colleges named in honor of a Greek

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by oldu

Rhodes University in Memphis was named in honor of Peyton N. Rhodes, a Delta Chi from Virginia

Just a slight correction: It's Rhodes College, not Rhodes University. And Rhodes College is the instutution's 7th name; it's nominal history might be of marginal interest to Greeks.

Founded in 1848 in Clarksville, Tenn., as the Masonic University of Tennessee, it was later called Montgomery Masonic College and then Stewart College, after its President, William M. Stewart. While Stewart was president, the school passed from the Masons to the Presbyterian Church (1855). In 1875, a School of Theology was added and the name became Southwestern Presbyterian University. The School of Theology closed in 1917, and in 1925 the school moved to Memphis, where it was renamed simply Southwestern (no "College," no "University" added). It later was renamed again, this time as Southwestern at Memphis (again no "College," no "University" added). In 1984, it was renamed the last time, as Rhodes College, after a former president.

BTW, the Clarksville campus became Austin Peay State University.

Just a little more useless yet interesting information to help you sleep better.

[Tom Earp]

To some it may be usless info, but I am sure many find it very interesting as I do!

Thanks for the post!

MysticCat, have been to that campus and wondered why it was even there. Did not seem that big as many of the original relegious related coleges usually are. Enjoyed that info too.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

MysticCat, have been to that campus and wondered why it was even there. Did not seem that big as many of the original relegious related coleges usually are. Enjoyed that info too.

The Memphis campus or the orginal Clarksville (Austin Peay) campus?

It's purely my non-scientific observation, but at least with the church-affiliated (or historically church-affiliated) colleges in the South, many if not most are relatively small. There are exceptions, of course, which are mostly Baptist or Methodist it seems to me -- Duke, Emory and Wake Forest (the Winston-Salem campus, not the original Wake Forest campus) come to mind. But all the Southern Presbyterian colleges I know of have relatively small campuses: Davidson, Hampden-Sydney, Queens, Rhodes and Agnes Scott are examples that come to mind.

[LaneSig]

John F. Kennedy, alumni initiate of Phi Kappa Theta.

John F. Kennedy University. It's a school that has undergrad, but primarily focuses on grad degrees. It even has a law school. It is located in a suburb of San Francisco.
http://www.jfku.edu/