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About Earlham College

Earlham College is a liberal arts college in Richmond, which is a city in east central Indiana, USA, largely within Wayne Township, with a population of approximately 39 000 inhabitants, as of the 2000 census estimate.

Earlham College was founded in 1847, by the Quakers, and it is primarily a residential undergraduate college, also having 2 graduate programs: the master of arts in teaching and the master of education. It is listed in Loren Pope's book, Colleges That Change Lives, and, in 2009, it was ranked 91st by Forbes, in its list of America's Best Colleges.

Athletics

Earlham's athletic teams are known as The Hustlin's Quakers and they compete in 16 sports, in NCAA Division III. Their distinctive colors are maroon and white and their mascot is Mr. Quaker.

Notable Alumni

Earlham College's list of noteworthy alumni also contains the name of: C. Francis Jenkins - demonstrated the first practical motion picture projector, Walter Jessup - former head of the Carnegie Corporation and president of the University of Iowa, Larry Overman - Organic Chemist, member of the National Academy of Sciences, Laura Sessions Stepp - Pulitzer Prize winning journalist for The Washington Post, and Robert Quine - named by Rolling Stone as one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.