Mitchel College, former branch of Long Island University - now gone

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Once Santini Sub AF Base was shut down, Long Island University briefly located one of its divisions there, Mitchel College in the remaining buildings.

In 1954, Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus began offering courses to military personnel and their families at Mitchel Field Air Force Base in Hempstead. About 1958, the site was officially named Mitchel College of Long Island University. In 1963, when the federal government closed the Air Force Base, it deeded the property to the University for educational usage. The University operated for a short time, but closed Mitchel College because it lacked enrollment. The remaining students were offered a choice of completing their degrees at either the C.W. Post Campus or the Brooklyn Campus. One program, however remained at the former Mitchel College site until the mid 1970's. It was a Marine and Environmental Science Program, which was considered an extension program of C.W. Post.