academic experience evolved due to an important campus study funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Interviews with the Manhattanville community led to the development of the Portfolio System, a personalized and guided self-assessment charting the development of each student. Today the ATLAS program continues this tradition. In 1965, the college introduced its first graduate program, a Masters of Arts in Teaching and in 1993, the first graduate programs in business were offered. The first doctoral program was introduced in 2010 with the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from the School of Education.In 2012, Manhattanville's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Degree Program was formally approved. Presidents Since its charting as a college in 1917, Manhattanville has had 15 presidents, including two interim presidents, one of whom also served as acting president for a period of time: Mary Moran, RSCJ (1917–1918) Ruth Burnett, RSCJ (1918–1924) Charlotte Lewis, RSCJ (1924–1930) Grace Dammann, RSCJ (1930–1945) Eleanor O'Byrne, RSCJ (1945–1965) Elizabeth McCormack (1965–1974) Harold Delaney (1974–1975) Barbara Knowles Debs (1975–1985) Jane C. Maggin (acting interim) (1981–1982) Marcia Savage (1985–1995) Richard Berman (1995–2009) Molly Easo Smith (2009–2011) Jon Strauss (2011–2016) Michael E. Geisler (2016–2022) Louise Feroe (acting; interim) (Summer 2021; 2022-2023) Current Campus Reid Estate (1860–1949) Manhattanville purchased its current 100-acre campus in 1949. The first European owner of the parcel of land was Ben Holladay who bought the estate in the 1860s and named its Ophir Farm after a silver mine in Nevada. The Holladay family built a mansion called Ophir Hall, family chapel, and several outbuildings. However, after several family deaths and financial difficulties, Ben Holladay left the estate in 1873. In 1888 Whitelaw Reid and his wife Elisabeth Mills Reid purchased the property. Whitelaw was editor of The New York Tribune and served various political positions including ambassador to France and England. Elisabeth was the daughter of Darius Ogden Mills, founder of The Bank of California. The Reids remodeled the existing Ophir Hall and outfitted it with the latest home luxuries, including electricity. However, shortly before completion, faulty wiring sparked a fire that destroyed the home on July 14, 1888. The Reids rebuilt under the direction of the famed architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White. This home was designed in the style of a gothic castle and built onto the existing foundation. The Castle was completed in 1892. A three-story addition including the East Library and