Damavand College

Damavand College (in Persian: مدرسه عالی دماوند‎‎ Madreseh-ye Ālī-ye Damāvand; later, دانشکده دماوند Dāneshkadeh-ye Damāvand) was a private institution of higher learning for women and in 1974 it became a public college, offering a four-year intercultural program in the liberal arts from 1968 to 1979 with the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education of Iran in Tehran. It was a Missionary American institute and the first class was consisting of 62 seniors graduated in 1972 while in 1978 it was increased to 162 graduates.

In 1977-78, the college had over 800 Iranian and international students. According to Dr. Forough Jahanbakhsh, a graduate of 1980, it was one of the last educational centers that closed down preceding the Feb. 1979 Islamic Iranian Revolution. She thinks, it was after the Cultural Revolution that Damavand was amalgamated into what is now Allameh Tabatabai University. The collection of the books are now available at Central Library and the Documentation Center of Allameh Tabatabai University. All classes were taught in English from the Freshman year on, except those on Iranian culture.

Damavand College takes its name from the beautiful Mount Damavand which rises out of the Alborz Range north of the city of Tehran.

By 1978, Damavand College had a heritage of more than a century of service rendered by the American Presbyterian Mission in Tehran. Sage College, Alborz College, and Iran Bethel School which was established in 1874 were institutions founded under the auspices of this mission. Many graduates of Iran Bethel including, Iran Teymourtash, daughter of Reza Shah’s powerful court Minister; Molouk Khanoum Jalali, daughter of an Isfahani governor; Mehrtaj Rakhshan, educationalist and daughter of Agha Emam al Hokama; Satareh Farma Farmaian, founder of the professional field of social welfare in Iran and daughter of Qajar Prince Abdol Hossain Mirza Farman Farma; and Parvin E'tesami, a celebrated poet and daughter of Journalist and publisher Yusof E’tesami; are among some of Iran Bethel School’s graduates. Miss Jane Doolittle served for many years as the Principal of Iran Bethel School for Girls which was the immediate forerunner of Damavand College.

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