Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge

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Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge (1867 - 1940) was a professor of philosophy. Woodbridge Hall is named after him.

Anecdote

While strolling through the Columbia campus with a student one day, Frederick 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."[1]

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