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Washington & Jefferson College

Washington & Jefferson College (informally "W&J College", or simply "W&J"), is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania, which is located in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The college traces its origin to three log cabin colleges in Washington County, Pennsylvania established by three Presbyterian missionaries to the American frontier in the 1780s: John McMillan, Thaddeus Dod, and Joseph Smith. These early schools eventually grew into two competing academies and colleges, with Canonsburg Academy, later Jefferson College, located in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and Washington Academy, later Washington College, in Washington. These two colleges merged in 1865 to form Washington & Jefferson College.Template:/box-footer

Technology Center

Technology Center houses the Information Technology Leadership program and over 200 instructional computers for use by that department and related classes. A statue of a coal miner, representing the work ethic and spirit of Western Pennsylvania, sits in the green space in front of the building. The building was originally called "Vilar Technology Center" in honor of alum Alberto Vilar, who had pledged $18.1 million to construct the building. After he reneged on that pledge in 2003, the building was renamed the Technology Center and plans for it were scaled back. It is the sister building to The Burnett Center, sharing the same architect and general contractor. (more...)

Joseph Walker

Joseph A. Walker was an American test pilot and a NASA astronaut. In 1963, Walker made two X-15 flights beyond 100 kilometers – the edge of space. These were the only powered spaceplane flights past that threshold until SpaceShipOne in 2004. These flights qualified him as an astronaut under both U.S. Air Force and Fédération Aéronautique Internationale rules. Walker was the first American civilian to enter space and the person to enter space twice.

The refurbished log cabin that housed John McMillan's early log college

The refurbished log cabin that housed John McMillan's early log college

• ...that Hays Hall (pictured), the first dormitory at Washington & Jefferson College, was designed by noted Pittsburgh architect Frederick J. Osterling?
• ...that the Washington & Jefferson College football team played the heavily favored California Golden Bears to a 0–0 tie in the 1922 Rose Bowl?
• ...that the present-day location of Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, was the result of a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States?

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