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'''Xavier University''' is an [[Ohio]] [[private schools|private]] [[Jesuit]] [[university]] founded in 1831.<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://www.xavier.edu/about/|title=About Xavier|work=Xavier University|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref> The school ranked #2 in US News's 2008 "Universities-Master's (Midwest): Top Schools" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1univmas_mw_brief.php|title=Universities-Master's (Midwest): Top Schools|work=US News|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

'''Xavier University''' is an [[Ohio]] [[private schools|private]] [[Jesuit]] [[university]] founded in 1831.<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://www.xavier.edu/about/|title=About Xavier|work=Xavier University|language=English}}</ref> The school ranked #2 in US News's 2008 "Universities-Master's (Midwest): Top Schools" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1univmas_mw_brief.php|title=Universities-Master's (Midwest): Top Schools|work=US News|language=English}}</ref>

==History==

==History==

Xavier was founded by [[Bishop]] Edward Fenwick as Athenaeum, intended to be a college dedicated to [[religion]] and liberal arts.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.xavier.edu/xuhistory/index2.html|format=HTML|language=English|title=History of Xavier|work=Xavier Universtiy}}</ref> The Jesuits took responsibility for the college in 1840, naming it Saint Xavier College, in honor of Saint Francis Xavier: one of the original members of the Society of Jesus.<ref name="history"/> The first president was John A. Elet.<ref name="history"/>

Xavier was founded by [[Bishop]] Edward Fenwick as Athenaeum, intended to be a college dedicated to [[religion]] and liberal arts.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.xavier.edu/xuhistory/index2.html|language=English|title=History of Xavier|work=Xavier Universtiy}}</ref> The Jesuits took responsibility for the college in 1840, naming it Saint Xavier College, in honor of Saint Francis Xavier: one of the original members of the Society of Jesus.<ref name="history"/> The first president was John A. Elet.<ref name="history"/>

==Notes==

==Notes==

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