Burton–Judson Courts

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
Interactive map of Burton-Judson Courts
General information
Type	Dormitory
Location	1005 E. 60th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 United States
Coordinates	41°47′09″N 87°36′03″W
Construction started	1930
Completed	1931
Design and construction
Architect	Zantzinger, Borie & Medary
Website
official website

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] Ok 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, 15th President of University of Michigan 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.
• Agnes Callard, Philosopher. Lived in Dodd-Mead House.

See also

• Housing at the University of Chicago