Robert Works Fuller is an American physicist, author, social reformer, and former president of Oberlin College.
Robert W. Fuller
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. In 1835, Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 1837, the first to admit women. It has been known since its founding for progressive student activism.
The college was named after a prominent minister, J. F. Oberlin.
Severance Hall
Peters Hall, the Oberlin Administration Building, in 1909
Oberlin's football team, 1892