[3] In 1876, Vanderbilt graduated from Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School to which he later donated $500,000 (equivalent to $17,607,692 today) in 1902.

[12] In January 1914 Warrior, his largest yacht, ran aground on the Colombian coast while on a Caribbean cruise.

Mr and Mrs Vanderbilt were rescued, along with their guests: the Duke and Duchess of Manchester and Lord Falconer; and their servants.

[14] Vanderbilt maintained residences in New York City (he lived for a while at 450 Fifth Avenue), Newport ("Rough Point"), Bar Harbor ("Sonogee"), Upper St. Regis Lake in the Adirondacks ("Pine Tree Point"), and a country palace in Hyde Park, New York ("Hyde Park") now preserved by the National Park Service as Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site.

[15] Vanderbilt was the owner of 10 East 40th Street in Manhattan, a prominent example of art deco architecture, until his death.

[21] He left $5,200,000 to the Sheffield Scientific School,[22] $3,900,000 to Vanderbilt University, $1,300,000 to the Salvation Army, and $650,000 to the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor.