Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on the 27th day of May, in the year 1794, on a farm on Staten Island. His father was a well-to-do agriculturist, not possessed of any considerable fortune ...

The Vanderbilt family's wealth grew out of the shipping and railroad industries, both of which were largely monopolized by the the family patriarch, Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt, in the late 19th ...

The biggest and perhaps best-known was the family of railroad and shipping tycoon Cornelius ... a century after the Commodore died, 120 of his descendants gathered at Vanderbilt University for ...

Commodore that was designed for Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. It wasn't an all-fiberglass travel trailer and still relied heavily on aluminum, but it wasn't all-aluminum either. Call it a half-glass ...

Buell Hall is the only reminder of the lost Bloomingdale Asylum and the battle between real estate and mental health in ...

Vanderbilt hosts No. 6 Tennessee in a matchup of SEC teams. Saturday's matchup is the first this season for the two teams.

The Vanderbilt Commodores men’s basketball team was able to avoid disaster on Wednesday night, picking up a 66-63 victory over the visiting South Carolina Gamec ...

Vanderbilt women's basketball lost 83-77 in a close game at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Monday night. Vanderbilt (14-4, 1-3 SEC) and LSU (19-0, 4-0) played a tight game throughout, the ...

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Vanderbilt men's basketball coach Mark Byington addressed the status of several injured Commodores ahead Saturday's game vs.