Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the ... More @Wikipedia
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