Carleton College
| Carleton College | |
|---|---|
| motto | Declaratio Sermonum Tuorum Illuminat |
| founding | 1866 |
| Sponsorship | Private |
| place | Northfield , Minnesota USA |
| president | Steven G. Poskanzer |
| Students | approx. 2,000 |
| Professors | 198 |
| Website | www.carleton.edu |
Carleton College is an independent, confessional free liberal arts college with students of both sexes in Northfield , in the US state of Minnesota . The college was founded on November 14, 1866 by the Minnesota Conference of Congregational Churches under the name Northfield College . In 1871 the name was changed to honor the patron William Carleton of Charlestown, Massachusetts , who donated US $ 50,000 to the newly formed institution. Today the college has approximately 2,000 students and employs 198 teachers. The current president is Steven G. Poskanzer.
Personalities
Lecturers
- John Bates Clark , economist
- Paul Wellstone , political scientist
- Laurence McKinley Gould , geologist
Graduates
- Walter Alvarez , 1962, geologist
- Anthony Downs , 1952, political scientist and economist
- Lincoln Child , 1979, writer
- Melvin R. Laird , 1942, Secretary of Defense in the Nixon Cabinet
- Ernest Lundeen , 1901, politician
- James W. Loewen , 1964, sociologist and author
- Eleanor Kinnaird , 1953, politician
- Warren P. Knowles , 1930, 37th Governor of Wisconsin
- Donella Meadows , 1963, environmental scientist and author; She was best known for the study The Limits to Growth
- Karl Earl Mundt , 1923, politician
- Peter Tork , without a degree, musician and actor
- Thorstein Veblen , 1880, economist and sociologist
Web links
Commons : Carleton College - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carleton College: College History 1866-1891 (English). Accessed March 6, 2010
- ↑ Carleton College: Carleton College Office of the President (English).
Coordinates: 44 ° 27 '43 " N , 93 ° 9' 13.6" W.