Commodore's 'strange gift' became educational legacy
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Vanderbilt News Service
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Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP3 file: "Many are familiar with the basic facts that surround the founding of Vanderbilt University in 1873, but the unusual confluence of characters and events that led to this unlikely gift is the stuff of fiction. Historian Michael McGerr recounted Cornelius Vanderbilt's journey from single-minded businessman to university patron in the inaugural Founder's Day Lecture on March 16." This speech was given in 2006. McGerr discusses, in detail, Cornelius Vanderbilt's life and the peculiar way the founding of Vanderbilt University came to be.
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Vanderbilt University podcast episode.