Purdue University was founded on May 8, 1869 as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly utilized the Morrill Act and accepted a donation of land and money from a business man named John Purdue. Purdue University's engineering, education and business programs continue to be ranked among the best in the country in U.S. News & World Report's graduate school rankings. Purdue has produced 23 astronauts including Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. If you like popcorn, you have to like Purdue, Orville Redenbacher himself studied at this fine school.
