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Amherst College ( / ˈæmərst / ⓘ [6] AM-ərst) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher education in Massachusetts. [7]
John W. Atherton 1939, founding president of Pitzer College. Calvin Plimpton 1939, thirteenth president of Amherst College; president of Downstate Medical Center and American University of Beirut. Julian Gibbs 1947, fifteenth president of Amherst College. Charles R. Longsworth 1951, president of Hampshire College, founding vice-president.
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is the state's sole public land-grant university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Massachusetts system. There are also eleven Catholic post-secondary institutions, including Boston College, the College of the Holy Cross, and Stonehill College.
Amherst, Massachusetts. / 42.383°N 72.517°W / 42.383; -72.517. Amherst ( / ˈæmərst / ⓘ) [4] is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Connecticut River valley. Amherst has a council–manager form of government, and is considered a city under Massachusetts state law.
The Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College, is located on the campus of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. It showcases fossils and minerals collected locally and abroad, many by past and present students and professors. The museum is located in the Beneski Earth Sciences Building, completed in 2006.
Harvard University, with a $50.7 billion endowment as of 2024, is the wealthiest university in the world. Many colleges and universities in the United States maintain a financial endowment consisting of assets that are invested in financial securities, real estate, and other instruments. The investment yields a return that funds a portion of an ...
The Remarks at Amherst College on the Arts at the Presidential Convocation and Groundbreaking for the Robert Frost Library is a speech delivered by United States President John F. Kennedy about the arts and liberal education in honor of the American poet Robert Frost to the students and faculty of Amherst College, a liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, on October 26, 1963.
Amherst Mammoths athletes (5 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Amherst College alumni" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 896 total.