Gettysburg College
| Gettysburg College | |
|---|---|
| founding | 1832 |
| Sponsorship | Private |
| place | Gettysburg , Pennsylvania , USA |
| president | Robert W. Iuliano |
| Students | 2600 |
| Employee | 180 |
| Annual budget | $ 274 million |
| Website | www.gettysburg.edu |
Gettysburg College is a private liberal arts - College in Gettysburg in southern Pennsylvania . The college has 2,600 students from 35 countries and 180 employees. The school is editor of the literary magazine The Gettysburg Review . The school's sports teams are nicknamed Bullets .
Historical
The college was founded in 1832 as a sister institution to the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg . Both foundations go back to Samuel Simon Schmucker and Thaddeus Stevens , "the great common man" , a radical Republican and lawyer . The school was originally called Pennsylvania College .
The college is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America .
Well-known graduates
- James Glenn Beall , Former US Senator from Maryland
- Carol Bellamy , American manager and politician
- John Michael Bishop , American virologist
- Herman Haupt (engineer) , General in the United States Army in the Civil War
- George Michael Leader , American politician
- Ron Paul , American doctor and politician
- Jerry Spinelli , American author of young books
- Charles Willoughby , Major General in the United States Army
Web links
Commons : Gettysburg College - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gettysburg College: Biography of Robert W. Iuliano. Retrieved November 23, 2019 .
Coordinates: 39 ° 50 ′ 7.4 ″ N , 77 ° 14 ′ 2.7 ″ W.