Pierson College is a residential college at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
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10 Facts About Pierson College
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Abraham Pierson was born in Southampton, Long Island in 1646 and was an early student at Harvard College.
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Pierson College was elected its first rector, but unable to leave his position in Killingworth, he taught courses from his parsonage in present-day Clinton.
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In 2004 and 2018 Pierson College has been awarded the Gimble Cup for highest average GPA at Yale.
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However, in 2006, Pierson College students were able to organize a successful Inferno, the traditional Pierson College Halloween party.
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On Pierson Day, the Head of Pierson College wrestles another College Head, student, or other willing opponent in a ring filled with yellow jello.
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Pierson College achieved world renown in 1977 as a result of the still-famous television broadcast of its Bladderball 'victory'.
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For many years the Press was located in a converted squash court in Pierson College Tower, designed by Charles Willard Moore of the Yale School of Architecture.
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Since then, Pierson College has won the Freshman Olympics several times, most recently in 2014.
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Pierson College's Fellowship, consisting of both faculty members and distinguished outside Associate Fellows, is one of the most active at Yale.
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