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4 unusual facts about Fordham


Fordham Road

This street runs through the neighborhood of University Heights, divides Fordham from Fordham-Bedford and finally runs along the northern border of Belmont.

Maria Baez

She was elected to represent Fordham, Kingsbridge, Morris Heights, and the West Bronx, which are all neighborhoods in the 14th District of The Bronx.

RAF Wormingford

The technical area was on the southern side of the airfield and the camp sites dispersed to the south and east in and around the village of Fordham.

Webster Avenue

Webster continues, entering the eastern portion of Fordham.


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Missouri would go on to finish the season ranked #7 by the AP Poll, and played Fordham in the 1942 Sugar Bowl.

2012–13 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season

"I just think it's going to be a rebirth of college basketball in New York," said Fordham coach Tom Pecora, who was born in the borough.

Bart Rossi

University (NY)Fordham University in 1974; and earlier, received his B.A. in psychology at Parson’s College, (Iowa)Parsons College in 1966, his M.A., in clinical psychology at the University of Dayton (Ohio)University of Dayton in 1969, and a M.A. in General-Theoretical psychology at Fordham University, (NY) Fordham University in 1971.

Bobby Kingsbury

He went to school at Fordham where he set an NCAA record for stolen bases in a game (8), and was drafted by the Pirates in the 8th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft, but his excellent glove, a quick bat, an intelligent hitting approach, and his work ethic could have given him a third or fourth-round pick if he'd gone to a warm-weather college.

Ex Corde Ecclesiae

Attendees at this American seminar included the University Presidents of Notre Dame, Georgetown, Seton Hall, Boston College, Fordham, St. Louis University, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, the Archbishop of Atlanta and more than a dozen other educators of North American Catholic higher education.

Fordham Rams football, 1940–49

He had served in the Navy with Leo Paquin, who was one of Lombardi’s teammates on Fordham’s Seven Blocks of Granite.

Frank Gargan

In 1917, Gargan was co-head coach at Fordham with Frank McCaffrey for Fordham.

Grant Kerr

In 2009, Kerr graduated with the 5th highest number of appearances in the history of Fordham Men's Soccer, only missing one game throughout his four years in New York City.

James R. Dumpson

Dr. Dumpson’s numerous awards include a named Professional Chair in Child Welfare Studies at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, the Keystone Award for Distinguished service in Social Welfare from the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, the Distinguished Service Medal from the Council on Social Work Education, and Honorary Lifetime Member of the Institute of Social Sciences and Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine.

Joseph M. McShane

On July 1, 2009, McShane threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Yankee Stadium to commemorate the 150th anniversary of baseball at Fordham.

Kevin Duffy

Duffy has served as an adjunct professor for several different universities, including Brooklyn Law School (1975–1980, securities), York University Law School (1983–1984, trial advocacy), Pace University School of Law (1984–1986, trial advocacy), and Fordham University School of Law (1993–present, trial advocacy)

Kimberly Osorio

Kimberly Osorio (born June 14, 1974 in The Bronx, New York City) is an American hip-hop journalist who holds a Juris Doctorate from New York Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from Fordham University.

Martin Van Buren High School

Tom Pecora - Head men's basketball coach of Fordham University.

Max Hall

In the preseason Hall competed with John Skelton, another rookie and a 5th round selection from Fordham, for the third-string quarterback spot behind veterans Derek Anderson and Matt Leinart.

Michael J. Dowling

He earned his undergraduate degree from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, and his master’s degree from Fordham University.

New York State Route 9X

On the opposite side of the river in the Bronx community of University Heights, NY 9X became Fordham Road and continued on an easterly track to a junction with Sedgwick Avenue.

Progression: The Art of the Trio, Vol. 5

The Guardian's John Fordham observed "The way in which Mehldau develops improvisations thematically - eventually interweaving fragments of the original tune and spontaneous motifs until the pieces take on the character of 10-minute compositions rather than variations on much shorter originals - grows increasingly riveting".

Raymond Siller

He attended Brooklyn Prep and Fordham University, wrote for the student newspaper, The Fordham Ram, and was a chief announcer on Fordham’s FM station, WFUV.

Royce de rohan Barondes

He has published scholarly articles in such journals as Fordham Law Review, Tulane Law Review, and George Mason Law Review.

Scott B. Palmer

On October 4, 2006, in the midst of the Mark Foley scandal, Palmer publicly denied the assertion by Kirk Fordham, the onetime Chief of Staff for former U.S. Representative Mark Foley, that Fordham had told Palmer about Foley's inappropriate contacts with male pages in 2003 or earlier and had asked Palmer to intervene.

Slip Madigan

Madigan traveled to New York for the Fordham game with 150 fans on a train that was labeled "the world's longest bar." To stir up publicity for the game, he threw a party the night before and invited not only sportswriters but such celebrities as Babe Ruth and New York mayor Jimmy Walker.

The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra

The band will release their second single 'Bangarang' which features vocals from Dawn Penn and accordion from Sharon Shannon in February 2014, and Penn joined Thompson and backing singer Fordham on Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny (UK TV series) 2013 to perform the track.

The Liberty Cup

"As well as the Mets' season going up in smoke, Fordham tuition going down like an altar boy, and the Fordham football team with a threat rating of a cute, neon pink, the band now presents an all-star gala halftime salute to more Columbia news."

"The question was, should we not play and mourn and honor our dead, or was normalcy in the face of this disaster the best response?" said the Rev. Joseph A. O'Hare, president of Fordham at that time.

Thomas Weinandy

The Secretariat for Doctrine had previously criticized a book on the Trinity by St. Joseph Sr. Elizabeth Johnson of Fordham University in New York, leading to a defense of Johnson by many theologians as well as Fordham faculty.

Tim Murray

While at Fordham, Murray served as an aide to Bronx Borough President, Fernando Ferrer.

Tom Courtney

Courtney received a bachelor's degree from Fordham University in 1955, and since 1994, the (autographed) varsity jacket from his college track days hangs in a display case along with similar memorabilia from other great Fordham athletes, such as Vince Lombardi.

University Bridge

University Heights Bridge, crosses the Harlem River, connecting West 207th Street in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan to West Fordham Road in the University Heights section of the Bronx


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