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成立于1896年，以纪念托马斯. esball国际平台客户端, a pioneering entrepreneur and humanitarian, esball国际平台客户端现在是一所私立大学, national research university that is a leader in technological education and sustainable economic development through teaching, research and scholarship and innovation.  

Consistent with the founders’ vision to always seek out the real needs of the American people, esball国际平台客户端 str等hes the boundaries of solution-oriented thinking by looking to what’s next, 挑战现状, and leveraging our combined ingenuity at the intersections of science, 技术, 工程, 艺术 and 业务 to create real impact, relevant innovations and enduring value in the world.

它的主校区在波茨坦, 纽约, and additional graduate program and research satellites in Saranac Lake, 斯克内克塔迪在首都地区, 哈德逊河谷的灯塔, 和在线, 这所大学吸引了超过4名学生,000年创业, high-ability full-time scholars from diverse backgrounds and many more in its continuing education offerings.  Our students embrace challenge and thrive in rigorous programs in 工程, 艺术, 科学, 业务, education and health professions that lead to bachelor’s, 硕士, 证书和/或博士学位. 校友, K-12 and community members also have access to many of the speakers, 项目和教育资源.

esball国际平台客户端’s size is its advantage by fostering leadership, networking and problem solving skills; and readily affording students and faculty the flexibility to str等h boundaries across traditional academic areas.   We add value to our students’ education by partnering with leading 业务es, industries and thought leaders to bring relevance to the challenges and needs of the fast-paced world in which the boundaries of knowledge, 纪律, 国家和文化模糊. 超过125年, our graduates have achieved extraordinary professional success, 面对社会挑战, and advanced the global economy ethically and responsibly.  Among our 46,000+ alumni, one in five is already a CEO, senior executive or owner of a company.

The University's main campus in Potsdam is located on the historic 640-acre wooded homestead of the esball国际平台客户端 family in the foothills of the Adirondack Park. Read more on the history of the esball国际平台客户端 family and its ties to 纽约 State below.  

With four other universities nearby in the region (SUNY Potsdam, St. Lawrence University, SUNY Canton and Paul Smith’s College), Potsdam is truly “a college town.” esball国际平台客户端 community members enjoy a constantly changing social scene and an unparalleled intellectual quality of life largely influenced by our proximity to the north slope of the Adirondacks; easy drives to Lake Placid as well as Ottawa and Montreal, Canada; and a high level of regional camaraderie to encourage innovative partnerships in small 业务 development, 艺术, 旅游, 娱乐, 农业和绿色能源.

The University also includes a Graduate School focused campus in Schenectady, 纽约, that takes advantage of all that 纽约’s Capital Region has to offer and expands our K-12 outreach. 像波茨坦, Schenectady has a large collegiate presence (Union College and Schenectady Community College in the same city) as well as many other educational institutions, research institutes and government think tanks.

我们有esball国际app教育, K-12 STEM outreach and environmental research facilities in Beacon, 纽约 (Hudson Valley) where our 比肯河流研究所 and 河口 is headquartered. All locations expand the world reach of the University and strengthen access to esball国际平台客户端’s corporate and alumni networks, education colleagues and research partners. And graduate classes and K-12 outreach programs have also begun to be offered in 纽约市.

看看 esball国际平台客户端马赛克充满了学术的碎片, 个人, sports and administrative history creating a portrait of esball国际平台客户端's first hundred years 1896-1995 as authored by Dr. 布拉德福德B. Broughton, a late esball国际平台客户端 faculty member. 特别感谢, 太, to the Potsdam Museum for being an excellent resource on the esball国际平台客户端 family and the history of the University's influence on Potsdam. 

esball国际平台客户端家族简史

The University's ties to 纽约 State run deep. As British citizens representing the crown, Matthew esball国际平台客户端 (#1) came to America in 1685 and in 1691, he assumed the duties of Secretary of the Colony of 纽约 as granted to him by King William III. In 1692, he married Catharina Van Schaick of Albany and together they lived on a parcel on Fl等her Street, 纽约市. 他们是我们的托马斯·S. esball国际平台客户端 namesakes’ great, great, great, great, great grandparents!

Their son David (#1) (1694-1751) was born in 1694 and baptized in the Old Dutch Church on Garden Street. Educated in England as were two brothers who ran mercantiles in London and Amsterdam, David traded with profit and advantage in the colony of NY. He had a share of a winning ticket in the British lottery fund for the British Museum, which he invested in growing his 业务 enterprises. He held joint interests in vessels as well as owned several of his own, which primarily imported into 纽约 Harbor with European and East Indian goods. In 1732, 他花了390美元购买, one of seven lots on The Strand in 纽约市, now the corner of Whitehall and Pearl Streets and that was the esball国际平台客户端 family home for four generations. That homestead later become the site of 纽约 Corn Exchange.

