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Haverford College Alumni
Haverford may refer to: *Haverford College, a coeducational, undergraduate liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania *The Haverford School, a private, all-boys preparatory day school in Haverford, Pennsylvania *Haverford High School, a public high school serving all of Haverford Township, Pennsylvania *Haverford, Pennsylvania, a town partly in both Haverford and Lower Merion Townships, Pennsylvania *Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, a township of Delaware County, west of Philadelphia *SS Haverford, SS ''Haverford'', an American transatlantic liner used in World War I *Tom Haverford, a ''Parks and Recreation'' character played by Aziz Ansari See also *Havertown, Pennsylvania, the name created to designate ZIP Code 19083, the area of which is wholly within, and a portion of, Haverford Township *Haverfordwest, a town in Wales, after which Haverford, Pennsylvania, was named {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haverford College
Haverford College ( ) is a private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Haverford began accepting non-Quakers in 1849 and women in 1980. The college offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in 31 majors across humanities, social sciences and natural sciences disciplines. It is a member of the Tri-College Consortium, which includes Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore College, Swarthmore colleges, as well as the Quaker Consortium, which includes those schools as well as the University of Pennsylvania. All of the college's approximately 1,400 students are undergraduates, and nearly all reside on campus. Social and academic life is governed by an academic honor code, honor code and influenced by Quaker philosophy. Its suburban campus has predominantly stone Quaker Colonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Haverford School
The Haverford School is a Independent school, private, non-sectarian, all-boys college preparatory day school, junior kindergarten through grade twelve. Founded in 1884 as The Haverford College Grammar School, it is located in Haverford, Pennsylvania. History The school was founded in 1884 at the request of Alexander Cassatt, Alexander and Lois Cassatt, niece of President James Buchanan, as The Haverford College Grammar School. Affiliated initially with neighboring Haverford College until 1903, the school became independent, changed its name to The Haverford School, and moved to its current location across Railroad Avenue from the college. The school was Quaker during its affiliation with the college but is now non-sectarian. Haverford's original school colors were red and yellow for the first decade of the school's existence. However, after the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in 1898, the official colors were changed to maroon and gold out of national pride since the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haverford High School
Haverford Senior High School is the public high school of Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, United States, operated by the School District of Haverford Township. It is at 200 Mill Road in Havertown, Pennsylvania, Havertown. The school serves the entirety of Haverford Township, including all of the unincorporated community of "Havertown" (a place name created by the US Postal Service to designate ZIP Code 19083, which is wholly within Haverford Township), and the Haverford Township portions of the unincorporated communities of Haverford, Pennsylvania, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, Ardmore, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, Drexel Hill, and Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, Wynnewood. History The first recorded purchase of land for educational purposes in Haverford Township was made on October 28, 1797. A stone structure erected on a site along Darby Road at the crossroads Coopertown served as a school until 1872. Today, kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haverford, Pennsylvania
Haverford is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community located in both Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, Haverford Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, and Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, approximately west of Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) opened Haverford station (SEPTA Regional Rail), Haverford Station in 1880 on their Main Line (Pennsylvania Railroad), Main Line west out of Broad Street Station (Philadelphia), Broad Street Station (now Suburban Station) in Philadelphia. Haverford sits at milepost 9.17. Haverford borders the unincorporated portion of Haverford Township called Havertown, Pennsylvania, Havertown, as well as the unincorporated communities of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, Gladwyne, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, Ardmore, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, Wynnewood, and a small portion of Broomall, Pennsylvania, Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haverford Township, Pennsylvania
Haverford Township is a home rule municipality township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.323 Pennsylvania Code § 23.1-101 ''et seq.'' Haverford is named after the town of in Wales. It is a commuting suburb located due west of and is officially known as the Township of Haverford. It is referred by its name alone, like many townships in Pennsylvania, simply as Haverford. Despite being under a home rule charter since 1977, it continues to operate under a Board of Commissioners divided into wards, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Haverford
SS ''Haverford'' was a British transatlantic liner built in 1901 for the American Line on the route from Southampton to New York City, New York, then on the route from Liverpool to Boston and Philadelphia. During her early years, this ship, mainly designed to transport migrants and goods, was the victim of several incidents. Her company was integrated into the International Mercantile Marine Company, International Mercantile Marine Co. (IMM) in 1902 and she was used by other companies within the trust, the Dominion Line and the Red Star Line. The start of World War I did not stop her civilian service. It was not until January 1915 that she was requisitioned as a troop transport. During the conflict, she was attacked on several occasions by German submarines, one of them succeeding in torpedoing her on June 12, 1917. Although eight people died, the ship was beached and then repaired. After the war, she resumed, from 1919, her service to Philadelphia. In 1921, another company wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
