Burton–Judson Courts
Burton–Judson Courts (BJ) is a dormitory located on the University of Chicago campus. The neo-Gothic style structure was designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm of Zantzinger, Borie & Medary, and was completed in 1931 at a cost of $1,756,287.
Burton–Judson Courts is built around two courtyards that are named after the university's second and third presidents, Harry Pratt Judson and Ernest DeWitt Burton. Burton-Judson contains six houses: Chamberlin, Coulter, Dodd-Mead, Linn-Mathews, Salisbury, and Vincent. In addition to student rooms, the building contains a library, lounge rooms, and apartments for resident heads and the resident deans.
Notable residents
- Otis Brawley, oncologist and executive vice president of the American Cancer Society.
- Misha Collins, actor.
- James W. Cronin, Ok Nobel Prize–winning physicist and University of Chicago faculty member. Lived in Vincent House (room 415).
- Philip Glass, Noted composer, lived in Coulter House.
- Tucker Max, Noted blogger and "fratire" writer. Lived in Mathews House.
- Walter Oi, academic and US government economist.
- Ken Ono, mathematician. Lived in Dodd-Mead House.
- Santa J. Ono, Immunologist, 15th President of University of Michigan and 28th President of University of Cincinnati, 15th President of University of British Columbia. Lived in Dodd-Mead House (room 141a).
- Richard Rorty, American Pragmatist.
- Carl Sagan, Noted astronomer. Lived in Dodd House (room 141).
- Bernie Sanders, United States Senator from Vermont. Lived in Chamberlin House.
- Thomas Sebeok, semiotician and linguist.
- Evan Sharp, Co-founder and designer of Pinterest. Lived in Salisbury House.
- George Steiner, Literary and cultural critic.
- Nate Silver, Statistician and editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight. Lived in Vincent House.
- Morgan Saylor, Actress. Lived in Dodd-Mead House.
See also
References
- ^ Jay Pridmore, Peter Kiar (2 February 2006). The University of Chicago: an architectural tour. p. 106. ISBN 9781568984476. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ "60th Street". Archived from the original on 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
- ^ "Welcome to Burton-Judson Courts". Housing and Residence Life. The University of Chicago. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ photoarchive.lib.uchicago.edu (1958). "Burton-Judson Courts". Retrieved December 5, 2012.
- ^ Otis Webb Brawley and Paul Goldberg, How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America, p. 143
- ^ University of Chicago 1951-1952 Student Address Book
- ^ University of Chicago 1954-1955 Student Address Book
- ^ University of Chicago 1994-1998 Student Address Book
- ^ Michael Szenberg, Lall Ramrattan, eds., Reflections of Eminent Economists Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2004, p. 333
- ^ Ken Ono and Amir D. Aczel, My Search for Ramanujan: How I Learned to Count New York: Springer, 2016, p. 111
- ^ University of Chicago 1980-1981 Student Address Book
- ^ Carl Sagan: A Life
- ^ University of Chicago 1953 Student Address Book
- ^ "Here's How Bernie Sanders May be Changing Politics for Good | Mother Jones". Archived from the original on 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ^ Paul Cobley, John Deely, Kalevi Kull, eds., Semiotics Continues to Astonish: Thomas A. Sebeok and the Doctrine of Signs p. 469
- ^ "An idea that stuck | Parents & Families | the University of Chicago". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
- ^ George Steiner, Errata: An Examined Life New Haven: Yale, 1999, p. 44
External links
- Official website
- Guide to the University of Chicago Burton-Judson Courts Records 1929-2007 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center