96-743: Collyer may refer to: People [ edit ] Bud Collyer , American television game show star Chad Collyer , American professional wrestler Collyer brothers , famous recluses Collyer brothers (game designers) , the creators of Championship Manager Elsie Collyer , acarologist; see species:Elsie Collyer Geoff Collyer , Canadian computer scientist Jaime Collyer , Chilean writer Joseph Collyer , English engraver Mary Collyer , English translator and novelist Robert Collyer , American clergyman Robert Hanham Collyer , British mesmerist Toby Collyer , English footballer Locations [ edit ] Collyer, Kansas , United States,
192-823: A BFA program in dance, in conjunction with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ; as well as cross-registration opportunities with the Juilliard School for advanced music students. Master's and doctoral degrees are offered through the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences , the School of Law , the Graduate School of Education, the Graduate School of Social Service , the Gabelli School of Business, and
288-572: A basis of education. Undergraduate students are expected to have finished most of the core requirements as a sophomore ; a wide variety of courses can be applied to satisfy the requirements. Upon the completion of the Core Curriculum, students choose from approximately 50 major courses of study, in which they will receive their degree. One option is the "personalized interdisciplinary major", which allows students to create their own course of study across various disciplines. In addition to
384-632: A challenger on To Tell the Truth , under the name of "Pat Rizzuto". Fordham University 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
480-457: A chuckle from Collyer. The sequence provided an especially riotous moment in 1962, when Collyer purred, with a particularly pronounced twinkle, "Will the real... Bob Miller... please... stand up?" Two Bob Millers, both pitchers for the newborn New York Mets , rose in response. At least once, Collyer added to his call for the real person to stand up, when blues harmonica player/singer Paul Butterfield appeared as one of three challengers: "Will
576-539: A city in Trego County The College of Richard Collyer , also known as Collyer's, in Horsham, West Sussex, England See also [ edit ] Collier (disambiguation) Colyer (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Collyer . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
672-503: A community of scholars for justice, offers a Great Books curriculum with seminar-style classes and a senior research thesis in each student's major. Most honors students are inducted into the programs upon admission to the university, though some are invited at the end of their first year. Each program has a designated study space for its members, including Alpha House for the Fordham College Honors Program and
768-523: A distribution of 17 courses in nine disciplines: English , mathematical/computational reasoning, social science , philosophy and ethics, history, fine arts , religious studies , natural science , and modern or Classical languages. Based on the curriculum established by the Society of Jesus in the sixteenth century, the Core is shared by Jesuit schools all over the world and emphasizes the liberal arts as
864-603: A full academic year and vary in focus from cultural and language immersion to internship and service learning. Some of the programs are organized by Fordham itself, such as those in London, United Kingdom; Granada, Spain; and Pretoria, South Africa; while others are operated by partner institutions like Georgetown University , the University of Oxford , and the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE). In addition to
960-547: A full and noble part in the great adventure ahead of us. We can and we must make the atomic age an age of peace for the glory of God and the welfare of mankind." During his visit, Truman also performed the first ringing of the Fordham "victory bell," originally the ship's bell of the Japanese aircraft carrier Junyo , which was presented to the university by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz . The bell currently stands outside
1056-508: A household name: Beat the Clock , a game show that pitted couples (usually, but not exclusively, married) against the clock in a race to perform silly (sometimes messy) tasks, which were called "problems" but could with more accuracy be called "stunts." The grand prizes for these usually came in terms of cash or home appliances. (When Monty Hall hosted the program in the 1980s, the "problems" did indeed come to be called "stunts.") Collyer hosted
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#17327728001131152-488: A junior division (which would become Fordham Prep ), requiring four years of study in Latin, Greek, grammar, literature, history, geography, mathematics, and religion; and a senior division (i.e. the college), requiring three years study in "poetry" ( humanities ), rhetoric, and philosophy. Colonel Robert Gould Shaw , famed commander of the all- black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry American Civil War regiment, attended
