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RUTGERS, TFR STATE UNIVERSITY

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1973 •'iLlo.Kv^iV 5CJEt^jQi A L P H A B E T I C A L J U D E X ' MEP: of . DIVISION AND FACILITY NAMES of R U T G E R S - T H E S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y UP-DATED THROUGH 9-13-T^

Name Location

Ackerson Hall 180 University Avenue Newark N e w a r k S c h o o l o f L a w

Allison Road Busch Campus Piscataway

Archibald Stevens College Avenue and Huntington Sts. New Brunswick A l e x a n d e r L i b r a r y College Avenue Campus

Annitage Hall 311 North 5th Street Camden

Ballantine Building George Street, Queen's Campus New Brunswick

Bartholomew Road Busch Campus Piscataway

Bartlett Hall Lipman Drive, Cook Campus New Briinswick

B e c k H a l l Avenue E, Livingston Piscataway

B e i v e r H o u s i n g Bevier Road, Busch Campus Piscataway

Biel Road Cook Campus New Brunswick

Bishop House College Avenue New Brunswick College Avenue Campus

Blake Hall Greenhouse Lane, Cook Campus New Brunswick

B o w s e r R o a d Busch Campus Piscataway

Boyden Hall 195 University Avenue Newark

Boyden Greenhouse U n i v e r s i t y A v e n u e Newark

B r a d l e y H a l l 392 University Avenue Newark

Braun Animal Laboratory Rear of Waksman Institute Piscataway Busch Campus

Brett Hall Bishop Place, College Avenue Campus New Brunswick

Brett"Road B u s c h C a m p u s • * ' Piscataway

B r o w e r C o m m o n s College Avenue Campus New Brunswick

Name Location Cit:

Glenn L. Gardiner Hall Lobby of the Continuing Education New Br\mswick Center, Clifton Avenue, Douglass Campus

GeLhardt Dwelling Cook Campus New Brunswick

G i b b o n s C a b i n George Street, Douglass Campus New Brunswick

Hardenbergh Hall 615 George Street New Brunswick College Avenue Campus

Headlee•Research Part of John B« Smith Laboratories New Brunswick Laboratories Complex, Cook Campus

Hegeman Hall 600 George Street New Brunswick College Avenue Campus

Henderson Apartments Clifton Avenue and Ryders Lane New Brunswick (corner), Douglass Campus

College Farm Road, Cook Campus New Brunswick

Herrman Hall Ryders Lane, Cook Campus New Brunswick (Institute of jtfenagement and Labor Relations)

Hickman Hall George Street, Douglass Campus New Brunswick

Hill Hall 380 High Street Newaxk

H i l l C e n t e r f o r M a t h e m a t i c a l Frelinghuysen Road, Busch Campus Piscataway Sciences

W i l l i a m L . H u t c h i s o n Amwell Road East Millstone Memorial Forest

Jameson Dormitories Nichol Avenue and Suydam Street New Brunswick Douglass Campus

Johnson Apartments Davidson. Road, Busch Campus Piscataway

Alexander Johnston Hall Somerset Street and College Avenue New Brunswick Queen's Campus

Katzenbach Hall Clifton Avenue, Douglass Campus New Brunswick

J o y c e K i l m e r Wo o d s Busch Campus New Brunswick

K i r k p a t r i c k C h a p e l Queen's Campus New Brunswick

Leupp Hall The Quad, George Street and New Brunswick College Avenue, College Avenue Campus Name Location City

Lipman Hall Lipman Drive, Cook Campus New Brunswick *

Lipman Drive Cook Campus New Brunswick-

Lippincott Hall Dudley Road, Douglass Campus New Brunswick

Livingston College Pi scataway

Lbree Gymnasium Clifton Avenue, Douglass Campus New Brunswick

M c K i n n e y H a l l East on Avenue and Hamilton Street New Brunswick College Avenue Campus

McLean Research Part of John B..Smith laboratories New Brunswick Laboratories complex. Cook Campus

Marvin Apartments Marvin Lane, Busch Campus Piscat away

Marvin Tiane Busch Campus Piscataway

M e t t l e r H a l l 117 College Avenue New Brunswick

M i l l e d o l e r H a l l The Mall, Queen's Campus New Brunswick

M i l l e r H a l l lU College Avenue, New Brunswick (Formerly 12 College Avenue, Rear) College Avenue Campus o.

M o r r i s R o a d Busch Campus Piscataway

M u r r a y H a d l The Mall, Queen's Campus New Brunswick

Neilson Dining Hall Clifton Avenue, Douglass Campus New Brunswick

Nelson Biology Busch Campus Piscataway Laboratories

Newell Apartments Ryders Lane, Cook Campus New Brunswick

N i c h o l a s H a l l Douglass Campus New Brunswick

Olson Laboratories U n i v e r s i t y A v e n u e Newark

Osborne lane Busch Campus Piscataway

Payson Lane Busch Campus Piscataway

Mary Bogart Pell Hall George Street New Brunswick College Avenue Campus

B a i l e y B . P e p p e r George's Road (Located in John B. New Brunswick E n t o m o l o g y L i b r a r y Smith Laboratories), Cook Campus Name Location

P r e n t i s s S t r e e t Busch Campus

Q ^ e e n s B u i l d i n g Queen's Campus- New Brunswick

William Rieman Laboratory (Located in Wright Chemistry) Piscataway of Chemistry Busch Campus

Robeson Center 350 High Street Newark

Russell Apartments Bevier Road, Busch Campus Piscataway

S c h a n c k O b s e r v a t o r y Queen's Campus New Brunswick

Scott Hall k3 College Avenue, Queen's Campus New Brunswick

Silvers Apartments Brett Road, Busch Campus Piscataway

Frederic W. Smith Hall 101 Warren Street Newark

John B. Smith Laboratories George's Road, Cook Campus New Brunswick

Smitkers Hall (Center Busch Campus Piscataway f o r A l c o h o l i c S t u d i e s )

L u c y S t o n e H a l l Academic Building, Livingston Campus Piscataway

S t o n i e r H a l l 135 College Avenue New Brunswick College Avenue Campus

Strong Road Busch Campus Piscataway

Sutphen Road Busch Campus Piscataway

Ta y l o r R o a d Busch Campus Piscataway

Thompson Hall Cook Campus New Brunswick

Tillett Hall Livingston Campus Piscataway

T l n s l e y H a l l 113 College Avenue New Brunswick College Avenue Campus

Titsworth Place Busch Campus Piscataway

Upson Lane Busch Campus Piscataway

Vandermeulen Road Busch Campus—Perpendicular to and at Piscataway the end of Winchester, Morris and Strong Roads. Name Location

Va n I ) y c k H a l l The Mall, Queen's Campus

Van Nest Hall Queen's Campus

Voorhees Campus Queen's Campus (hounded by Hamilton New Brunswick Street, College Avenue, Seminary Place and George Street.)

Vo o r h e e s C h a p e l Chapel Drive, Douglass Campus New Brunswick

V o o r h e e s H a l l The Mall, Queen's Campus New Brunswick

Waksman Institute of Busch Campus Piscataway Microbiology at Rutgers University

W a l l e r H a l l Short Course Building, Cook Campus New Brunswick

W a l t e r s H a l l Douglass Campus New Brunswick

Welschman Dwelling Cook Campus New Brunswick

Wessells Memorial Hall The Quad, College Avenue Campus New Brunswick

W i l l e t s I n ﬁ r m a i y S u y d a m S t r e e t , D o u g l a s s C a m p u s New Brunswick

W ^ i n a n t s H a l l Queen's Campus

W i n c h e s t e r R o a d Busch Campus Piscataway

W o o d b u r y H a l l Dudley Road, Douglass Campus New Brunswick

Ralph G. Wright Laboratory Busch Campus Supplement to Alphabetical Index of Division and Facility Names of R u t g e r s - T h e S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y

Updated through 6/30/75

Name Location

Philip J, Levin Theatre F i n e ! A r t s C o m p l e x New Brunswick D o u g l a s s C o l l e g e

N i c h o l s A p a r t m e n t s Davidson Road Piscataway Busch Campus

Serin Physics Laboratories Frelinghuysen Road Piscataway Busch Campus #7214- HENRY E. ACKERSON JR

ACKERSON HALL

Erected 1965

Born Oct. 15, 1880, in Holmdel Township, N.J.; Died Dec. 9, 1970, at Holmdel, N.J.; attended

Packard School and Senftner Preparatory School in New York City; IL.B. (New York Law School, 1902), LL.D. (Rutgers University, 1953); ad mitted to New Jersey Bar, 1904; practiced law in Keyport, N.J.; Special Counsel to the Board

of Chosen Freeholders of Monmouth County;

Special Master in Chancery; Supreme Court Com

missioner; Director of the Jamesbxirg Home for

Boys; State Senator from Monmouth County, 1914-

1919; appointed Judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals, 1919; Circuit Court Judge, 1924-

47; New Jersey State Supreme Court Justice,

1948-52; General Chairman of the New Jersey

Law Center Development Committee; Trustee,

Rutgers University, 1955-70.

SOURCES: Trustee Files (Archives); Bench and Ba r o f N e w Je rse y (1 9 4 2 ) ALLISON ROAII JAMES BOYD ALLISON

Formerly Road U; in honor of Dr. James B. Allison, Professor' of Physiology and Biochemistry, 1927-I96U,

Approved by the Board of Governors, October 12, 1973.

