Fordham University past present & future.

DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE A HEIRESS AMONG OUR FORDHAM FAMILY? Amanda Hearst is an American socialite born in New York City and she is also an heiress to the Hearst Family Fortune.*  Hearst worked at  Marie Claire , a Hearst Corp. property, where she was the associate marketing editor. She received her education from Fordham University (FCLC 2008) with a BA in Art History.  Note:  She started out at Boston College another Jesuit University. Her great-grandfather was William Randolph Hearst. The American newspaper publisher, and politician who developed the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. He may best be remembered as the thinly veiled subject of the classic film  Citizen Kane.   Spoiler Alert : Rosebud was a sled. Her aunt is Patty Hearst. The photo below comes from a terrible time in her life when she was kidnapped and under the influence of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). A small, American militant organization ...

  Daniel Grimaldi (FCRH 1966): Actor, Scientist & Scholar      Daniel Grimaldi was born in 1946 and is an American actor and mathematics professor who is best known for his roles as twins Philly and Patsy Parisi on the award winning HBO television series The Sopranos.       While researching this piece, I wasn’t sure if all the dates synched up over on the Forever Fordham site? If what I read was true, he started Fordham at an age when most of us were sophomores in high school.  Entered Fordham at 16 Years of Age      “ I attended Xaverian High School in Brooklyn.” The obviously very bright, ambitious  powerhouse explained, “I was sixteen when I graduated. I received several scholarships (including) a full one to Fordham. Many of my classmates were going.”       He was a Screen Actors Guild award winner, in 2008, for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Dram...