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Peter R. Pouncey, President, 1984-1994. “A university or a liberal arts college, quite apart from any religious affiliations, is pledged to a special faith of its own. It believes first that men and women can live together in a community where they teach and learn from each other…. A good college seeks not merely a coterie of the like ...
The first (and so far only) Amherst graduate to serve as president of the United States was Calvin Coolidge, Class of 1895. The poet Robert Frost, arguably the College’s best-known faculty member, arrived at Amherst in 1916 and taught here intermittently for more than 40 years. Today, Amherst College is one of the nation’s premier liberal ...
June 14, 2011: Succeeding Tony Marx, Martin is the first woman named president of Amherst College. Having grown up in rural Virginia in a family who “worried that, especially for girls, higher education might be a negative force,” Martin holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from The College of William & Mary and a Ph.D. in ...
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Amherst’s historical “firsts” include the world’s first intercollegiate baseball game, the country’s first collegiate athletics program and the nation’s first undergraduate neuroscience program. The first (and so far only) Amherst graduate to serve as president of the United States was Calvin Coolidge, Class of 1895.
An Amherst Timeline. Cornerstone laid for South College, first College building. College is founded as Amherst Collegiate Institution. § Zephaniah Swift Moore, clergyman and former president of Williams College, begins term as first president (1821-23). First College Catalog issued — a single sheet.
Collection. Identifier:MA.00087. Abstract. Educator and 14th President of Amherst College. Collection consists of speeches, lecture notes and course syllabi, articles and other papers documenting Ward's career as teacher, scholar and administrator at Princeton University and Amherst College. Dates: 1952-1985.
