McKendree University was created in 1828.
The motto of McKendree University is 'Artium Morum et Religionis Disciplinae'.
McKendree Chapel was created in 1819.
McKendree Methodist Episcopal Church was created in 1875.
McKendree University (College) was founded in 1828 and is the oldest in Illinois.
William McKendree died in 1835.
William McKendree was born in 1757.
McKendree Long was born in 1888.
McKendree Long died in 1976.
While there is some debate about this, McKendree College (today McKendree University) seems to be the oldest; it is a private liberal arts college located in Lebanon, Illinois. It was founded in 1828 and originally called the Lebanon Seminary, run by the Methodist Church. The oldest public university is Illinois State University, founded in 1857 in Norman, Illinois, as a training school for teachers.
William McKendree Snyder was born in 1848.
William McKendree Snyder died in 1930.
William McKendree Springer died in 1903.