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4 unusual facts about Westminster College


Westminster College, Cambridge

With the support of Solomon Schechter they made several more trips to the Middle East, locating the majority of the Genizah at the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo.

Westminster College, Oxford

In 1959, Westminster College moved into a set of purpose-built facilities on Harcourt Hill, Oxford, with buildings noted for their fusion of Oxford quads with a "New England" style of architecture, evident particularly in the large and distinctive chapel.

The college was founded in London in 1851 as a training institute for teachers for Methodist schools, but moved to Oxford in 1959.

Following the move, the college's qualifications were validated by the University of Oxford through its Institute of Education and, later, its Department of Education.


Colleges of the University of Cambridge

There are also several theological colleges in Cambridge (for example Ridley Hall, Wesley House, Westcott House and Westminster College) that are affiliated with the university through the Cambridge Theological Federation.

Edmond Hamilton

Something of a child prodigy, he graduated from high school and started college (Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania) at the age of 14, but washed out at 17.

George Roark

He served as the head football coach at Westminster College of New Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 1936 and at Washington & Jefferson College from 1937 to 1940, compiling a career college football record of 18–18–3.

Greenville Area School District

Greenville Area School District has Dual Enrollment agreements with several local colleges, including Butler County Community College, Penn State University (Shenango Campus), Thiel College, and Westminster College.

Henry Bellamann

After graduation from Fulton High School in 1899 he attended Westminster College in Fulton for a year before moving to Colorado in 1901 to study piano at the University of Denver.

James Ashbrook Perkins

James Ashbrook Perkins has been a Professor of English, at Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania since 1973.

Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel

Born in New Bedford, Pennsylvania, Van Orsdel received an A.B. from Westminster College in 1885 and read law to enter the bar in 1890.

Karen Davis

She studied for her undergraduate degree at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.

Luann Ridgeway

Ridgeway attended William Woods University and Westminster College, Missouri where she received a BA degree with Magna Cum Laude honors with a double major in political science and history.

Richard Dorman

Richard Dorman is the 14th President of Westminster College, a liberal arts college in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania,.

Robert H. Strahan

He learned the printing trade, and graduated from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 1863.

Westminster College Gymnasium

Westminster College Gymnasium in Fulton, Missouri was the site of Winston Churchill's March 5, 1946 "Sinews of Peace" speech, in which he stated that "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent." The speech at Westminster College focused on the United Nations, nuclear proliferation and Soviet expansion.


see also

Bill Emerson

The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, which crosses the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau, is named after him, as is Emerson Hall, the main assembly room in the House Page School in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress and Emerson Hall, an upperclass residence hall at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, his alma mater.

Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone

Until 2011 it was used as a training venue for the City of Westminster College's performing arts, theatre lighting, sound engineering and media students, along with regularly visiting students from Ball State University and young people from The Prince's Trust.

Phil M. Donnelly

Highlights of his first term as governor included overseeing the implementation of a new Missouri state constitution in 1946, creation of the Missouri Department of Revenue, and welcoming international statesman Winston Churchill to Fulton, Missouri for the famous Iron Curtain speech at Westminster College.