is a Liberal Arts College for Men located in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia . Founded in 1775 , Hampden-Sydney is the 10th oldest college in the United States and one of only three four-year, all- Men's Liberal Arts Colleges in the United States.
Hampden-Sydney enrolls over 1,100 students from thirty states and several foreign countries. The College enrolls young men of character and ability who will benefit from a rigorous and traditional liberal arts curriculum.
Along with Wabash College and Morehouse College , Hampden-Sydney is one of only three remaining traditional all-male colleges. The school's mission is to "form good men and good citizens." As such, Hampden-Sydney has one of the strictest Honor Codes of any college or university. Upon entering as a student, each man pledges that he will not lie, cheat, steal, nor tolerate those who do while he is a student at Hampden-Sydney. The pledge takes place during a solemn ceremony after a lecture by the School's president and Dean of Students. This simply-worded code of behavior applies to the students on or off campus. Though it is strict, the justice system is student-run, allowing for a true trial of peers, adjudicated by a court of students that is both thorough and compassionate to both the college and their fellow students.
Every student must prepare for and take the Rhetoric Proficiency Exam, a three-hour essay that is graded upon coherence of argument, quality of argument, style in which the argument is presented, and grammatical correctness. To prepare, the college requires each student to pass two Rhetoric classes that are usually taken the first two semesters a student is at Hampden-Sydney. After graduating, many alumni have stated that the the Rhetoric Program was the most valuable aspect in the Hampden-Sydney education.
Classes at Hampden-Sydney began in temporary wooden structures on November 10 , 1775 , on the eve of the American War of Independence ; This makes Hampden-Sydney College the nation's 10th oldest college. The College has been in continuous operation since that date, and despite the difficult and financially-strapped first years resulting from the Revolutionary War, the College survived with sufficient viability to be granted a charter by the Virginia General Assembly in 1783 – the oldest private charter in the South.
Hampden-Sydney College derives its name from John Hampden (1594-1643) and Algernon Sidney (1622-1683). Hampden lost his life in the battle of Chalgrove Field during the English Civil War . Sydney, who wrote Discourses Concerning Government, was beheaded by order of Charles II following a failed attempt to overthrow the king. The college was founded by alumni and people affiliated with Princeton University . These proponents of religious and civil liberties were much admired by the founders of the College, all of whom were active supporters of the cause of American independence. Both Patrick Henry and James Madison were elected trustees in the founding period before classes began.
The college's founder and first president, Rev. Samuel Stanhope Smith , was subsequently the president of the College of New Jersey, which is currently Princeton University. Smith hired many faculty members from the College of New Jersey.
Hampden-Sydney became a thriving college while located in southside Virginia, which led to an expansion of the college. In 1812, the Union Theological Seminary was founded at Hampden-Sydney College. The Seminary was later moved to Richmond, VA and is currently the Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School Of Christian Education . In 1838, the medical department of Hampden-Sydney College founded the Medical College Of Virginia which is now the MCV Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University . During this time, the college constructed new buildings using Federal style architecture. This is the style of architecture still used on the campus.
At the onset of the .
The College has expanded from its original small cluster of buildings on 100 acres (0.4 km&2) to a campus of over 1000 acres (4 km&2). Prior to February 2006, the college owned 660 acres (2.7 km&2). In February 2006, the college purchased 400 acres (1.6 km&2) which include a lake and the historic location of the college’s founding. The campus is host to numerous Federal style buildings. Part of the campus has been designated as a National Historic Preservation Zone.
The campus has recently undergone major construction and renovation. In 2004 a new Fitness Center was completed in Kirby field house. During the summer of 2005, a new parking lot was constructed behind the alphabet dorms. The original parking lot for the alphabet dorms (directly across College Rd.) was torn out and filled in with dirt and grass. In 2006 the new Hellmuth-Pritzlaff Lacrosse Field was completed. The new Wilson-Motley Library has opened for the Fall 2007 semester.
