Nathaniel Hawthorne College

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Nathaniel Hawthorne College
Other name
Hawthorne College
TypePrivate
Active1962–1988
FounderKenneth McLaughlin
Affiliation Florida Institute of Technology
Location
Antrim, New Hampshire
,
United States
Sporting affiliations
 ECAC Northeast
MascotHighlander

Nathaniel Hawthorne College, later Hawthorne College, was a nonprofit private liberal arts college in Antrim, New Hampshire. It opened in 1962. [1] The college merged with the Florida Institute of Technology in 1982. [2] It closed in 1988. [3]

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History

Nathaniel Hawthorn College was a nonprofit private coeducational liberal arts college founded in 1962 by John Berrigan, Kenneth McLaughlin, and Joseph Whelton who purchased the property for the college. [4] [2] McLaughlin served as the college's president. [5]

The college had 100 students for its first semester in September 1962. [6] [7] Its enrollment was quickly boosted to as many as 700 students by men seeking to avoid the draft for the Vietnam War. [5] When the war ended, enrollment dropped to 500 students, and the college was forced to lay off some of its faculty. [5]

McLaughlin decided that continuing as just a liberal arts college would bring about the college's extinction. [5] He was a noted "aviation enthusiast" and already owned a private airport. [5] In 1971, a curriculum in aviation was added. [2] [4] By 1980, aviation was the college's mainstay, helping to keep it open and attracting some 65 percent of its students. [5] The college owned nineteen aircraft for the 315 enrollees in the program in the fall of 1979. [5] Of the 528 students enrolled that semester, fifteen percent were from foreign countries, including France, Greece, Japan, Venezuela, and several African countries. [5] As a result, the college began offering special English classes. [5]

In 1982, the college merged with the Florida Institute of Technology. [2] Its academic focus changed to aeronautics, business, and computer science. [2] [8] It also shortened its name to Hawthorne College and was rechartered by the State of New Hampshire. [2]

The college's enrollment declined, and its operating debt increased to $400,000 a year ($1,072,759 in today's money). [6] In 1987, it had less than 300 students. [6] Time magazine noted that even with the inducement of flying lessons, Hawthorne had less than half the number of day students it needed to fill its freshman class. [9] With long-term debts over $4 million, the college declared bankruptcy in 1988 and began plans to liquidate its assets. [6] It graduated its last class in April 1988. [6] The college officially closed in 1988. [3] [1]

After its closure, the college campus was bought by Maruzen Construction Company of Japan in 1990. [4] In 1992, Maruzen opened an aviation college similar to the later years of Hawthorne College, but this institution was short-lived. [4] The former college was then was owned by a Maharishi meditation school. [8] In 2014, it was purchased by the nonprofit Overseas United Education, which opened a preparatory school called the Hawthorne Academy in the fall of 2017. [8]

The college's former airfield is now the Hawthorne–Feather Airpark, a privately owned public-use airport.

Campus

The college was located on the former Flint Estate in North Branch, Antrim, New Hampshire. [4] It also included a former airport. [5] The campus consisted of 900 acres (360 ha) that overlooked the North Bridge River. [5] The campus expanded to include properties in three towns, twenty buildings, and a 50 acres (20 ha) airfield with a 3,500 feet (1,100 m) runway. [6]

In 1984, the surviving historic buildings of the Flint Estate were listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Student life

The college had a chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity from 1975 to 1982. [3] It also had a chapter of Alpha Eta Rho, a professional aviation fraternity.

It was a member of the ECAC Northeast intercollegiate athletic conference, playing NCAA Division III hockey from 1984 to 1988. Its team played in the 1983 NAIA Ice Hockey Championship semifinals. The college also had a women's basketball team. The Hawthorne mascot was the Highlander.

There was also a Cross Country running team. Jim Boynton won the Mayflower Conference Championships two years in a row. He also set course records in Franklin Pierce College, Castleton State Vt and Hawthorne College.

Notable people

Alumni

Faculty

See also

Further reading

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