1248-490: A law clerk after his graduation, making as much in a month on radio as he did in a year of clerking convinced him to make broadcasting his career. He changed his surname, and by 1940 he had become a familiar voice on all three major radio networks. He held starring or major supporting roles in The Man I Married (as Adam Waring); Kate Hopkins, Angel of Mercy (as Tom); Pretty Kitty Kelly (as Michael Conway); Terry and
1344-588: A major political party in the United States. Fordham was founded as St. John's College in 1841 by the Irish-born coadjutor bishop (later archbishop ) of the Diocese of New York, John Hughes . This makes it the third-oldest university in the state of New York, and the first Catholic institution of higher education in the northeastern United States. In 1839, Hughes, then 42 years old, had purchased
1440-492: A number of long-playing 33 1/3 R.P.M. record albums for children. Some of these had Bible stories, in keeping with his strong connections with his church and deep spirituality. Collyer was born in Manhattan to Clayton Johnson Heermance and Caroline Collyer. He originally sought a career in law, attending Williams College , where he was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity, and Fordham University law school. Although he became
1536-420: A reclassification by Barron's Profiles of American Colleges to "Most Competitive" after being "Highly Competitive+" in its 2017 edition, and reported 74% of enrolled freshmen as ranking in the top 20% of their high school class. In 2016, the university accepted approximately 43% of all applicants across both its undergraduate and graduate programs. For the undergraduate class of 2019, Fordham accepted 20,366 of
1632-456: A sit-in on the main road leading to Rose Hill in response to an announcement that President Richard Nixon would be speaking on campus. As a result of the sit-in, Nixon was forced to cancel his plans to speak. A year later, students stormed the main administration building, occupying it for several weeks, and set fire to the Rose Hill faculty lounge. It was during this period of activism that
1728-510: A third term. The president was cheered by crowds lining the Grand Concourse as he rode to campus, but received a "more measured welcome" from university president Robert Gannon, who was known for his "anti-Roosevelt views." However, in his welcoming remarks, Gannon respectfully referred to Roosevelt as "a man whose imprint is forever fixed on our national history." The second visit was by president Harry S. Truman on May 11, 1946, on
1824-583: A three-year Bachelor of Science degree was created. In 1897, academic regalia for students at commencement was first adopted. On June 21, 1904, the Regents of the University of the State of New York consented to allow the board of trustees to authorize the opening of a law school and a medical school. St. John's College officially became Fordham University on March 7, 1907. The name Fordham refers to
1920-466: Is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". The Fordham University Library System contains over 2.5 million volumes and 3.1 million microforms, subscribes to 16,000 periodicals including electronic access, and has 19,300 audiovisual materials. It is a depository for 363,227 United States Government documents. In addition, the university's Interlibrary Loan office provides students and faculty with virtually unlimited access to
2016-474: Is at the Rose Hill campus and contains more than 200 artifacts from Classical antiquity , including: sculptures , mosaics , ceramics and pottery , coins , and inscriptions , among other items. A gift from alumnus William D. Walsh, it is the largest collection of its kind at any college or university in the New York metropolitan area. In addition, the university maintains an extensive art collection, which
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#17327728001132112-536: Is housed in exhibition spaces at the Rose Hill and Lincoln Center campuses and in galleries around New York City. Finally, the university possesses a sizable collection of rare books, manuscripts, and other print media, which is housed in the O'Hare Special Collections Room at the Walsh Library. Other research facilities include the Louis Calder Center , a 114-acre biological field station and
2208-496: Is just to the west of the Rose Hill campus. In 1908, Fordham University Press was established. In 1912, the university opened the College of Pharmacy, which offered a three-year program in pharmacy , not requiring its students to obtain bachelor's degrees until the late 1930s. The college had a mainly Jewish student body, and in recognition of that, the students were exempted from Catholic theology instruction. In September 1912,
2304-697: Is to raise awareness of fellowship opportunities among students, counsel interested students about their eligibility for various programs, and advise fellowship candidates during the application process. With the aid of this office, Fordham was one of the top producers of U.S. Fulbright students of 2012. The Matteo Ricci Society is an honor society for Fordham students who are likely candidates for academic fellowships. Students are invited to join based on academic success and other factors. The society assists its members in preparing applications for fellowships, coordinating internships, and obtaining funding for research endeavors. The Rev. William E. Boyle, S.J., Society
