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About Cornell College

Cornell College is a private liberal arts college in Mount Vernon, which is a city in the US state of Iowa, in Linn County, adjacent to the city of Lisbon, with a small population of approximately 3400 ihabitants, estimated during the 2000 census.

Cornell College was established in 1853, being founded by Reverend Samuel M. Fellows, and adopted its current name in 1857, in honor of iron tycoon William Wesley Cornell, a distant relative of Ezra Cornell, founder of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

According to Forbes (2008), Cornell College is one of the top 25 Liberal Arts Colleges in the US, being, perhaps, best known for its theatre program, which ranks as the top 16th in the country.

Athletics

The athletic teams at Cornell College are known as the Rams and they compete in 19 sports, in NCAA Division III. Their distinctive colors are purple and white.

Notable Alumni

Among Cornell's noteworthy alumni, there are: Edgar J. Helms - founder of Goodwill Industries, Don E. Fehrenbacher - Pulitzer Prize for History winner, David Hilmers - NASA Astronaut and medical doctor, James Daly - Emmy Award-winning actor, Nancy Price - author, `Sleeping with the Enemy`, and Leslie M. Shaw - Governor of Iowa, U.S. Secretary of Treasury.