Macalester College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college

Liberal arts colleges in the United States

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 located in Saint Paul, Minnesota

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. It was founded in 1874 as a Presbyterian

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-affiliated but nonsectarian college. Its first class entered September 15, 1885. The college is located on a 53 acres (21.4 ha) campus in a historic residential neighborhood and includes seven academic buildings, ten residences, a library

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 and a technology center. Notable alumni include Kofi Annan

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, Walter Mondale

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, DeWitt Wallace

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, Alexander Wendt

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, Ari Emanuel

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, Peter Berg

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, Tim O'Brien

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, Bob Mould

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, and Charles Baxter.