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{{short description|Universalist college in Galesburg, Illinois (1853–1930)}}
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[[File:Lombard University building cph.3a01862.jpg|thumb|Lombard College building, from an 1876 catalog]]
'''Lombard College''' was a college located in [[Galesburg, Illinois]].
{{for|the former Lombard College in Paris|Irish College, Paris}}
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{{more citations needed|date=June 2016}}[[File:Lombard University building cph.3a01862.jpg|thumb|Lombard College building, from an 1876 catalog]]
'''Lombard College''' was a [[Universalist Church|Universalist]] college located in [[Galesburg, Illinois]].


==History==
==History==
Lombard College was founded in 1853 by the [[Universalist Church]] as the '''Illinois Liberal Institute'''. In 1855, however, a major fire damaged much of the college, placing its future at risk, but a large gift from [[Benjamin Lombard]], an [[Illinois]] farmer and businessman, rescued the institution, rechristened as '''Lombard University'''. The official name of the school was changed to Lombard College.
Lombard College was founded in 1853 by the [[Universalist Church]] as the '''Illinois Liberal Institute'''. In 1855, however, a major fire damaged much of the college, placing its future at risk, but a large gift from [[Benjamin Lombard]] (1815–1882), a Massachusetts-born farmer and businessman,<ref name="benjamin">{{Cite book |last=Whitney |first=Carrie Westlake |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DB9KAQAAMAAJ&q=benjamin+Lombard+of+Henry%2C+Illinois.&pg=PA384 |title=Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 |publisher=S.J. Clarke |year=1908 |volume=II |location=Chicago |page=384 |access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref> rescued the institution, rechristened as '''Lombard University'''. The official name of the school was changed to Lombard College.<ref name="regmail">{{Cite news |first=Tom |last=Wilson |date=July 12, 2014 |title=Former Lombard College name is resurrected |url=http://www.galesburg.com/article/20140712/NEWS/140719927 |access-date=June 16, 2016 |work=The Register-Mail}}</ref>


Lombard was [[coeducational]] from its founding, reflecting the Universalist philosophy. The institution was the seat of the [[Ryder School of Divinity]] from sometime in the 1880s until 1913. The very first chapter of the national sorority [[Alpha Xi Delta]] was also founded there in 1893.
Lombard was [[coeducational]] from its founding, reflecting the Universalist philosophy. The institution was the seat of the Ryder School of Divinity from sometime in the 1880s until 1913. The very first chapter of the national sorority [[Alpha Xi Delta]] was also founded there in 1893.


Lombard College was a member of the [[Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] from 1910–1929.
Lombard College was a member of the [[Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] from 1910 to 1929.


The [[Great Depression]] proved to be too much for Lombard; the last class was graduated in 1930. While Lombard did not merge, some of its students transferred to nearby [[Knox College, Illinois|Knox College]], and its alumni activities take place at Knox. [[Sigma Nu]] fraternity's Delta Theta chapter, which formed at Lombard in 1867 as the Delta Theta Society and became a part of Sigma Nu in 1891, continues its activities at Knox to this day.
The [[Great Depression]] proved to be too much for Lombard; the last class was graduated in 1930. While Lombard did not merge, some of its students transferred to nearby [[Knox College (Illinois)|Knox College]], and its alumni activities take place at Knox. [[Sigma Nu]] fraternity's ''Delta Theta chapter'', which formed at Lombard in 1867 as the Delta Theta Society (local) and became a part of Sigma Nu in 1891, continues its activities at Knox to this day. Until 1973, the ''Alpha chapter'' of Alpha Xi Delta also continued at Knox.


The former Lombard College building and campus is currently used as Lombard Middle School.
The former Lombard College building and campus is currently used as Lombard Middle School.

When the college closed in 1930, the Lombard charter was transferred to Meadville Theological School in Chicago, a Unitarian seminary, bringing with it Lombard's privilege of a tax exemption, "one of only three in Illinois granting full tax-exempt status in perpetuity for all college-owned property."<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 20, 1999 |title=Lombard College, alive and well in Chicago |url=http://www.thezephyr.com/backtrack/lombard.htm |work=The Zephyr}}</ref> In 1964 the school adopted the name "Meadville Theological School of Lombard College".<ref name="regmail" /> The combined institution later became [[Meadville Lombard Theological School]].


