![]() ![]() Shurtleff College was a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference from 1910-1937. Shurtleff College was the oldest Baptist college west of the Appalachians until it was absorbed by Southern Illinois University. Students enrolled at Shurtleff at the time continued their education and the last twenty-eight students of Shurtleff College graduated in 1958. The school ceased operating as Shurtleff College on June 30, 1957, when it became part of the Southern Illinois University system. In 1950 Shurtleff reached its peak enrollment of 700 students, also seeing its highest number of graduates that year, 99. Andrew Carnegie in 1910 donated $15,000 for construction of a library. Brendon Shurtleff, of Boston, who donated $10,000 to the college. It became Shurtleff College in 1836 honoring Dr. Shurtleff College was founded 1827 in Alton, Illinois by Reverend John Mason Peck as Alton Seminary.
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