Born Jan. 28, I9OI at Punxsutawney, Pa.; died Sept. 25, 19^h at New Brunswick, N.J.; B.S. (Pennsylvania State College,

1923); Ph.D. (Iowa State College, 1927); Joined Rutgers Uni versity as an instructor in Biochemistry, 1927; made Director,

Bureau of Biological Research, 19Ul^-196i|; member of N.Y.

Academy of Sciences (president, I961); received the Osborne and Mendel Award of the American Institute of Nutrition, I963.

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) #5107' ARCHIBALD STEVENS ALEXANDER

ARCHIBALD STEVENS ALEXANDER LIBRARY

Erected 1956

Born Oct. 28, 1906, at New York City; graduated Princeton University, 1928; LL.B. (Harvard Law

School, 1931); Member, Borough Council and Board of Education, Bernardsville, N.J.; Demo cratic candidate for United States Senate, 19^8 and 1952; President, Pree Europe Committee; State Treasurer of New Jersey, 195^-55; Assistant Secre tary and Undersecretary of the Army, 19^9-52;

Chairman, New Jersey United Negro College Fund; Member, New Jersey State Tax Commission, 1957;

Chairman, New Jersey Institutions and Agencies

Commission, 1958; Assistant Director of the

United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agen cy, 1965-69; Board of Governors, Rutgers Univer sity, 1956-75 (Vice-Chairman, 1956-59» 1965-71; Chairman, 1959-65, 1971-73).

SOURCES: Trustee Piles (Archives) #7036 ARTHUR E. ARMITAGE

A R M I TA G E H A L L

Erected 1968

Born Eeb. 27, 1891, at East Orange, N.J.; attended Gettysburg Academy and graduated from

Gettysburg College in 1914; Hon. LL.B. (South Jersey Law School, 1943); Registrar and Treasurer, College of South Jersey, 1926-41; President, College of South Jersey, 1941-50; Mayor of Col- lingswood, N.J.; appointed to the State Board of Education in 1949; General Secretary, Young Men's Christian Association, Camden, N.J.,

1913-43; Chairman, Advisory Board of Rutgers University, South Jersey Division.

SOURCES: Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey XT950, 1955) #5006 ROBERT P. BALLANTINE ^ ( D o n o r ) B A L M N T I N E B U I L D I N G (Originally Robert P. Ballantine Gymnasium)

Erected 189^

Born Jan. 5> 1856, at Albany, N.Y.; died Dec. 10,

1905; President, P. Ballantine and Sons (Brewers) of Newark, N.J.; Vice-President, Mutual Beneﬁt

Life Insurance Co. and Howard Savings Institution;

member. New York Chamber of Commerce; Director, Farmers* Loan and Trust Co. of New York; Trustee,

Rutgers College, 1876-1895.

SOURCES: Handbook; General F i l e s ( A r c h i v e s ) BAROHOLOMEW ROAD HARLAND BARTHOLOMEI^

Formerly Road 7» Busch Campus; in honor of Harland Bartholomew, Class of 1911, professional regional and city planner.

Approved by the Board of Governors, October 12, 1973.

Bom Sept. ik, I889 at Stoneham, Mass.; attended Rutgers College,

1907-10 (Class of 1911); Hon. C.E., D.Sc. (Rutgers University,

1922, 1952); city planner; professor of civic design. University

of Illinois; chairman. National Capital Planning Commission;

Hon. chairman. Board of Urban America; Trustee of the Planning

Foundation of America; adviser on preparation of city plans

and zoning ordinances for St. Louis, Washington, D.C., Williams

burg, Va., Pittsburgh, Louisville, Ky., Memphis, Tenn., New

Orleans, Cteaha, Neb., Minneapolis, Dallas, Los Angeles, Port

land, Vancouver, B.C.; author: Urban Land Uses; Land Uses In

American Cities, 1955.

SOURCES: Who*s Who In America, Vol. 36; 1970-1971. #6024 JOHN W. BARTLETT

BARTLETT HALL

Erected 1922

Born Aug. 1, 1891, at Granville, N.Y.; died Oct. 28, 1951, at New B3?unswick; B.A. (Univer

sity of Vermont, 1914), M.A. (Columbia Univer sity, 1928), Ph.D. (New York University, 1955); Extension Dairy Specialist, Rutgers College of

Agriculture, 1915-20; Field Secretary of the New Jersey Holstein Association, 1920-22; Head

of the Department of Dairy Science, Rutgers

College of Agriculture, 1922-51; pioneer in

cooperative artiﬁcial breeding of dairy cattle,

production of grass silage, and improvement of

pastures; established the Rutgers Dairy Research Farm in Sussex County, N.J., in 1952, the old

est such research installation in any college;

co-author of Selling Dairy Cattle for Proﬁt

(1958); recipient of awards from E.B. Voorhees Society and the State Milk Industry Association;

Cooperative Interbreed Cattle Assoc. established

a perpetual trophy in his name in 1952.

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) L E W I S C A L E B B E C K

L E W I S C A I E B B E C K H A L L

Erected 1969

Born Oct. 4, 1798, at Schenectady, N.Y.; died

Apr. 20, 1855; graduated from Union College,

1817; studied medicine and practiced in Sche nectady, 1818-20; Professor of Botany, Rensse laer Polytechnic, 1824-29; Professor of Botany and Chemistry, Vermont Academy of Medicine,

1826-52; Professor of Chemistry and Natural

Philosophy, Rutgers College, 1850-55; Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Albany Medical Col lege, 1841-55; appointed Mineralogist of New York State Geological Survey, 1857; publica tions include A Manual of Chemistry (1851) and

The Botany of the United States North of Vir ginia (1848).

SOURCES: General Catalogue; Faculty Files (Archives); Dictionary of American #3602-5725 L O U I S B E V I E R

BEVTER HOUSING

Born Apr. 22, 1857i at Marbletown, N.Y.; died

May 5? 1925? at New Brunswick, N.J.; A.B., A.M. (Rutgers College, 1878, 1881), Ph.D. (Johns

Hopkins University, 1881), LL.D. (Rutgers, 1908); postdoctoral study at the Universities of Leipsic and Bonn, 1881-82; attended American School of

Classical Studies at Athens, 1883; Instructor in

French, Adjunct Professor of Modern Languages,

Acting Professor of Latin, and Professor of Modern Languages, Rutgers College, 1883-95; Pro fessor of Greek Language and Literature, Rutgers,

1893-1912; Dean, Rutgers College, 1912-20; Secre tary of the Extension Department, 1892-190^;

Member, State Board of Education, 1901-1904; State Inspector of High Schools, 1904-09; pub lications include French Grammar, Brief Greek

Syntax, Olympieion at Athens, An Analysis of

Vowel Sounds.

SOURCES: Alumni Files (Archives); General BEVIER ROAD L O U I S B E V I E R

BUSCH. CAMPUS

Born Apr. 22, 1857, at MarBletown, N.Y.; died

May 5, 1925, at New Brunswick; A.B., A.M. (Rut gers College, 1878, 1881), Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University, 1881), LL.D. (Rutgers, 1908), post doctoral study at the Universities of Leipsic and Bonn, 1881-82; attended American School of

Classical Studies at Athens, 1883; Instructor

I in French, Adjunct Professor of Modern Languages,

Acting Professor of Latin, and Professor of Modern Languages, Rutgers College, 1883-93;

Professor of Greek Language and Literature,

Rutgers, 1893-1912; Dean, Rutgers College, 1912- 1920; Secretary of the Extension Department, 1892-1904; member. State Board of Education,

1901-04; State Inspector of High Schools, 1904-

1909; publications include French Grammar, Brief Greek Syntax, Olympieion at Athens, An

Analysis of Vowel Sounds.

SOURCES: Alumni Files (Archives); General Catalopnjie BIEL ROAD ERWIN EEINHOLD BIEL

Formerly, Road 10, Cook Campus, in honor of Dr. Erwin R. Biel, Professor of Meteorology, 1938-1963.

Approved hy the Board of Governors; Octoher 12, 1973.

Born Jan. 7, 1899 at Vienna, Austria; died Sept. it, 1973,

East Brunswick, N.J.; Ph.D. (University of Vienna, 1926);

visiting professor, Rutgers University, 1935-38; professor of meteorology, 1938-19it2; chairman. Department of Meteo

rology, Agricultural School, Rutgers University, 19it2-

1963; recipient, Rutgers* Lindback Foundation Award for

Distinguished Teaching, 1962; author of numerous scholarly

articles and publications; did study for U.S. Army on weather conditions in Asia and Europe.

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives); Who*s Who In America, 1951 #50^9 J A M E S B I S H O P

BISHOP HOUSE

Erected 1852

Born May 11, 1816, at New Brunswick, N.J.; died

May 10, 1895, near Morristown, N.J.; attended

Spaulding School and Rutgers College Preparatory School in New Brunswick; engaged in mercantile pursuits in New Brunswick; prominent in the rubber trade in New York City; New Jersey As

sembly, 18^9-50; Whig member of the United States Congress, 1855-57; unsuccessful candi

date for re-election in 1856; Chief, New Jersey

Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1878-95-

SOURCES: Biographical Directory of the American Congress #6005 M A U R I C E A D I N B L A K E

B L A K E H A L L

Erected 1958

Born Dec. 1, 1882, at Millis, Mass.; died Dec. 14,

1947, at New Brunsv;ick; B.S. (Massachusetts Agri cultural College, 1904), Hon. M.S. (Rutgers Uni

versity, 1951); Assistant Horticulturist at Rhode Island Experiment Station, 1904-05; Instructor in

Horticulture, Massachusetts Agricultural College,

1905-O6; Horticulturist, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, 1906-11; Ass6ciate Professor of Horticulture, Rutgers College of Agriculture,

1911-13; Professor of Horticulture, Rutgers,

l915-^-i-7; became Head of the Division of Horti

culture, 1921; State Leader of Agricultural

Agents, 1918-21; President, American Society for Horticultural Science, 1916; President, New Jer

sey Horticultural Society, 1919-20; Editor, Horticultural Society News; credited with the

development of more than thirty named varieties

of peaches.

