出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/10 19:36 UTC 版)
Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of John Emory, a well-known Methodist bishop. The university's mission statement is "to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity." The school initially struggled financially until a land-grant by Asa Candler, the president of the Coca-Cola Company, allowed the small college to move to metropolitan Atlanta in 1915 and become rechartered as Emory University.