Knox College
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 Knox College  (College)    | |
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| Motto | Latin: Veritas |
| Formation | 1837 |
| Headquarters | Galesburg, Illinois, USA |
| Type | • Private • liberal arts |
| Private liberal arts college in Illinois | |
Knox Collegeis a private liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois. It was founded in 1837 and offers more than 60 courses of study.
The college was founded in 1837 by social reformers and abolitionists as the Knox Manual Labor College. The college was one of the first in the United States to be open to men, women and all ethnic groups upon its founding. In 1857 the name was changed to Knox College after its location in Knox County.[1] Many of the founders of Knox College and residents of Galesburg were abolitionists and actively supported the Underground Railroad.[2]
Alumni on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
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| Nelson Dean Jay | 7 March 1883 | 6 June 1972 | US | Financier | David Rockefeller said: “Dean Jay is important, if for no other reason, because he was one of the ten Americans to be invited to the first Bilderberg Conference.” |
| John Podesta | 8 January 1949 | Deep state operative | |||
| Joseph J. Sisco | 31 October 1919 | 23 November 2004 | US | Diplomat Spook | American diplomat, spook and university rector who wrote a working paper for the discussion on Western Power and the Middle East: A Case Study in Atlantic Relationships at the 1984 Bilderberg |
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