Frederick William Vanderbilt

Frederick William Vanderbilt (February 2, 1856 – June 29, 1938) was a member of the financially and socially preeminent Vanderbilt family. He was graduate of Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School (P.H.B. 1876), and was a generous benefactor , commissioning a number of campus buildings by architect Charles C. Haight that survive to this day, from campus dormitories comprising the present-day Silliman College, to Vanderbilt Hall , Phelps Ha... more

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  • Feb 2, 1856

Date of death:

  • Jun 29, 1938 (age 82 years)

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