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About Davidson College

Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, which is a town in Iredell and Mecklenburg counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina, with a population estimated at a number of more than 7000 inhabitants, during the 2000 census. The town takes its name from Davidson College and it was founded in 1837, when the Presbyterian Davidson College was established, which was named after Brigadier General William Lee Davidson, a local Revolutionary War hero in Mecklenburg County.

As written above, Davidson College was established in the same year as the town of Davidson, in 1837, first starting as Presbyterian Davidson College, drawing its name from Brigadier General William Lee Davidson. The school became co-educational in 1973 and today maintains a 50/50 ratio of men to women. According to the Princeton Review, Davidson College is among the top twenty colleges nationally, being recognized for many of its educational programs, a high percentage of Davidson graduates entering the legal profession, medicine, or government service.

The athletic teams from Davidson College are known as the Wildcats, who compete at the NCAA Division I level, as a members of the Southern Conference, in most of the 21 sports, of which 11 are for men and 10 are for women, being, perhaps, best known for their achievements in basketball, in which they reached considerable success in the 1960s, under Coach Lefty Driesell, when Sports Illustrated ranked the Wildcats basketball team No. 1 in the country, prior to the 1964–65 season.

Davidson College has produced numerous notable alumni, over the years, among the most resonant names on the list being: Craig Detweiler - screenwriter, cultural commentator, Stephen Curry - NBA Basketball Player, John Chidsey - CEO, Burger King, Inc., Edward L. Willingham IV - President, First Citizens Bank, William Eskridge - renowned legal theorist and John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School, Tom Marshburn - NASA astronaut, John M. Faison - United States Congressman representing North Carolina, as well as many other people, who have made themselves notable, in various fields, after attending Davidson College.