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Statue of John Hughes, founder of Fordham University, at the Rose Hill campus; the statue was presented on June 24, 1891. [1]The history of Fordham University spans over 175 years, from the university's beginnings as St. John's College in 1841, to its establishment as Fordham University, and to its clerical independence in the mid-twentieth century.
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.
The school offers a wide range of master's programs, doctoral degree programs, and certificates in traditional disciplines in liberal arts and sciences, as well as interdisciplinary programs. The school stresses the advantage of its multiple identities: a graduate school of arts and sciences, a Catholic university, a Jesuit institution, and a ...
Fordham University is a private, Roman Catholic research university located in New York City, New York, United States.Founded in 1841, it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the northeastern United States, [1] the third-oldest university in the state of New York, and the only Jesuit university in New York City. [2]
Marymount College, Tarrytown (also known as Marymount College of Fordham University) was a women's college in the United States which eventually became part of Fordham University. The Marymount campus was located in Tarrytown, New York. [1] The last class graduated in 2007, [2] and the campus was sold in 2008.
Fr. Thomas Joseph McCluskey, S.J. (1857–1937) was the twentieth president of Fordham University.He was appointed in 1911, when the institution had a debt of $600,000. He founded a school of pharmacy in 1912, and reorganized the university's school of medicine, resulting in its placement in class A by the American Medical Association in 191
The following is a list of the presidents of Fordham University, from its establishment as St. John's College onward. From 1841 to 1846, the university was governed by the Archdiocese of New York , and was placed in the custody of the Society of Jesus thereafter.
The college offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree programs. Fordham College of Liberal Studies follows the same core curriculum as the rest of the university's undergraduate colleges, [3] and utilizes much of the same faculty.