Pace University

History

In 1906, the first class of the Pace School of Accountancy was composed of ten men and three women who were taught accounting and business law by Homer Pace and Charles Ashford Pace. Taking a loan of $600 the Pace brothers rented a classroom in a building located in the New York Tibune building, today the site of the Pace Plaza building. Due to rapid growth over the next several years, the school was forced to relocate several times.

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1906 - Accounting - Business law - Homer Pace - Charles Ashford Pace - New York Tibune

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In 1948, Pace received college status from the New York Board of Regents. In 1951, the college expanded to the old headquarters of the New York Times at 41 Park Row in Lower Manhattan. In 1963 Pace had land and buildings signed over to it by the Pace Trustee Wayne Marks, then President of General Foods, and his wife, Helen. This led to the establishment of the Pleasantville Campus.

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1948 - New York Board of Regents - 1951 - New York Times - Lower Manhattan - 1963 - Wayne Marks - General Foods

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In 1966 the New York Tribune building at 154 Nassau Street was demolished to make way for a new Pace building next to the former location. The State Education Department approved Pace College's petition for university status in 1973. Shortly after in 1975, Pace acquired the College of White Plains, which is the current site of the Law School Campus. Briarcliff College was acquired in 1977. Finally in 1997, Pace purchased the World Trade Institute.

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1966 - New York Tribune - 1973 - 1975 - 1977 - 1997

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