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Fordham University is a private, co-educational university located in the Bronx in New York City (but with campuses also in Manhattan and Westchester). Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1841, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. 1 History
Fordham University was founded by the Reverend John Hughes , Bishop of New York as Saint John’s College in 1841, and was the first Catholic institution of higher learning in the northeastern United States. Fordham was granted a charter by the New York state legislature in 1846, and in 1907 changed its name to Fordham University. As of 2003, Fordham provided an education to over 8,000 undergraduate students, and over 7,000 graduate studentA graduate student (also, grad student or grad in American English, postgraduate student or postgrad in British English) is an individual who has completed a bachelor's degree (B. or another flavor) and is pursuing further higher education, with the goals. Fordham awards Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees.
2 Sports
The Fordham varsity sports teams all use the nickname "Rams". Their colors are maroonScroll down for alternative meanings. Maroon is a color mixture composed of brown and purple. Although conceptually a color mixture, it can be regarded as a dark (and possibly also desaturated) shade of red. Derived from French marron ("chestnut"), it did and whiteAlternate meanings: White (disambiguation White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color— black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. The impression. The Fordham Rams are members of NCAA Division I and compete in the Atlantic Ten ConferenceThe Atlantic 10 Conference (A10) is a college athletic conference which operates mostly in the eastern United States; it also has two member schools in Ohio. It participates in the NCAA's Division I-AA for football and Division I for all other sports. in all sports except footballThis article deals with the history and development of the different sports around the world known as "Football". For links to specific articles on each type of football, please see the list at the bottom of this article. Football is the name given to a n. In football, the Rams play in the Patriot LeagueThe Patriot League is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I-AA for football and Division I for all other sports. There are eight football members and eight members for bask of NCAA Division I-AA, and were champions of that league in 2003.
3 Famous Fordham alumni
- Alan Alda, 5-time Emmy Award winner on M*A*S*H, best known for portrayal of Hawkeye Pierce, host of Scientific American Frontiers
- William Casey, Director of Central Intelligence
- Mary Higgins Clark, Author
- Patricia Clarkson, Actress
- General John Keane, Army Chief of Staff
- Bob Keeshan, children's television host Captain Kangaroo
- G. Gordon Liddy, chief operative in Nixon's Watergate
- Vince Lombardi, football legend
- John N. Mitchell, Attorney General under President Richard Nixon
- Dylan McDermott, Actor
- Wellington Mara , New York Giants owner
- Charles Osgood, journalist for CBS
- Thomas Suozzi , Politician
- Donald Trump, Businessman (attended, no degree)
- Denzel Washington, Actor
- Vin Scully, Sports Broadcaster
