Hanover College: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox university

|name = Hanover College

|city = [[Hanover, Indiana]]

|country = U.S.

|undergrad = 1,070<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Hanover+College&s=all&id=150756|title = College Navigator - Hanover College}}</ref>

|faculty = 89 Full-time & 7 Part-time<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Hanover+College&s=all&id=150756|title = College Navigator - Hanover College}}</ref>

|campus = Rural {{convert|650|acres}}

|sports_nickname = Panthers

|mascot = Panther

|colors = {{color box|#990000}}{{color box|#02324f}}{{color box|#0b486d}} Red and blue

}}

 

 

==History==

 

In 1870, Presbyterian Church officials proposed that Hanover College be merged with [[Wabash College]], with Hanover becoming a women's school. The Hanover Board of Trustees rejected that proposal, as well as one from businessmen in 1873 that would have moved the college to Indianapolis and renamed it Johnson University.

 

===20th century===

On December 7, 1941, the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] plunged the United States into [[World War II]]. In just two years, Hanover's enrollment plummeted to 164 students, including only 20 men. In the early morning of December 19, 1941, a huge fire destroyed most of Classic Hall. By 1946, the postwar enrollment at Hanover had more than rebounded. It had ballooned to 679 students, and the first great construction period of the college's history was under way.

 

 

Parker had announced that he would retire as Hanover's president as of September 1, 1958, but died in March of that year. John E. Horner was named as an interim president and ended up serving 29 years. Hanover students say that Parker's ghost still haunts Parker auditorium.

<!-- Commented out because image was deleted: [[Image:Hanover_Horner.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Hanover Horner Center]] -->Under Horner's 29-year leadership, Hanover enjoyed unprecedented growth in its academic program, financial standing, and student enrollment. Soon after his arrival, he encouraged faculty members to reform their curriculum. Eventually Hanover divided its academic year into two 14-week terms, in which students took three classes, and a five-week Spring Term, in which students took one course of specialized, intensive study. With some modifications, it still serves as Hanover's curricular model today.

 

 

In the late afternoon of April 3, 1974, a tornado roared through campus with devastating results. This tornado was part of the [[1974 Super Outbreak]] of tornadoes that struck 13 states and one Canadian province that day. No one was killed or seriously injured, but 32 of the college's 33 buildings were damaged, including two that were completely destroyed and six that sustained major structural damage. One of the completely destroyed buildings was a residence hall which had previously, back in 1890, served as the first fraternity house in the entire Sigma Chi Fraternity. Hundreds of trees were down, completely blocking every campus road. All utilities were knocked out and communication with those off campus was nearly impossible.

==Campus==

[[File:Hanover College Campus Aerial.jpg|thumb|right|Hanover College's campus overlooking the Ohio River]]

 

In the 1940s the college turned down plans to rebuild the [[Sigma Chi]] fraternity house as designed by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], because it did not match the Georgian Architecture.<ref>{{cite periodical |mode=cs2 |title=A Symphony of Nature and Architecture: J. Frederick Larson's Hanover College Campus |periodical=Ohio Valley History |volume=6 |issue=3 |date=Fall 2006 |pages=25–49 |first=John F |last=Martin |url=http://art.hanover.edu/larson.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719203830/https://art.hanover.edu/larson.pdf |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

 

 

== Academics ==

The college offers over 34 majors.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Majors and Programs|url=https://www.hanover.edu/academics/programs/|access-date=2021-09-20|website=Hanover College|language=en-US}}</ref>

 

 

 

==Athletics==

 

===Football===

 

==Notable alumni==

*[[Peter Dunn (author)|Peter Dunn]] 2000, financial author, radio host, television personality, and speaker.

*[[William M. Dunn]], member of [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]], [[Judge Advocate General of the United States Army]], and delegate to 1850 [[Constitution of Indiana]] Convention.

*[[Jonathan Edwards (Washington & Jefferson College)|Jonathan Edwards]], first President of [[Washington & Jefferson College]].

*[[Harriet Elliott]], educator and civic leader.

*[[Walter LaFeber]], historian at [[Cornell University]].

*[[Bertha Lewis (activist)|Bertha Lewis]], CEO and Chief Organizer of [[Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now|ACORN]].

*[[John Davis Paris]] 1833, builder of missionary churches on [[Hawaii (island)|island of Hawaii]].

*[[James Kennedy Patterson]] 1856, first President of [[University of Kentucky]].

*[[Samuel Holmes Sheppard]], American neurosurgeon, convicted and later exonerated for the murder of his wife [[Marilyn Reese Sheppard]].

*[[Carol Shields|Carol Warner Shields]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning author.

*[[Monica Sone]], author of noted memoir ''Nisei Daughter.''

*[[Reginald H. Thomson]], civil engineer who designed modern [[Seattle]].

*[[George F. Whitworth]], [[Presbyterian]] missionary, founder of [[Whitworth University|Whitworth College]] and President of [[University of Washington]]

*[[Harvey W. Wiley]], chemist involved with passage of [[Pure Food and Drug Act]] of 1906.

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