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4th (Eastern) W BBVA Compass. 23. 24. Derek Mason ( Southeastern Conference) (2014–2020) 2014. Vanderbilt. 3–9. 0–8.
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.
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)
Vanderbilt University will pay out $55 million as part of the settlement of a class action lawsuit that accused the school, along with 16 others, of being a "price-fixing cartel" when it came to ...
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
Overview. Since 1906, 18 Vanderbilt Commodores football players have earned first-team All-American honors. [1] [2] Owsley Manier was the first ever Commodore selected All-American, making Walter Camp 's third-team. Bob Blake was the first to make an All-America first team. Lynn Bomar was the first Vanderbilt player selected first-team All ...
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.
William Henry Vanderbilt. Owner of the New York Central Railroad and other railroads. William Henry Vanderbilt (May 8, 1821 – December 8, 1885) was an American businessman and philanthropist. [1] Known as "Billy," he was the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, an heir to his fortune and a prominent member of the Vanderbilt family.