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University of Chicago 5801 South Ellis Ave Chicago, IL 60637 Phone: 773-702-1234 URL: www.uchicago.edu The University of Chicago was founded in 1890 by the American Baptist Education Society and oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, who later described the University of Chicago as “the best investment I ever made.” The land for the new university, in the recently annexed suburb of Hyde Park, was donated by Marshall Field, owner of the Chicago department store that bears his name. There are 4,526 undergraduates and 8,932 graduate, professional, and other student at the UOC. | 
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