Lewis C. Everett of Kilmarnock, Virginia , has given Hampden-Sydney College $2.5 million to construct the Lewis C. Everett Stadium. Construction on the 1850-seat facility will began in November 2006 and was completed in August 2007. The Everett Stadium replaces the 40-year-old Hundley Stadium adjacent to Fulton Field. The new stadium opened on September 1st, 2007 for the opening football game against Johns Hopkins University.
Every building on campus has been altered and expanded.
According to the Hampden-Sydney College website, the student body for 2004-05 is 94.1 percent White, 2.7 percent Black, 1.0 percent Hispanic, and 1.7 percent Asian. The majority (63%) of the student body is from Virginia . The rest come from 35 other states and 10 different countries.
According to the Hampden-Sydney College website, there are over 40 clubs on campus. Each club is run by the students themselves and the clubs come in a large variety. For example, there are political clubs, sports clubs, religious clubs, a pep band, and multiple social fraternities. There are also volunteer groups such as the local volunteer fire department.
For freshmen rush begins in the first semester and pledging takes place in the spring. If a freshman chooses not to rush and/or pledge, sophomores and juniors may pledge in the fall or spring. Roughly 33% of the student body is involved in Greek Life.
- Kappa Sigma , KΣ
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon , ΣΑΕ
- Phi Gamma Delta , Phi Gam
- Kappa Alpha Order KA
- Sigma Nu , ΣN
- Beta Theta Pi , ΒΘΠ
- Chi Phi , ΧΦ
- Theta Chi , ΘX
- Pi Kappa Alpha , ΠKA
- Sigma Chi , ΣX
- Alpha Chi Sigma
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--Note: For chemistry majors; however Hampden-Sydney's chapter is unique in that biology and physics majors may also pledge.
Freshmen are required to live in one of three dorms which are set aside for freshmen. These dorms are Cushing Hall, the Carpenter Dormitories, and the Whitehouse Quadrangle. Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors have the option of living in any of the other dorms that they choose. Although an overwhelming majority of students live on campus or in campus owned housing, the school does permit a small portion of students (usually upperclassmen) to live off-campus.
- Samuel Stanhope Smith , 1775–1779
- John Blair Smith , 1779–1789
- Archibald Alexander , 1797–1806
- Moses Hoge , 1807–1820
- Jonathan Peter Cushing , 1821–1835
- Daniel Lynn Carroll , 1835–1838
- William Maxwell , 1838–1845
- Patrick J. Sparrow , 1845–1847
- Lewis Warner Green , 1849–1856
- John Mayo Pleasants Atkinson , 1857–1883
- Richard McIlwaine , 1883–1904
- James Gray McAllister , 1905–1908
- Henry Tucker Graham , 1909–1917
- Joseph DuPuy Eggleston , 1919–1939
- Edward Graham Gammon , 1939–1955
- Joseph Clarke Robert , 1955–1960
- Thomas Edward Gilmer , 1960–1963
- Walter Taylor Reveley II , 1963–1977
- Josiah Bunting III , 1977–1987
- James Richard Leutze , 1987–1990
- Ralph Arthur Rossum , 1991–1992
- Samuel V. Wilson , 1992–2000
- , '''2000—Present'''
- : author of "Musings on Life: Stories of a Misunderstood Dancer", Class of 2000.
- ''' winning "Sounder", Class of 1936.
- : author of ''History of Hampden-Sydney College'' among other books, noted historian, Class of 1930.
- : video game developer, Senior Technical and Development Director at Electronic Arts for games such as Tiger Woods Golf and Bond: From Russia with Love, Class of 1993.
- : Author ''Haunted Harbor: Charleston's Maritime Ghosts and the Unexplained '', Class of 1996.
- ''', host of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central . (Studied philosophy for two years before transferring to Northwestern University , and graduating in 1986.)
- : Founder of Squibnocket Cards and Clio award winner, Class of 1992.
- : author, ''Tidewater Blood'', winner of the O. Henry Prize and the Dashiell Hammett Award, Class of 1949.
