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10 unusual facts about Colgate University


61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The companies were all recruited principally in New York City, except Company C at Madison (now Colgate) University, Hamilton, and the second Company I, recruited in Albany and vicinity.

Barbara Blondeau

Her photographs are a part of the permanent collections at The National Gallery of Canada, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Rhode Island School of Design, and Colgate University.

Charles C. Bonney

He was schooled in Hamilton, and attended Colgate University, eventually receiving his LL.D. After a brief stint as a teacher in Hamilton, Bonney moved to Peoria, Illinois, where he founded a school.

George Edwin Rines

For several years after graduation from the high school there he was engaged in mercantile life, but in 1887 resumed his studies at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.

GridWorld

The narrative was produced by Chris Nevison and Barbara Cloud Wells, Colgate University.

John Howard Starr

He was Professor of Physical Education and Chairman of the Department of Physical Education and Intramural Athletics, Colgate University, 1926-1965.

John Howard "Howie" Starr (1898—November 14, 1989), was head coach of the Colgate University hockey team for 15 years.

Lafayette Leopards football

However, Lafayette tied Colgate University 7-7 at Franklin Field and lost to Washington & Jefferson 7-6 at the Polo Grounds.

Lehigh Mountain Hawks football

Dunlap returned to his alma mater Colgate University to coach and later serve as director of athletics.

Madison University

:Not to be confused with University of Wisconsin–Madison, James Madison University, or the historical (1846-1890) name of Colgate University.


Alan Frumin

A 1968 graduate of Colgate University in Hamilton, New York and Georgetown University Law Center, Frumin's entire career has been devoted to giving Congressional procedural advice to one and all on a non-partisan basis.

Benjamin Van Alstyne

The Canajoharie, New York native played college basketball, baseball and football at Colgate University, graduating in 1917.

Chase Carey

Carey received his bachelors degree from Colgate University and an MBA from Harvard, where he was a member of the Harvard Business School Rugby Club.

Colgate Maroon-News

The Colgate Maroon-News is the student newspaper of Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.

Cornell Club of New York

Membership in the Cornell Club is restricted to alumni, faculty, and students of the Ivy League institution Cornell University, as well as alumni of a short list of affiliated schools, such as Brown, Colgate, Duke, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stanford, Tulane, and Wake Forest.

F.W. Olin Hall

Other universities that have buildings as a result of the F.W. Olin Foundation are Johns Hopkins University, Colgate, Marquette, Tufts, and the University of San Diego, amongst many others.

Gregory F. Casagrande

He received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance and Marketing from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, a MS in Accounting from New York University Stern School of Business as well as a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics with high distinction from Colgate University.

John Newton Brown

He was born in New London, Connecticut and attended Madison College (now known as Colgate University) where he graduated at the head of his class in 1823.

Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders football

An MTSU football player, Charles Sarver, won $5 from Murfreesboro's The Daily News Journal with his winning entry "Blue Raiders", which he later admitted borrowing from Colgate University, whose teams were known as "Raiders" at the time.

Mirror Image Inc.

He majored in philosophy and religion and graduated with honors from Colgate University, and later continued his studies at Harvard Divinity School.

Triennial Convention

William Colgate (January 25, 1783 – March 25, 1857) of New York City, founder and president of William Colgate & Company (org. 1806) and a major donor to the American Baptist Seminary of New York City, was grandfathered into the Triennial Convention.