List of Rutgers University people

This is an enumeration of notable people affiliated with Rutgers University, including graduates of the undergraduate and graduate and professional programs at all three campuses, former students who did not graduate or receive their degree, presidents of the university, current and former professors, as well as members of the board of trustees and board of governors, and coaches affiliated with the university's athletic program. Also included are characters in works of fiction (books, films, television shows, et cetera) who have been mentioned or were depicted as having an affiliation with Rutgers, either as a student, alumnus, or member of the faculty.

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Main article: Rutgers University
An 1825 donation from Revolutionary War hero and philanthropist Colonel Henry Rutgers (1745–1830) reopened the school after many years of financial problems. The Trustees renamed Queen's College to Rutgers College to honour his generosity.

Some noted alumni and faculty may be also listed in the main Rutgers University article or in some of the affiliated articles. Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category. Default campus for listings is the New Brunswick campus, the systems' largest campus, with Camden and Newark campus affiliations noted in parenthesis.

Presidents of Rutgers University
The Rev. Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh was the driving force behind establishing the college. Hardenbergh traveled to England in 1763 to lobby King George III on the proposal and, in 1766, obtained a charter from New Jersey's provisional governor, William Franklin.[1][2]
Main article: List of Rutgers University presidents

Since 1785, twenty men have served as the institution's president, beginning with the Reverend Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh (1735–1790), a Dutch Reformed clergyman who was responsible for establishing the college.[1][2] Before 1930, most of the university's presidents (eight of the twelve) were clergymen affiliated with Christian denominations in the Reformed tradition (either Dutch Reformed, Presbyterian, or German Reformed). Presidents Hasbrouck (1840–1850), Frelinghuysen (1850–1862), Gates (1882–1890), and Scott (1891–1906) were all laymen.[3][4] Two presidents were alumni of Rutgers College—the Rev. William H. S. Demarest (Class of 1883) and Philip Milledoler Brett (Class of 1892).[5][6][7] The current president is  Dr. Jonathan Holloway (born 1976). Dr. Holloway, a U.S. historian, is the first person of color to lead Rutgers University.[8][9]

The president serves in an ex officio capacity as a presiding officer within the University's 59-member Board of Trustees and its eleven-member Board of Governors,[10] and is appointed by these boards to oversee day-to-day operations of the University across its three campuses. He is charged with implementing "board policies with the help and advice of senior administrators and other members of the university community."[11] The president is responsible only to those two governing boards—there is no oversight by state officials. Frequently, the president also occupies a professorship in his academic discipline and engages in instructing students.

Nobel laureates

Major benefactors
Name Gift Notes
Rev. Elias van Bunschooten
(1738–1815)
  • In 1814 and 1815 donated over $14,000 in bonds to support the training of young men for the clergy.
  • An early trustee of Queen's College, he was a graduate of Princeton, and clergyman in Sussex County, New Jersey. He was related to several early Queen's College students, including the college's first graduate, Matthew Leydt (A.B. 1771).
Sophia Astley Kirkpatrick
(1802–1871)
  • She was the wife of Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797–1859), attorney, county surrogate, mayor of New Brunswick, elected to the House of representatives, and graduate of Princeton (1815). Her husband served as a trustee of Rutgers College from 1841 until his death in 1859.
Colonel Henry Rutgers
(1745–1830)
  • 1825 gift of a $5000 bond to reopen the school (closed 1816–1825), and a bronze bell hung in the cupola of Old Queens
  • Revolutionary war officer and philanthropist
  • On December 5, 1825, the board of trustees renamed the college in honour of Col. Rutgers

Notable trustees

Notable alumni

Architecture

Art

Entertainment

Journalism

Music

Baseball

Basketball

Fencing
  • Alex Treves (born 1929) — Italian-born American Olympic fencer, won the NCAA saber title in both 1949 and 1950, was undefeated in three years of competing in college.
  • Alexis Jemal — 2003 NCAA National Champion in Sabre, 2007 Pan American Games 2 time Silver medalist[30]

Football

Powerlifting
  • Lev Susany, Class of 2011 — Australian powerlifter and Commonwealth record holder

Soccer

Swimming

Wrestling

MMA

Hockey

Business

Crime

Education

Government, law, and public policy

Library and information science
  • William B. Brahms B.A. 1989, M.L.S. 2003 — librarian and reference book writer
  • Ted Hines, M.L.S. 1958, Ph.D 1960 — librarian, pioneer in computer information cataloging systems

Literature

Medicine

Religion
  • Eugene Augustus Hoffman (A.Bz. 1847) — Dean and "Our Most Munificent Benefactor" of The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church (New York City)
  • Matthew Leydt (A.B. 1774) — Rutgers' first alumnus and Dutch-Reformed Minister
  • William P. Merrill (D.D. 1904) — first president on the Church Peace Union, writer of "Rise Up, O Men of God"
  • Clark V. Poling — Dutch-Reformed Army Chaplain among the "Four Chaplains" on the troop transport Dorchester during World War II
  • Vernon Grounds (B.A. 1937) — theologian, Christian educator, Chancellor of Denver Seminary, one of the founders of American Evangelicalism
  • Michael Plekon (Master's in Sociology and Religion 1977) — priest, author, sociologist and theologian

Royalty

Science and technology

Social sciences

Notable faculty

Arts

Economics

Library and information science

Literature

Medicine

Law

Mathematics

Philosophy

Physics

Science and engineering

Social sciences

History

Athletic coaches and staff

Fictional characters

Notes and references
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