in the world: the Delta chapter of Beta Theta Pi and the Lambda chapter of Phi Gamma Delta.[2]
As of July 2020, Dr. Lori S. White, previously vice chancellor for student affairs at Washington University in St. Louis, is the 21st president of DePauw University.[3] Dr. White is the first woman and African American to serve as President of DePauw University.[4]
Academics
DePauw University has an enrollment of 1,970 students. Students hail from DePauw's liberal arts education gives students a chance to gain general knowledge outside their direct area of study by taking classes outside their degrees and engaging in Winter Term classes and trips.
Alumni on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Mead | 16 December 1901 | 15 November 1978 | US | Spook Anthropologist | American anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and the 1970s. Close ties to the CIA, including covering up the use of anthropologists as spooks. Husband involved in MK-Ultra program. Later involved in the introduction the agendas "overpopulation" and "global warming". |
| Howard Petersen | 7 May 1910 | 28 December 1995 | US | Financier | US financier who negotiated the conclusion of the 1960-62 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade for the JFK administration. Attended Bilderberg/1965. |
| Dan Quayle | 4 February 1947 | US | Politician Lawyer | One time Bilderberger and former US Vice President |
References
- ↑ http://my.depauw.edu/library/archives/ehistory/chapter2/wdepauw.html
- ↑ http://www.depauw.edu/studentlife/greek/councilschapters/depauwchapters/%7Ctitle=DePauw Chapters
- ↑ https://source.wustl.edu/2020/03/white-appointed-president-of-depauw-university/
- ↑ https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/depauw-university-names-first-woman-african-american-as-st-president/article_58b41bfe-1243-5eeb-8ccd-b9694848fce2.html
