Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Hobart and William Smith Colleges are Geneva, New York, highly prestigious liberal arts colleges in a coordinate system. Hobart College was founded in 1822 as Geneva College and renamed in honor of its founder, Episcopal bishop John Henry Hobart, in 1852. William Smith College was founded in 1908 by Geneva nurseryman and philanthropist William Smith as a women's college sharing certain facilities and faculty with Hobart College but self-identifying not as a single college but as two coordinate colleges.

Notable Faculty

• Grant Holly, professor of English and father of actress Lauren Holly
• Patrick Collins, professor of Education and a noted director of plays