2400-517: The Lincoln Square Renewal Project. This second campus which placed an institution of higher learning in the realm of a multi-disciplinary performing arts complex came to pass through the collaboration of New York City's urban planner Robert Moses and Fordham's twenty sixth President Fr. Laurence J. McGinley . The School of Law was the first to occupy the new campus, but the academic programs at 302 Broadway were moved to
2496-585: The March of Dimes and other drives for research of diseases. Collyer taught a Sunday school class at his Presbyterian church in Connecticut for more than thirty-five years and spent some of his off time as a caretaker at his church. According to one story, a parishioner called the church one Sunday during a particularly heavy snowstorm to inquire if the church would have services that day. "Oh yes," Collyer replied, tongue in cheek, "God and I are here." Collyer
2592-632: The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , Los Alamos National Laboratory , and organizations worldwide. Fordham University Press , the university's publishing house and an affiliate of Oxford University Press , primarily publishes humanities and social sciences research. The university also hosts an Undergraduate Research Symposium every year during the spring semester and publishes the Undergraduate Research Journal in conjunction with
2688-643: The Rev. James Roosevelt Bayley , a distant cousin of Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt and a nephew of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton . In 1845, the seminary church, Our Lady of Mercy, was built. The same year, Bishop Hughes convinced several Jesuit priests from the St. Mary's College in Kentucky to staff St. John's. The college received its charter from the New York State Legislature in 1846, and
2784-763: The Westchester campus in West Harrison, New York . In addition to these locations, the university maintains a study abroad center in London and field offices in Spain and South Africa. The university offers degrees in over 60 disciplines. The university's athletic teams, the Rams , include a football team that boasted a win in the Sugar Bowl , two Pro Football Hall of Famers , two All-Americans , two Canadian Football League All-Stars, and numerous NFL players;
2880-517: The 106-acre Rose Hill Manor farm in the village of Fordham, New York for $ 29,750. His intent was to establish St. Joseph's Seminary following the model of Mount Saint Mary's University , of which he was an alumnus. "Rose Hill" was the name originally given to the site in 1787 by its owner, Robert Watts, a wealthy New York merchant, in honor of his family's ancestral home in Scotland. In 1840, St. Joseph's Seminary opened at Rose Hill. The seminary
2976-531: The 14-year run of the show were Tom Poston , Peggy Cass , Orson Bean , Kitty Carlisle (the foregoing foursome was the resident panel in the weekday series), Don Ameche , Peter Lind Hayes , Johnny Carson , Ralph Bellamy , Polly Bergen , Mimi Benzell , Sally Ann Howes , Hy Gardner , Betty White , Phyllis Newman , and Robert Q. Lewis . Collyer's other game show hosting included the DuMont game shows Talent Jackpot (1949) and On Your Way (1953–1954),
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3072-473: The 42,811 applicants (47.6%) and enrolled 2,211. The middle 50% range of SAT scores for enrolled freshmen was 580–670 for critical reading, 590–680 for math, and 590–680 for writing, while the ACT Composite middle 50% range was 28–33. The average high school GPA of incoming freshmen was 3.64. All undergraduates pursuing bachelor's degrees at Fordham are required to complete the Core curriculum,
3168-484: The American poet Edgar Allan Poe arrived in the village of Fordham and began a friendship with the college Jesuits that would last throughout his life. In 1849, he published his famed work The Bells . Some traditions credit the college's church bells as the inspiration for this poem. Poe also spent considerable time in the college's library, and even occasionally stayed overnight. St. John's curriculum consisted of
3264-538: The Bank with future Miss America Pageant mainstay Bert Parks ; and, when he was picked to host the radio original of the Mark Goodson - Bill Todman team's first game, Winner Take All . Collyer went on to host the television versions of both shows. ( Winner Take All became, in due course, the first hosting seat for another game show titan, Bill Cullen .) In 1950 Bud Collyer got the job which genuinely made him
3360-619: The Catholic Church, several U.S. governors and ambassadors , a number of billionaires, two directors of the CIA , Academy Award and Emmy -winning actors, royalty , a foreign head of state , a White House Counsel , a vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army , a U.S. Postmaster General , a U.S. Attorney General , a President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the first female vice presidential candidate of
3456-682: The City Hall Campus at "the Vincent Astor Building" at 302 Broadway. This commenced an unbroken string of instruction in Manhattan that became what is now Fordham College at Lincoln Center, where all of Fordham's academic operations in Manhattan are centered today. The university closed its medical school in 1919, citing a lack of endowment and reduced university funds overall due to the First World War . The Gabelli School of Business began in 1920 in Manhattan as
