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Eugene Biel-Bienne – Austrian painter, former faculty of the department of fine arts in the College of Arts and Science. Camilla Benbow – dean of Peabody College at Vanderbilt University, scholar on education of gifted youth. John Keith Benton (1896–1956) – dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School, 1939–1956.
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.
36.1467°N 86.8008°W. / 36.1467; -86.8008. The Vanderbilt Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion (usually Vanderbilt Divinity School) is an interdenominational divinity school at Vanderbilt University, a major research university located in Nashville, Tennessee. It is one of only six university-based schools of religion in the ...
The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy. Cornelius Vanderbilt's descendants went on to build grand mansions on Fifth Avenue in New York ...
The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine was founded in 1851 as the school of medicine at the University of Nashville and only became affiliated with Vanderbilt University in 1874. [4] The first degrees issued by Vanderbilt University were to 61 Doctors of Medicine in February 1875, thanks to an arrangement that recognized the University of ...
The Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represents Vanderbilt University in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Commodores have won three SEC regular-season titles ( 1965, 1974 and 1993) and two SEC Tournament championships ( 1951 and 2012 ). They have competed in 15 NCAA Tournaments, making it to the Elite Eight once ( 1965) and the ...
Vanderbilt University Law School (also known as VLS) is the law school of Vanderbilt University. Established in 1874, it is one of the oldest law schools in the southern United States . Vanderbilt Law enrolls approximately 640 students, with each entering Juris Doctor class consisting of approximately 175 students.
K.C. Potter (J.D. 1964), academic administrator and LGBT rights activist. Maritza Sáenz Ryan (J.D. 1988), head of the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy and United States Army colonel. Samuel Cole Williams (LL.B 1884), first dean of the Lamar School of Law (also known as Emory University School of Law ), Chancellor of ...