Colgate University is a private, independent institution of higher education in Hamilton, New York. The Baptist Education Society of the State of New York established the school as the Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution for men in 1819. The institution was rechartered as Madison University in 1846. It was renamed Colgate University in 1890 in honor of the Colgate family, which had made a fortune in the soap business and become supporters of the university. Colgate University began to admit women in 1970.
Well-known Colgate graduates have included the Baptist clergyman and author Harry Emerson Fosdick, Congressman Adam Clayton Powell of New York, and Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The university’s athletic teams are called the Red Raiders.
The university’s website at https://www.colgate.edu/ offers additional information.
