You think you know Manhattanville, but you have NO idea...

This year, I will be receiving a degree from an academic institution that boasts the following factoids:


Manhattanville College




*Reid Hall ("The Castle") was a potential site for the United Nations.

*The property was the former estate of Whitelaw Reid, editor of the New York Herald Tribune, and Ambassador to the United Kingdom before WW2

*The Biology Park was designed by renowned architect Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC

*The campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, the designer of Central Park in NYC

*There is a graveyard on campus which holds the remains of nearly 50 nuns




Note: At this point, everyone reading this should be exceedingly jealous if they don't/didn't go to school here. But feel free to continue on...


*During the Vietnam War, the main academic building was overtaken by students in protest

*The interior of Reid Hall was used in the recent film verision of The Thomas Crown Affiar

*Manhattanville is mentioned in the film, The Funeral, starring Christopher Walken, Benicio Del Toro, Vincent Gallo, Gretchen Mol, Chris Penn, and Isabella Rossellini; the main character says she graduated from Manhattanville.

*Manhattanville boasts the oldest nation-wide portfolio system

*Senator Edward Kennedy (D) Mass. met his former wife, Joan Bennett Kennedy while delivering a speech dedicating the gymnasium in his sister's honor

*Richard Rodgers visited Manhattanville in 1959 to research liturgical music for The Sound of Music and according to college documents, Rodgers was inspired to write the song, "The Hills are Alive With the Sound of Music," while on campus

* Notable alumni include:
-An assload of Kennedy women, including JFK's mother, Rose.
-Flora Miller Biddle, President of the Whitney Museum of American Art
-Anita Florio, New York Supreme Court Justice
-Gov. Sila Calderon, Governor of Puerto Rico