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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 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.
William J. Duane was a Jesuit priest and President of Fordham University in the Bronx, NY, from 1924 until 1930. [1] Fr. Duane was born in March 1868 in New York, NY. [2] Prior to being appointed President of Fordham University, he graduated from St. Francis Xavier College (later to become Xavier High School) in 1887, after which he went on to study at Boston College and then teach theology at ...
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.
He said "Fordham at Rose Hill will continue to have a campus of elm-lined paths and ivied walls and ancient academic heritage; Fordham at Lincoln Square will continue to provide the daily meeting and mingling of town and gown." In 1986 the Laurence J. McGinley chair in religion and history was established at Fordham.
The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is located at the Fordham University History Department and Center for Medieval Studies. It is a web site with modern, medieval and ancient primary source documents, maps, secondary sources, bibliographies, images and music. Paul Halsall is the editor, with Jerome S. Arkenberg as the contributing editor ...
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]