EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded by Rev. George Bryant in 1853 as Iowa Conference Seminary, name changed two years later to Cornell College, after philanthropist William Wesley Cornell. A more famous Cornell, Cornell University, was founded 15 years later in Ithaca.

Location:
Mount Vernon, IA

Founding Date:
1853

Motto:
Deus et Humanitas

Team:
Rams

Enrollment:
1150

Official Website:
http://www.cornellcollege.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Chris Carney	Politician	2-Mar-1959		Congressman from Pennsylvania, 2007-11
Leslie M. Shaw	Government	2-Nov-1848	28-Mar-1932	US Treasury Secretary, 1902-07
Egbert Van Alstyne	Songwriter	4-Mar-1882	9-Jul-1951	In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Loebsack	Politician	23-Dec-1952		Congressman, Iowa 2nd

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