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HFF: The Vanderbilt University Commodores are named after Cornelius Vanderbilt. What other sports/college teams have historical mascots?
If I had learned education I would not have had time to learn anything else. ~Cornelius Vanderbilt
I can't believe Cornelius Vanderbilt got his start by borrowing $100 from his mom and starting a ferry business at 16. I feel like a slouch.
"Any fool can make a fortune; It takes a man of brains to hold onto it after it is made." Cornelius Vanderbilt
On this day in 1877, Cornelius Vanderbilt, a leader in the shipping industry, dies and was one the richest man in the US.