SOURCES: Paculty Piles (Archives) ! BOWSER RO^ EDWARD A. BOWSER

Formerly Road 5» Busch Campus; in honor of Edward A. Bowser, Professor of Mathematics and Engineering,. 1871-190^^.

Approved hy the Board of Governors, October 12, 1973.

Born in Nova Scotia; died in Honolulu.in 1910; one of the

ﬁrst men to receive the Bachelor of Science degree from

Rutgers in l868; became tutor in mathematics and engin

eering; in 1870 became adjunct professor; in I87I be came professor; received the degree of M.Sc. in I87I, of

C.E. in 1873, and of LL.D. in 1905 from Rutgers, and the degree of LL.D. from Lafayette in I88I; tau^t for nearly

a generation; took a leave of absence and traveled widely;

from 1905 until his death he was emeritus professor; con nected with the United States Coast Survey at Washington;

in charge of the actual survey to establish the boundary between the states of New Jersey and New York; one of

Rutgers great mathematics teachers.

SOURCES: A History of Rutgers College, I766-I92U, by William H. S. Demarest, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 192k, #7217 SETH BOYDEN

SETH BOYDEN HALL

Erected 1967

Born Nov. 17, 1788, at Foxborough, Mass.; died

Mar. $1, 1870, at Hilton, N.J.; inventor and

manufacturer; according to Thomas A. Edison, "one of America's greatest inventors;" estab

lished the ﬁrst factory in America for the

production of "patent" leather, 1819; discovered the process for producing malleable cast-iron,

1826; after 1857? Boyden built locomotives and

stationary steam engines, making the ﬁrst ap

plication of "cut-off" governing; developed a

furnace grate bar which is still in use in the

"American Process"; other accomplishments in

clude a process for manufacturing "Russia"

sheet iron, the Hilton strawberry, a hat-form

ing machine, a gold-like alloy (oroide), a treatise on atmospheric electricity (1868), and

the ﬁrst daguerreotype in the United States.

SOURCES: Dictionary of American Biography #722^ SETH BOYDEN

BOYDEN GREENHOUSE

Erected 196?

Born Nov. 17, 1788, at Poxborough, Mass.; died

Mar. 51, 1870, at Hilton, N.J.; inventor and

manufacturer; according to Thomas A. Edison,

"one of America's greatest inventors;" estab

lished the ﬁrst factory in America for the

production of "patent" leather, 1819; discovered the process for producing malleable cast-iron,

1826; after 1857, Boyden built locomotives and

stationary steam engines, making the ﬁrst ap

plication of "cut-off" governing; developed a furnace grate bar which is still in use in the

"American Process"; other accomplishments in

clude a process for manufacturing "Russia" sheet iron, the Hilton strawberry, a hat-forming

machine, a gold-like alloy (oroide), a treatise on atmospheric electricity (1868), and the

ﬁrst daguerreotype in the United States.

SOURCES: Dictionary of American #7250 JOSEPH P. BRADLEY

JOSEPH P. BRADLEY BUILDING

Acquired 1971

Born Mar. 14, 1815, at Berne, N.Y.; died Jan. 22,

1892; graduated from Rutgers College, 1856; ad mitted to New Jersey Bar, 1859; patent, commer

cial, and corporation lawyer; ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1862; New Jersey Republican Elec tor, 1868; appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1870 by President Grant; appointed to the

Electoral Commission established by Congress in

1877 to resolve the disputed election of 1875 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden;

his vote for Hayes determined the outcome; im

portant Supreme Court cases decided during

Bradley's twenty-two years on the Court include: Knox vs. Lee, Slaughter House Cases (dissenting).

Transportation Company vs. Parkersburg, Brown

vs. Houston, Boyd vs. United States, Ex Parte

Siebold, and the Civil Rights Cases; Rutgers

Trustee, 1858-1892.

SOURCES: Dictionary of American Biography #5065 PHILIP MILLEDOLER BRETT

BRETT HALL

Erected 1962

Born Peb. 17, 1871, at Newark, N.J.; died Jul. 5,

I960; A.B. (Rutgers College, 1892), Uj.B. (New York Law School, 189^), Hon. LL.D. (Rutgers Uni versity, 1931 and Lafayette University, 19^2); attorney; Trustee, Rutgers University, 1906-56; Acting President, Rutgers University, Nov. 1930- Mar. 1932; Phi Beta Kappa; member, New York

Historical Society, the Society of Colonial Wars,

Sons of the Revolution; President, University

Club of New York; grandson of Rev. Philip Mille- doler, Rutgers President, 1825-^0.

SOURCES: President Files (Archives) BRETT ROAD PHILIP MTLLEDQIiER BRETT

Busch Campus

Formerly Road 6, Busch Campus; in honor of Philip M. Brett., longtime Trustee (50 years) and Acting President, 1930-1932.

Approved hy the Board of Governors, Octoher 12, 19T3.

Born Feb. IT, 18T1, at Newark, N.J.; died July 2, I96O

at New York City; B.A. (Rutgers College, I892); LL.B.

(New York Law School, 189^+); Hon. LL.D. (Rutgers University,

I93I; Lafayette College, 19^2); great-great grandson of

the Rev. Philip Milledoler (President of Rutgers College

from I825-I8U0); grandson of the Rev. Philip Milledoler

Brett (Rutgers College, Class of I83U); elected Life

Trustee of Rutgers College, 1907-1956; Acting President

of Rutgers University, 1930-1932; prominent New York cor

porate attorney; one .of the founders of the University

Glee Club of N.Y.; President of the University Club, N.Y.;

member of the N.Y. Historical Society, the St. Nicholas

Society, the Society of Colonial Wars, and the Sons of the

Revolution.

if. SOURCES; Alumni Files (Archives). CHARLES HENDRICKSON BROWER

BROWER COMMONS

Formerly, University Commons, College Avenue; in honor of Charles H. Brover, distinguished Alumnus, Trustee, and Governor of Rutgers, The State University.

Approved hy the Board of Governors, July 12, 197^.

Born Nov. 13, 1901 at Asbury Park, N.J.; B.S., Hon. LL.D.

(Rutgers University, 1925; 1966); Hon. L.H.D. (Pace College,

196^; Hon. LL.D. (Monmouth College, I96T); advertising

executive with Batten, Barton, Durstine, Osborn, N.Y.C.,

I925-I97I (chairman of the Board, I96U-71); alumni Trustee

of Rutgers, 19^6; elected life Trustee of Rutgers, The State

University, 1952; Governor of Rutgers, The State University,

1963; (chairman of the Board, 1965-1971); member of the Uni v e r s i t y C l u b , N . Y. C .

SOURCES: Who's Who in America, Vol. 1. (1972-1973) BUSCH CAMPUS C H A R L E S L . B U S C H

Born in 1905 at New York City; died Peb. 10,

19719 at Edgewater, N.J.; left the University a bequest amounting to about $10 million, the largest gift in Rutgers' history, "for the furtherance of research work carried on by the Institute of Microbiology and the Bureau of Biological Research or for research in any similar or related medical ﬁeld in which

R u t g e r s m a y b e e n g a g e d . " T h e r e i s n o k n o w n connection between Busch and Rutgers.

S O U R C E S : R u t g e r s N e w s S e r v i c e #5121 WILLIAM HENRY CAMPBELL

CAMPBEIili HALI,

Erected 1956

Born Sept. 1^, 1808, at Baltimore, Md.; died

Dec. 7? 1890; graduated from Dickinson College,

1828; attended Princeton Theological Seminary one year; Pastor, Chittenango, N.Y., 1851-35;

Principal, Erasmus Hall, Plathush, N.Y., 1835-59; Pastor, East New York (1859-^1)i Third Reformed Church, Albany, N.Y. (18^1-^8); Principal, Albany

Academy, 18^8-51; elected Professor of Biblical

Literature, New Brunswick Theological Seminary,

1851; served gratuitously as Professor of Belles-

Lettres, Rutgers College, 1851-65; President,

Rutgers College, 1865-82; founder of Suydam Street Reformed Church, New Brunswick, 1885-90.

SOURCES: General Catalopni' Demarest, A Hist or: o f R u t g e r s C o l l e i #8312 MR. AND MRS. EDWIN R. OAEPENDER

CARPENDER BUILDING

Erected 1880 (Acquired 19^6)

Home of Edwin R. and Elovine Carpender; Edwin

Carpender (died Oct., 1965) was the nephew of John N. Carpender—original owner of College

Hall; Elovine Carpender (died Oct. 13, 1968) was one of the founders of the Urban League in New Brunswick and the ﬁrst woman member of the Federal Housing Authority; prominent among Republican women in New Jersey and was elected a delegate to the convention for the repeal of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Con

stitution; the building was occupied in October,

1 9 ^ 8 , f o r f a c u l t y o f ﬁ c e s .

