Smith College

Smith College, located in Northampton, Massachusetts, is the largest women's college in the United States. It is a private, non-denominational liberal arts college. It is one of the Seven Sisters and is also a member of the Five Colleges consortium.

History

The college was established in 1871 by a bequest of Sophia Smith.

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1871 - Sophia Smith

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Presidents

• Laurenus Clark Seelye (1875-1910)
• Marion LeRoy Burton (1910-1917)
• William Allan Neilson (1917-1939)
• Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (acting president 1939-1940)
• Herbert Davis (1940-1949)
• Benjamin Fletcher Wright (1949-1959)
• Thomas Corwin Mendenhall (1959-1975)
• Jill Ker Conway, first woman president (1975-1985)
• Mary Maples Dunn (1985-1995)
• Ruth J. Simmons, first African-American president (1995-2001)
• John M. Connolly (acting president 2001-2002)
• Carol T. Christ (2002-present)

Notable deans, administrators, and faculty

• Laura Woolsey Lord Scales, Dean of Students (1923-1944)
• Newton Arvin, in 1960, was scandalously revealed to be homosexual