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Fordham University was founded in 1841 as St. John's College by the Right Reverend John Hughes, Coadjuctor-Bishop (later Archbishop) of New York on Rose Hill Manor in the village of Fordham, then part of Westchester County. In 1948, Bishop Hughes allowed the Society of Jesus to assume administration of the College. The Jesuit administration officially changed the college's name to Fordham University in 1907 and, in 1969, the board of trustees was reorganized to include a majority of non-clergy members. Since them Fordham University has remained "an independent university in the Jesuit tradition." Today, the main campus is still located on Rose Hill, but the University has expanded internationally to include campuses in Manhattan, Westchester County, Armonk, New York, and a Graduate School of Business in Beijing, China.
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