ON CAMPUS UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Founded in 1817 as the “Catholepistemiad of Detroit,” the University of
Michigan was the first public university in the Northwest Territories. Within
a few years, the unwieldy name of Catholepistemiad evaporated, the
nascent U-M sputtered, and in 1837 was re-born in Ann Arbor with regional
campuses established in Flint in 1956 and Dearborn in 1959. During the 2017
calendar year, U-M proudly celebrated its bicentennial as both celebration
and examination of U-M’s role in shaping, challenging and leading public
higher education.
When the university relocated from Detroit in 1837, Ann Arbor was a farm
town of only 2,000 people. The town’s founders, John Allen and Elisha
Rumsey, chose the name in honor of their wives — Ann Allen and Mary Ann
Rumsey — and to recognize the massive oak trees in the area that created
a natural arbor. The Ann Arbor Land Company donated the original 40 acre
campus (bounded by State Street, South University, North University and
East University Avenues) to the university.
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