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See also: Pace University High School Pace University is a Private , co-educational and comprehensive multi-campus University with campuses in New York City and Westchester County in New York State . Pace was founded by two brothers, Homer S. Pace and Charles A. Pace in 1906 , initially as a business school for men and women. The sixth and current president is David A. Caputo , former president of CUNY-Hunter College . The environmental law program at the School Of Law is widely renowned and has received national accolades from the annual report on law schools done by the magazine '' US News And World Report ''. Similarly, the accounting program for the Lubin School Of Business (on both the Bachelor's Degree and MBA levels) is considered to be fairly prestigious and high caliber. Pace University is an active member and one of the founding member institutions of Project Pericles , a national organization of colleges and universities committed to making socially responsible and participatory citizenship an essential part of the educational process. Pace is the only multi-campus university participating in Project Pericles. Pace University is also a member of the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), and the Westchester Arts Council. The 750-seat . The Woodward Hall 135-seat theater at Pace's Briarcliff location in Westchester is home to the Hudson Stage Company . HISTORY In 1906 , the first class of the Pace School of Accountancy was composed of ten men and three women who were taught Accounting and Business Law by Homer Pace and Charles Ashford Pace. Taking a loan of $600, the Pace brothers rented a classroom on one of the floors of the '' New York Tribune '' building, today the site of the Pace Plaza complex. Due to rapid growth over the succeeding years, the school was forced to relocate several times. In 1948 , Pace petitioned for and was granted college status by the New York Board Of Regents . In 1951 , the college purchased its first campus building located at 41 Park Row in Lower Manhattan . This building, designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in March 1999 , was the old headquarters of '' The New York Times ''. In 1963 the Pleasantville Campus was established, using land and buildings donated by General Foods president and Pace trustee Wayne Marks and his wife Helen. In 1966 , the former '' New York Tribune '' building at 154 Nassau Street, across from 41 Park Row, was demolished to make way for the new Pace Civic Center Campus building. The State Education Department approved Pace College's petition for university status in 1973 . Shortly thereafter, in 1975 , Pace consolidated with the College of White Plains , which is the current site of the Law School Campus. Briarcliff College was acquired in 1977 . Finally in 1997 , Pace purchased the World Trade Institute from the Port Authority Of New York And New Jersey . |
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