Which American university was established first, Ohio State University or Williams College?
Ohio State University:  Founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and ninth university in Ohio with the Morrill Act of 1862, the university was originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College (Mech). Williams College: Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. Williams College:  It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was killed in the French and Indian War in 1755.
Williams College