Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell,Iowa,United States. It was founded in 1846 when a group of New England Congregationalists established Iowa College. It has an open curriculum,which means students need not follow a prescribed list of classes. The college's 120-acre campus includes several listings on the National Register of Historic Places.
The University of California,San Francisco (UCSF) is a public land-grant research university in San Francisco,California. It is part of the University of California system and is dedicated entirely to health science and life science. It conducts research and teaching in medical and biological sciences.
Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta,Georgia,United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campus is in the Druid Hills neighborhood,three miles from downtown Atlanta.
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) is a private research university in St. Louis,Missouri,United States. Founded in 1853,the university is named after George Washington,the first president of the United States.
Phillips Academy is a co-educational college-preparatory school for boarding and day students located in Andover,Massachusetts,a suburb of Boston. The academy enrolls approximately 1,150 students in grades 9 through 12,including postgraduate students. It is part of the Eight Schools Association and the Ten Schools Admission Organization.
Phillips Exeter Academy is a coeducational university preparatory private school for boarding and day students in grades 9 through 12,including postgraduate students. Located in Exeter,New Hampshire,near Boston in the northeastern United States,it has been well-known and well-regarded since its founding in 1781,and routinely appears at the top of national and international rankings of independent schools. Its alumni include one U.S. President;numerous State and Territorial Governors,Cabinet Secretaries,and U.S. Senators and Congressmen since the early days of the Republic;as well as Nobel Prize,Medal of Honor,Pulitzer Prize,Fields Medal,MacArthur Fellow,and Oscar,Emmy,and Tony award recipients;and many generations of leaders in academia,business,law,medicine,publishing,and the arts and sciences.
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a public college focused on criminal justice and located in New York City. It is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY). John Jay was founded as the only liberal arts college with a criminal justice and forensic focus in the United States.
Andover Theological Seminary (1807–1965) was a Congregationalist seminary founded in 1807 and originally located in Andover,Massachusetts on the campus of Phillips Academy.
The Roxbury Latin School is a private,college-preparatory all-boys day school located in West Roxbury,Boston,Massachusetts. Founded in 1645 by Puritan missionary John Eliot,Roxbury Latin bills itself as the oldest boys' school in North America and the oldest school in continuous existence in North America.
Jilin University (JLU) is a public university in Changchun,Jilin,China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211,Project 985,and the Double First-Class Construction.
Brooks School is a private,co-educational,college-preparatory boarding school in North Andover,Massachusetts,United States,on the shores of Lake Cochichewick.
Russell King Osgood is an American lawyer who was the dean of Washington University School of Law. Previously,he was the twelfth president of Grinnell College (1998–2010) and a professor of history and political science. He is a legal scholar and holds a B.A. and J.D. from Yale University,formerly serving as the dean of Cornell Law School. In 2003,Russell Osgood was the highest paid liberal arts college president in the U.S.;he earned $509,130 in the fiscal year ending June 30,2004.
The Governor's Academy is a co-educational,college-preparatory day and boarding school in Byfield,Massachusetts. Established in 1763 in memory of Massachusetts governor William Dummer,Governor's is the oldest boarding school in New England.
Oscar Liu-Chien Tang is a Chinese-born American businessman,financier,investor,and philanthropist. He is best known for being the co-founder of Reich &Tang,an asset management firm. Tang was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005. Prior to this,he was appointed to the New York State Council on the Arts from 2000 to 2004 and the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities from 1990 to 1993.
Andover Newton Theological School (ANTS) was a graduate school and seminary in Newton,Massachusetts,affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA and the United Church of Christ. It was the product of a merger between Andover Theological Seminary and Newton Theological Institution. In recent years,it was an official open and affirming seminary,meaning that it was open to students of same-sex attraction or transgender orientation and generally advocated for tolerance of it in church and society.
The Eight Schools Association (ESA) is a group of large private college-preparatory boarding schools in the Northeastern United States. It was formally established in 2006,but has existed in some form since the 1973–74 school year. Although several ESA schools no longer publish their endowment figures,in 2016 the ESA contained seven of the ten wealthiest traditional college-preparatory boarding schools in the United States,as measured by total size of endowment. All eight ESA members commit to provide financial aid equivalent to the full demonstrated need of the U.S. citizen students that they admit,as determined by the schools' respective financial aid departments.
The Grinnell College Innovator for Social Justice Prize,created by Grinnell College,is an annual program honoring individuals who have demonstrated leadership in their fields and "who show creativity,commitment,and extraordinary accomplishment in effecting positive social change."
Kington is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lawrence A. Tabak is an American dentist and biomedical scientist serving as the principal deputy director of the National Institutes of Health. He served as acting director from 2021 to 2023. Previously he was the director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research from 2000 to 2010.
