Azariah Boody
Azariah Boody (April 21, 1815 – November 18, 1885) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.He attended the common schools, and moved to Rochester, New York, in 1850 where he engaged in agricultural pursuits.There is or has been a "secret organization" called the Azariah Boody Society, dedicated to promoting school spirit.[4] The popular school song "The Dandelion Yellow," written by Charles F. Cole and Richard L. Greenen in 1925, contains a verse commemorating Boody's donation of his cow pastures to the university: O, Azariah Boody's cows were sleek and noble kine They wandered o'er the verdant fields where grew the dandelion.And when they drove the cows away to build a home for knowledge They took the color from the flow'r and gave it to the college.