List of Rutgers University people

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This is an enumeration of notable people affiliated with Rutgers University, including graduates of the undergraduate and graduate and professional programs, 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.

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 alphabetised within each category.

Contents

[edit] Presidents of Rutgers University

Main article: President of Rutgers University

The following nineteen individuals have served as President of Rutgers University from the creation of the office in 1785 to the present.[1] Those enumerated below with their names emboldened were graduated from Rutgers.

President Birth Year–Death Year Years as President
1 Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh (1735 – 1790) (1785 – 1790)
2 William Linn (1752 – 1808) (1791 – 1795)
3 Ira Condict (1764 – 1811) (1795 – 1810)
4 John Henry Livingston (1746 – 1825) (1810 – 1825)
5 Philip Milledoler (1775 – 1852) (1825 – 1840)
6 Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck (1791 – 1879) (1840 – 1850)
7 Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787 – 1862) (1850 – 1862)
8 William Henry Campbell (1808 – 1890) (1862 – 1882)
9 Merrill Edward Gates (1848 – 1922) (1882 – 1890)
10 Austin Scott (1848 – 1922) (1891 – 1906)
11 William Henry Steele Demarest (1863 – 1956) (1906 – 1924)
12 John Martin Thomas (1869 – 1952) (1925 – 1930)
13 Philip Milledoler Brett (1871 – 1960) (1930 – 1931)
14 Robert Clarkson Clothier (1885 – 1970) (1932 – 1951)
15 Lewis Webster Jones (1899 – 1975) (1951 – 1958)
16 Mason Welch Gross (1911 – 1977) (1959 – 1971)
17 Edward J. Bloustein (1925 – 1989) (1971 – 1989)
18 Francis L. Lawrence (b. 1937) (1990 – 2002)
19 Richard Levis McCormick (b. 1947) (2002 – present)

[edit] Notable Alumni

Alumni who have served on the faculty of staff of Rutgers University are enumerated below with their names displayed in emboldened text.

[edit] Nobel laureates

Alumnus/Alumna Degree(s) and
Class Year(s)		 Achievements References
Milton Friedman A.B. 1932 Economist, Public Intellectual, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1976) [2]
David A. Morse A.B. 1929 Director-General of International Labour Organization on whose behalf he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize (1969) [3]
Selman Waksman B.Sc. 1915
M.Sc. 1916		 Professor of microbiology, discovered 22 antibiotics (including Streptomycin) and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1952) [4]

