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unusual facts about Wells College



Aurora Inn

The Aurora Foundation, a partnership between Wells College and the Pleasant Rowland Foundation, renovated the Aurora Inn in 2001 to redevelop it for lodging, dining and special events.

Jane Doolittle

Shortly after graduation from Wells College, Doolittle came to Tehran to respond to an urgent appeal to take the place of another young woman to teach biology at the American Presbyterian School for Girls in Persia -Tehran, although her main goal was to become a physician.


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Aurora Village–Wells College Historic District

In 1868, Wells Seminary, later Wells College, was founded by Henry Wells, founder of American Express (1850) and Wells Fargo (1852).

Helen Smith

Helen Fairchild Smith (died 1926), professor of English literature and Dean of Wells College