- : D.C. bureau chief for the New York Post and former Capitol Hill Bureau Chief for the Washington Times, Class of 1995.
- : author, ''The Art of War in the Western World,'' Class of 1949.
- : Country music singer, Class of 2002.
- : author, Goodnight, Nobody, Divining Rod, and Dogfight & Other Stories, Class of 1992.
- : advertising, associate creative director and art director at BBDO and winner of Emmy for FedEx commercial, "Sticks," first aired during Super Bowl XL, Class of 1993.
- : author, A Witch in the Family, Class of 1967.
- : Vice President of the National Association of Recording Arts & Sciences, Class of 1987.
- : musician, member of The Mamas and the Papas, attended but did not graduate, Class of ~1956.
- ''', attended but did not graduate but did get honorary degree of Doctor of Letters for his work in the theatre in 1948.
- : Author, "Nekkid in Austin", former staff reporter for The Washington Times and Soldier of Fortune, Class of 1968.
- : actor, Third Watch, Ronin, Class of 1979.
- : CEO of the Martin Agency, Class of 1971.
- : SVP of Sothebys, Class of 1985.
- : Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Finance for Gannon International and former Chairman and CEO of Asian Trade Alliance, Inc., Class of 1984.
- : Board of Governors, American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam and Managing Director of GANNON Vietnam Limited, Class of 1990.
- : President of Laidlaw & Company, Class of 1983.
- : retired chairman of Centennial Communications Inc./WGNT-TV, Class of 1951.
- : former Execuitve Director of the Virginia Port Authority , Class of 1960.
- : founder of the Carpenter Company, Class of 1929.
- : Chairman Grand Home Furnishings, Class of 1963.
- : co-founder and CEO of Emigra Group, Class of 1985.
- : CEO of Mid-Atlantic region for Wachovia, Class of 1973.
- : owner of Discovery Capital Management, former portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments, former fund manager at Tiger Management Corporation, Class of 1987.
- : founder of Aurora Russia Limited, former Chairman of Delta Financial Group, former Chairman and CEO of GE Consumer Finance Russia, Class of 1986.
- : Owner Green Front Furniture, Class of 1965.
- : retired CEO of Trigon Healthcare, Class of 1963.
- : retired CEO of Kyanite Mining Corporation, Class of 1965.
- : retired Vice Chairman of Wheat First Union, Class of 1963.
- : founder & CEO Delivery Agent, Class of 1995.
- : former President of Wheat First Union, Class of 1972.
- : CEO of the South Carolina State Ports Authority, Class of 1975.
- : co-founder and Managing Director of Harris Williams & Co, Class of 1983.
- : retired CEO of Johnson & Higgins, Class of 1951.
- : real estate, President of Head Companies, Class of 1993.
- : Co-Founder of Jiffy Lube, Class of 1976.
- : CEO of Carey International, Class of 1986.
- : CEO of Associated Asphalt, Inc., Class of 1972.
- : former Vice President, Leggett Stores, Class of 1968.
- : Senior Managing Director and Head of Equity Trading at FBR Capital Markets, Class of 1988.
- : CEO of Tudor Investment Corp and former Treasurer and Managing Director at Salomon Brothers, Class of 1976.
- : former CFO Ecolab, Inc, former EVP of Finance of Union Pacific Corporation, Class of 1967.
- : former CFO of Gateway 2000, CFO of Ethanex Energy, Inc, Class of 1967.
- : former CFO of Eskimo Pie Corporation, Class of 1974.
- : retired CEO of Peebles, Inc, Class of 1964.
- : CEO of Brand Banking Company, Class of 1994.
- : Real estate developer, CEO of Commercial Properties Development Corporation, Class of 1973.
- : CEO of El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc, Class of 1956.
- : business, Vice President of Brand Management at Banana Republic, Class of 1986.
- : first African-American student, CEO of Health-Now (BlueCross/BlueShield of New York State), Class of 1972.
- : retired EVP at SAS Institute, Class of 1963.
- : CEO of North America for Wolseley plc, Class of 1973.