[edit] Arts (performing and visual) and entertainment

[edit] Art

[edit] Entertainment

[edit] Journalism

[edit] Music

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Football

[edit] Soccer

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Business

  • Roger Ackerman, Class of 1960, M.A. 1962 — former chairman and CEO of Corning, Inc.
  • Richard H. Askin, CEO of Tribune Entertainment and President of Samuel Goldwyn Television
  • Walter W. Austin, CEO of Raleigh Bicycle Company
  • Orville Beal, Class of 1934 B.A., Class of 1954 MBA - former President of Prudential Financial
  • Robert Boutiller, Class of 1948 B.S. - Northeast Region Vice Chairman of Peak Marwick
  • John Joseph "Jack" Byrne, Jr., Chairman and GEO of GEICO which he pulled from the brink of insolvency in the mid-1970s, later served as Chairman and CEO of White Mountains Insurance Group, formerly (Fund American Enterprises, Inc.), Chairman of the Board of Overstock.com 2005-06
  • Robert Campbell, Class of 1962 MBA - former Vice Chairman of Johnson & Johnson
  • Frank Cassidy, Class of 1974 MBA - former President and COO of PSEG Power LLC
  • Mei Wei Cheng, Class of 1999, EMBA - Corporate Vice President of Ford Motor Company and Chairman and CEO of Ford Motor (China), Ltd.
  • Morton Jay Chiat, Class of 1953 — Founder of TBWA\Chiat\Day advertising
  • Gary M. Cohen, Class of 1983 MBA - President of BD Medical
  • James Cullen, Class of 1964 — former president and COO of Bell Atlantic
  • Marc Ecko — CEO and Founder of Marc Ecko Enterprises
  • Charles Ferster, B.S. 1947 -- noted behavioral psychologist, author and professor (deceased 1981)
  • Mark Fields, B.A. Economics; Vice President of Ford Motors, President of Ford's American Division (2005)
  • William Freeman, Class of 1983 MBA - President of Verizon Public Communications Group
  • Sharon Fordham, Class of 1975 — CEO of WeightWatchers.com, Inc.
  • Mary Jo Green, Class of 1970 MBA - Sr. VP and Treasurer of Sony Corporation of America
  • Arthur Goldberg, Class of 1963 — former president and CEO of Park Place Entertainment Corporation
  • Richard M. Hale, Founder, CEO and Chairman of Halecrest, major supporter of Rutgers Scarlet Knights, namesake of the Hale Center Football Complex at Rutgers
  • Allan M. Holt, Managing Director and co-head of Carlyle Group's U.S. Buyout Fund [7]
  • Ralph Izzo, Class of 2002 MBA - Chairman and CEO of PSEG
  • James Kelly, Class of 1973 — former chairman and CEO of UPS
  • David Lloyd Kreeger, Class of 1929 — founder of GEICO
  • Robert Kriendler, A.B. 1936. - owner of the 21 Club in New York City.
  • John Lee — CEO of UP & J Corporation
  • Irwin Lerner, Class of 1951 BS, Class of 1958 MBA - former Chairman, President, and CEO of Hoffmann–La Roche
  • Leonor F. Loree, Class of 1877 — President of the Pennsylvania Railroad
  • Alexis V. Lukianov — Chairman of the Board and CEO of NuVasive, Inc.
  • Bernard Marcus, Class of 1951 — Founder of the Home Depot
  • Ernest Mario, Class of 1961 — former CEO of GlaxoSmithKline
  • Soichi Matsuno, Class of 1981 MBA - Chairman and CEO of Elsai Inc.
  • Rosmary McFadden, Class of 1970 BS, Class of 1973 MBA - Managing Director at CSFBdirect and President and CEO of the New York Mercantile Exchange
  • Duncan McMillan, B.S. 1966 - co-founder of Bloomberg, Ltd.
  • Alvaro de Molina, Class of 1988, MBA - retired CFO of Bank of America
  • Robert C. Pruyn, Class of 1869 - President of the Embossing Company, and the National Commercial Bank of Albany
  • Reynard Ramsey, CEO of One Economy [8](a multi-national nonprofit that brings broadband to low-income homes and provides a multilingual web portal called The Beehive which has over 9 million users.
  • William Rasmussen, Class of 1960 MBA - Managing Director at CSFBdirect and Founder of ESPN
  • Ravi Reddy, Class of 1980 MBA - Co-founder of ThinkSystems and Vistaar Technologies
  • Thomas Renyi, Class of 1967 BS, Class of 1968 MBA - Chairman and CEO of Bank of New York Mellon
  • James Riesenbach, Class of 1989 BS - President and CEO of Autobytel
  • John Ruffle, Class of 1963 MBA - Former Vice Chairman and Director at JPMorgan Chase
  • Clifford Sales, Class of 2002 MBA - CEO of The Cardiovascular Care Group and Chief of Vascular Surgery, Overlook Hospital
  • Barry Schuler, Class of 1976 — former Chairman and CEO of AOL
  • Gregg Spiridellis, Class of 1993 — founder of JibJab.com
  • Sandeep Tungare, Class of 1981 MBA - Co-founder of ThinkSystems and Vistaar Technologies
  • Avi Wilensky Class of 2003 — CEO of Promediacorp
  • Marty Yudkovitz — former president of TiVo
  • Bernard Zients, Class of 1933 BS - President of Gimbels New York

[edit] Education

Alumnus/Alumna Degree(s) and
Class Year(s)		 Achievements References
Philip Milledoler Brett A.B. 1892 Acting President of Rutgers University (1930-1931), successful corporate attorney [8]
Carol T. Christ A.B. 1966 President of Smith College [9]
Milton Friedman A.B. 1932 Economist, Public Intellectual, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1976) [10]
William H. S. Demarest A.B. 1883 Professor of Theology and Church Government, President of Rutgers University (1906-1924), President of New Brunswick Theological Seminary [11]
William E. Kirwan M.A. 1962
Ph.D. 1964		 Mathematician, Chancellor of the University System of Maryland (2002-present), former President of Ohio State University (1998-2002) [12]
Franklyn A. Johnson President of three Universities, including Jacksonville University
Jerome Kagan B.S. 1950 Psychologist
Richard P. McCormick A.B. 1938
M.A. 1940		 Historian, Professor of History, Dean of Faculty at Rutgers University, President of New Jersey Historical Society [13][14][15][16]
John McWhorter B.A. 1985 African-American historian, former professor of linguistics at University of California, Berkeley, Senior Fellow at Manhattan Institute [17]
Roy Franklin Nichols A.B. 1918
M.A. 1919		 Historian, winner of the Pulitzer Prize (19--)

