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Land-grant universities and colleges
- Cornell UniversityOn the 27th of April 1865, Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White signed a legislative act that created New York's land-grant institution.
- University of California, BerkeleyIn 1868, California established its first land-grant university with the signing of the Organic Act. The institution opened its doors in Oakland the…
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyWilliam Barton Rogers signed the charter for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the 10th of April 1861. The new institution opened its doors two…
- Rutgers UniversityOn the 10th of November 1766, a royal charter signed by William Franklin established Queen's College in New Jersey. The document named the institution after…
- Michigan State UniversityOn the 12th of February 1855, Michigan Governor Kinsley S. Bingham signed a bill establishing the nation's first agriculture college, the Agricultural…
- University of KentuckyJohn Bryan Bowman stood before the Kentucky General Assembly in 1865 to propose a new institution. He called it the Agricultural and Mechanical College of…
- University of TennesseeOn the 10th of September 1794, two years before Tennessee became a state, Blount College opened its doors in Knoxville. Governor William Blount lent his name…
- Purdue UniversityOn the 6th of May 1869, the Indiana General Assembly established Purdue University in Tippecanoe County. This decision followed a competitive bidding process…
- University of California, IrvineOn the 20th of June 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson stood before a crowd of fifteen thousand people to dedicate the University of California, Irvine.
- Morrill Land-Grant ActsIn 1853, the Illinois Legislature adopted a resolution drafted by Jonathan Baldwin Turner. This document called for federal support to create industrial…
- Oklahoma State UniversityOn the 25th of December 1890, the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature approved the creation of Oklahoma Territorial Agricultural and Mechanical College.