SOURCES; Historical Information Pile, Ofﬁce of Assistant Dean, Douglass College ROBERT CLARKSON CLOTHIER

CLOTHIER HALL

Erected 1965

Born Jan. 8, 1885, at Philadelphia, Pa.; died Mar. 18, 1970; Litt.B. (Princeton University, 1908), LL.D. (Princeton and University of Pitts burgh, 1952; Tusculum and Dickinson, 1955; Hew York University, 1955); Litt.D. (Temple Univer

sity, 195^), LL.D. (University of Delaware, 1951; New York University, 1951; Rutgers University,

1952); Reporter for the Wall Street Journal; Personnel Manager, Curtis Publishing Co.; War

Department's Committee on Classiﬁcation of Per sonnel during World War I; Vice-President, The

Scott Co.; Assistant Headmaster and Acting Head

master, Haverford School, 1925-29; Dean of Men,

University of Pittsburgh, 1929-1952; President,

Rutgers University, 1952-51; President Emeritus,

1951-70; Member, Commission of Higher Education,

1940-4-8; President, Middle States Association,

1954-55; President, New Jersey Constitutional

Convention, 19^1-7.

SOURCES: President Piles (Archives) #7218 FRANKLIN CONKLIN JR

FRANKLIN CONKLIN HALL

Erected 196?

Born Jun. 25, 1886, at New York; died Jul. 28,

1956, at Newark, N.J.; attended Princeton Uni versity, 1905-0^; Vice-President and President of Flood and Conklin Manufacturing Co.; member and past President, Essex County Park Commission;

Vice-President, Board of Trustees of Newark Aca demy; President, Board of Newark Institute of Arts and Sciences; President, Newark Museum,

19^3-6^; Founder, ﬁrst President and later President of the Board of Newark University; became Rutgers Trustee and member of its Exe

cutive Committee when the university was in

corporated into Rutgers University; elected to life membership on Newark Colleges Council of

R u t g e r s i n 1 9 5 6 .

SOURCES: Trustee Files (Archives) COOK COLLEGE GEORGE HAMMELL COOK

Created 1971 (Opened 1975)

Born Jan. 1818, at Hanover, N.J.; died

Sept. 22, 1889; C.E. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1859), B.N.S. (Rensselaer Polytech nic, 1840), M.S. (Rensselaer, 1846), LL.D. (Union College, 1865); Tutor, Adjunct Profes sor, Professor of Natural Science, Rensselaer

Polytechnic, 1859-46; Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, Albany Academy, 1848-

51; Principal, Albany Academy, 1851-55; appointed to Chair of Chemistry and Natural Science, Rut

gers College, 1855; Assistant State Geologist,

1854-55; State Geologist, 1864-89; instrumental in having Morrill Land Grant Agricultural Col

lege attached to Rutgers; Vice-President, Rut

gers, 1864-89; member, Executive Board of State Board of Agriculture; Director of New Jersey

Agricultural Experiment Station, 1880-89; pub lications include Geology of New Jersey (1872).

SOURCES: Dictionary of American General Catalogue #8515 JACOB COOPER

COOPER DINING HALL Erected around 1870 (acquired 1918)

Born Dec. 7» 1850, in Butler Co., Ohio; died Jan. 51, 1904; A.B., A.M. (Yale College, 1852, 1855), Ph.D. (University of Berlin, 1854), D.C.L. (University of Jena, 1875), S.T.D. (Col umbia University, 1874), LL.D. (Tulane Univer sity, 1895); Professor of Greek, Centre College,

Kentucky, 1855-66; Chaplain, Union Army, 1862-

65; Editor, Danville Quarterly; Professor of the Greek Language and Literature, Rutgers Col lege, 1866-95; Collegiate Church Professor of

Logic and Mental Philosophy, Rutgers, 1895-1904; publications include Eleusinian Mysteries, The Loyalty Demanded by the Present Crisis (1862), and biographies of George Dufﬁeld, T.D. Wool- sey, and William Preston Johnson.

SOURCES: Handbook; Faculty Piles (Archives) COOPER LANE J A C O B C . C O O P E R

BUSCH CAMPUS

Born Dec. 7, 1830, in Butler Co., Ohio; died Jan. 31, 190^; A.B., A.M. (Yale College, 1832,

1853), Ph.D. (University of Berlin, 183^), D.C.L. (University of Jena, 1873), S.T.D. (Columbia University, 187^), LL.D. (Tulane

University, 1893); Professor of Greek, Centre

f College, Kentucky, 1833-66; Chaplain, Union

Army, 1862-63; Editor, Danville Quarterly; Professor of the Greek Language and Literature,

Rutgers College, 1866-93; Collegiate Church Professor of Logic and Mental Philosophy,

Rutgers, 1893-190^; publications include Eleusinian Mysteries, The Loyalty Demanded by the Present Crisis (1862), and biographies of

George Dufﬁeld, T.D. Woolsey, William Preston

Johnson.

SOURCES: Handbook; Faculty Files (Archives) #7200 RICHARD D. CURRIER

RICHAED D. CURRIER BUILDING

Erected 19^6

Born Aug. 25, 1877, at Bridgeport, Conn.; died Jun. 2, 19^7, at Montclair, N.J.; B.A. (Yale

University, 1900), attended Boston University Law School (1900-01), LL.B. (New York Law

School, 1902); admitted to the New York Bar,

1902; founded New Jersey Law School, Newark,

N.J., 1908; President, New Jersey Law School, 1908-3^; President, Stoneleigh College, Rye, New Hampshire, 195^-^2; founder of the New

Jersey Law School Press; co-author of Cases of Torts (191^) and author of Negotiable In struments (1922).

SOURCES: The National Cyclopaedia of American #83^0 MARGARET T. CORWIN

CORWIN LODGE

Erected 192^

Born Nov. 29, 1889, at Philadelphia, Pa.; A.B. (Bryn Mawr College, 1912), Hon. A.M. (Yale Uni versity, 195^), LL.D. (Rutgers University, 19^5), Doc. of Letters (Beaver College, 19^7); Executive Secretary, Yale University Graduate

School, 1919-5^; Dean, New Jersey College for

Women, 195^-55; Emeritus, 1955- » President, Middle States Association of Colleges and

Secondary Schools, 19^6-47-

SOURCES: Archives; Historical Data on Douglass College #7219 JOHN COTTON DANA

JOHN COTTON DANA LIBRARY

Erected 195?

Born Aug. 19, 1856, at Woodstock, Ver.; died

Jul. 21, 1929, at New York City; graduated from

Dartmouth College, 1878; studied law in Wood stock, 1878-80; admitted to New York Bar, 1885; Librarian, Denver, Colorado, Public Library, 1889; Librarian, City Library, Springﬁeld, Mass., 1898; appointed Librarian, Public Library of

Newark, N.J., 1902; helped to found the Newark Museum Association, 1909; President, American

Library Association, 1895; publications include Library Primer (1896) and Libraries; Addresses and Essays (19I6).

SOURCES: Dictionary of American GABRIEL DAVIDSON

DAVIDSON RESIDENCE HAXLS c

Erected 1961

Born Jan. 25, 1879, at New York City; attended

City College of New York; LL.B. (New York Law School, 1900), LL.M. (New York University, 1901);

practiced law, 1901-0?; appointed Assistant Mana ger (1907) and General Manager (1917) ot the

Jewish Agricultural Society; member. Bureau of

Farm Information of New York State, National com

mission on Prisons and Prison Labor, American

Country Life Association, American Jewish His torical Society, lOBB, and the Free Sons of

Israel; Davidson Residence Halls named for Davidson Road which passes through land pur

chased by Davidson in 1929 as an agricultural

settlement for Jewish farmers.

SOURCES: Biographical Encyclopaedia of American J e w s C i g j ? ) ^ #8522 MARGARET BROUWER DAVISON

DAVISON HALL

Erected 1965

Born Sept. 11, 188^, at Flushing, N.Y.; died

Apr. 50, 1965, at Englewood, N.J.; active in

Englewood affairs; member. First Presbyterian

Church; member. Board of Pensions of the Pres byterian Church of the U.S.A.; Institute for the Crippled and Disabled, New York City; a benefactor of the College; bequeathed one quarter of the residue of her estate to Rut g e r s f o r u s e b y D o u g l a s s C o l l e g e a s p a r t o f its general endowment.

SOURCES: Historical Information File, Ofﬁce of Assistant Dean, Douglass College #5060 W I L L I A M H E M Y S T E E L E D E M A R E S T

DEMAREST HALL

Erected 1950

Born May 12, 1865, at Hudson, N.Y.; died Jun, 23,

1956; A.B. (Rutgers College, 1883), A^M. (Rutgers, 1886), graduated New Brunswick Theological Semi nary, 1888, D.D. (Rutgers, 1901 and University of New York, 1916), LL.D. (Coliimbia University, 1910;

Union College, 1911; University of Pittsburgh,

1912); Pastor, Reformed Churches of Walden, N.Y. (1888-97), Catskill, N.Y. (1897-1901); elected Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church

Government, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, 1901; President, Rutgers College, 1906-1925 (Act ing President 1905-06; elected Eeb. 1906); Trustee,

Rutgers, 1899-19^7 (Emeritus 19^7-56); President, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, 1925-35 (Emeri tus 1955-56); President of the Genei'al Synod of the Reformed Church in America, 1909; Rutgers

University Award, 1956.

SOURCES: General Catalogue; Archives #5110' 'siMEON DE WITT

D E W I T T H A L L

Acquired 1950

Born Dec. 25, 1756, at Waswarsing, N.Y.; died Dec. 185^, at Ithaca, N.Y.; A.B. (Queen's College, 1776), A.M. (Queen's College, 1782);

Assistant Topographer of the Continental Army,

1778-1780; Chief of the Topographical Staff of the Continental Army, 1780-85; Surveyor General

of New York State, 178^-185^; Regent of the

University of the State of New York, 1798-1817;

Vice-Chancellor, 1817-29; Chancellor, 1829-5^.

