Editing DePauw University (section)

==History==
Indiana Asbury University was founded in 1837 in Greencastle, Indiana, and was named after [[Francis Asbury]], the first American bishop of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church]]. The people of Greencastle raised $25,000 to entice the Methodists to establish the college in Greencastle, which was little more than a village at the time. It was originally established as an all-men's school but began admitting women in 1867.<ref name=":0" />

In 1884 Indiana Asbury University changed its name to DePauw University in honor of [[Washington C. DePauw]], who made a sequence of substantial donations throughout the 1870s, which culminated in his largest single donation that established the [[Music school|School of Music]] during 1884.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://my.depauw.edu/library/archives/ehistory/chapter2/wdepauw.html |title=Washington C. DePauw |publisher=DePauw University |access-date=October 4, 2012 |archive-date=July 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717051319/http://my.depauw.edu/library/archives/ehistory/chapter2/wdepauw.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Before his death in 1887, DePauw donated over $600,000 to Indiana Asbury, equal to around $17&nbsp;million in 2021. In 2002, the school received the largest-ever gift to a liberal arts college, $128&nbsp;million by the Holton family. Subsequently, in 2024, DePauw received a $200 million gift that combined a $150 million anonymous donation with an additional $50 million in matching funds from other donors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.depauw.edu/stories/details/depauw-university-receives-200-million-investment-for-transformational-liberal-arts-education/ |title=DePauw University receives $200 million in gifts for transformational liberal arts education |publisher=DePauw University |access-date=February 8, 2024 |archive-date=February 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207212215/https://www.depauw.edu/stories/details/depauw-university-receives-200-million-investment-for-transformational-liberal-arts-education/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sigma Delta Chi, known today as the [[Society of Professional Journalists]], was founded at the college in 1909 by a group of student journalists, including [[Eugene C. Pulliam]]. The world's first Greek-letter sorority, [[Kappa Alpha Theta]], was also founded at DePauw in 1870. DePauw is home to the two longest continually running fraternity chapters in the world: the Delta chapter of [[Beta Theta Pi]] and the Lambda chapter of [[Phi Gamma Delta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.depauw.edu/studentlife/greek/councilschapters/depauwchapters/ |title=DePauw Chapters |work=DePauw University |access-date=June 28, 2015 |archive-date=July 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720032656/http://www.depauw.edu/studentlife/greek/councilschapters/depauwchapters |url-status=live }}</ref>

During [[World War II]], DePauw University was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the [[V-12 Navy College Training Program]] which offered students a path to a Navy commission.<ref name="depauw-v-12">{{cite web |url=http://www.depauw.edu/library/archives/dpuinventories/Navy_V12.htm |title=Archives of DePauw University |publisher=[[Greencastle, Indiana]]: DePauw University |access-date=September 27, 2011 |year=2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060916104814/http://www.depauw.edu/library/archives/dpuinventories/Navy_V12.htm |archive-date=September 16, 2006}}</ref>

As of July 2020, [[Lori White]], previously vice chancellor for student affairs at [[Washington University in St. Louis]], is the 21st president of DePauw University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://source.wustl.edu/2020/03/white-appointed-president-of-depauw-university/|title=White appointed president of DePauw University {{!}} The Source {{!}} Washington University in St. Louis|date=March 3, 2020|website=The Source|language=en-US|access-date=March 4, 2020|archive-date=August 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828212241/https://source.wustl.edu/2020/03/white-appointed-president-of-depauw-university/|url-status=live}}</ref> White is the first woman and African American to serve as President of DePauw University.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/depauw-university-names-first-woman-african-american-as-st-president/article_58b41bfe-1243-5eeb-8ccd-b9694848fce2.html |title=DePauw University names first woman, African American as 21st president |last=report |first=Tribune-Star staff |website=Terre Haute Tribune-Star |date=March 3, 2020 |language=en |access-date=March 4, 2020 |archive-date=March 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304015550/https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/depauw-university-names-first-woman-african-american-as-st-president/article_58b41bfe-1243-5eeb-8ccd-b9694848fce2.html |url-status=live }}</ref>