Purdue University
Company description "Purdue University"
History:
July 2, 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Land Grant Act, which turned public lands over to any state that agreed to use the land sale proceeds to maintain a college teaching agriculture and the "mechanic arts." 1865 The Indiana General Assembly voted to participate in the plan and took steps to establish such an institution. May 6, 1869 The Indiana General Assembly chose the Lafayette area for the new institution and accepted a $150,000 gift from John Purdue, as well as $50,000 from Tippecanoe County and 100 acres of land from local residents. The legislature named the new school Purdue University. 1872 Purdue's first president, Richard Owen, started his term. September 16, 1874 Classes began with six instructors and 39 students. Purdue's first graduating class had 14 students. John Purdue The principal benefactor for the University’s founding was born October 31, 1802, near Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania, and died September 12, 1876, in Lafayette, Indiana. He is buried on the Purdue — West Lafayette campus.
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Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907, (765) 494-4600
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