University of Pennsylvania facts for kids
The University of Pennsylvania is a private Ivy League university in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Many people call the university "Penn." It contains four undergraduate schools, which are for students without a college degree. These schools are nursing, arts and sciences, engineering, and Wharton, which is a famous business school. It had graduate schools-for those with a college degree- in medicine, business, law, dentistry, veterinary medicine, nursing, education, communication, design, and social policy. Their competitive teams are known as the Quakers.
45th President of the United States Donald Trump graduated here with a Bachelor of Science.
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Benjamin Franklin was the primary founder, benefactor, President of the Board of Trustees and a trustee of the Academy and College of Philadelphia, which merged with the University of the State of Pennsylvania to form the University of Pennsylvania in 1791 (Joseph Duplessis, c. 1785).
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This statue of Benjamin Franklin donated by Justus C. Strawbridge to the City of Philadelphia in 1899 now sits in front of College Hall.
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Fisher Fine Arts Library, also referred to as the Furness Library or simply the Fine Arts Library
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ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer, was born at Penn in 1946.
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Varsity rowers approach Poughkeepsie Bridge on the Hudson River, 1915.
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Francis Hopkinson, signed the Declaration of Independence and designed the first official American flag.
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George Clymer, Founding Father; early advocate for complete independence from Britain
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James Wilson, Founding Father; one of the six original justices appointed by George Washington to the Supreme Court of the United States
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Benjamin Rush, Founding Father of the United States; surgeon general of the Continental Army
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William Henry Harrison, 9th president of the United States
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Donald Trump, American businessman, reality television personality and 45th president of the United States
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Martha Hughes Cannon, first female state senator elected in the United States
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Ed Rendell, 45th governor of Pennsylvania; 96th mayor of Philadelphia
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Jon Huntsman Jr., politician, businessman, and diplomat
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Arlen Specter, former U.S. senator, majored in international relations and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1951.
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Kwame Nkrumah, first president of Ghana, and previously first prime minister of Ghana
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Drew Gilpin Faust, 28th president of Harvard University
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William Wrigley, Jr., founder and eponym of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
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Physician and poet William Carlos Williams graduated from Penn's School of Medicine
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Ezra Pound, poet and critic; a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement
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Warren Buffett, considered by some to be one of the most successful investors in the world
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Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal, and founder and CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX
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Tory Burch, fashion designer and founder of Tory Burch LLC
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John Legend, musician and recipient of Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards
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Stanley B. Prusiner, neurologist and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Christian B. Anfinsen, biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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I. M. Pei, Pritzker Prize-winning architect
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In Spanish: Universidad de Pensilvania para niños