Middlebury College Facts for Kids

Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont. It was founded in 1800 by Congregationalists. The college currently enrolls 2,526 undergraduates from all 50 states and 74 countries and offers 44 majors in the arts, humanities, literature, foreign languages, social sciences, and natural sciences.

The college is the first American institution of higher education to have granted a bachelor's degree to an African-American, graduating Alexander Twilight in the class of 1823.

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Gamaliel Painter (1742–1819), founder of Middlebury College
Old Chapel with the Green Mountains in the distance
Starr Library, Middlebury's original library, circa 1900
The Davis Family Library, opened in 2004
Old Chapel, completed in 1836, served as Middlebury's primary academic building for a century
Hillcrest Environmental Center, a platinum LEED-certified building
Entrance to the Middlebury College Snow Bowl, the college-owned ski mountain that hosts Winter Carnival ski races and the "Feb" graduation
Alexander Twilight First African-American college graduate AB 1823
Brian Deese Director of the National Economic Council under President Joe Biden AB 2000
Ari Fleischer White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush AB 1982
Julia Alvarez poet, novelist, National Medal of Arts winner, author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents AB 1971
Ron Brown Secretary of Commerce for President Clinton AB 1962
Vendela Vida Novelist AB 1993
Jeff Lindsay Creator of the Dexter series AB 1975
Roger Easton Principal inventor and designer of GPS AB 1943
Shawn Ryan creator of The Shield AB 1988
Jim Douglas 80th Governor of Vermont AB 1972
Anaïs Mitchell Folk singer-songwriter AB 2004
Dan Schulman CEO of PayPal AB 1980
Jason Mantzoukas Comedian, writer, and actor AB 1995
Bill Maris Founder and CEO of Google Ventures AB 1997
Samuel Nelson Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court AB 1813
Lado Gurgenidze 17th Prime Minister of Georgia (attended)

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