USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA (1992 2013)

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

[SOURCES]
What University did he graduate from?

(A) Texas A&M Commerce

(B) SMU

(C) ** Colombia University

(D) Stanford University

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -A total of four U.S. Presidents have been graduates of Columbia: Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Barack Obama.

Concept note-2: -Columbia University (colloquially known as Columbia; officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

Concept note-3: -Employers and insurers should contact the National Student Clearinghouse to verify a Columbia University degree or a student’s past enrollment. The Clearinghouse may be reached by phone at: (703) 742-4200.

Concept note-4: -After an eight-year hiatus due to the American Revolution, the institution was renamed Columbia College in 1784 in patriotic reference to explorer Christopher Columbus; 112 years later, Columbia College would become Columbia University.