SOURCES: Handbook #5572 THEODORE SANDFORD DOOLITTLE

D O O L I T T I i E B U I L D I N G

Erected 1962

Born Nov. 50, 1855, at Ovid, N.Y.; died Apr. 19,

1895; A.B., A.M. (Rutgers College, 1859, 1862), D.D. (Wesleyan University, 1872), LL.D. (Union,

1891); clergyman, R.C.A. New Brunswick Seminary,

1862; Collegiate Church Professor of Rhetoric,

Logic and Mental Philosophy, Rutgers College,

186^-95; Vice-President, Rutgers College, 1890-

95; Acting President, 1890-91; Associate Editor of "Christian At Work", 1875-95. #8515 MABEL SMITH DOUGLASS

D O U G I j A S S l i b r a r y

Erected 1961

Born Feb. 11, 1877» at Jersey City, N.J.; died

Sept. 21, 1953; A.B. (Barnard College, 1899), Litt.D. (Rutgers University, 192A), LL.D.

(Russell Sage College, 1932); public school

teacher. New York City, 1899-1902; instrumental in founding New Jersey College for Women in

1918; served as the college's ﬁrst Dean, 1918-

^ 1 9 3 3 ; V i c e - P r e s i d e n t , A s s o c i a t i o n o f C o l l e g e s and Secondary Schools in the Middle States and

Maryland, 1931; member. New Jersey State Board of Education; awarded the University Medal of

Columbia University in recognition of her work

in creating a college for women in New Jersey,

1931; named Ofﬁciere d'Academie by the French

Government, 1932; the name of New Jersey Col

lege for Women was changed to Douglass College

April 16, 1953» in honor of Mabel Smith Douglass.

SOURCES: Historical Data on Douglass College; F a c u l t y F i l e s ( . A r c h i v e s ) DUDLEY ROAD T H O M A S H . D U D L E Y

C O L L E G E O P A G R I C U LT U R E A N D ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Born Oct. 9? 1819, in Evesham Township, N.J.; died in 1895; admitted to the New Jersey Bar,

18^5; delegate to the Republican National Con vention, 1860; Consul to Paris, 1861; Consul to Liverpool, 1861-72; President of the Pitts burgh, Titusville and Buffalo Railroad Company; President, New Jersey Mining Company; member. Board of Visitors, New Jersey Agricultural

College, 1876; Board of Managers, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, 1880-84, 1888-

1895.

SOURCES: Woodward and Waller, New Jersey's Agricultural Experiment Station, 1880-1950; Biographical Encyclopedia of New Jersey JS'7202 CHARLES W. ENGELHARD, JR

ENGELHARD HALL

Erected 1973

Born Feb. 15» 1917» at New York City; died Mar. 3, 1971» at

Boca Grande, Fla.; son of Charles W. Engelhard, founder of the Engelhard industrial complex; graduated from Princeton

University, 1939» served in the Army Air Corps as a bomber pilot during World War II; Chairman, Engelhard Minerals and Chemicals Corporation; President, The Newark Museiom,

I96U-7O; Vice-President, Greater Newark Development

Council; Commissioner, Port of New York Authority; member.

New Jersey Citizen's Committee for Higher Education; do nated $1.25 million to Rutgers University.

SOURCES: Rutgers News Service; New York Times, March 3, 1971, ^^6:1 FITCH ROAD F R E D E R I C K F I T C H

Formerly Road 8, Busch Campus; in honor of Frederick Fitch, longtime coach of Lacrosse.

Approved by the Board of Governors, October 12, 1973.

Born Sept. 15, 1900 on Fishers Island, N.Y.; B.S.

(Syracuse University, 192^1); Lacrosse coach at Rutgers

University, 1926-1950; assistant director. State Home for Boys, Jamesburg, 1936-38; Director of State Home for Boys, Jamesburg, 1939-1956; Director of a Special

Unit, State Training School at Manchester, N.H., 1956-

1965; coached Lacrosse at Yale University, I965-I968.

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) #5018 JOHN HOWARD FORD (Donor) PORD HALL

Erected 1915

Born Dec. 10, 18559 at New Brunswick; died Mar. 2,

191^; attended Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass.; Princeton, 1875-7^; Cornell, 1874-75; Col umbia Law School; rancher in Wyoming and Montana; member of Wyoming Legislature, 1884-86; President,

Meyer Rubber Co.; Director, United States Rubber

Co.; Director, New York Mutual Gas Light Co.;

Trustee, American Sxirety Co. of New York; Trustee,

Rutgers College, 1912-14; made numerous gifts to

R u t g e r s f o r p u r c h a s e s o f p r o p e r t i e s .

SOURCES: General Catalogue; Trustee Files (Archivesl #3117 THEODORUS JACOBUS RRELINGHUYSEN

FRELINGHUYSEN HALL

Erected 1956

Born in 1691 at Lingen on the Elms, Germany;

died c. 1748; Reformed Dutch clergyman; licensed in 1717 by the Classis of Emden; Chaplain at the

Logumer Voorwerk in East Friesland, and Subrector

at Enkhuizen on the Zuiderzee in West Friesland,

17I8; became pastor of congregations at Raritan, New Brunswick, Six-Mile Run, Three-Mile Run,

^ and North Branch in the Raritan Valley in New

Jersey, 1720; prominent ﬁgure of the Great Awakening in the middle colonies; early advocate of the establishment of a college and theologi

cal seminary; exact date of death and location

of grave unknown.

SOURCES: Dictionary of American PRELINGHUYSEN ROAD THEODORE P. PRELINGHUYSEN

BUSCH CAMPUS

Born Mar. 28, 178?» at Pranklin Township, N.J.; died Apr. 12, 1861; attended Grammar School of

Queens College and Academy at Basking Ridge; graduated from Princeton College (180^); prac ticed law at Newark, N.J.; Attorney-General of New Jersey, 1817-29; United States Senator,

1829-55; Chancellor of the University of the

City of New York, 1859-50; President, Rutgers

College, 1850-61; nominated for Vice-president of the United States by the Whig Convention of

IQ^.

SOURCES: Handbook; General Catalogue #6109 GIMW L. GABDINER

GLEM L. GARDINER MANAGEMENT EDUCATION CENTER (Originally intended to be the name of the Management Education wing of the building for the Institute of Management and Labor Relations; but subsequently changed with the consent of the Gardiner family to be the name of the lobby in the Continuing Education Center.)

Born Jun. 6, I896, at Edgerton, Wis.; died Aug. 8, 1962, at Paterson, N.J.; B.A. (University of Wisconsin, 1917);

joined the Forstmann Woolen Company in 1927 as a man

aging executive; author and supervisor of University of

Wisconsin extension courses in "Foremanship" and

"Factory Management"; edited "Management Information", beginning in 1926; author of more than thirty books on

foremanship and management; Vice-President of the Amer

ican Management Association; President, New Jersey Chamber

of Commerce; District Director, War Manpower Commission

for New Jersey during World War II; awards include

Gilbreth Medal of the Society for the Advancement of

Management, 19^2; Award of Merit of the New York Personnel

Management Association, 19^9; Freedoms Foundation Medal.

SOURCES: W. S. Myers, Story of New Jersey (Vol. IV); New York Times, Aug. 8, 1962, 31:1 #6094 EREDERICK GEBHARDT JR

GEBHARDT DWELLING

Acquired 1925

Frederick Gebhardt Jr. sold 51 acres to the Char ter Realty Corporation (a group of college trustees

organized to obtain property for the College of

Agriculture) in 1925; title transferred to the

state in 1926.

SOURCES: Woodward and Waller, New Jersey's Agricultural Experiment Station, 1880- 1930 #8570 T H O M A S G I B B O N S gibbons' cabin

Erected 192?

Born Dec. 15» 1757? at Savannah, Ga.; died

May 16, 1826, at New York City; lawyer, poli tician, steamboat operator; purchased summer residence in Elizabethtown, N.J., 1810; began running steam ferries between Elizabethtown Point and New York City in 1818, and later from New Brunswick to New York City, disre garding the New York monopoly grant of such trafﬁc held by Aaron Ogden; this led to the famous U.S. Supreme Court case. Gibbons vs.

Ogden (182^), in which Chief Justice John

Marshall upheld national supremacy in the regu lation of interstate commerce; the land now known as "Gibbons Campus" was given to the col lege by James Neilson, who was responsible for its being named "Gibbons"; it was probably originally ovmed by Gibbons in connection with his ferry service between Elizabethtown Point and New Brunswick begun in 1817.

SOURCES: Dictionaiy of American Biography; Historical Data on Douglass College #5119 JACOB RUTSEN HARDENBERGH

HARDENBERGH HALL

Erected 1956

Born Feb. 22, 1756, at Rosendale, N.Y.; died Oct. 30, 1790; attended Kingston Academy; com pleted theological training with John Freling- huysen at Raritan, N.J.; ordained in 1758; A.M. (Princeton, 1770), D.D. (Princeton, 1771)» S.T.D. (Columbia, 1789); Pastor at Raritan,

1758-81; Pastor at Marbletown, Rochester and

Wawarsing, 1781-85; Member of New Jersey's Provincial Congress, 1776; Member of New

Jersey's General Assembly; President of Queen's

College, 1785-90; Trustee, 1767-90; Secretary of Board of Trustees, 17?-1782; Presided at

ﬁrst Commencement, 177^-

SOURCES: General Ca* ; Demarest, A His tor: of Rutgers j5'6120 THOMAS JEFFERSON HEADLEE

HEADLEE RESEARCH LABORATORIES

In honor of Thomas J. Headlee, the second chairman of the Entomology Department.

