Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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1873-18941 Robert B k Slocum It was the worst of times. Pretty much the whole of living has been not dying, said Sidney Lanier, and his view of the Reconstruction-time South really applied to education. But Southern education was to have a benefactor to nourish the body of substance as well as the spirit of idea. It all started in 1810 when Cornelius Vanderbilt, aged sixteen, borrowed 95100 from his mother to start a one- boat, one-man Staten Island to Manhattan ferry service. Then there was a ferry fleet, then there were steamship lines radiating from New York, then there was a trans-Atlantic steamship ser- vice that was thriving under Vanderbilt's leadership at the outbreak of Civil War. THE EARLY YEAR

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North and I'm sure by virtue of his Vanderbilt education, he became Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Eastman Kodak. However, they have not forgotten their roots and have come back to contribute their ideas and energies to Vanderbilt. Alex and lean Heard came to Vanderbilt from Chapel Hill and have enhanced and enriched with great courage and imagination the image and the performance of Vanderbilt in the last difficult ten years. He has been wooed by others, and elected Chairman of the Board of the Ford Foundation, but his and Iean's day-to-day loyalty and action belong to Vanderbilt-of this we should be humbly proud. We may not all have such talent. We can be proud, however, that our family has contributed to the University in one way or another for six generations. The great con- tribution of our late cousin, Harold Vanderbilt, was himself. He gave of him time unstintingly. He used his ability, his intelligence and his foresight, and he had a great deal of all of them. He could well be said to be the Father of modern-day Vanderbilt University. Harold was whole-heartedly supported and en- couraged by the interest and un- tiring efforts of his wife, Gertrude. She took and continues to take a very real and personal interest in many facets of the University and community. In recognition of her efforts, she was named the only Honorary member of the Board of Trust after Harold's death. Un- fortunately, Certrude could not be with us tonight. I am sure I will have your enthusiastic support in sen- ding her a telegram of appreciation on behalf of the Vanderbilt descendants. Ten years ago, on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the University, President Kennedy was the guest of honor, and in closing I think the most appropriate statement I can make is to quote from his remarks: He said, Commodore Vanderbilt recognized his responsibility and his recognition made possible the establishment of an institution of learning for which he will long be remembered after his steamboats and railroads have been forgotten. Thank you. Pl.AN'l'lNC OF THE CHNTHNNIAI, OAK by Robert Nixon, '73 Presid l l l l granddaughter of Millard Fillmore Sloan, first-day matriculant wh h l l l d representing each of the schools, WREATHLAYING at the grave of Chancellor Landon C Garland hy his great-great-grandson, David Fulton Hasselt, '64, and Robert T. Lagemann, Landon C. Garland Professor of Physics: and at the grave of Bishop Holland N. McTyeire hy his grandson, Holland N. Mc:Tyeire, '29, and Henry Lee Swint, Holland N. McTyeire Professor of History.

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