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Fordham University

(Encyclopedia) Fordham UniversityFordham Universityfôrˈdəm [key], in New York City; Jesuit; coeducational; founded as St. John's College 1841, chartered as a university 1846; renamed 1907. Fordham…

William J. PASCRELL, Jr., Congress, NJ (1937)

PASCRELL William J., Jr. , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., January 25, 1937; graduated from St. John the Baptist High School, Paterson, N.J., 1955; B.A.,…

Karina Smirnoff

Karina Smirnoff is a champion ballroom dancer who has appeared often on the TV series Dancing With the Stars. She was born in the Ukraine (while it was still part of the Soviet Union) and took up…

Daly, Thomas Augustine

Daly, Thomas Augustine[1871-1948](2)Born at Philadelphia, May 28, 1871, and educated at Fordham University. He was for some time reporter and editorial writer on the "Philadelphia Record",…

L. William PAXON, Congress, NY (1954)

PAXON L. William , a Representative from New York; born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., April 29, 1954; graduated, St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, Buffalo, N.Y., 1968; attended Fordham…

Don DeLillo

Don DeLillo is a New York novelist whose books include the critical and popular successes White Noise (1985), Libra (1988) and Underworld (1997). Raised by Italian immigrants in the Bronx, DeLillo…

Vince Lombardi

As head coach and general manager, Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi led Wisconsin's Green Bay Packers to dominate professional football in the 1960s. He was once a defensive guard at Fordham…