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Grinnell College

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  • Address, Directions, & Map:
    • PO Box 805, Grinnell, Iowa, United States of America
  • Telephone Numbers:
    • 515-269-3600
    • 515-269-4600 (fax)
  • Official Website: [1]
• History & Memorable Moments

Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, United States with a strong tradition of social activism. It was founded in 1846, when a group of transplanted New England Congregationalists formed the Trustees of Iowa College. It is ranked eleventh of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation by US News & World Report, and received the "Best All-Around" college rating from Newsweek magazine in 2004. Until recently, the estimated value of Grinnell's endowment was the highest among liberal arts colleges; as of 2007 it had the third-largest endowment among them. Grinnell additionally has the sixth highest endowment per student of all colleges and universities in the United States.^[1]

In 1843 eleven Congregational ministers, all of whom trained at Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, set out to proselytize on the frontier. Each man pledged to gather a church and together the group or band would seek to establish a college. When the group arrived in Iowa later that year, each selected a different town in which to establish a congregation. In 1846 they collectively established Iowa College in Davenport. A few months later, Iowa joined the Union.^[1]

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