Union University (New York)

Short description: Federation of universities in New York State

Union University is a loose federation of Union College along with a number of graduate schools, founded in 1873 and located in the Albany metropolitan area of New York State. It originally consisted of Union along with Albany Law School, Albany Medical College and Dudley Observatory. Union University founded Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in 1881.

The motto on its seal is In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas (English: Unity in necessary matters, freedom in doubtful matters, charity toward all). Each member institution has its own governing board, is fiscally independent, and is responsible for its own programs.

It was incorporated by an act of the New York State Legislature on April 10, 1873.^[1]

The Seal of Union University on the Exterior Wall of the University Club of New York in Manhattan

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↑ Raymond, Andrew Van Vranken (1907). Union University, its history, influence, characteristics and equipment, with the lives and works of its founders, benefactors, officers, regents, faculty, and the achievements of its alumni. Union College, Albany Medical College, Albany Law School, Dudley Observatory, Albany College of Pharmacy. New York Public Library. New York, Lewis Publishing Company. http://archive.org/details/unionuniversity01raymgoog.

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[1] Raymond, Andrew Van Vranken (1907). Union University, its history, influence, characteristics and equipment, with the lives and works of its founders, benefactors, officers, regents, faculty, and the achievements of its alumni. Union College, Albany Medical College, Albany Law School, Dudley Observatory, Albany College of Pharmacy. New York Public Library. New York, Lewis Publishing Company. http://archive.org/details/unionuniversity01raymgoog.

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Union University (New York)

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