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The following is a partial list of current and former notable faculty of Fordham University in New York City. ... (1890–1964), Professor of History at Fordham ...
Fordham University (/ ˈ f ɔːr d ə m /) is a private Jesuit research university in New York City, United States.Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its original campus is located, Fordham is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in the northeastern United States [11] and the third-oldest university in New York State.
Fordham contains two New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations. [35] Engine Company 48/Ladder Company 56/Division 7 is located at 2417 Webster Avenue, [ 36 ] while Engine Company 75/Ladder Company 33/Battalion 19 is located at 2175 Walton Avenue.
John Hughes, Archbishop of New York and founder of St. John's College at Fordham. [4]In September 1840, the Irish-born coadjutor bishop (later archbishop) of the Diocese of New York, the Most Reverend John J. Hughes, [5] purchased the bulk of Rose Hill Manor, a private farm in the village of Fordham, New York (located in present-day the Bronx, New York City), for slightly less than $30,000 ...
As of 2017, Fordham is composed of a total of four undergraduate and six constitutive graduate schools, [3] situated across three campuses in southern New York State, with its two main campuses in New York City: Rose Hill in The Bronx, and Lincoln Center in Manhattan. As of 2017, Fordham claims over 183,500 alumni throughout the world. [4]
Established in 1916, the school provides instruction at two of the school's three campuses in the New York City area— at the university's main campus, Rose Hill, located in the Bronx; and the Lincoln Center, located in Manhattan's Upper West Side. The school offers a wide range of master's programs, doctoral degree programs, and certificates ...
Duane Library is a former library located at Fordham University's Rose Hill campus, originally constructed in 1926. After the construction of the William D. Walsh Family Library in 1997, Duane Library officially closed. Renovated in 2004, it now houses the university's admissions office and theology department.
Joseph Aloysius O'Hare (February 12, 1931 – March 29, 2020) was a Jesuit priest, New York City civic leader and editor. He was president of Fordham University from 1984 to 2003 and chaired New York City's Campaign Finance Board for its first fifteen years from 1988 to 2003.