- : CEO of The C.F. Sauer Company, Class of 1972.
- : CEO of Toter Inc, Class of 1993.
- : retired CEO of Bell Atlantic of VA, Class of 1959.
- : CEO of Brown’s Automotive Group, Class of 1970.
- ''', Class of 1977.
- : former Sr. Vice President of Human Resources, AMF Bowling Worldwide, Inc, Class of 1967.
- : business, CEO of Thompson Hospitality Corporation, Class of 1981.
- : former founder and Chairman of Viar & Co, Class of 1963.
- : former SVP of Communications and Human Resource at Sprint Corporation, Class of 1971.
- : President of Hampden-Sydney College from 1857-1883, Class of 1835.
- : First dean of The University of Georgia Graduate School, 1910-1928, prominent professor of Classics; Class of 1884.
- : Rhodes Scholar, Professor Hampden-Sydney College, Class of 1959.
- : Provost, School of Visual Arts, Class of 1988.
- : president of University of Cincinnati, president of University of Tennessee; Class of 1873.
- : president of Virginia Tech, president of Hampden-Sydney College; Class of 1886.
- : president of Emory & Henry College, dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School; Class of 1929.
- '''; Class of 1829.
- : President of Davidson College, Class of ~1834.
- : President of Davidson College, Founder of Peace College ; Class of ~1823.
- : President of Davidson College, Class of ~1855.
- ''', former U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative from Virginia , Class of 1968.
- : fifth President of the University of Georgia, 1819-1829. One of the most prominent American educators of his time (many southern leaders studied under Waddel, including John C. Calhoun), class of 1791.
- : Chief Justice of Kentucky, US Senator from Kentucky, Secretary of the US Treasury, Class of 1791.
- : the Speaker of the Confederate House, Class of 1838.
- : member of the Virginia General Assembly, Mr. Jefferson's "co-adjutor" in founding The University of Virginia, Class of 1800.
- : Governor of Virginia; Class of 1789.
- : law, attorney for NASCAR drivers and sponsors, Class of 1978.
- : member, both houses of Congess, Governor of Virginia; Class of 1791.
- : law, Director of the Community Relations Service at the Department of Justice, Class of 1989.
- ''', Class of 1791.
- ''', founding member and former chairman of the Education Leaders Council; Class of 1972.
- : president of the Virginia Board of Education, former member of the Virginia House Of Delegates , Class of 1979.
- : former campaign manager for presidential candidate John Kerry; Class of 1983.
- : Maryland delegate, U.S. Representative, Governor of Maryland; Class of 1830.
- : Partner and Attorney with the Law Firm of Kaufman and Canoles, National Alumni Association President, Class of 1982.
- : retired pharmacist and member of the Virginia House Of Delegates , Class of 1952.
- : CEO of the 2004 Democratic National Convention and trustee of X Prize Foundation, Class of 1992.
- : AKA "Old Pap," Governor of Missouri, Major General in Confederate Army, Leader of Confederate Colony in Vera Cruz, Mexico. Class of 1830.
- : U.S. Representative from Virginia, Brigadier General CSA, Justice of the New York Supreme Court; Class of 1845.
- : Chief Justice of the Vermont State Supreme Court, Class of 1970.
- : U.S. Represntative from Virginia, U.S. Senator, Minister to France, and a Confederate Representative; attended but did not graduate.
- : attorney, Partner at Fulbright & Jaworski, Class of 1993.
- : law, retired partner at Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett, Class of 1955.
- : law, CEO of Williams Mullen , Class of 1965.
- U.S. Senator from Virginia, Class of 1941.
- : U.S. Senator from North Carolina, author of ''Eoneguski'' (called "the first North Carolina novel"), Class of 1814.
- : U.S. Ambassador to China, 1946-1949; President, Yenching University, Beijing, 1919-1946; Class of 1896.
- ''' and U.S. Representative from Virginia , current president of Christopher Newport University , Class of 1968.
