Quinnipiac University, originally known as the Connecticut College of Commerce, was founded in 1929 by Samuel W. Tator as a small business
college awarding associate's degrees. It was renamed
Quinnipiac College in 1951, in honor of a the Quinnipiack indian tribe who
inhabited the Greater New Haven area during the 17th-19th
centuries. In 1952 Quinnipiac assumed administrative control of Larson College a private women's
college. In 1966 Quinnipiac moved to its current location in Hamden, Connecticut. In 1995, the American Bar Association fully accredited Quinnipiac to
award the Juris Doctor degree through its School of Law and the Quinnipiac School of Law Center was dedicated later that year. As of July 1, 2000 the school changed its name
again to
Quinnipiac University.