Gettysburg College - Definition and Overview

Gettysburg College is a private four year liberal arts college founded in 1827, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and abutting the famous battlefield. The college was originally founded as a Lutheran seminary. Their athletic teams are nicknamed the Bullets.

Gettysburg College alumni

• J. Michael Bishop, 1989 Nobel Laureate in Medicine for cancer research
• William Sunderman, author and oldest practicing doctor in the United States until his death at 104
• Fred F. Fielding, deputy to former White House counsel John Dean during the Nixon Administration
• David Hartman, the first blind person to graduate from medical school in the United States

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