Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge

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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, pure science, and fine arts from 1912 to 1929. Woodbridge Hall is named after him.

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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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