Approved "by the Board of Governors, October 12, 19T3.

Born in 1877# died in 191+6; succeeded Dr. John B. Smith at

Rutgers in 1912 until his retirement in 191^3; outstanding accomplishments in Economic Entomology and in the practical aspects of mosquito control; gained "world-wide recognition for New Jersey and Rutgers by creating through the State and County organizations to control mosquitoes, especially the salt marsh mosquito, because the New Jersey seashore recreational industry was made possible; enlarged the teaching of Entomology at Rutgers and provided both a background in the ﬁeld for undergraduates and training of many economic entomologists at the graduate level.

SOURCES: Personal data sheet #5051 JOHN ROGERS HEGEMAN

JOHN ROGERS HEGEMAN HALL

Erected 1926

Born Apr. 18, 18^2, at Brooklyn, N.Y.; died

Apr. 6, 1919; attended Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, New York; President, Metropolitan Life Insiirance Company, 1891-1919; Rutgers re

ceived $150,000 from the Hegeman estate in

192^.

SOURCES: Targuro, January 8, 192^. F R A N K G . H E LYA R

HELYAR HOUSE

Erected 1968

Born Feb, 6, 1885» at Boston, Mass.; died Apr, 15$

1965, at New Brunswick; B.Sc, (University of Ver mont, 1905), Hon. Litt.D, (Rutgers University, 19^8); Agricultural Director, Mount Hermon, Mass,, Boys School, 1906-10; established New York State School of Agriculture at Morrisville; appointed Director of Short Courses, Rutgers College of

Agriculture, 1917; named Professor of Animal Hus bandry, 1919; Director of Resident Instruction, 1929; retired from Rutgers, 1955; cited by the State Board of Agriculture and the Cooperative

Inter-Breed Cattle Association of New Jersey,

19^9; also cited by the New Jersey State Grange and the E. B. Voorhees Agricultural Society,

1952; Frank G, Helyar Woods, on the campus of the College of Agriculture, named in his honor in 1961.

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) #81t2lt-81t26 ALFRED REID HENDERSON

.# ■ HENDERSON APARTMENTS

Apartments at the corner of Clifton Avenue and Ryders Laue; in honor of Mr. Alfred Reid Henderson, the ﬁrst Bursar of the New Jersey College for Women (1921-38).

Approved "by the Board of Governors, June lU, 197^.

Born Dec..'11, l88U at Jersey City; died Dec., 195^; began work in 1901 for Erie Railroad; studied engineering through correspondence courses; passed Civil Engineer. Examinations for E.J.; Joined staff of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad in 1909; personal assistant to Leonor F. Loree, President of D&H Railroad; supervised building and landscaping Loree estate, "Bowood" (later the Cartaret School for Boys, South

Orange, N.J.); spent summers of 1918, 1919# and 1920 on loan to N.J. College for Women to help in its establishment; ﬁrst

Bursar of N.J. College for Women, 1921-1938; instrumental in the construction of many of the ﬁrst buildings at N.J.

College for Women, especially the "packing box" gym and the

Gibbons dormitories at a time when there were no roads or utilities stretching to that end of New Brunswick.

SOURCES: From Booklet ''There Walked a Kindly Man" written b y h i s w i f e A l i n e : M a y 1 , 1 9 5 5 . (Original copy of 15 page document in Do\iglass B u s i n e s s O f ﬁ c e . ) # 6 1 0 9 W I S M . H E R R M A N

HERRMAN HALL (Institute of Management and Labor Relations)

Erected 1962

Born in Rumania; came to the United States in

1895; died Feb. 14, 1965; labor leader, publisher, and state assemblyman; Editor and Publisher of

New Jersey Labor Herald, a monthly A.F. of L. publication; New Jersey State Representative of the International Typographical Union for t w e n t y y e a r s ; D i r e c t o r o f P u b l i c R e l a t i o n s f o r New Jersey A.F.L.-C.I.O.; Secretary-Treasurer of the International Labor Press; former Secre tary and Treasurer of the Eastern Labor Press

Conference; former President of the Union Printers League of New Jersey; three-term

New Jersey Assemblyman from Essex County; In troduced the bill which led to the establish ment of the Labor Institute.

SOURCES: New York Times, Feb. 15, 1965, 27:2 #8511 EMILY GREGORY HICKMAN

HICKMAN HALL

Erected 1964

Born Jul. 12, 1880, at Buffalo, N.Y.; died

Jun. 12, 1947, at Lincolndale, N.Y.; A.B. (Cor nell University, 1911), D.H.L. (Russell Sage

College, 1947); Professor of History, Wells

College; Professor of History, New Jersey

College for Women, 1927-47; delegate to the Universal Peace Conference in Brussels, 1956; member of the U.S. State Department staff at the United Nations Conference on International

Organization, 1945; author of "Colonial Writs of Assistance" in The New England Quarterly

(Nov., 1952).

SOURCES! Archives; American Women (1959) # 5 7 5 2 G E O R G E W I L L I A M H I L L

HILL CENTER FOR THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

Erected 1971

Born Mar. 5^ 1858, at New York City; died

Apr. 16, 191^, at West Nyack, N.Y.; A.B., A.M., Ph.D. (Rutgers College, 1859, 1862, 1873), LL.D. (Columbia, 189^; Princeton, 1896; Rutgers, 1909), Sc.D. (Cambridge University, 1892); Assistant in the Ofﬁce of "The Nautical Almanac", 1861-

1892; Lecturer on Celestial Mechanics, Columbia

University, 1898-1901; awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1887 Yor his work on lunar theory; awarded the Damoiseau

P r i z e b y t h e P a r i s A c a d e m y o f S c i e n c e s i n 1 8 9 8 ; awarded the Copley Medal, the Royal Society's most prestigious award, in 1909, for his re s e a r c h e s i n a s t r o n o m y ( e a r l i e r r e c i p i e n t s i n cluded Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Priestley, Charles Darwin, and Louis Pasteur); President,

American Mathematical Society, 1895; author of

" T h e o r y a n d Ta b l e s o f J u p i t e r a n d S a t u r n " a n d n u m e r o u s o t h e r w o r k s .

SOURCES: Alumni Files (Archives) i5'7225 B E S S I E H E L M S H I L L

HILL HALL

Erected 1973

Graduate of Howard University; Master's Degree in Personnel

and Guidance, Columbia University's Teachers College; Master's

Degree in Human Relations, New York University; Trenton Teacher

and Guidance Coimselor for forty-nine years (retired 1962); one

of the founders of the Trenton Council for Human Relations; Life

Member, Governors of the Council for Human Relations; State

Secretary, NMCP; named "Woman of the Year" by the National

) Business and Professional Women's Clubs of New Jersey, 1950;

Curriculum Consultant and Program Director of Police-Community r Relations, sponsored by Justice Department of Newark, I966; member.

Board of Directors, Urban League of Essex County; Board of

Governors, Rutgers University, 1965-71-

)

SOURCES; Trustee Files (Archives) i'. W I L L I A M L . H U T C H I S O N

WILLIAM L. HUTCHISON MEMORIAL FOREST

Dedicated 1955

Born Feb. 7, 18?^; died in 1955; Helped organ ize and became ﬁrst president of a local car penters' union in Midland, Mich.; became President of the United Brotherhood of Carpen ters and Joiners of America, 1915; Vice-President,

American Federation of Labor; member. War Labor Board during World War I; appointed by Presi dent Roosevelt to be labor advisor to the

International Labor Organization meeting in

Santiago, Chili, in 1955; served on the Labor

Management Panel during the Truman Administra tion; Director of the Labor Division of the

Republican Party in the presidential elections of 1952 and 1956.

SOURCES: Buildings Files (Archives) #8595 MARY GARDNER JAMESON

JAMESON DORMITORIES Erected 1928 (A, B, C), 1951 (D, H)

Wife of Edwin C. Jameson who was President of the Globe and Rutgers Insurance Co., Trustee of Rutgers University from 1925 to 1928, and a d o n o r .

SOURCES: Historical Data on Douglass College #5755-5758 MARION A. JOHNSON :> JOHNSON APARTMENTS

Erected 1966

Born in 1901 at Oskaloosa, Iowa; died Nov. 9»

1964, at Washington, B.C.; B.S. (William Perm College, 1924), M.S., Ph.D. (University of Chi cago, 1926, 1928); Acting Assistant Professor of Botany, Indiana State Teachers College,

1928-29; joined Rutgers faculty as Assistant Professor of Botany in 1929; became Chairman of the Botany Department in 1943; Dean of the

Graduate School, 1954-64; one of the original formders of the Bureau of Biological Research.

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) #3100 AltEXANDER JOHNSTON

ALEXANDER JOHNSTON HALL Erected 1829-50 (third ﬂoor added, 1869)

Born Apr. 29, 18^9, at Brooklyn, N.Y.; died Jul. 20,

1889, at Princeton, N.J.; A.B., A.M., LL.D. (Rut gers College, 1870, 1873, and 1886); admitted to the Bar, 1876; Teacher, Rutgers College Grammar

School, 1876-79; Principal, Latin School at Nor- walk, Conn., 1879-83; Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Economy, Princeton University,

1883-89; publications: "The Genesis of a New England State (Conn.)" in The Johns Hopkins Uni versity Series (188^); "Representative American

Orations, with an Outline of American Political History" (1885); History of the United States (1886); "History of Connecticut", American Commonv/ealth Series (1887); History of American

Politics.

