Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge - Revision history

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-While strolling through the Columbia campus with a student one day, Woodbridge suddenly remarked: "The Cathedral of Chartres was built by the spirit of the Virgin; the University of Virginia was built by the vision of Thomas Jefferson; Columbia was built by... [[McKim, Mead, and White]]."<ref>http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=9252</ref>
+While strolling through the Columbia campus with a student one day, Woodbridge suddenly remarked: "The Cathedral of Chartres was built by the spirit of the Virgin; the [[University of Virginia]] was built by the vision of Thomas Jefferson; Columbia was built by... [[McKim, Mead, and White]]."<ref>http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=9252</ref>
 This clearly sounded more pathetic and/or ironic then than it does today.

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 '''Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge''' ([[1867]] - [[1940]]) was a professor of philosophy. He also studied at the [[Union Theological Seminary]], graduating in [[1892]], and served as the dean of the Columbia faculties of political science, philosophy, and pure science, from [[1912]] to [[1929]].
-Woodbridge was also the designer of a "war issues" course for student soldiers during the First World War, the idea for which spawned the initial concept for the [[Columbia College]] [[Core Curriculum]]'s [[Contemporary Civilization]] course.
+Woodbridge was also the designer of a "war issues" course for student soldiers during the First World War, the idea for which spawned the initial concept for the [[Columbia College]] [[Core Curriculum]]'s [[Contemporary Civilization]] course. Among his influential students were [[Jacques Barzun]], who would go on to be a core pioneer himself.
 [[Woodbridge Hall]], and a chair in the [[Philosophy Department]], are named after him.

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	While strolling through the Columbia campus with a student one day, Woodbridge suddenly remarked: "The Cathedral of Chartres was built by the spirit of the Virgin; the University of Virginia was built by the vision of Thomas Jefferson; Columbia was built by... [[McKim, Mead, and White]]."<ref>http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=9252</ref>		While strolling through the Columbia campus with a student one day, Woodbridge suddenly remarked: "The Cathedral of Chartres was built by the spirit of the Virgin; the University of Virginia was built by the vision of Thomas Jefferson; Columbia was built by... [[McKim, Mead, and White]]."<ref>http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=9252</ref>
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	==External links==		==External links==

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	'''Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge''' ([[1867]] - [[1940]]) was a professor of philosophy. He also studied at the [[Union Theological Seminary]], graduating in [[1892]], and served as the dean of the Columbia faculties of political science, philosophy, and pure science, from [[1912]] to [[1929]].		'''Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge''' ([[1867]] - [[1940]]) was a professor of philosophy. He also studied at the [[Union Theological Seminary]], graduating in [[1892]], and served as the dean of the Columbia faculties of political science, philosophy, and pure science, from [[1912]] to [[1929]].
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		+	Woodbridge was also the designer of a "war issues" course for student soldiers during the First World War, the idea for which spawned the initial concept for the [[Columbia College]] [[Core Curriculum]]'s [[Contemporary Civilization]] course.

	[[Woodbridge Hall]], and a chair in the [[Philosophy Department]], are named after him.		[[Woodbridge Hall]], and a chair in the [[Philosophy Department]], are named after him.

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	'''Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge''' ([[1867]] - [[1940]]) was a professor of philosophy. He also studied at the [[Union Theological Seminary]], graduating in [[1892]], and served as the dean of the Columbia faculties of political science, philosophy, and pure science, from [[1912]] to [[1929]].		'''Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge''' ([[1867]] - [[1940]]) was a professor of philosophy. He also studied at the [[Union Theological Seminary]], graduating in [[1892]], and served as the dean of the Columbia faculties of political science, philosophy, and pure science, from [[1912]] to [[1929]].

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 ==Anecdote==
-While strolling through the Columbia campus with a student one day, Woodbridge suddenly remarked: "The Cathedral of Chartres was built by the spirit of the Virgin; the University of Virginia was built by the vision of Thomas Jefferson; Columbia was built by... [[McKim, Mead and White]]."<ref>http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=9252</ref>
+While strolling through the Columbia campus with a student one day, Woodbridge suddenly remarked: "The Cathedral of Chartres was built by the spirit of the Virgin; the University of Virginia was built by the vision of Thomas Jefferson; Columbia was built by... [[McKim, Mead, and White]]."<ref>http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=9252</ref>
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