Dickinson College - Definition and Overview

Dickinson College is a private liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1783, making it the first college founded in the newly established United States. Dickinson was founded by Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence from Philadelphia and named in honor of a signer of the Constitution, John Dickinson.

Note: Dickinson College is not to be confused with the Dickinson School of Law which abuts the campus, but is not associated with the college as of 2004.

Notable Alumni

• James Buchanan, U.S. President
• Robert McClelland, U.S. Representative from and Governor of Michigan, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
• Bill Shuster, U.S. Representative
• Jim Greenwood, U.S. Representative
• Jim Gerlach, U.S. Representative
• Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States
• Robert Grier, United States Supreme Court
• Rosie O'Donnell attended briefly

External links

• Dickinson College official website (http://www.dickinson.edu)