3552-577: The Fordham Alumni Association," Kennedy said that, "It is to the eternal credit of Fordham that the teaching of law has here been accompanied by an inculcation of moral values. The graduate of this law school has acquired something more than the tools of his profession—he has learned, both by example and precept, the high obligations of trust which are his as an attorney." In 1961, the Lincoln Center campus opened as part of
3648-481: The Gabelli School of Business. Long-term plans include a new library building and buildings for the graduate schools of Social Service and of Education. Fordham University is composed of four undergraduate and six graduate schools, and its academic ethos is heavily drawn from its Jesuit origins. The university promotes the Jesuit principles of cura personalis , which fosters a faculty and administrative respect for
3744-815: The Gerald M. Quinn Library and the Leo T. Kissam Memorial Law Library at the Lincoln Center campus; and the Media Center at the Westchester campus. In addition to the university's formal libraries, several academic departments, research institutes, and student organizations maintain their own literary collections. The Rose Hill campus's Duane Library , despite its name, is no longer a library but offers reading and study space for students. Fordham maintains several special collections housed in museums and galleries on campus. The Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art
3840-645: The Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education. Fordham's graduate programs in business, education, English, history, law, psychology, and social work were all ranked among the top 100 in the nation by the 2016 U.S. News & World Report . Fordham participates in the Inter-University Doctoral Consortium, which allows its doctoral students to take classes at a number of schools in the New York metropolitan area. Fordham's medical school officially closed in 1919, and its College of Pharmacy followed suit in 1972. Nevertheless,
3936-620: The ISAP programs, the university's constituent schools offer a range of study abroad programs that cater to their specific areas of study. Fordham has produced 168 Fulbright scholars since 2003. According to U.S. News & World Report , Fordham is considered a "more selective" university, while a 2013 Barron's survey published in the New York Times classed the university as "highly competitive". In its 2018 edition, admissions selectivity to Fordham's undergraduate schools received
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4032-697: The Pirates (as Pat Ryan); Renfrew of the Mounted (as Renfrew); and Abie's Irish Rose (as Abie Levy). He also was the announcer for a number of radio soap operas, including The Guiding Light and The Goldbergs . Collyer's best-remembered radio starring role began in early 1940 in The Adventures of Superman on the Mutual Broadcasting System , a role he also performed in the subsequent Superman cartoons. Collyer supplied
4128-557: The Rams also participated in history's first televised college football game in 1939 and history's first televised college basketball game in 1940. Fordham's baseball team played the first collegiate baseball game under modern rules in 1859, has fielded 56 major league players, and holds the record for most NCAA Division I baseball victories in history. Fordham's alumni and faculty include former President Donald Trump , U.S. Senators and representatives , four cardinals of
4224-494: The Rose Hill Gymnasium and peals after all Ram athletic victories and at the start of Commencement each year. On February 15, 1958, then-Senator John F. Kennedy received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from university president Laurence J. McGinley and delivered an address at the annual Fordham Law Alumni Association luncheon. After humorously stating that he denied any "presidential aspirations—with respect to
4320-690: The Rose Hill gymnasium that attracted a crowd of 2,800. The first women to attend Fordham came earlier in the century: the Law School began accepting female students in 1918. Women also had been earning Fordham degrees at the Graduate School of Social Service and the Undergraduate School of Education, at the City Hall Campus. Women in the School of Education had also been commuting to the Rose Hill campus to take their science lab courses alongside male students, where women had also been part of
4416-468: The School of Accounting. According to a university catalogue from 1920, the annual cost for tuition, room and board at the college was $ 600 (equivalent to $ 9,126 in 2023). In 1944, the School of Professional and Continuing Studies was established, largely bolstered by returning veterans taking advantage of the GI Bill . The football program was first established in 1882 and gained national renown in
4512-575: The School of Pharmacy's student body. However, in September 1964, the all-female Thomas More College at the Rose Hill campus began instruction for the BA and BS degrees. In response to internal demands for a more "liberalized" curriculum, the university created Bensalem College in 1967. An experimental college with no set requirements and no grades, it was studied by a wide array of educators and covered by journalists at such large-circulation publications of
