Burton–Judson Courts

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°WCoordinates: 41°47′09″N 87°36′03″W / 41.78577°N 87.600905°W
Construction started	1930
Completed	1931
Design and construction
Architect	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] 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 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.

References[]

^ Jay Pridmore, Peter Kiar. The University of Chicago: an architectural tour. p. 106. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2010-08-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Jump up to: ^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
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2015-09-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Paul Cobley, John Deely, Kalevi Kull, eds., Semiotics Continues to Astonish: Thomas A. Sebeok and the Doctrine of Signs p. 469
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2012-10-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ George Steiner, Errata: An Examined Life New Haven: Yale, 1999, p. 44

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[prid-1] Jay Pridmore, Peter Kiar. The University of Chicago: an architectural tour. p. 106. Retrieved 2010-03-23.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2010-08-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[bj-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Welcome to Burton-Judson Courts". Housing and Residence Life. The University of Chicago. Retrieved 14 October 2018.

[photoarchive1-4] toarchive.lib.uchicago.edu (1958). "Burton-Judson Courts". Retrieved December 5, 2012.

[5] Otis Webb Brawley and Paul Goldberg, How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America, p. 143

[6] University of Chicago 1951-1952 Student Address Book

[7] University of Chicago 1954-1955 Student Address Book

[8] University of Chicago 1994-1998 Student Address Book

[9] Michael Szenberg, Lall Ramrattan, eds., Reflections of Eminent Economists Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2004, p. 333

[10] Ken Ono and Amir D. Aczel, My Search for Ramanujan: How I Learned to Count New York: Springer, 2016, p. 111

[11] University of Chicago 1980-1981 Student Address Book

[12] Carl Sagan: A Life

[13] University of Chicago 1953 Student Address Book

[14] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2015-09-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[15] Paul Cobley, John Deely, Kalevi Kull, eds., Semiotics Continues to Astonish: Thomas A. Sebeok and the Doctrine of Signs p. 469

[16] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2012-10-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[17] George Steiner, Errata: An Examined Life New Haven: Yale, 1999, p. 44

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