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'Zahm House' is one of the 27 residence halls and one of the 14 male dorms on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. Zahm is situated between Cavanaugh Hall and its rival hall Keenan Hall on the North Quad, just east of the famous Golden Dome. Zahm houses 229 undergraduate residents in 107 rooms on four floors in addition to a basement.

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House History

Famous Past Residents of Zahm House

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House History

Built in 1937, Zahm House is home to 229 men who proudly refer to themselves as Zahmbies. Zahm is named for the Holy Cross priest, Father John Augustine Zahm, CSC, who graduated from Notre Dame in 1871. Zahm was one of the first residences at Notre Dame, and since it was erected at the northern end of campus, Zahm was the farthest hall from the center of campus and the majority of academic buildings. In the early days of the University, rooms were picked by students with the highest GPAs first, and Zahm's remote location made it a traditional last pick. For that reason, Zahm became home mostly to students with the lowest GPA's who, not so coincidentally, also maintained reputations as the more "social" students on campus. That, coupled with the House's distance from the school's rule-enforcing authorities, made Zahm an infamous locale for debauchery, a rarity at an otherwise austere university.
In the 1960s, the University dropped academic requirements for first housing picks, and students were henceforth assigned randomly to residence halls and houses before they arrived on campus their freshman year. Regardless, Zahm has maintained its reputation, perpetuating traditions in the forms of secret initiation rites and ceremonies that continue to this day.
Zahm is well known for its tight-knit community and open-door policy. The phrase that is used at the door of many parties is "No Foreign Sausage." (NFS) Few halls have as much spirit or as deep a commitment to loyalty and brotherhood.
Zahm is also known for its longstanding tradition of community service. Residents used to volunteer with a program called There Are Children Here (TACH) that enables youth from troubled homes to escape from their domestic situations by going to a camp outside of town. All of the profits from Zahm's Foodsales (a pizza kitchen run by Andrew Digan from 2006-2008) used to be donated to TACH. Unfortunately, in late 2006, due to time constraints with the program's director, TACH had to temporarily halt weekly activities, but still hosts children from nearby Chicago for weekend trips. In the school year of 2006-2007 Zahm began to give its Foodsales profits to the Hannah and Friends Foundation, founded by Notre Dame's football coach, Charlie Weis.
On March 27, 2007 the Notre Dame student senate finally passed the frequently proposed resolution to officially recoginze Zahm Hall as "Zahm House," a nickname Zahm had been calling itself since 2003.

Famous Past Residents of Zahm House

★ 'Film & Television'

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★ Regis Philbin - famous television personality

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★ George Wendt - film & television actor

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★ Phil Donahue - talk show host

★ 'Football'

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★ Paul Hornung

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★ Johnny Lattner

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★ Joe Theismann

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★ Courtney Watson

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★ Brady Quinn

★ 'Basketball'

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★ Bill Laimbeer

★ 'Business'

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★ Steve Odland - CEO of Office Depot

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★ Matthew Szulik - CEO of Red Hat

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★ Edward J. DeBartolo - Businessman, and former owner of the San Francisco 49ers

References

"Zahm House Profile," University of Notre Dame. Zahm Hall Profile
"Zahm House Website," University of Notre Dame. Zahm Hall Website