4608-549: The Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung delivered a series of lectures at Fordham; these lectures marked his historic break with the theories of his colleague, Sigmund Freud . The College of St. Francis Xavier was closed in 1913, and various Fordham colleges were opened at the Woolworth Building in Manhattan to fill the void. Some divisions of the university including the law school were later moved to
4704-432: The Truth was much calmer and more avuncular than his fever-pitch performances on Beat the Clock. After the celebrities voted for their choices, Collyer intoned the famous phrase, "Will the real... John Doe... please... stand up?" Collyer always employed pauses to build the suspense. Sometimes one or both impostors would pretend to stand up before the real contestant did, bringing a moment of last-minute suspense as well as
4800-433: The bachelor's degrees offered to undergraduates, the university also offers specialized academic programs, including pre-medical and health professions; pre-professional programs in architecture, law, and criminal justice; a 3-2 engineering program, in conjunction with Columbia and Case Western Reserve Universities; a five-year teacher certification program; an Applied Public Accountancy ( CPA certification) program;
4896-513: The board of trustees continues to maintain the institution as a "Jesuit, Catholic university." The College of Pharmacy closed in 1972 due to declining enrollment. Fordham College at Rose Hill became coeducational in 1974 when it merged with Thomas More College. Fordham Preparatory School is a four-year, all-male college preparatory school that was once integrated with the university, sharing its 1841 founding. "Fordham Prep" became legally independent in 1972 when it moved to its own facilities on
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#17327728001134992-568: The campus since the merger with Marymount. President McShane stated the university's decision was nonetheless a "painful" one. Fordham then indicated its intention to move the remaining programs from the Marymount campus to a new location in Harrison, New York , by the autumn of 2008. On February 17, 2008, the university announced the sale of the campus for $ 27 million to EF Schools , a chain of private language-instruction schools. In 2014,
5088-441: The campus would remain open for Fordham graduate programs in several disciplines. In the autumn of 2007, the university announced its intention to seek buyers for the Marymount campus. Administrators stated the expenses required to support the programs at the campus far exceeded the demand. University officials estimated the revenue gained from the proposed sale would not be greater than the expenses incurred maintaining and improving
5184-466: The clock." In 1956, Collyer became equally, if not more, familiar as the host of a new Goodson-Todman production, To Tell the Truth , on CBS . This panel show featured four celebrities questioning three challengers all claiming to be the same person. Collyer would read an affidavit from the actual contestant, and then monitor the panel's cross-examination. Because the show depended on conversation instead of physical stunts, Collyer's demeanor on To Tell
5280-401: The college level. As a result of the act, St. John's brought a cadet corps to campus. From 1885 to 1890, Lt. Herbert C. Squires—a veteran of the 7th U.S. Cavalry —built a cadet battalion to a strength of 200, which would provide the foundation for the modern ROTC unit at Fordham. The college built a science building in 1886, lending more legitimacy to science in the curriculum. In addition,
5376-488: The college remained open as a single-sex institution, and its campus received a branch of the School of Professional and Continuing Studies as well as extensions of the graduate schools for education, social service, and business administration. In 2005, Fordham announced that its Marymount College campus would be phased out; Marymount awarded degrees to its final undergraduate class in May 2007. University administrators indicated
5472-553: The day as Look , Esquire and the Saturday Review . The school closed in 1974. "The Liberal Arts College" for undergraduates opened in 1968, later changing its name to "The College at Lincoln Center" and then in 1996 to "Fordham College at Lincoln Center." In 1993, a twenty-story residence hall for 850 students was added to the Lincoln Center campus. In the late 1950s, the Civil Rights Movement
5568-550: The early 20th century. Fordham football played on some of the largest stages in sports, including games in front of sellout crowds at the Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium , a Cotton Bowl appearance and a Sugar Bowl victory. The program produced the famed Seven Blocks of Granite , one of whom was the great Vince Lombardi . On September 30, 1939, Fordham participated in the world's first televised football game, defeating Waynesburg College , 34–7. The university discontinued
5664-472: The first Jesuits began to arrive about three months later. In the same year Bishop Hughes sold St. John's College to the Jesuits for $ 40,000. Hughes deeded the college over but retained title to the seminary property, which totaled about nine acres. In 1847, Fordham's first school in Manhattan opened. The school became the independently chartered College of St. Francis Xavier in 1861. It was also in 1847 that
