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Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee.Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War.
Early life and education. Cooper was born in Manhattan, New York City, the younger son of writer Wyatt Emory Cooper and artist Gloria Vanderbilt.His maternal grandparents were millionaire equestrian Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt of the Vanderbilt family and socialite Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, and Reginald's patrilineal great-grandfather was business magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who founded ...
The Juilliard School. / 40.77389°N 73.98333°W / 40.77389; -73.98333. The Juilliard School ( / ˈdʒuːli.ɑːrd / JOO-lee-ard) [5] also sometimes referred to as Juilliard, is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and ...
Daniel Diermeier (born July 16, 1965) [2] is an American political scientist and university administrator. He is serving as the ninth chancellor of Vanderbilt University. Previously, Diermeier was the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, where he also served as provost. [3]
History. Since its founding in 1873, Vanderbilt has offered "work in the liberal arts and sciences beyond the baccalaureate degree", [3] and the university awarded its first graduate degrees ( master's degrees in Greek, Latin, and English and a doctorate in chemistry) in 1879. The Graduate School now claims some 19,000 alumni.
FirstBank Stadium (formerly Dudley Field and Vanderbilt Stadium) is a football stadium located in Nashville, Tennessee.Completed in 1922 as the first stadium in the South to be used exclusively for college football, it is the home of the Vanderbilt University football team.
The Nightingale-Bamford School. / 40.78485°N 73.956727°W / 40.78485; -73.956727. The Nightingale-Bamford School is an independent all-female university-preparatory school founded in 1920 by Frances Nicolau Nightingale and Maya Stevens Bamford. [2] Located in Manhattan on the Upper East Side, [3] Nightingale-Bamford is a member of the ...
The participating libraries were Vanderbilt University, George Peabody College for Teachers, and Scarritt College for Christian Workers. The Joint University Library was inaugurated in 1941, during Kulman's tenure; the architect was Henry C. Hibbs, with New York architects Githens and Keally consulting as library specialists.