↑The University officially uses 1740 as its founding date and has since 1899. The ideas and intellectual inspiration for the academic institution stem from 1749, with a pamphlet published by Benjamin Franklin, (1705/1706–1790). When Franklin's institution was established, it inhabited a schoolhouse built on November 14, 1740 for another school, which never came to practical fruition [1]Archived 2016-01-13 at the Wayback Machine.. Penn archivist Mark Frazier Lloyd [2] notes: "In 1899, UPenn's Trustees adopted a resolution that established 1740 as the founding date, but good cases may be made for 1749, when Franklin first convened the Trustees, or 1751, when the first classes were taught at the affiliated secondary school for boys, Academy of Philadelphia, or 1755, when Penn obtained its collegiate charter to add a post-secondary institution, the College of Philadelphia." Princeton's library [3] presents another, diplomatically phrased view.
↑"The Trustees". Office of the University Secretary, Penn. January 1, 2018. Archived from the original on ਅਕਤੂਬਰ 4, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
↑"Logo & Branding Standards". University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on ਜੁਲਾਈ 23, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
↑"2017 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments"(PDF). National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). 2017. Archived from the original(PDF) on ਮਾਰਚ 6, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
↑"Which Universities Produce the Most Billionaires?". Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2018-05-18. According to annual studies (UBS and Wealth-X Billionaire Census) by UBS and Wealth-X, the University of Pennsylvania has produced the most billionaires in the world, as measured by the number of undergraduate degree holders. Four of the top five schools were Ivy League institutions.
