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Drexel University

LC control no.n 50075769
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Corporate name headingDrexel University
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Variant(s)Philadelphia (Pa.). Drexel University
See alsoFounder: Drexel, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1826-1893
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Predecessor: Drexel Institute of Technology
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Beginning date1970
LocatedPhiladelphia (Pa.)
Found inColumbia Encyclopedia, 2001 (Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.; coeducational; founded 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel; opened 1892; chartered 1894 as Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry; renamed Drexel Institute of Technology in 1936; gained university status in 1970)
History of Drexel University, viewed July 22, 2016 (Anthony J. Drexel founded the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry in 1891. Drexel has undergone two changes in name, in 1936 becoming Drexel Institute of Technology and in 1970, Drexel University.)
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