Their prayers launched our university. Their generosity ensured its strength. Their curiosity and energy, generation after generation, have made us a leading American institution.
Women on the faculty and administration
A trio of pioneering Colgate women leaders share their experiences.
1836–present
Colgate’s presidents
200 years of leadership
1930-1960s
Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Class of 1930
Activist, reformer, fighter
1900–1958
Edward Harris Stone
Colgate photographer for more than 50 years
1931
Johnny Marks: Mr. Christmas
Composer of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and Class of 1931 graduate was a songwriter extraordinaire
1850s
Henry Livingston Simpson: First known African American graduate
Became leader of national African American Baptist church organization
1822
Jonathan Wade and Eugenio Kincaid
Our first students
1946-1998
Huntington Terrell, Class of 1946
Philosopher, ethicist, teacher
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