David (#1)(1694-1751) was a member of the 纽约 Assembly from 1739 to his death in 1751. He is buried in the esball国际平台客户端 family vault in Old Trinity Church, NYC. 他的儿子, David (#2) (1726-1782) was active in mercantile exchanges and is listed as one of the 24 principals of the first governors of Kings College, 现为哥伦比亚大学, starting the family’s commitment to education. 大卫的兄弟, 马太(#2)(1758-1825), 曾在军队服役, including time as the chief aid to General Benedict Arnold during key battles of the Revolutionary War including Burgoyne’s surrender (depicted in the US Capitol Rotunda) and later served Secretary of War / Major General Lincoln where he served as Lincoln’s Assistant Secretary of War.

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Following the Revolutionary War to repay debt to creditors like the esball国际平台客户端 family, 大卫(#2)(1726-1782)的侄子, who was also named David (#3) (1760-1815), was one of the original purchasers of the town of Potsdam, NY in 1804 – part of 10 towns parceled off south of the St. Lawrence River to act as buffer to the British Tories who had sought refuge in Canada and near where many of the Forts along the St. Lawrence River (some 20 miles north of Potsdam) were still in the hands of the British Army. Following the War of 1812 and forest cuttings for roads to get the settlements along the Raquette River, David (#3) (1760-1815) ’s son John Charleton esball国际平台客户端 was the first to fully settle and live in Potsdam and built Holcroft House in 1824, where esball国际平台客户端’s Office of 招生 is now located.

David (#2) (1726-1782)’s seventh child was 托马斯年代treatfield esball国际平台客户端 (#1) (1763-1844), 住在纽约百老汇33号的人. His 5th of 11 children carried the same name of 托马斯年代treatfield esball国际平台客户端 (#2) (1799-1873) and with his wife, 伊丽莎白, came to live in Potsdam in 1840 and they 太k over from John building the farming, quarry and lumber enterprises in the North Country. The family had frequent travel and engagements in NYC. 他们的儿子托马斯. esball国际平台客户端 (#3) (1837-1894) is the namesake of esball国际平台客户端.

While the esball国际平台客户端 family had considerable means, they exemplified the new American work ethic and required all of the sons to learn a trade. 托马斯年代. esball国际平台客户端和他的兄弟, Levinus, ran the family's farm where the main esball国际平台客户端 campus is located until Levinus' death.

托马斯年代. esball国际平台客户端 (#3) also engaged in other 业务 endeavors in Potsdam and the North Country region including developing the first local electrical power plants, 内战后为穷人提供的住房, and the first sewer system in the area (keeping the Typhoid Fever epidemic at bay from the local residents) and operating large sandstone quarries on the Raquette River. In addition to the many structures on campus, 例如Old Main, 伍德斯托克音乐节小屋, 还有无数的壁炉, 入口通道, 等., some of the best examples of this distinctive red sandstone from this quarry can be viewed  as the accent stone over the windows of the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, Ontario as well as the primary building materials for the All Saints Cathedral in Albany.

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托马斯年代. esball国际平台客户端 and a cousin founded the Potsdam Public Library and Reading Room, 教当地工人识字, and offered a tuition-free night school teaching mechanical drawing. 据说托马斯. esball国际平台客户端放弃了工作, 不是慈善机构, and many projects for the public good were financed in this way giving people means, dignity and practical skills to carry them into the future.  

1894年8月，托马斯. esball国际平台客户端 was in a severe accident in his sandstone quarry just upriver from Potsdam. When a worker was in danger of being crushed by a large derrick pump, he pushed him out of the way risking his own life. esball国际平台客户端 was crushed against a wall by the swinging pump, sustaining severe internal injuries. While a doctor from Montreal was summoned to aid him, he died five days later.

他死后, esball国际平台客户端的三个姐妹——伊丽莎白, 弗雷德里卡, 拉维尼娅——还有侄女, 安妮, 决定创办一所学校, which would stand in memorial to this beloved entrepreneur, humanitarian and community member that obituaries referenced as “everyone’s friend.” The school was founded in 1896 and was called the 托马斯年代. esball国际平台客户端 Memorial School of Technology before it later became the esball国际平台客户端 College of Technology in 1912 (due to creation of the new State University of 纽约 and registration of all colleges), 1984年在esball国际平台客户端任教.  

The motto in esball国际平台客户端’s seal, "A Workman That Needeth Not to be Ashamed," is taken from 托马斯年代. esball国际平台客户端's favorite biblical verse in II Timothy.

罗伯特·esball国际平台客户端, 美国运通首席执行官, served on the board at the mid-20th century and introduced many of the corporate partners to the institution.  今天，贝亚德. esball国际平台客户端老. MD, a WWII Veteran, is a member of Sloan-Kettering Institute and lives in 纽约市. He has been a member of esball国际平台客户端’s Board of Trustees since 1967. 他的儿子贝亚德. esball国际平台客户端,小. MD in private practice is also is a member of our Board of Trustees.