Wake Forest University

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History

The university first opened February 3, 1834 by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina as the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute; it was located in its namesake town of Wake Forest. In 1838, it was renamed to Wake Forest College. In 1894, the School of Law was established, followed by the School of Medicine in 1902. The university held its first summer session in 1921.

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February 3 - 1834 - Baptist - Wake Forest - 1838 - 1894 - 1902 - 1921

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The School of Medicine moved to Winston-Salem in 1941 and became the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. The following year, 1942, Wake Forest admitted its first women undergraduate students. In 1956, as a result of large endowments from the Z Smith Reynolds Foundation, the rest of the college also moved to Winston-Salem. A graduate studies program was inaugurated in 1961, and in 1967 the school became the fully accredited Wake Forest University. The Babcock Graduate School of Management was established in 1969. In 1986, the University became independent of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. In 1995, the business school was renamed to the Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accountancy, while in 1997 the medical school was renamed to the Wake Forest School of Medicine. The Wake Forest Divinity School opened its doors in 1999.

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1941 - 1942 - 1956 - Z Smith Reynolds Foundation - 1961 - 1967 - 1969 - 1986 - Baptist - 1995 - 1997

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The thirteenth president of Wake Forest is Dr. Nathan Hatch, former provost at the University of Notre Dame. Hatch will be officially installed as president on October 20, 2005. He assumed office on July 1, 2005, succeeding Dr. Thomas K. Hearn, Jr., who retired after twenty-two years in office.

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July 1 - 2005

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