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Fordham University

Fordham University (/ˈfɔːrdəm/) is a private Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named for 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, and the third-oldest university in New York State. Founded as St. John's College by John Hughes, then a coadjutor bishop of New York, the college was placed in the care of the Society of Jesus shortly thereafter, and has since become a Jesuit-affiliated independent school under a lay board of trustees. The college's first president, John McCloskey, was later the first Catholic cardinal in the United States. While governed independently of the church since 1969, every president of Fordham University since 1846 has been a Jesuit priest, and the curriculum remains influenced by Jesuit educational principles. Fordham is the only Jesuit tertiary institution in New York City. Read more at Wikipedia...

Inception: 1840

Website:  https://www.fordham.edu/ 
Associated Place(s): New York (State), England, Schwäbisch Gmünd (Germany), New York (State)--New York, Europe
Associated Subject(s):  Physics, Schools, Universities and colleges

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