Widener University - Pioneer Yearbook (Chester, PA)

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The year 1980 marks a significant achievement for Widener. The Class of 1980 is the first graduating class of Widener University. The ongoing metamorphosis which began as Pennsylvania Military College and then blossomed to Penn Morton Colleges, followed by the transition to Widener College, further. Widener College is now one of four colleges which comprise Widener University, the only private institution in the region with cam- puses in two states. In 1975, Widener acquired the Delaware Law School in Wilmington, DE. Although the acquisition was plagued with countless law suits and countersuits the litigations did not dampen the resolve to make Delaware Law School of Widener University a strong regional center for legal education. Brandywine College is the University's two-year, or junior college, having been merged with Widener in 1976. Founded in 1966, Brandywine offers an alter- native opportunity for development and growth to students who either are not ready for or do not want a four-year college experience, but who can benefit from a collegiate setting in preparation for their future. Despite this expansion, Widener College has remained a unique entity. One can still hear the boom of the old cannon on Saturdays in the fall, the dome high atop Old Main remains in tact, artifacts of the College's military history abound. We are still pioneers in the truest sense of the word. 7

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