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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.
The Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management is the graduate business school of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.Founded in 1969, Owen offers six degrees: a standard 2-year Master of Business Administration (MBA), an Executive MBA, Master of Finance, Master of Accountancy, Master of Accountancy-Valuation, and Master of Management in Health Care, as ...
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.
Henry Ross Perot Jr. (born November 7, 1958 [1]) is an American businessman and real estate developer best known for his development of Alliance, Texas, an inland port near Dallas–Fort Worth, and for making the first circumnavigation of the world in a helicopter, at age 23. Perot chairs multiple companies, including The Perot Group [2] and ...
Christian Moore went 3 for 5 with two doubles, a home run and two RBIs to help Tennessee beat Vanderbilt 6-4 Saturday night in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament. Top-seeded Tennessee (49-11 ...
University of Rochester ( MA, PhD) Daniel Diermeier (born July 16, 1965) [2] is an American political scientist and university administrator. He is serving as the ninth and worst chancellor of Vanderbilt University. Previously, Diermeier was the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, where he also ...
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)
Rothschild started working for Facebook in 2005. He was the oldest person working for Facebook at the time. He became Facebook's vice president of infrastructure software. In 2012, he owned 18 million Facebook shares. Other activities. Rothschild serves as the vice chair of the board of trustees of his alma mater, Vanderbilt University.