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unusual facts about Hall of Languages, Syracuse University



Abe Gelbart

After taking non-tenure-track positions at North Carolina State College, Brown University, and NASA's Langley Research Center, Gelbart took a faculty position at Syracuse University in 1943.

Aidan Southall

Aside from teaching at Makarere University, Southall also taught at several other schools including the University of East Africa, the University of California, Syracuse University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

All the Sad Young Literary Men

Gessen's novel centers around the stories of three literary-minded friends: Keith, a Harvard-educated writer living in New York City; Sam, living in Boston and writing the "great Zionist epic"; and Mark, who is trying to complete a history dissertation on the Mensheviks at Syracuse University.

Andy Mineo

After he left college, Mineo formed a rap group with some friends and signed to Syracuse University's Marshall Street Records.

Anita Kunz

Her summer workshops have been conducted at the Illustration Academy in Kansas City, and at the Masters of Art degree program at Syracuse University.

Arthur Komar

Later in 1957, he went to Syracuse University as a postdoc to research quantum gravity - collaborating with Peter Bergmann, and remained at Syracuse as assistant professor and associate professor, until 1963 when he left to join the Physics Department at Yeshiva University in New York City.

Benjamin Kaufman

He was attending Syracuse University when he had to respond to the call to arms and joined the Army in 1917.

Bert E. Salisbury

Some of his other duties included, president of the Billy Sunday Business Men's Club of Syracuse; trustee of Syracuse University and Cazenovia Seminary.

Brian Balthazar

Balthazar graduated from Honesdale High School and went on to attend Syracuse University where he studied Speech Communication (now referred to by the College as Rhetorical Studies.) During part of his college career, he was one of the students who masqueraded as the school's mascot, Otto The Orange.

Chuck Curtis

In the 1957 Cotton Bowl, Curtis threw two touchdown passes and ran for another TD to lead the Horned Frogs to a 28-27 win over Syracuse and standout running back Jim Brown.

Dylan O'Brien

He had planned to attend Syracuse University in fall 2009 as a film major but decided to move to Los Angeles for an acting career.

Early childhood intervention

Many early childhood intervention support services began as research units in universities (for example, Syracuse University in the United States and Macquarie University in Australia) while others were developed out of organizations helping older children.

Facilitated communication

In 1989 Douglas Biklen, a sociologist and professor of special education at Syracuse University, investigated Rosemary Crossley's work in Australia.

Gary Gait

Gary Charles Gait (b. April 5, 1967 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian retired lacrosse player and currently the head coach of the women's lacrosse team at Syracuse University, where he played the sport collegiately, and an assistant coach with the Hamilton Nationals in Major League Lacrosse.

George Preston Marshall

Marshall's chief response was to make Ernie Davis, Syracuse's all-American running back, his number-one draft choice for 1962.

Gregory Mertl

He has been full-time Visiting Artist of Composition at the Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University (2008-2010) and has been composer-in-residence at Yaddo, Château de La Napoule in France, the Fundación Valparaiso in Spain, the Helen Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, New Mexico, the Ragdale Foundation, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the I-Park Artists Enclave in East Haddam, CT, and the Chamber Music Festival of the East at Bennington College in Vermont.

Hall of Languages, Syracuse University

Most recently starting in 2010 the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team started wearing NIKE jerseys that feature an aerographic of the Hall of Languages.

Herbert N. Shenton

Herbert Newhard Shenton was a professor of Sociology at Columbia University and later at Syracuse University in New York.

Jeff Passan

After graduating from Solon High School in Ohio, Passan wrote for The Daily Orange at Syracuse University before covering Fresno State basketball.

John Dau Foundation

The John Dau Foundation is governed by a ten member Board of Directors that is headed by Bill Coplin, Director of the Public Affairs Department at Syracuse University.

John Swofford

During his tenure he has doubled the ACC's annual revenue, served as Chairman of the Bowl Championship Series in college football in 2000 and 2001, and expanded the ACC to include Boston College, Virginia Tech, the University of Miami, the University of Pittsburgh, Syracuse University, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Louisville by 2014.

Joseph Lubin

A great supporter of education, Joseph Lubin was chairman of the Founders Society of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a member of the board of trustees of Syracuse University, New York University, and Yeshiva University.

Joseph Rallo

Rallo earned his Bachelors degree in Russian history from Lafayette College, Masters and Doctorate degrees from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and a law degree from Western New England College.

Julian Rogers

He also attended Syracuse University (1980) as a member of the International Media Program, and was on attachment to WCCO television and radio in Minneapolis.

