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Vanderbilt University Medical Center is ranked No. 17 on the U.S. News Best Hospitals Honor Roll. The city also supports several professional sports teams, including the Titans and Predators.

Vanderbilt Medical Center LEND Program Site Visitation Report - Section on Project DIANE, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, January 17, 2002 Science and Technology Education Partnership (STEP) Newsletter - Section on Project DIANE, Issue 2, Vanderbilt University , January 2002

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 rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million endowment; Vanderbilt hoped that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the Civil War.

Notable projects included the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Hospital in 1974 and the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library in 1977. [37] Howard Sinclair Turner became president in 1965, and was chairman from 1970 to 1977, [38] when he was succeeded by Walter B. Shaw. [39] In 1984, Shaw appointed Herbert Conant as president.