Editing University of Windsor (section)

=== Founding era ===
[[File:Assumption College campus 1928.jpg|alt=An aerial photograph of the Assumption College campus in 1928. A few buildings are visible with lots of empty field space.|left|thumb|The campus of Assumption College in 1928.]]
The university dates to the founding of the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario)|Assumption College]] in [[Windsor, Ontario]], in 1857.<ref name="ce">{{cite encyclopedia |title=University of Windsor |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/university-of-windsor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923213131/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/university-of-windsor |archive-date=23 September 2023 |last2=Lewis |first2=L. |first1=Belinda A. |last1=Beaton}}</ref> Assumption College, a primarily theological institution, was founded by the [[Society of Jesus|Society of Jesuits]] in 1857. [[Congregation of St. Basil|The Basilian Fathers]] assumed control of the college in 1870. The college grew steadily, expanding its curriculum and affiliating with several other colleges over the years.<ref name="heritagefdn.on.ca">{{cite web |date=8 December 2016 |title=University of Windsor, The |url=https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/plaques/university-of-windsor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412104246/https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/plaques/university-of-windsor |archive-date=12 April 2023 |access-date=December 28, 2018 |publisher=[[Ontario Heritage Trust]]}}</ref>

In 1919, Assumption College affiliated with the [[University of Western Ontario]].<ref name="ce" /> This affiliation expanded the curriculum at Assumption, including new general and honours programs for Bachelor of Arts degrees, graduate courses in philosophy, and pre-professional programs in engineering, medicine, and law.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fraser |first=Devon |title=1910s · Assumption College: Through the Decades · collections |url=https://collections.uwindsor.ca/assumption/1910s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230223446/https://collections.uwindsor.ca/assumption/1910s |archive-date=30 December 2023 |access-date=2023-12-30 |website= |publisher=University of Windsor - Leddy Library}}</ref>

The school became co-educational in 1934 when it formed and admitted women to attend Holy Names College.<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Windsor, The |url=https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/plaques/university-of-windsor |website=Online Plaque Guide |publisher=[[Ontario Heritage Trust]] |access-date=24 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216200722/https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/plaques/university-of-windsor |archive-date=16 December 2023 |location=Toronto, Ontario |date=2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1937, the first class of women graduated from Assumption College, receiving Bachelor of Arts degrees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fraser |first=Devon |title=1930s · Assumption College: Through the Decades · collections |url=https://collections.uwindsor.ca/assumption/1930s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230223447/https://collections.uwindsor.ca/assumption/1930s |archive-date=30 December 2023 |access-date=2023-12-30 |website= |publisher=University of Windsor - Leddy Library}}</ref>

Escalating costs forced Assumption College, a Roman Catholic university, to become a public institution to qualify for public support.<ref name="ce" /> In 1953, through an Act of the Ontario Legislature, Assumption College received its own university powers, and ended its affiliation with the University of Western Ontario.

In 1956, the institution's name was changed to Assumption University of Windsor, by an Act of the Ontario Legislature, with Reverend [[Eugene Carlisle LeBel]], C.S.B. named as its first President. The recently created Essex College, an independent non-denominational college led by [[Frank A. DeMarco]], became an affiliate, with responsibility for the Faculty of Applied Science; the Schools of Business Administration and Nursing; and the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Geology and Geography, and Mathematics and Physics.<ref name="AU">{{cite web |title=Assumption University: Heritage |url=http://assumptionu.ca/about-us/history |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515154230/http://assumptionu.ca/about-us/history |archive-date=2014-05-15 |access-date=2014-05-18 |publisher=[[Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario)|Assumption University]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the Leddy Library {{!}} Leddy Library |url=https://leddy.uwindsor.ca/more-info/history-leddy-library |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230223449/https://leddy.uwindsor.ca/more-info/history-leddy-library |archive-date=30 December 2023 |access-date=2023-12-30 |website= |publisher=University of Windsor - Leddy Library}}</ref>