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.

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. Burton-Judson contains six houses: Chamberlin, Coulter, Dodd-Mead, Linn-Mathews, Salisbury, and Vincent. In addition to student rooms, the building contains a library, lounge rooms, and apartments for resident heads and the resident deans.

Notable residents

 * Otis Brawley, oncologist and executive vice president of the American Cancer Society.
 * Misha Collins, actor.
 * James W. Cronin, Ok Nobel Prize–winning physicist and University of Chicago faculty member. Lived in Vincent House (room 415).
 * Philip Glass, Noted composer, lived in Coulter House.
 * Tucker Max, Noted blogger and "fratire" writer. Lived in Mathews House.
 * Walter Oi, academic and US government economist.
 * Ken Ono, mathematician. Lived in Dodd-Mead House.
 * Santa J. Ono, 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, Noted astronomer. Lived in Dodd House (room 141).
 * Bernie Sanders, United States Senator from Vermont. Lived in Chamberlin House.
 * Thomas Sebeok, semiotician and linguist.
 * Evan Sharp, Co-founder and designer of Pinterest. Lived in Salisbury House.
 * George Steiner, 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.