5760-513: The game show Feather Your Nest, and the ABC game Number Please in 1961, which replaced Beat the Clock on the Monday after the final ABC episode. On September 24, 1957, Collyer was among the guests on To Tell the Truth panelist Polly Bergen's premiere episode of her short-lived NBC comedy/variety show, The Polly Bergen Show. Religion and charitable work were very important to Collyer, and he
5856-628: The game while a student at Fordham from 1863 to 1868. After playing for several American major league teams, he returned home and played in the first organized baseball game in Cuba on December 27, 1874. Charles, Henry, and Frederick Zaldo, brothers from Havana who founded the Almendares Baseball Club, one of the three original Cuban baseball teams, also learned the game while attending Fordham from 1875 to 1878. An Act of Congress created instruction in military science and tactics at
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#17327728001135952-466: The history of baseball in the nineteenth century, and played a key role in introducing the game to Cuba and Latin America. On November 3, 1859, Fordham played the first college baseball game with modern nine-man teams against the now-defunct St. Francis Xavier College in Manhattan. Fordham won the game 33–11. Steve Bellán , the first Cuban and Latin American to play major league baseball, learned to play
6048-557: The honors wing of Hughes Hall for the Global Business Honors Program. Upon graduating from the university, honors students receive the designation of in cursu honorum on their diploma and transcripts. In addition to its honors programs, Fordham has chapters of several honor societies on campus, including but not limited to the following: The Office of Prestigious Fellowships is the university's office for academic fellowships and scholarships. Its function
6144-490: The individual student and all of his or her gifts and abilities; magis , which encourages students to challenge themselves and strive for excellence in their lives; and homines pro aliis , which intends to inspire service, a universal charity, among members of the Fordham community. Through its International and Study Abroad Programs (ISAP) Office, Fordham provides its students with over 130 different study abroad opportunities. The programs range in duration from six weeks to
6240-420: The junior division. An Artium Baccalaureus degree was earned for completion of both curricula, and an additional year of philosophy would earn a Magister Artium degree. There was also a "commercial" track similar to a modern business school , offered as an alternative to the Classical curriculum and resulting in a certificate instead of a degree. In 1855, the first student stage production, Henry IV ,
6336-502: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Collyer&oldid=1243554921 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bud Collyer Bud Collyer (born Clayton Johnson Heermance Jr. , June 18, 1908 – September 8, 1969)
6432-536: The middle site along an 81-mile (130 km) urban-forest transect known as the Urban-Rural Gradient Experiment; the William Spain Seismic Observatory, a data collection unit for the US Geological Survey ; and other facilities. It is a member of the Bronx Scientific Research Consortium, which also includes the New York Botanical Garden , the Bronx Zoo , the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University, and Montefiore Medical Center. Furthermore, Fordham faculty have conducted research with such institutions as
6528-461: The new location in 1969. In addition, on November 18, 1961, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy received an honorary degree and delivered an address at the dedication of the new Fordham Law School building in Lincoln Center, paying tribute to "Fordham ideals, traditions and teachers." Kennedy said that he was privileged, as attorney general, to be "the largest single employer of Fordham law graduates in North America," and also remarked that, "While
6624-471: 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 . While governed independently of the church since 1969, every president of Fordham University between 1846 and 2022
6720-441: The northwest corner of the Rose Hill campus. The school continues to retain many connections with the university. Marymount College was an independent women's college that was founded in 1907 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary . The school was consolidated into Fordham in July 2002. Marymount had been steeped in financial hardship since the 1970s. Located 25 miles (40 km) north of Manhattan in Tarrytown, New York,
6816-406: The number and sexes with that of his own family. When children were brought onstage with their parents, he would take time to talk to each of them and ask them what they wanted to be when they grew up, in a manner reminiscent of his contemporary, Art Linkletter . At the height of the show's popularity, an installment of The Honeymooners (which surfaced years later, when Jackie Gleason released
6912-441: The occasion of the centennial of the granting of Fordham's charter. The president received an honorary degree and delivered a nationally broadcast address on the subject of veterans' education, the dangers of atomic warfare, and the importance of education to civilization. His address concluded with the words, "I am confident that this splendid institution, with its educational system rounded [ sic ] upon Christian principles, will play
