Colgate University

Colgate University is an elite, private liberal arts college located in the Town of Hamilton in Madison County, New York.

Brief Timeline of the University

• 1817 - Baptist Education Society of the State of New York is founded
• 1819 - charter is granted by the state
• 1820 - school is opened
• 1823 - Baptists in New York City (including soapmaker William Colgate, who created Colgate-Palmolive) move their seminary to Hamilton, NY to form the Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution
• 1846 - name changes to Madison University (right to grant degrees established)
• 1890 - name changes to Colgate University (after 7 decades of involvement by the Colgate family)
• 1928 - becomes non-denominational
• 1970 - begins accepting women as entering students