- A University for Hartford, A University for the World A SHORT HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD 1955 The Gabriel Farm, the future campus, looking North from where the Auerbach Computer and Administration Center now stands. Contents Foreword - Professor Peter Breit Preface - President Emeritus Humphrey Tonkin Chapter One - How It All Got Started Section I Section II Section III Section IV ...library.hartford.edu/llr/publications/history/contents.htm