Kate Vrijmoet

She went on to study at the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University, and was invited to teach there in 1994, earning her MFA in 1997.

Kevin Wassong

Kevin grew up in Rye NY and graduated in 1990 from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School.

Laurie D. Cox

He was professor of Landscape Engineering at the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, where he was responsible for establishing Syracuse University's lacrosse program.

LGBT rights in Iran

In 1972, Dr. Saviz Shafaii gave a public lecture on homosexuality at the Shiraz University and in 1976 would research sexual orientation and gender issues at the Syracuse University.

Lin Emery

From there she continued changing schools, attending Syracuse University, the University of Mexico, the University of Chicago, and the Sorbonne.

Loren Driscoll

Driscoll was born in Midwest, Wyoming and after studies at Syracuse University and Boston University made his professional operatic debut in 1954 as Dr. Cajus in Verdi's Falstaff with Opera of Boston.

Lynton K. Caldwell

In 1947 he was appointed professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

Mary Margaret Graham

Mrs. Graham is a graduate of Marywood College in Scranton, Pennsylvania and obtained a Masters degree in Russian Studies at The Maxwell School of Syracuse University.

Michael Floyd

As a true freshman at Notre Dame, Floyd played in 11 of Notre Dame's 13 games on the year, only missing the final two games of the regular season (Syracuse and USC) due to an injury sustained early (third play of the game) against Navy.

Mike Tirico

Tirico hosted his first show from WAER radio in Syracuse, N.Y., the station where he started his sports broadcasting career, on the campus of Syracuse University.

Murray H. Protter

Since his graduation, he worked as assistant professor at Syracuse University (1947–51), was a researcher at Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (1951–53) and at University of California at Berkeley (1953–88) where he also was the chairman (1962–65).

Pantur Silaban

In 1967, he went to United States to study General Relativity theory at Central Studies of Gravitation at Syracuse University under direction of Peter Bergmann and Joshua N. Goldberg whom were among authoritative experts in general relativity after the inventor, Albert Einstein.

Philip Freelon

Freelon has served as an adjunct professor at the College of Design, North Carolina State University and has been a visiting critic/lecturer at Harvard University, MIT, the University of Maryland, College Park, the University of Utah, the California College of the Arts, Kent State University (Florence Italy, program), Syracuse University, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, among others.

Raoul Middleman

Paintings by Raoul Middleman can be found in private and corporate collections such as Baltimore Museum of Art, MD; Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; National Academy of Design, NY; New York Public Library, NY; and Syracuse University, NY.

Rich Manning

He played collegiately at both Syracuse University and the University of Washington, after having attended Center High School in Antelope, California.

River Dell Regional High School

The school offers 13 Advanced Placement courses, ranging from Chemistry, to Art Portfolio, a senior internship and mentor ship where students are allowed to get a hands on feel for various professions, and various Syracuse University Project Advance (SUPA) offering a student a chance to earn college credits.

Roscoe Drummond

In 1924, on the day he received his degree in journalism from Syracuse University, he joined the staff of The Christian Science Monitor.

Sagamore Camp

Mrs. Emerson transferred the property to Syracuse University, which operated a conference center here until the State of New York offered to buy it.

Soo K. Chan

He has taught in several international architectural schools including National University of Singapore, Syracuse University and has also lectured at Tamsui University, Taipei, University of Paris and Notre Dame University.

Steven A. Moore

Moore received his undergraduate degree in Architecture from Syracuse University and his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, and was a Loeb Fellow of the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Syracuse City School District

The Syracuse Say Yes to Education and Economic Development program is a district-wide collaboration between Say Yes, Syracuse University, and the Syracuse City School District aimed at bridging the achievement gap between urban and suburban children by focusing on academic, social-emotional, health, and financial obstacles facing low-income students.

Toshiko D'Elia

After graduating from Tsuda College in Tokyo, she could find no Special Education training available in post World War II Japan and came to Syracuse University in 1951 as a Fulbright Scholar.

Wendy Coakley-Thompson

Coakley-Thompson has a BA in Speech and Theater (Broadcasting) from Montclair State College in Upper Montclair, New Jersey; an MA in Communication Arts from William Paterson College in Wayne, New Jersey; and a PhD in Education (Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation) from Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.

William Loren Katz

A graduate of both Syracuse University (1950, with a BA in history) and New York University (1952, with an MA in Secondary Education), Katz taught in the New York City and State secondary education systems for 14 years.

Willy De Clercq

After his law and notariat studies at the University of Ghent and a scholarship at Syracuse University (Syracuse, United States), De Clerq became a lawyer at the Court of appeal in Ghent and a professor at Ghent University and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.


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