- ''' representative and senator from Virginia , first president of the First National Bank of Virginia
- : attorney, Staff Attorney, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., Class of 1986.
- : owner of Berry Hill Plantation & 3rd wealthiest man in US, Class of 1824.
- : Executive Chef of 5-star restaurant Lemaire, Class of 1990.
- : soldier, experience in Mogadishu was basis for character in Black Hawk Down; Class of 1988.
- : Cancer Survivor and philanthrophist, Founder of "Strain the Brain" to help cancer patients in Nashville, TN Class of 1994 (completed degree at Fordham University).
- : Rhodes Scholar, General Manager The Virginian-Pilot, former deputy chief of staff for Governor Mark Warner, Class of 1986.
- : M.D., benefactor of ''' Mütter Museum ''', and subject of a screenplay entitled ''' Mütter ''', Class of 1830.
- '''(Sewanee), "instrumental" in the reunification of the Episcopal Church after the Civil War; Class of 1825.
- ''', biographer of Jackson, and Confederate Army Chaplain. Attended from circa 1835-1836, graduated from the University Of Virginia .
- : fourth Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Southwest Virginia, Class of 1951.
- : Bishop for the Office of Pastoral Development for the Episcopal Church, formerly Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, Class of 1970.
- : Theologian, Philosopher, Presbyterian pastor; Most famous for writings and establishing the L'Abri community in Switzerland, author of ''A Christian Manifesto''; Class of 1935.
- : medicine, pioneered robotic cardiac surgery in the US for minimally invasive heart surgery, Class of 1968.
- : medicine, first plastic surgeon in US, Class of 1807.
- : Vice President of Operations Invesco Field , Class of 1989.
- : Pro baseball player, Class of 1958.
- : NFL player and assistant GM of Green Bay Packers, Class of 1943.
- : assistant coach of the Golden State Warriors, Class of 1992.
Hampden-Sydney College competes in Men's Intercollegiate Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Lacrosse, Soccer, Tennis and Golf.
- Patrick Henry , believing that “every free state” should promote “useful knowledge amongst its citizens,” helped to create Hampden-Sydney College in Prince Edward County. Six of his sons studied there.
- Hampden-Sydney College is the oldest private charter in the South; the 10th oldest institution of higher education in the nation.
- The college has been in operation under the British, Confederate, and United States flags.
- Hampden-Sydney has been in continuous operation since classes began November 10, 1775.
- In the over 230 years of its existence, class has only been canceled twice: for a Civil War skirmish on campus, and a hurricane that knocked a tree into a dormitory building. Classes were not canceled in fall 2003 during Hurricane Isabel , despite the loss of electricity across campus.
- Mentioned in the novel American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
- Football stadium shown in the film Foreign Student and documentary Shorty.
- Preppiest school in America according to Lisa Birnbach of ''The Official Preppy Handbook.''
- Student tradition of all men speaking to everyone they meet on campus.
- Students receive a copy of "To Manner Born To Manners Bred: A Hip-pocket Guide to Etiquette for the Hampden-Sydney Man."
- The parent institution of Union Theological Seminary (Presbyterian) and The Medical College Of Virginia (now Virginia Commonwealth University ), located in Richmond, Virginia.
- Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa .
- Enrollment: 1106
- Most popular majors: economics, history, and political science.
- Student-Faculty ratio of 11 to 1.
- 95% of full professors hold doctorates.
- Basketball , baseball, and Lacrosse teams are regular NCAA Division III national tournament contenders.
- Half the graduates attend graduate school within five years.
- Endowment per student ranks Hampden-Sydney in the top quarter of colleges and universities in the country.
- Union-Philanthropic Literary Society ( UPLS ), is the oldest student organization at Hampden-Sydney College, and the nation's second-oldest literary and debating society still in existence today. The society was established September 22, 1789 and has been in operation since.
The Princeton Review ranks Hampden-Sydney in their list of "Best 361 Colleges" in the following categories." "Hampden-Sydney College's Best 361 College Rankings" . ''The Princeton Review''. Retrieved September 2, 2007.:
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