Editing Colorado College (section)

== History ==
[[File:William Jackson Palmer.jpg|thumb|left|150px|William Jackson Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs and founding trustee of Colorado College]]
Colorado College was founded in 1874 on land designated by U.S. Civil War veteran General [[William Jackson Palmer]], the founder of the [[Denver and Rio Grande Railroad]] and of Colorado Springs.<ref name="CChistory">Colorado College. [http://www.coloradocollege.edu/welcome/historyofCC/ History of Colorado College] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527120651/http://www.coloradocollege.edu/welcome/historyofCC/ |date=May 27, 2010 }}. Retrieved on: 2010-05-19.</ref> Founder Thomas Nelson Haskell of the Presbyterian Church<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLXOAAAAMAAJ&dq=Reverend+Thomas+Nelson+Haskell+presbyterian&pg=PA54 | title=The Alumni and Former Student Catalogue of Miami University: Including Members of the Board of Trustees and Faculty, 1809-1892 | year=1892 | publisher=Press of the Oxford news | access-date=May 20, 2022 | archive-date=January 15, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115193806/https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Alumni_and_Former_Student_Catalogue/QLXOAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Reverend+Thomas+Nelson+Haskell+presbyterian&pg=PA54&printsec=frontcover | url-status=live }}</ref> described it as a coeducational liberal arts college in the tradition of [[Oberlin College]]. As many U.S. colleges and universities that have endured from the 19th century, it now is secular in outlook but retains its focus on the liberal arts.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Douglas |first=Mark |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Believing_Aloud/GW5MAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Colorado+College+secular+liberal+arts&pg=PA164&printsec=frontcover |title=Believing Aloud: Reflections on Being Religious in the Public Square |date=2010-09-15 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-60899-247-8 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Cutler Hall]], the college's first building, was completed in 1880 and the first degrees were conferred in 1882.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lw12DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA293&dq=%22Colorado+College%22+1882+%22first+degree%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjY6K7fiuWLAxVBLtAFHdMlE70Q6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Colorado%20College%22%201882%20%22first%20degree%22&f=false |title=American Universities and Colleges |date=2014-10-08 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-11-085048-2 |language=en}}</ref>

[[William F. Slocum]], president from 1888 to 1917, oversaw the initial building of the campus, expanded the library and recruited top scholars in a number of fields.<ref name=CChistory/>  In 1930, [[Shove Chapel]] was erected by John Gray to meet the religious needs of the students (though Colorado College is not religiously affiliated).{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

[[Katharine Lee Bates]] wrote "[[America the Beautiful]]" during her summer teaching position at Colorado College in 1893.

Manya Whitaker has been serving as interim president since 2024. She will be serving in this role for a term of two years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Message from the President and Board of Trustees about College Leadership |url=https://sites.coloradocollege.edu/emailarchive/2024/02/07/message-from-the-president-and-board-of-trustees-about-college-leadership/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Bulletin |publisher=Colorado College}}</ref>