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Cyrus G. Baldwin
Cyrus Grandison Baldwin (October 10, 1852January 10, 1931) was an American minister in the Congregationalism in the United States, Congregational Church, the first official president of Pomona College, and a pioneer of hydroelectric power in Southern California. Early life and career Baldwin was born in Napoli, New York, in 1852. He moved to Ohio with his family when he was a child and graduated from Oberlin College in 1873. He completed his seminary degree at Andover Theological Seminary in 1876, becoming ordained five years later. After that, he became a professor of Latin at Ripon College (Wisconsin), Ripon College, and helped fundraise for the YMCA. Pomona College presidency His success at the latter endeavor led to his election as the first official president of Pomona College in 1890 by its board of trustees, succeeding trustee Charles B. Sumner, who had led the college during its founding years. He became popular among both students and community members, enjoying a loyal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomona College
Pomona College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to recreate a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. In 1925, it became the founding member of the Claremont Colleges consortium of adjacent, affiliated institutions. Pomona is a four-year undergraduate institution that approximately students. It offers 48 majors in liberal arts disciplines and roughly 650 courses, as well as access to more than 2,000 additional courses at the other Claremont Colleges. Its campus is in a residential community east of downtown Los Angeles, near the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. Pomona has the lowest acceptance rate of any U.S. liberal arts college and is considered the most prestigious liberal arts college in the American West and one of the most prestigious in the country. It has a $ endowment , making it the seventh-wealthiest college or university in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