SOURCES: Alumni Piles (Archives) #8531 MARIE HILSON KATZENBAOH

KATZENBACH HALL (Neilson Dormitories)

Erected 1965

Born Dec. 8, 1882, at Trenton, N.J.; died Feb. 4,

1970; wife of Edward L. Katzenbach, former

Attorney-General of New Jersey; Hon. Litt.D.

(Rutgers University, 19^8); appointed to State Board of Education, 1921; Vice-President, Board of Education, 1951-56; became President of the

Board in 1956; appointed to the Board of New

Jersey School for the Deaf, 1925; member of the Board of New Jersey Children's Home, 19^0;

Delegate to the New Jersey State Constitutional

Convention, 19^7; President, Family Service

Association, 195^; President of the Board of

Managers of the Union Industrial Home Associa tion of Trenton; chosen "Woman of the Year" by the Trenton Friendship Council of Women's

Clubs, 1956; received the annual award for

Distinguished Service to Education from the New Jersey Education Association, 1956; Trustee,

Rutgers University, 1952-70.

SOURCES: Trustee Files (Archives) JOYCE KILMER WOODS J O Y C E A L F R E D K I L M E R

Located on Ryders Lane; woods adjacent to the site of the Kilmer Oak; in honor of Joyce A. Kilmer, alumnus, poet, killed in World War I.

Approved "by the Board of Governors, October 12, 1973.

Bom Dec. 6, 1886 at New Brunswick, N.J.; died July 30, 1918 in France; attended Rutgers College (190^^-06); A.B. (Columbia

1908); member editorial staff, "N.Y. Times Sunday Magazine" and "Book Review"; regular contributor of verse and prose to

"The Literary Digest", "Book News Monthly", and other peri odicals; among published works: SUMMER OF LOVE (l911j poetry), TREES AND OTHER POEMS (191^), THE CIRCUS AND OTHER ESSAYS (I916),

LITERATURE IN THE MAKING (1917), MAIN STREET AND OTHER POEMS

(1917); enlisted in the Army, sailed to France in October, 1917; killed in action near Ourcq River, France.

SOURCES: Alumni Files (Archives) #5005 MRS. SOPHIA ASTIEY KIRKPATRICK

K I R K PAT R I C K C H A P E L

Erected 1873

Born 1802, at Philadelphia, Pa.; died Mar. 5,

1871; wife of Littleton Kirkpatrick of New Brunswick (Member of Congress; Judge of the New

Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals; Trustee, Rutgers College, 18A1-1859); member. First

Presbyterian Church of New Brunswick; Rutgers College was made residuary legatee of Kirkpat rick estate at her death; chapel was built from

Mrs. Kirkpatrick*s bequest (1^61,05^.57).

SOURCES: Handbook; Demarest, A RutgersCollege #505^' W I L L I A M H . L E U P P

W I L L I A M H O P K I N S L E U P P H A L L

Erected 1929

Born Mar. 18^5? si't? New Brunswick, N.J.; died Peb. 22, 1925; A.B. (Rutgers College, 186^), A.M. (Rutgers College, 1867); graduated New York Law

School, 1895; Secretary, Parmers' Loan and Trust

Co.; Vice-President and President, Trust Co. of

America; Vice-President, Equitable Trust; Trus tee, Rutgers College, 1895-1925; Rutgers College received $50,000 and New Jersey College for Women

$^0,000 from the Leupp estate.

SOURCES: Alumni Piles (Archives) #6025 J A C O B G O O D A L E L I P M A N

LIPMAN HALL

Erected 1951

Born Nov. 18, IB?^, at Preidrichstadt, Russia; died Apr. 19, 1939, at New Brunswick; B.Sc.

(Rutgers College, 1898), M.A. (Cornell Univer sity, 1900), Ph.D. (Cornell, 1903), Hon. D.Sc. (Rutgers, 1923); appointed Assistant Chemist, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1898; rose to

Professor of Agriculture; appointed Director of the Experiment Station, 1911; became Dean of the

College of Agriculture in 1915; ofﬁcial U.S.

delegate to agricultural conferences on soils in Prague and Rome, 1922; delegate to the Inter

national Institute of Agriculture and Fourth

International Conference of Soil Scientists at

Prague, 192^; testiﬁed at the trial of John T. Scopes in Dayton, Tenn., 1926; attended Second

International Soil Science Conference at Buda

pest and Stockholm, 1929; Consultant to Presi dent Roosevelt on national reforestation, 1933;

appointed to National Resources Board, 1935-

SOURCES: Alumni Files (Archives) LIPMAN ROAD J A C O B G O O D A I E L I P M A N

COIiLEGE OP AGRICUI/TURE

Born Nov. 18, 187^, at Preidrichstadt, Russia; died Apr. 19, 1959, at New Brimswick; B.Sc.

(Rutgers College, 1898), M.A. (Cornell Univer sity, 1900), Ph.D. (Cornell, 1905)» Hon. D.Sc. (Rutgers, 1923); appointed Assistant Chemist, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1898; rose to Professor of Agriculture; appointed Director of the Experiment Station, 1911; became Dean of the

College of Agriculture in 1915; ofﬁcial U.S. delegate to agricultural conferences on soils in Prague and Rome, 1922; delegate to the Inter national Institute of Agriculture and Pourth

International Conference of Soil Scientists at

Prague, 192^; testiﬁed at the trial of John T. Scopes in Dayton, Tenn., 1926; attended Second

International Soil Science Conference at Buda pest and Stockholm, 1929; Consultant to Presi dent Roosevelt on national reforestation, 1935; appointed to National Resources Board, 1955-

SOURCES: Alumni Piles (Archives) # 8 5 3 2 r M I R I A M L E E E A R L Y L I P P I N C O T T

LIPPINCOTT HALL (Neilson Dormitories)

Erected 1962

Graduate of Northwestern University; former

Professor, Swarthmore College; member, Board of Managers and Trustees Committee on New

J e r s e y C o l l e g e f o r W o m e n ; p i o n e e r i n t h e

ﬁght-cancer movement in New Jersey; member. New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs;

Scholarship donor to Douglass College (Barbara Lee Lippincott Scholarship, 1938); member, New

Jersey United States Constitutional Commission;

Trustee, Rutgers University, 1932-4-7; died Aug. 28, 194-7.

SOURCES: Historical Information Pile, Ofﬁce of Assistant Dean, Douglass College LIVINGSTON COLLEGE W I L L I A M L I V I N G S T O N

Opened 1959

Born Nov. 1725 (baptized Dec. 8), at Albany, N.Y.; died Jul. 25, 1790; graduated from Yale College,

17^1; admitted to the Bar in New York, 17^8; pro minent in New York politics until his removal to

Elizabethtovm, N.J., in 1772; New Jersey Delegate to First and Second Continental Congresses; as sumed command of New Jersey Militia, June, 1775;

Governor of New Jersey, 1775-1790; Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

SOURCES: Dictionary of American

1 #8521 IiEONOR ERESNEL LOREE

I i O R E E G Y M N A S I U M

Erected 1963

Born Apr. 25, 1858, at Pulton City, 111.; died

Sept. 6, 19^0, at West Orange, N.J.; B.Sc. (Rutgers College, 1877), M.Sc. (Rutgers, 1880), C.E., IL.D. (Rutgers, 1896, 1917); D. Eng. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1953); Presi dent, Delaware and Hudson Railroad; interests in Kansas City Southern, Baltimore and Ohio,

New York Central, and the Rock Island Railroads;

Trustee, Rutgers University, 1909-19^0; Chair man of the Rutgers Board of Trustees Committee on New Jersey College for Women until 1958; donor of New Jersey College for Women Athletic

Field (Antilles Field).

SOURCES: Trustee Files (Archives) #50^5 HOWARD D. MCKIMEY

MCICTNEEY HALL

Acquired 1962

Born May 29, 1889, Pine Bush, N.Y.; Litt.D.

(Rutgers College, 1915); Hon. Mus.D. (Rutgers, 19^0); Music Director, Rutgers, 1916-19; In structor in Music, 1919-22; Assistant Professor,

1922-24; Associate Professor, 1924-55; Professor,

1955-55; Emeritus since 1955; Rutgers Univer sity Av/ard, 1955; founded and directed Rutgers

Concert Series.

SOURCES: Targu.m, Octoher 10, 195^; Archives #62Uo HARRY C. McLEAN

McLEAN RESEARCH LABORATORIES

In honor of Harry C. McLean, the ﬁrst residue chemist in New Jersey.

Approved hy the Board of Governors, October 12, 1973.

Earned B. S. at Kansas Agricultural College in I908; M.S. in

1916 and Ph.D. in 1918 from Rutgers; Joined the staff in 1910;

established practical ways to clean fruit coated with excessive

arsenic residue at the State Normal School in Glassboro when

the State Department of Agric\ilture enabled investigation; was

put in charge of the work and the lab was moved to the Experi- ■ ment Station; also did research on soil probelms; member of the

Soil Science Department; retired around 191*7.

SOURCES: Personal Data Sheet #5800-3809 WALTER TAYLOR MARVIN

MARVIN APARTMENTS

Erected 1975

Born Apr. 28, 1872, at New York City; died

May 26, 19^^, at New Brunswick; A.B. (Colum bia University, 1895); attended University of

Jena, 1895-9^; Columbia University, 1895-97; and Universities of Halle and Bonn, 1897-98; Ph.D. (University of Bonn, 1898); Hon. Litt.D. (Columbia, 1929; Rutgers University, 19^2); ^ Instructor and Assistant Professor, Adelbert College (Western Reserve University), 1899-1905;

Preceptor, Princeton University, 1905-10; appointed

Collegiate Church Professor of Logic and Mental

Philosophy, Rutgers, 1910; Dean of the Faculty,

1921-25; Acting President, June, 192^—October,

1925; ﬁrst Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1925-'+^; received Rutgers Award, 1955;

publications include Introduction to Systematic Philosophy (1903), First Book of Metaphysics

(1912), and History of European Philosophy (1917). SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) MARVIN LANE WALTER TAYLOR MARVIN

BUSOH CAMPUS

Born Apr. 28, 1872, at New York City; died

May 26, 19^, at New Brunswick; A.B. (Columbia University, 1895); attended University of Jena, 1893-9^; Columbia University, 1895-97; and Uni versities of Halle and Bonn, 1897-98; Ph.D.

