Bucknell University

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Bucknell University

City:	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Type:	Private
Sports:	baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, water polo, wrestling^[1]
Colors:	orange, blue
Mascot:	Bucky the Bison
Degrees:	Bachelor's, Master's^[2]
Website:	http://www.bucknell.edu/

Bucknell University is a highly selective private university in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, and changed its name to Bucknell University in 1881, after benefactor William Bucknell, who helped save the university from financial ruin.^[3] The school colors are orange and blue and the mascot is Bucky the Bison.

1 About the school
2 In the News
3 Famous Bucknellians
4 External links
5 References

About the school[edit]

Bucknell has approximately 3,400 undergraduate students and 150 graduate students. There are more than 50 majors and 60 minors within two colleges: engineering and liberal arts. Bucknell has small class sizes, with an 11:1 student-faculty ratio.

In the News[edit]

In 2005, the men's Bison basketball team surprised the nation by defeating the University of Kansas in the first round of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball tournament. They lost in the second round to the University of Wisconsin.
In 2006, the Bison were undefeated in the Patriot League. They again won in the first round of the NCAA tournament, this time playing the University of Arkansas. They lost to the University of Memphis in the second round.

Famous Bucknellians[edit]

Diane B. Allen, New Jersey State Senator, Legislative District 7
Ted Ammon, New York financier
Karl Amylon, chief administrative officer of Ketchikan, AK, USA
Kunitake Ando, President and Group Chief Operating Officer of Sony Corporation
Rob Andrews, U.S. representative
Theodore Beale, Author and columnist, also known as Vox Day
Sam Bidleman, President of the Pennsylvania School Press Association; Finalist, 2002 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year
Neal Blaisdell, former mayor of Honolulu
Colonel Matthew Bogdanos, Marine, NYC Assistant District Attornery, and Author
Susan Crawford, former chief judge of U.S. Court of Military Appeals
Jane Elfers, president and CEO of Lord & Taylor
Bently Elliott, former chief speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan
Benjamin K. Focht, US Congressman from Pennsylvania
John A. Giannetti, member of Maryland House of Delegates
Sunil Gulati, President, United States Soccer Federation
Daniel J. Herrington, NASA Vice-President, Intuitive Aeronautics Design
Edward Herrmann, actor
David Jayne Hill, diplomat, ambassador, writer
Clarke Hinkle, National Football League fullback and Hall of Fame inductee
Jon Robert Holden, naturalized Russian Basketball player, currently active for PBC CSKA Moscow
Bob Keegan, former Major League Baseball player
Kenneth Langone, Co-founder of Home Depot and former director of the New York Stock Exchange
Douglas Lebda, founder of LendingTree
Evan Coyne Maloney, webmaster/documentary filmmaker
Mark Morganelli, jazz Musician, Producer
Christy Mathewson, former Major League Baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (did not graduate)
John McPherson, "Close to Home" cartoonist
Les Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Television
Edward (Ted) C. Peterson, Co-Founder and Co-Owner of Peterson and Collins Inc.
James Pommersheim, Katherine Piggott Professor of Mathematics at Reed College
Michael Riccio, founder Falcon Partners, and Chief Operating Officer and Director of Go2Net
Mark H. Ronald, President & CEO, BAE Systems Inc.
Philip Roth, award-winning novelist
Trevor Rutledge-Leverenz, producer of the Mike and Murray Show on Sirius Satellite Radio
Greg Schiano, head coach of the Rutgers University football team
Paul Shipman, Founder, President, and CEO, Redhook Ale Brewery
Ray Sullivan, Chief Operating Officer of the New England Patriots
Ralph Waite, actor
David West, president and CEO of Hershey's
Jay Wright, head coach of the Villanova University basketball team
Weldon Wyckoff, former Major League Baseball player
George Young, former New York Giants general manager