Becoming Colgate: A Bicentennial History
The moving, vivid, and inspiring story of Colgate University’s founding. Available in store and online May 22, 2019.
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From its earliest beginnings as a small Baptist seminary to its current stature as a leading American higher education institution, Colgate University serves as an example of the importance of the liberal arts and their impact on civic institutions. In Becoming Colgate, Colgate alumnus and historian James Allen Smith, Class of 1970, has drawn upon Colgate’s rich historical records to tell a moving, vivid, and inspiring story of the University’s founding, its development over time, and its bonds with the village of Hamilton, the region of central New York, and the nation.
