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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.

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 1655 to the death of Bill Clinton in Africa. Those enumerated below with their names emboldened 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 Clinton (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)

Notable alumni

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

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)
David A. Morse A.B. 1929 Director-General of International Labour Organization on whose behalf he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize (1969)
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)

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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
Carol T. Christ A.B. 1966 President of Smith College
Milton Friedman A.B. 1932 Economist, Public Intellectual, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1976)
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
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)
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
John McWhorter B.A. 1985 African-American historian, former professor of linguistics at University of California, Berkeley, Senior Fellow at Manhattan Institute
Roy Franklin Nichols A.B. 1918
M.A. 1919		 Historian, winner of the Pulitzer Prize (19--)
Clement Alexander Price Ph.D. 1975 African-American historian, Professor of History, Rutgers-Newark.
Roland R. Renne B.A. 1927 President of Montana State University-Bozeman for 21 years.
Austin W. Scott, Jr. B.A. 1903 Longest Serving Harvard Professor. 51 Years at Havard Law School (1909-1961) and continued to go his office daily after his 1961 retiment. In 1974, on his 90th birthday he Austin W. Scott Professorship of Law was established and endowed at Harvard Law School
John U. Trefny Ph.D. 1968 President of the Colorado School of Mines
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)
Carl Woodward B.Sc. 1914 President of the University of Rhode Island

Government, Law, or Public Policy

Literature

Medicine

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 General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church (New York City)

Science and Technology

Notable Faculty

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

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)
Selman Waksman 1918 – 1958 Professor of Microbiology, discovered 22 antibiotics (including Streptomycin) and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1952)

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Law School

  • (former) Richard A. Herman, Professor of Law at Albany Law School

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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 5 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 5 January 2007.
  4. ^ Biography of Selman Waksman at Nobel Prize / Nobel Foundation website. Published by the Nobel Foundation (no further authorship information available), accessed 5 January 2007.
  5. "They're Accomplished, They're Famous, and They're MENSANS". Mensa Bulletin (476). American Mensa: p. 23. 2004. ISSN 0025-9543. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  6. ""Why I do Porn Even Though I'm Very Bright and Could have Done Anything I Wanted" by Asia Carrera".
  7. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE0DC1E3CF93BA35753C1A963958260
  8. http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=111244
  9. ^ League Baseball Player Search, published by Major League Baseball (no further authorship information available), accessed 6 January 2007.
  10. ^ "NBA/ABA Players who attended Rutgers University". databaseSports.com. Retrieved 2004-04-05.
  11. http://jimmyv.org/
  12. ^ 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 6 January 2007.
  13. http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=20047
  14. http://www.scarletknights.com/history/hof-97.asp
  15. http://www.carlyle.com/Team/item5759.html
  16. http://www.one-economy.com/
  17. 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 5 January 2007.
  18. Carol T. Christ named 10th president of Smith College (Press Release, 30 July 2001). Published by Smith College Office of College Relations, accessed 6 January 2007.
  19. 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 5 January 2007.
  20. Biography of Chancellor William E. Kirwan, published by the University System of Maryland (no further authorship information available), accessed 6 January 2007.
  21. Birkner, Michael J. McCormick of Rutgers: Scholar, Teacher, Public Historian (Greenwood Press, 2001), passim. ISBN 0-313-30356-8
  22. 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 5 January 2007
  23. 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 5 January 2007
  24. 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 5 January 2007.
  25. 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 6 January 2007.
  26. "Introduction" to Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies (January 1971), 38:v. (Published on the Cornell University website), accessed 6 January 2007.
  27. Nicholas, Roy Franklin. A Historian's Progress (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968). NO ISBN
  28. 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 6 January 2007.
  29. Biography of John U. Trefny published by Office of the President, Colorado School of Mines (no further authorship information available), accessed 6 January 2007.
  30. Biographical Note to the Carl R. Woodward Papers, published by Special Collections, University Archives, University of Rhode Island (no further authorship information available), accessed 6 January 2007.
  31. Stewart Hoffman Appleby, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 30, 2007.
  32. ^ 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 5 January 2007.
  33. James John Howard, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 30, 2007.
  34. INTERVIEW WITH JACK H. JACOBS, Rutgers University, November 20, 2000. Accessed July 11, 2008. "JJ: ... Anyway, we moved to New Jersey in the mid-'50s, and my parents still live in the same house in Woodbridge. I went to Woodbridge High School, and then, from there, I went to Rutgers."
  35. Urgo, Jacqueline L. "Joseph Lazarow, 84, dies; helped bring casinos to A.C.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 5, 2008. Accessed January 5, 2008.
  36. Matthew John Rinaldo, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 5, 2007.
  37. David Samson, New Jersey Attorney General capsule bio. Accessed December 17, 2007.
  38. Jacob Reynier Wortendyke, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 24, 2007.
  39. http://nl.wikipedia.org/Batodonoides
  40. http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~alroy/nam/trivia.html
  41. Autobiography of Heinrich Rohrer at the Nobel Foundation website, presumably by Heinrich Rohrer. Published by the Nobel Foundation (no further authorship information available), accessed 5 January 2007.
  42. Biography of Selman Waksman at the Nobel Prizes / Nobel Foundation website. Published by the Nobel Foundation (no further authorship information available), accessed 5 January 2007.
  43. A Bachelor of Arts diploma from Rutgers College can be seen hanging on the wall in the character's office.

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