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'''The University of Chicago''' was founded in 1890 by the American Baptist Education Society and oil magnate [[John D. Rockefeller]], who later described the University of Chicago as “the best investment I ever made.” The land for the new university, in the recently annexed suburb of [[Hyde Park-Kenwood|Hyde Park]], was donated by [[Marshall Field]], owner of the [[Chicago]] department store that bears his name.
Although the University was established by [[Baptist|Baptists]]s, it was non-denominational from the start. It also welcomed women and minority students at a time when many universities did not.
Since the 1950s the University is well known for hosting the [[Chicago School of Economics]], led for many years by [[Milton Friedman]] and [[George Stigler]]. The economics department has dominated the [[Nobel Prizes]] in the past few decades.
Liberal [[Robert Hutchins]], a pioneer of the Essentialist school of education, was the president and chancellor of the university in the mid 20th century. He attempted to do away with fraternities and campus religious organizations, believing them to be unnecessary distractions. In football the school produced the first Heisman Trophy winner, Jay Berwanger, in 1935. Chicago had beren one of the founding members of the Big Ten athletic conference. In 1939, Hutchins disbanded the varsity football team, and left the conference. Decades later a small but modestly successful Division III football team was started. ==See also==* [[Yerkes Observatory]]==References==<references/> == External Links links ==
*[http://www.uchicago.edu Official Website]