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Clement Alexander Price Ph.D. 1975 African-American historian, Professor of History, Rutgers-Newark. [20]
Roland R. Renne President of Montana State University-Bozeman for 21 years.
John U. Trefny Ph.D. 1968 President of the Colorado School of Mines [21]
Selman Waksman B.Sc. 1915
M.Sc. 1916		 Professor of microbiology, discovered 22 antibiotics (including Streptomycin) and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1952) [22]
Carl Woodward B.Sc. 1914 President of the University of Rhode Island [23]

[edit] Government, Law, or Public Policy

[edit] Journalism

[edit] Literature

[edit] Medicine

  • Stephen D. Ford, Class of 1979— Chief of Staff, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway.
  • Clifton R. Lacy, Class of 1975 — New Jersey Commissioner of Health and Senior Services
  • David A. Laskow, Class of 1977 — Chief of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Service at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
  • Albert Schatz, graduate assistant to Selman Waksman, co-discovered Streptomycin.
  • William Trager, Class of 1930 — developed new treatments for Malaria
  • Selman Waksman, Class of 1915 — discovered 22 antibiotics, best known for streptomycin. Nobel laureate. Waksman Institute of Microbiology and Waksman Hall are named in his honor.
  • H. Boyd Woodruff, Class of 1939/Graduate School 1942 — discovered antibiotic actinomycin.

[edit] Religion

Alumnus/Alumna Degree(s) and
Class Year(s)		 Achievements References
Rev. Matthew Leydt A.B. 1774 Rutgers first alumnus and Dutch Reformed Minister
Rev. Clark V. Poling Dutch-Reformed Army Chaplain among the "Four Chaplains" on the USAT Dorchester during World War II

The Very Reverend Eugene Augustus Hoffman, A. B. 1847, Dean and "Our Most Munificent Benefactor" of the The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church (New York City)

[edit] Science and Technology

[edit] Notable Faculty

Members or former members of the faculty whose names are emboldened were graduated from Rutgers.

[edit] Nobel laureates

Name Years on Faculty Achievements References
Toni Morrison – African-American Novelist (Beloved, Song of Solomon), Nobel Prize in Literature (1993), Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1988)
Heinrich Rohrer 1961 – 1963 Physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1986) [31]
Selman Waksman 1918 – 1958 Professor of Microbiology, discovered 22 antibiotics (including Streptomycin) and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1952) [32]