7008-678: The over 20 million volumes of the New York Public Library System as well as to media from the libraries of Columbia University, New York University , the City University of New York , and other libraries around the world. Fordham's libraries include the William D. Walsh Family Library , ranked in 2004 as the fifth best collegiate library in the country, and the Science Library at the Rose Hill campus;
7104-427: The program during World War II , reinstating it in 1946. However, it proved much less successful and too expensive to maintain, and was again discontinued in 1954, though would revive yet again as an NCAA Division III team in 1970 and Division I team in 1989. The 1940s bore witness to two official presidential visits at Fordham, the first by president Franklin D. Roosevelt on October 28, 1940, during his campaign for
7200-460: The real . . . Paul Butterfield . . . stand up . . . and give us some blues?" Butterfield rose, then joined a small band onstage to play and sing his signature song, " Born in Chicago ." The show became popular enough to sustain a weekday version as well as a weekly evening version, and Collyer presided over both concurrently. Among the celebrities who served as To Tell The Truth panelists during
7296-402: The show for eleven years (1950–61), and he also co-produced it for part of its run. Collyer did an excellent job keeping the show fast-paced; he spoke quickly and brightly, and was often moving around the stage as much as the contestants. Frequently Collyer would interrupt a stunt to offer helpful advice, or demonstrate a more efficient way to win the game. One of Collyer's trademarks on the show
7392-532: The show. Collyer declined, citing poor health. When Goodson and Todman called Garry Moore about the job, he immediately called Collyer, who told Moore that "I am just not up to it." Collyer died at age 61 from a circulatory ailment in Greenwich, Connecticut , on the same day the new To Tell The Truth premiered in daytime syndication. Collyer is interred at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich. In 1985, he
7488-462: The so-called "Lost Episodes") featured blustery Ralph Kramden and scatterbrained Ed Norton appearing on and playing Beat the Clock . Unlike the show's familiar parody of The $ 64,000 Question ( The $ 99,000 Answer ), Gleason's Beat the Clock episode used the actual show and set, complete with the familiar large 60-Second clock emblazoned with sponsor Sylvania's logo, and ending with Collyer and his famous sign-off: "Next time may be your time to beat
7584-531: The student body, and even southern students attending the college mourned his loss. As Richard S. Treacy of the class of 1869 later recalled, "The morning we received the news of the death of President Lincoln gloom settled over the entire college, even the southern boys, who before had censored him, now felt that they had lost a valuable friend whose great qualities would be missed in the coming reconstruction ." Fordham's baseball team , which played its first game on September 13, 1859, made several contributions to
7680-555: The symposium. In addition, it facilitates research opportunities for undergraduates with such organizations as the National Science Foundation , The Cloisters , and the American Museum of Natural History . Fordham's undergraduate schools all offer honors programs for their students. The programs' curricula are modified versions of the Core Curriculum. For example, the Fordham College Honors Program,
7776-572: The university continues its tradition of medical education through a collaboration with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University . The partnership allows Fordham undergraduate and graduate science students to take classes, conduct research, and pursue early admission to select programs of Einstein. In addition, it involves a physician mentoring program, which permits students to shadow an attending physician at Einstein's Montefiore Medical Center . The university
7872-412: The university successfully completed a five-year, $ 500 million campaign; the project surpassed expectations by raising more than $ 540 million. The university went on to renovate and expand its Lincoln Center campus, opening in 2014 its renovated Law School, as well as an additional undergraduate dormitory, McKeon Hall. The former law school building was converted to expand Quinn Library and house
7968-426: The university's African and African American Studies Department, one of the first black studies departments in the nation, as well as the paper , the leftist student newspaper on campus, were founded. The board of trustees was reorganized in 1969 to include a majority of nonclerical members, which officially made the university an independent institution. While the Jesuit order thereby lost full control of Fordham,
8064-480: The village of Fordham, in which the original Rose Hill campus is located. The village, in turn, drew its name from its location near a shallow crossing of the Bronx River (" ford by the hamlet "). When Fordham and several other Westchester County towns were consolidated into Bronx County at the turn of the twentieth century, the village became the borough's Fordham neighborhood. Still in existence today, it
