Occidental College

Credit Image - Pinterest.com Private liberal arts institution Occidental College, also known as Oxy, is located in Los Angeles, California.

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Credit Image - Pinterest.com In 1910, it became nonsectarian. On the American West Coast, it is one of the first liberal arts colleges.

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Credit Image - Pinterest.com and incorporate winners of the Emmy Awards, the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the Academy Award, and other prestigious honours.

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