What is a college chair?  (Q27)

There are two basic definitions:   (1)  A department head or an academic leader in an academic institution – the chairperson of a department or chairman of a university, or (2)  a physical piece of furniture or chair that bears a college logo, university logo or college seal that identifies the institution being represented.   Many alumni of such institutions purchase college chairs and university chairs due to their fondness for and loyalty to the the institution which they have attended – their Alma Mater.   Traditionally, a college chairs has been a black chair made in the style of Hitchcock or Windsor chairs.   Alumni Chairs LLC builds many styles of college chairs.  Several other companies build college chairs in a single style.   While most college chairs are strictly all-wood chairs, Alumni Chairs offers both un-upholstered and upholstered chairs.