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Founding Resolution

When: October 5, 1850
Where: Yellow Springs, Ohio
Part of: Antioch College founded in Yellow Springs, Ohio, with Horace Mann as first president

The Christian Connection passed a resolution in October 1850 to establish a college, forming a committee for planning and fundraising.

On October 5, 1850, the General Convention of the Christian Church resolved to establish a college. Delegates pledged $100,000 for fundraising. A Committee on the Plan for a College was formed to decide the school's name, endowment, faculty, and administration.

Sources

Antioch College Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-16

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