Duquesne University

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The Duquesne University is a private, Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The college was in 1878 under the name Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost (Latin Universitas Sancti Spiritus Duquesnensis ) and was renamed in 1911 in honor of the former French Governor General Ange de Ville Menne, Marquis de Duquesne. Today, 9,617 students are enrolled.

Faculties

• Leadership and professional development (2001)
• Arts and Humanities ( McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, 1878)
• Health Sciences ( Rangos School of Health Sciences, 1990)
• Music (Mary Pappert School of Music, 1926)
• Natural and Environmental Sciences (Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences)
• Education ( 1929)
• Care (1937 )
• Pharmacy ( Mylan School of Pharmacy, 1925)
• Law ( 1911)
• Economics ( AJ Palumbo School of Business Administration, 1913)

Sports

The sports teams are the Duquesne University Dukes. The university is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Famous people

Arts, Entertainment, Literature and Humanities

• Werner Herzog - filmmaker
• Sammy Nestico - Composer ( Big Band Music )

Government and Military

• Michael V. Hayden - General of the U.S. Air Force and Director of the CIA

Sports

• Chuck Cooper - Basketball player ( one of the first three African- American players in the NBA )
• Chip Ganassi - race car driver
• Sihugo Green - Basketball Player