Burton–Judson Courts
| Burton-Judson Courts | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type | Dormitory |
| Location | 1005 E. 60th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 United States |
| Coordinates | 41°47′09″N 87°36′03″W / 41.78577°N 87.600905°W / 41.78577; -87.600905 |
| Construction started | 1930 |
| Completed | 1931 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Zantzinger, Borie & Medary |
| Website | |
| official website | |
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.[1]
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.[2] Burton-Judson contains six houses: Chamberlin, Coulter, Dodd-Mead, Linn-Mathews, Salisbury, and Vincent.[3] In addition to student rooms, the building contains a library, lounge rooms, and apartments for resident heads and the resident deans.[3][4]
Notable residents
- Otis Brawley,[5] oncologist and executive vice president of the American Cancer Society.
- Misha Collins,[citation needed] actor.
- James W. Cronin,[6] Ok Nobel Prize–winning physicist and University of Chicago faculty member. Lived in Vincent House (room 415).
- Philip Glass,[7] Noted composer, lived in Coulter House.
- Tucker Max,[8] Noted blogger and "fratire" writer. Lived in Mathews House.
- Walter Oi,[9] academic and US government economist.
- Ken Ono,[10] mathematician. Lived in Dodd-Mead House.
- Santa J. Ono,[11] 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,[12][13] Noted astronomer. Lived in Dodd House (room 141).
- Bernie Sanders,[14] United States Senator from Vermont. Lived in Chamberlin House.
- Thomas Sebeok,[15] semiotician and linguist.
- Evan Sharp,[16] Co-founder and designer of Pinterest. Lived in Salisbury House.
- George Steiner,[17] 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.
- Agnes Callard, Philosopher. 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.
- ^ a b "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