[edit] Arts

[edit] Literature

[edit] Law School

[edit] Mathematics

[edit] Philosophy

[edit] Science and engineering

[edit] Social Sciences

[edit] History

[edit] Athletic coaches

[edit] Members of the Board of Trustees and Board of Governors

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[edit] Fictional characters

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Leadership on the Banks: Rutgers' Presidents, 1766-2004, biographical essays by Thomas J. Frusciano, University Archivist, published by Rutgers University Libraries. Originally published in The Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries, LIII, No. 1 (June 1991).
  2. ^ Autobiography of Milton Friedman at Nobel Prize / Nobel Foundation website, presumably by Milton Friedman, published by the Nobel Foundation (no further authorship information available), accessed 05 January 2007.
  3. ^ Presentation Speech for 1969 Nobel Peace Prize presumably by Aase Lionaes, at Nobel Prize / Nobel Foundation website. q.v. footnote marked "*" which states: "She then presented the Nobel medal and diploma to Mr. David A. Morse who, as director-general of the ILO, made a brief speech of acceptance on behalf of the ILO." Published by the Nobel Foundation (no further authorship information available), accessed 05 January 2007.
  4. ^ Biography of Selman Waksman at Nobel Prize / Nobel Foundation website. Published by the Nobel Foundation (no further authorship information available), accessed 05 January 2007.
  5. ^ a b c League Baseball Player Search, published by Major League Baseball (no further authorship information available), accessed 06 January 2007.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j NBA/ABA Players who attended Rutgers University. databaseSports.com. Retrieved on 2004-04-05.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q National Football League Players Search: Players in NFL from Rutgers published by the National Football League Players, Incorporated (PLAYERS, Inc.), marketing subsidiary of the NFL Players Association (no further authorship information available), accessed 06 January 2007.
  8. ^ Philip M. Brett, Acting President, 1930-1931, biographical essay at Leadership on the Banks: Rutgers Presidents, 1766-2004, written by Thomas J. Frusciano, University Archivist and Published by Rutgers University Libraries. These essays originally appeared in Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries, LIII, No. 1 (June 1991). Accessed 05 January 2007.
  9. ^ Carol T. Christ named 10th president of Smith College (Press Release, 30 July 2001). Published by Smith College Office of College Relations, accessed 06 January 2007.
  10. ^ Autobiography of Milton Friedman at Nobel Prize / Nobel Foundation website, presumably by Milton Friedman, published by the Nobel Foundation (no further authorship information available), accessed 05 January 2007.
  11. ^ William Henry Steele Demarest, 1906-1924, biographical essay at Leadership on the Banks: Rutgers Presidents, 1766-2004, written by Thomas J. Frusciano, University Archivist and Published by Rutgers University Libraries. These essays originally appeared in Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries, LIII, No. 1 (June 1991). Accessed 05 January 2007.
  12. ^ Biography of Chancellor William E. Kirwan, published by the University System of Maryland (no further authorship information available), accessed 06 January 2007.
  13. ^ Birkner, Michael J. McCormick of Rutgers: Scholar, Teacher, Public Historian (Greenwood Press, 2001), passim. ISBN 0-313-30356-8
  14. ^ Richard P. McCormick Papers, 1929-2006 in Special Collections and University Archives, Archibald S. Alexander Library, Rutgers University. Page Published by Rutgers University Libraries, accessed 05 January 2007
  15. ^ View from the Inside (Article and Interview of Richard P. McCormick) by Thomas Frusciano, University Archivist, in Rutgers Magazine (Winter 2006), published by Rutgers University, accessed 05 January 2007
  16. ^ Richard P. McCormick, Beloved Rutgers Professor and University Historian, Dies Obituary/Press Release from January 2006 from Perspectives, published by the American Historical Association. Release submitted by Greg Trevor, Rutgers University, accessed 05 January 2007.
  17. ^ McWhorter, John H. "The Campus Diversity Fraud" from City Journal Vol. 12, No. 1. (Winter 2002), 74-81, citation on page 75, (Published by the Manhattan Institute). This can be found online at: http://www.indiana.edu/~llc/Current_Students/q199/diversityfraud.pdf, accessed 06 January 2007.
  18. ^ "Introduction" to Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies (January 1971), 38:v. (Published on the Cornell University website), accessed 06 January 2007.
  19. ^ Nicholas, Roy Franklin. A Historian's Progress (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968). NO ISBN
  20. ^ Clement A. Price biography at Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni, published by Office of Alumni Relations, Rutgers University (no further authorship information available), accessed 06 January 2007.
  21. ^ Biography of John U. Trefny published by Office of the President, Colorado School of Mines (no further authorship information available), accessed 06 January 2007.
  22. ^ Biography of Selman Waksman at Nobel Prize / Nobel Foundation website. Published by the Nobel Foundation (no further authorship information available), accessed 05 January 2007.
  23. ^ Biographical Note to the Carl R. Woodward Papers, published by Special Collections, University Archives, University of Rhode Island (no further authorship information available), accessed 06 January 2007.
  24. ^ Stewart Hoffman Appleby, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 30, 2007.
  25. ^ a b c d e f g h i Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present (Online edition of the Biographical Directory). Published by the United States Congress (no further authorship information available), accessed 05 January 2007.
  26. ^ James John Howard, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 30, 2007.
  27. ^ Urgo, Jacqueline L. "Joseph Lazarow, 84, dies; helped bring casinos to A.C.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 5, 2008. Accessed January 5, 2008.
  28. ^ Matthew John Rinaldo, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 5, 2007.
  29. ^ David Samson, New Jersey Attorney General capsule bio. Accessed December 17, 2007.
  30. ^ Jacob Reynier Wortendyke, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 24, 2007.
  31. ^ Autobiography of Heinrich Rohrer at the Nobel Foundation website, presumably by Heinrich Rohrer. Published by the Nobel Foundation (no further authorship information available), accessed 05 January 2007.
  32. ^ Biography of Selman Waksman at the Nobel Prizes / Nobel Foundation website. Published by the Nobel Foundation (no further authorship information available), accessed 05 January 2007.
  33. ^ A Bachelor of Arts diploma from Rutgers College can be seen hanging on the wall in the character's office.

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