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Date 1794 - present
Areas Of Involvement liberal arts
Notable Alumni Nathaniel Hawthorne • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • Franklin Pierce • Harold H. Burton • George Mitchell • Kenneth Chenault • Reed Hastings • Calvin E. Stowe • Charles Cutler Torrey • Alfred Kinsey • Jacob Abbott • Francis Robbins Upton

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