Baylor University - Waco, Texas
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N 31° 32.952 W 097° 06.622
14R E 679368 N 3492017
Baylor University in Waco, Texas, is a private Baptist university, and a nationally ranked liberal arts institution. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas, Baylor is the oldest, continually operating university in the state. Though 80 percent of our students come from within Texas, we are home to students from all 50 states, and 80 countries.
Waymark Code: WM7M3T
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/07/2009
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Classes began in May, 1846, in a small wooden building on a hillside at Independence in Washington County. The first president was the Rev. Henry Lee Graves who was succeeded in 1851 by the Rev. Rufus C. Burleson. During Burleson's ten-year tenure, the university operated male and female departments, each housed on separate campuses a mile or so apart. Burleson resigned in 1861 to accept the presidency of the fledgling Waco Classical School which soon changed its name to Waco University. He remained at the helm of this school until 1886.
At Independence, the Rev. George W. Baines, great-grandfather of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon Baines Johnson, guided the university through the early years of the Civil War. The Rev. William Carey Crane assumed the presidency in 1864. Two years later the female department received a separate charter and became Baylor Female College.
Name: Baylor University
Location/Address: Baylor University Waco, Texas USA 76798
Phone Number: 1-800-BAYLOR-U
Web Site: [Web Link]
Type of School: Undergraduate School with Graduate Programs
School Affiliation: Private -- Christian Protestant
Date Founded: 1845
Enrollment: 14,581
Nicknames/Mascots: Bear
School Colors: Green & White
School Motto: Learn.Lead.Serve.
Location of GPS Coordinates: NE Entrance
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