Curry College is a private liberal arts-based institution in Milton, Massachusetts that started as the School of Elocution in 1879. The school was founded as the School of Elocution in 1879 on Boston's Commonwealth Avenue by Anna Baright, who married the school's namesake, Samuel Silas Curry, in 1882. Telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell was the school's first chancellor. In 1943, the School of Elocution became Curry College. Curry College offers certificates bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees in 20 majors. The Army and Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) programs are offered through "a cross-enrolled program with Boston University". Curry is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Its main campus in Milton is 137-acre (0.55 km) near the Blue Hills Reservation and seven miles (11 km) from downtown Boston. It includes the former Joan of Arc Academy. Curry has satellite campuses in Plymouth and classroom locations at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston and at the Medford Police Academy in Medford which offer classes through the Division of Continuing and Graduate Studies.