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Pennsylvania State University

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    • State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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The Pennsylvania State University was founded in February 22, 1855 by act P.L.46, No.50 of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania. Centre County became the home of the new school when James Irvin of Bellefonte donated 200 acres (809,000 m²) of land. In 1862, the school's name was changed to the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, and with the passage of the Morrill Land-Grant Act, Pennsylvania selected the school in 1863 to be the state's sole land grant college. In the following years, enrollment fell as the school tried to balance purely agricultural studies with a more classic education, falling to 64 undergraduates in 1875, a year after the school's name changed once again to the Pennsylvania State College.

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  • Donovan, J Ward (July 1974 - Present)
  • Owusu Apenten, Richard (July 2001 - Present)
  • Toth, Brice Alan (February 1999 - Present)
  • Trexler-Wilt, David Arthur (February 2000 - February 2004)
  • Verrelli, Lou (January 1985 - August 1987)
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