8160-471: The voices of both Superman and his alter ego Clark Kent, opposite radio actress Joan Alexander as Lois Lane. Every Superman episode featured a scene in which Clark Kent changed into his Superman costume, an effect which Collyer conveyed by shifting voices while speaking the phrase "This is (or "looks like") a job for Superman!" his voice always dropping when becoming Superman. Originally, Clark Kent and Superman were going to be played by two different actors. It
8256-402: The world we know is preoccupied by what may lie before it, when threats could pervade our every thought and fears our every action, it is reassuring to see buildings and programs like these rise each day to greet the future. It is a mark of courage and resolution." On November 2, 1964, during his campaign for the U.S. Senate , Robert F. Kennedy made another visit to Fordham and gave an address at
8352-488: Was Collyer's ability to voice Clark Kent as a tenor and switch to bass to voice Superman that got him the role. It also saved the producers the cost of two actors. In 1966, Collyer reprised the role in the Filmation animated television series The New Adventures of Superman , reunited with Alexander as Lois Lane. Collyer got his first helping of game shows when he co-hosted ABC 's (the former NBC Blue network) Break
8448-621: Was a Jesuit priest, and the curriculum remains influenced by Jesuit educational principles. Fordham enrolls approximately 15,300 students from more than 65 countries, and is composed of ten constituent colleges, four of which are undergraduate and six of which are postgraduate , across three campuses in southern New York State : the Rose Hill campus in the Bronx , the Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan 's Upper West Side , and
8544-468: Was always particularly pleased to hear contestants say that they considered donating portions of their winnings to the church, or that they planned to donate to charities. He would often include "God bless you" in his parting words to contestants. He was always particularly happy to have a contestant that was a minister on the show and would ask about his congregation. On Beat The Clock, he often delivered public service messages about such charitable causes as
8640-484: Was an American radio actor and announcer and game show host who became one of the nation's first major television game show stars. He is best remembered for his work as the first host of the TV game shows Beat the Clock and To Tell the Truth , but he was also famous in the roles of Clark Kent / Superman on radio and in animated cartoons, initially in theatrical short subjects and later on television. He also recorded
8736-655: Was gathering momentum in the U.S. when Fordham students and school officials expressed ambivalence about racial justice. In the late 1960s, Fordham became a center of political activism and countercultural activity. At the Rose Hill Campus, the Fordham branch of Students for a Democratic Society organized opposition to the existence of the ROTC and military recruiters. During this period, students routinely organized protests and class boycotts and used psychoactive drugs on campus open spaces. In 1969, students organized
8832-618: Was known to have contributed to various Christian religious works, including authoring at least one religious book and making a recording of the New Testament of the Good News Bible . He wrote two inspirational books, Thou Shalt Not Fear (1962) and With the Whole Heart (1966). When producers Mark Goodson and Bill Todman planned to revive To Tell the Truth for syndication, they wanted Collyer to once again host
8928-511: Was paired with St. John's College, which opened at Rose Hill with a student body of six on June 24, 1841, the feast day of Saint John the Baptist . The Reverend John McCloskey (later archbishop of New York and eventually the first American cardinal ) was the school's first president, and the faculty were secular priests and lay instructors. The college presidency went through a succession of four diocesan priests in five years, including
9024-453: Was posthumously named as one of the honorees by DC Comics in the company's 50th anniversary publication Fifty Who Made DC Great . Collyer was the brother of film actress June Collyer and film producer Richard Heermance . He married Heloise Law Green in 1936. In 1947, he married 1930s movie actress Marian Shockley . He had two daughters, Cynthia and Pat, and a son, Michael, who died in 2004. In January 1957, his son Mike appeared as
9120-594: Was presented by the St. John's Dramatic Society. The seminary was closed in 1859. The Civil War was a significant time for the college; among its alumni were four generals, six colonels (including Shaw ), and five captains serving in the Union Army ; twelve men from Fordham also served in the Confederate Army . Three Jesuits from St. John's served as army chaplains. Lincoln's assassination deeply affected
9216-484: Was securing his long-tubed stage microphone in his armpit (particularly while demonstrating the basics of a stunt for his contestants). He also typically wore bow ties, and liked to point out when contestants were "bow-tie guys" like himself, though initially, through the mid-1950s, he wore straight "four-in-hand" neckties most weeks. He enjoyed meeting families of contestants, and was fond of children. He would always ask about contestants' children, and sometimes would compare
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