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Lynchburg College
Established	1903
Type	Private
President	Kenneth R. Garren
Faculty	159 full time
Students	2,400
Location	Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Colors	crimson and gray
Nickname	LC
Mascot	Hornets
Affiliations	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Website	http://www.lynchburg.edu

Lynchburg College is a private college in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA, related by covenant to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) with approximately 2,400 undergraduate and graduate students. It has been recognized by the Princeton Review as one of 361 best colleges in the nation. U.S. News & World Report ranked Lynchburg 44th amongst southern colleges and universities offering a full range of undergraduate programs and master's degrees.

Contents 1 History 2 Campus and Campus Life 3 President 4 Famous Alumni / Famous Former Students 5 Buildings on Campus 5.1 Academic Buildings 5.2 Residence Halls & College Owned Housing 6 Fraternities and Sororities 6.1 Fraternities 6.2 Sororities 7 External links

Lynchburg College was founded in 1903 by Dr. Josephus Hopwood as a selective, independent, coeducational, and residential institution, which has a historical and current relationship to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The College has maintained its original commitment to a liberal arts education. Beginning with 11 faculty and 55 students, the College has grown to 159 full-time faculty and 2,400 undergraduate and graduate students. The College offers 35 majors, 43 minors, two dual-degree programs, the Westover Honors Program, and graduate study in business and education. Lynchburg College has more than 20,000 alumni.

In the fall of 1994,a few months after Intel had introduced its Pentium microprocessor, Dr. Thomas R. Nicely, from Lynchburg College, was doing computations related to the distribution of prime numbers and discovered the [1]Pentium Bug. Dr. Nicely left Lynchburg College in 2000. [2]

Community outreach remains a tradition of the College, through initiatives of its eight Centers of Lynchburg College and the SERVE program, which 30,000 volunteer hours are contributed annually by students, faculty, and staff.

Located in an urban setting, Lynchburg College occupies about 200 acres in Lynchburg and has a separate environmental research center on about 400 acres, the Claytor Nature Study Center, located about 40 minutes from campus. Most students live on campus and in nearby college-owned houses.

Dr. Kenneth R. Garren began his tenure as the tenth president of Lynchburg College in 2001. A former vice president and dean of Roanoke College, Garren led Lynchburg College through its 2003 centennial celebration and initiatives such as a strategic plan, campus facilities master planning, building projects (including Centennial Hall), and restoration work on College Lake. Recently, the college has initiated a multimillion dollar renovation for Shellenberger Field.

• Dr. M. Carey Brewer '49 - president emeritus of Lynchburg College, former director of Emergency Preparedness, Kennedy administration
• Robert "Bob" Duff, '93 [3] Senator - State of Connecticut
• Mary Elcano '71 general counsel - American Red Cross
• Joan Foster '69, '70 [4] Mayor, City of Lynchburg, Va.
• Thomas F. Hash M.B.A. '79 - president, Bechtel Systems and Infrastructure, Inc.
• Yumiko Kaizuka '87 - senior human resources manager, Johnson & Johnson of Japan
• Dr. David G. Longfellow '64 - senior coordinator, Carcinogenisis Cancer, National Cancer Institute
• Phillip G. Mazzara '70 - vice president for private support, CARE USA
• Robert A. McKee, (1971), Maryland politician.
• James P. McMillan II '84 - producer, Film Oasis, Inc.
• Ellie Murdoch (aka, Alicia Alighatti) [5]. Porn star.
• Deirdre Quinn [6] actress
• Rosel Schewel '71, '83, '00 member of the Lynchburg College Board of Trustees, Lynchburg philanthropist and civic leader
• Elliot S. Schewel '00 D.H.L (honorary alumnus) former Virginia State Senator
• Roger Tetrault M.B.A. '76 - retired CEO/Chairman, McDermott International
• Catherine German West '82 former Chief Financial Officer- JC Penney
• Dr. Percy Wooton '53 - former president of the American Medical Association

• Centennial Hall
• Hobbs Hall
• Hopwood Hall
• Dillard Fine Arts Center
• Psychology Building
• Thompson Education Building
• McMillan Nursing Building

• Freer Hall
• McWane Hall
• Shackelford Hall
• Montgomery Hall
• Tate Hall
• Hundley Hall
• Peaksview Apartments
• Warren Townhouse
• Huston Townhouse
• Brewer Townhouse
• Rainsford Townhouse
• Bullard Townhouse
• Court Apartments
• College Street
• Lakewood Drive
• Bell Street
• College Drive
• Langhorne Lane
• Westwood Street
• Brevard Street
• Vernon Street
• McCausland Street

• Sigma Phi Epsilon
• Alpha Phi Alpha
• Sigma Nu
• Phi Delta Theta
• Kappa Alpha Psi

• Alpha Chi Omega
• Alpha Sigma Alpha
• Sigma Sigma Sigma
• Kappa Delta
• Delta Sigma Theta
• Alpha Kappa Alpha

• Official site
• List of majors
• Official school paper

Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Bridgewater • Catholic† • Eastern Mennonite‡ • Emory & Henry • Guilford • Hampden–Sydney • Hollins‡ • Lynchburg‡ • Randolph–Macon • Randolph–Macon Woman's‡ • Roanoke‡ • Sweet Briar‡ • Virginia Wesleyan‡ • Washington & Lee † football-only member  ‡ no-football member

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