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Mississippi State (2023) Northwestern (2024–present) High school. Woodward Academy. ( College Park, Georgia) Stats at ESPN.com. Michael Wright Jr. (born September 28, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the Northwestern Wildcats. Wright previously played for the Vanderbilt Commodores and the Mississippi State Bulldogs .
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.
Vanderbilt quarterbacks have played prominent roles in American society off the gridiron as well. Irby Curry, the starting quarterback for the "point-a-minute" 1915 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, served in World War I after graduating in 1916, dying in aerial combat in France. Rand Dixon was a decorated World War II veteran.
John Keith Benton (1896–1956) – dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School, 1939–1956. Lauren Benton –, historian known for works on the history of empires, Nelson O. Tyrone, Jr. Professor of History and professor of law [453] Michael Bess – Chancellor's Professor of History, professor of European studies.
Daniel Diermeier (born July 16, 1965) 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.
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.
No. Image Chancellor Life Tenure 1 Landon Garland: 1810–1895 1875–1893 2 James Hampton Kirkland: 1859–1939 1893–1937 3. Oliver Carmichael: 1891–1966
The following historically African American fraternities and sororities at Vanderbilt are members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. [4] Alpha Kappa Alpha (sorority) Alpha Phi Alpha (fraternity) Delta Sigma Theta (sorority) Kappa Alpha Psi (fraternity) Omega Psi Phi (fraternity) Phi Beta Sigma (fraternity)