Roosevelt University is a private university with campuses in Chicago, Peoria, Waukegan, & Schaumburg, Illinois. Just like the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology I mentioned previous, this educational complex was created during the Cold War. In fact, the institution was established in 1945 and set many records that still exists today: the university has the tallest educational building in Chicago, the second tallest educational building in the entire United States, and the fourth-largest academic complex in the world. The college was founded by Edward J. Sparling, a former World War I United States Army flying instructor, educator, and former president of the Central YMCA College from 1936 to 1945. The man wanted to find a college that would admit students regardless of their race or religion.
The university was named after the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt two weeks after Franklin's death with the name Roosevelt College. In the beginning, the college had no library, official campus, or endowment. It was also chartered on March 28th of 1945 as Thomas Jefferson College. The financial backing came from Marshall Field III, an American investment banker, publisher, and philanthropist.
In 1947, the university established a permanent home and by 1959, the university was given its modern name Roosevelt University. Early advisory board members for the college included Marian Anderson, Pearl Buck, Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, and Albert Schweitzer.
Undergraduates and graduates can get educated through seven schools: Chicago College of Performing Arts (Music Conservatory), Chicago College of Performing Arts (Theatre Conservatory), College of Arts & Sciences, College of Education, College of Pharmacy, Heller College of Business and Robert Morris Experiential College. There are also a variety of organizations such as Alpha Gamma Delta (an international fraternity and a member of the National Panhellenic Conference that was installed at the college in 2008), the Roosevelt Review literary journal, and the Colleges Against Cancer initiative.