==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
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*[[Ken Carpenter (announcer)|Ken Carpenter]] - radio-TV announcer
*[[Edwin H. Conger]] – U.S. Congressman, diplomat, and ambassador to [[China]]
*[[Edwin H. Conger]] – U.S. Congressman, diplomat, and Minister to [[Brazil]], [[China]], and [[Mexico]]
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*[[Effie McCollum Jones]] - Universalist minister, suffragette
*[[Jennie Florella Holmes]] — American temperance activist and suffragist
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*[[Effie McCollum Jones]] - Universalist minister, suffragist
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*[[William Bramwell Powell]] - educator, co-founder of [[National Geographic Society]]
*[[Carl Sandburg]] (non-graduate) – author, poet, [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner
*[[Carl Sandburg]] (non-graduate) – author, poet, [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner
*[[Paul Jordan Smith]] – editor, educator, poet
*[[Paul Jordan Smith]] – editor, educator, poet
*[[Lon Stiner]] (non-graduate) - college football coach
*[[Dorothy Tilden Spoerl]] – theologian, writer, educator
*[[Evar Swanson]] – professional [[baseball]] and [[football (American)|football]] player; fastest player in history of baseball
*[[Evar Swanson]] – professional [[baseball]] and [[football (American)|football]] player
*[[Vespasian Warner]] – politician, lawyer, businessman.
*[[Owen B. West]] - Illinois state legislator, farmer, and businessman
*[[Sewall G. Wright]] – geneticist
*[[Sewall G. Wright]] – geneticist
*[[Quincy Wright]] – educator, poet, economist
*[[Quincy Wright]] – educator, poet, economist
*[[Theodore Paul Wright]] – engineer, first director of the [[Civil Aeronautics Administration (United States)|Civil Aeronautics Administration]]
*[[Theodore Paul Wright]] – engineer, first director of the [[Civil Aeronautics Administration (United States)|Civil Aeronautics Administration]]
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*[[Ken Carpenter (announcer)|Ken Carpenter]], the late radio and TV announcer
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*[[William B Powell]], educator and co-founder of the [[National Geographic Society]]


==Notable faculty==
==Notable faculty==
*[[Anna Groff Bryant]] — vocal teacher, head of music department
*[[Phillip Green Wright]]
*[[Philip Green Wright]]
*[[David Starr Jordan]] – ichthyologist, president of [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]]; founding president of [[Stanford University]]
*[[David Starr Jordan]] – ichthyologist, president of [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]]; founding president of [[Stanford University]]
*Frederick William Rich-Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Conger Professor of Chemistry and Physics [Catalogue of Lombard College, 1906-1908]
*[[Wilhelmine Key]] - geneticist, eugenics

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://slacey19690.jimdo.com/defunct-schools/lombard/ Lombard history]
*[http://slacey19690.jimdo.com/defunct-schools/lombard/ Lombard history]
*[http://www.knox.edu/about-knox/we-are-knox/our-history/honoring-lombard.html The Lombard College Collection] at Knox College
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110517125358/http://www.knox.edu/about-knox/we-are-knox/our-history/honoring-lombard.html The Lombard College Collection] at Knox College

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Latest revision as of 01:32, 14 May 2024

For the former Lombard College in Paris, see Irish College, Paris.
Lombard College building, from an 1876 catalog

Lombard College was a Universalist college located in Galesburg, Illinois.

History

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Lombard College was founded in 1853 by the Universalist Church as the Illinois Liberal Institute. In 1855, however, a major fire damaged much of the college, placing its future at risk, but a large gift from Benjamin Lombard (1815–1882), a Massachusetts-born farmer and businessman,[1] rescued the institution, rechristened as Lombard University. The official name of the school was changed to Lombard College.[2]

Lombard was coeducational from its founding, reflecting the Universalist philosophy. The institution was the seat of the Ryder School of Divinity from sometime in the 1880s until 1913. The very first chapter of the national sorority Alpha Xi Delta was also founded there in 1893.

Lombard College was a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference from 1910 to 1929.

The Great Depression proved to be too much for Lombard; the last class was graduated in 1930. While Lombard did not merge, some of its students transferred to nearby Knox College, and its alumni activities take place at Knox. Sigma Nu fraternity's Delta Theta chapter, which formed at Lombard in 1867 as the Delta Theta Society (local) and became a part of Sigma Nu in 1891, continues its activities at Knox to this day. Until 1973, the Alpha chapter of Alpha Xi Delta also continued at Knox.

The former Lombard College building and campus is currently used as Lombard Middle School.

When the college closed in 1930, the Lombard charter was transferred to Meadville Theological School in Chicago, a Unitarian seminary, bringing with it Lombard's privilege of a tax exemption, "one of only three in Illinois granting full tax-exempt status in perpetuity for all college-owned property."[3] In 1964 the school adopted the name "Meadville Theological School of Lombard College".[2] The combined institution later became Meadville Lombard Theological School.

Notable alumni

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Notable faculty

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References

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  1. ^ Whitney, Carrie Westlake (1908). Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908. Vol. II. Chicago: S.J. Clarke. p. 384. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Wilson, Tom (July 12, 2014). "Former Lombard College name is resurrected". The Register-Mail. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "Lombard College, alive and well in Chicago". The Zephyr. October 20, 1999.
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