(University of Bonn, 1898); Hon. Litt.D. (Col umbia, 1929; Rutgers University, 19^2); In structor and Assistant Professor, Adelbert Col lege (Western Reserve University), 1899-1905;

Preceptor, Princeton University, 1905-10; appointed Collegiate Church Professor of Logic and Mental Philosophy, Rutgers, 1910; Dean of the Faculty, 1921-25; Acting President, Rutgers,

June, 1924—October, 1925; first Dean of the

College of Arts and Sciences, 1925-44; received

Rutgers Award, 1955; publications include Intro duction to Systematic Philosophy (1905), First Book of Metaphysics (1912), and History of Euro pean Philosophy (1917).

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) #5067 JOHN W. ME!DTIER

METTIER HAHi

Erected 1962

Born Sept. 27» 1878, at East Millstone, N.J.; died Feb. 15, 1952, at New York City; B.Sc. (Rut gers College, 1899), IL.B. (New York Law School, 1901), M.Sc. (Rutgers College, 1902), Hon. LL.D. (Rutgers, 1950); President, Interwoven Stocking

Co.; Member, National Industrial Conference

Board, 1958; President and member. Advisory Council of the National Association of Hosiery

and Underwear Manufacturers; Director, Delaware

and Hudson Railroad, National Bank of New Jersey,

Tubize Chantillon Rayon Corporation; Trustee,

Rutgers University, 1916-52.

SOURCES: Alumni Files (Archives); Feb. 15, 1952 #5010 REV. PHILIP MIIIEDOIER

MIIliEDOOT EAIiL

Erected 1910

Born Sept. 22, 1775i at Rhinebeck, N.Y.; died

Sept. 22, 1852, on Staten Island, N.Y.; gradu ated from Columbia College, 1795; ordained

May 17, 179^; pastor of German Reformed Church in Nassau Street, New York City (1795-1800),

Pine Street Presbyterian Chvirch, Philadelphia

(1800-1805), Rutgers Street Presbyterian Church, New York City (1805-1815), and Collegiate Church of New York City (1815-1825); elected Professor of Theology, New Brunswick Theological Seminary,

and President of Rutgers College, 1825; resigned

Presidency, 1840.

SOURCES: Handbook; General ifSlOS NORMAN C. MILLER

MILLER HALL

Formerly, 12 College Avenue (Rear); the building at lU College Avenue, New Brunswick, which accommodates the ofﬁces of the New Brunswick Division of University College, is named in honor of the late Dr. Norman C. Miller, ﬁrst Dean of University College.

Approved by the Board of Governors, May 10, 197^.

B.S. (University of Michigan, 1912); M.S. (Pennsylvania

State College, 1916); appointed Director of University

Extension Division, 1925; ﬁrst Dean of University College,

I9UO-I952; Director of Engineering, Science, and Manage ment War Training Program, 19^^-19^5; a founder and

Director of the Institute of Management and Relations, 19^7-

I9U8; Research Professor of the University Extension Division,

1951-1956; retired Dean Emeritus, 1956.

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) MORRIS ROAD RICHARD MORRIS

Formerly Road 2, Busch Campus; in honor of Dr. Richard Morris, Professor of Mathematics, l899-19iiU.

Approved hy the Board of Governors, October 12, 19T3.

Born Nov. 9, 1868, at Keyport, N.J.; died Sept. l8, 1951

.at New Brmswick, N.J.; B.A. (Rutgers College, 1899); M.S.

(Rutgers College, 1902); Ph.D. (Cornell University, 1907); Hon. D.S. (Rutgers University, 1929); appointed instructor of Ifethematics in Rutgers College in 18999 Professor of

Mathematics, Rutgers College 1909; Head of Mathematics

Department, Rutgers College and New Jersey College for

Women, 1915; retired as Professor Emeritus in 19^^.

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) #5011 DAVID MURRAY

MURRAY HAIjL

Erected 1909

Born Oct. 15, 1830, near Delhi, N.Y.; died Mar. 6,

1905, in New Brunswick; A.B. (Union College, 1852), Hon. Ph.D. (New York Board of Regents, 1863), LL.D. (Rutgers College, 1873 and Union College, 1874); Instructor in Mathematics (1852-57) and Principal

(1857-83), Albany Academy; Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, Rutgers College, 1863-73; Adviser to the (Japanese) Imperial Minister of Education, 1875-

79; Secretary of the Regents of the University of the State of New York, 1879-89; retxarned to Nev/

Brunswick, 1889; Trustee, Rutgers College, 1892-

1905; Secretary, Board of Trustees, 1898-1904;

Publications: The Story of Japan, The History of

Education in New Jersey, The Centennial History of

Delaware County, New York; awarded Order of the

Rising Sun by the Emperor of Japan.

SOURCES: General Catalogue; Paculty Files (Archives) #8555 J A M E S N E I L S O N

NEILSON DINING HALL

Erected 1961

Born Nov. 1844, at New Brunswick, N.J.; died Eeb. 19, 1937, at New Brunswick; A.B., A.M.

(Rutgers College, 1866, 1869), LL.B. (Hamilton College, 1869), Hon. Phil.D. (Rutgers University, 1951); admitted to the New York Bar, 1869; ad mitted to the New Jersey Bar, 1871; instrumental

in founding the New Jersey State Agricultural

Experiment Station, 1880; Acting Director, Ex-

^ p e r i m e n t S t a t i o n , 1 8 9 0 - 9 3 ; P r e s i d e n t o f t h e

Board of Managers of the Experiment Station,

1913; became a member of the Board of Managers of the New Jersey College for Women, 1918;

Trustee, Rutgers College, 1886-1936; gave 193 acres of land to Rutgers, New Jersey College

for Women, and the College of Agriculture, in

addition to money gifts.

SOURCES: Alumni Piles (Archives) #3559 THURLOW C. KELSON

NELSON BIOLOGY LABORA.TORIES - '

Erected 1950

Born Sept. 27, 1890, at Highland Park, N.J.; died Sept. 12, I960, at Cape May, N.J.; son of Julius Nelson, Rutgers Professor of Biology,

1888-1916; B.S. (Rutgers College, 1915), Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin, 1917), Hon. D.Sc. (Rutgers University, 1939); served with the

\ U.S. Army Medical Department and the Surgeon

General's Ofﬁce, 1917-19; appointed to Rutgers staff in 1919; named Professor of Zoology, 1926;

Chairman, Zoology Department, 1925-5^; appointed to State Water Policy Commission, 1929; Chair man, State Water Policy and Supply Commission,

19^7; Consultant to Atlantic States Marine

Pisheries Commission and United States Public Health Association; National Treasurer, Ameri can Society of Zoologists, 1959-^1; President, National Shellﬁsheries Association, 1931-33;

President, American Society of Limnology and

Oceanography, 1953-3^; Rutgers Award, 195^.

SOURCES: Alumni Piles (Archives) #6260-6277 WILLIAM AUGUSTUS NEWELL

NEWELL APARTMENTS

Erected 1975

Born Sept. 1819i at Pranklin, Ohio; died

Aug. 8, 1901, at Allentown, N.J.; A.B., A.M., LL.D. (Rutgers College, 1836, 1839, 1883), M.D. (University of Pennsylvania, 1839); prac

ticed medicine at Imlaystown and Allentown,

N.J.; member, U.S. House of Representatives,

18^7-51, 1865-67; Governor of New Jersey,

1857-60; Governor of the Washington Territory,

1880-8^; Indian Commissioner of the Washington

Territory, 188^-86; known as the "father of the life-saving service" as a consequence of

legislation he sponsored in 18^8; later appointed Superintendent of the Life Saving Service by President Lincoln; Trustee, Rutgers College,

1875-1901.

SOURCES: Alumni Piles (Archives) #8550 ELISABETH RIDGELY NICHOLAS (Mrs. Moncure G. Carpender)

N I C H O I A S H A L L (Neilson Dormitories) Erected i960

Daughter of Mary Lawlor and John Stuart Nicholas of New Brunswick, N.J.; First Registrar-Bursar of New Jersey College for Women (as Mrs. Elisa beth N. Greene), 1918-21; one of the pioneers responsible for the development of the college; also performed some of the duties of the Dean of Students; Honorary Member of the Douglass

C l a s s o f 1 9 2 4 .

SOURCES: Historical Information File, Ofﬁce of Assistant Dean, Douglass College #7229 CARL A, OLSON

OLSON HALL

Bom Sept. 29, 1891, at Jamestavn, N.Y.; died

May 2, 1973, at Phillipsburg, Pa.; B.A. (Upsala

College, 1917); M.S. (N^ York University, 1926);

Hchi. D.S. (New York University, 1953); professor of chemistry, Newark Institiite of Arts and Sciences,

.1933-1946; became ﬁrst Professor of Chemistry at

Rutgers University in Newark when Newark Institute of Arts and Sciences was incorporated into Rutgers

University; 1946-1957; retired Bneritus Professor of Chemistry, Rutgers Ikiiversity; Member of Board of Trustees, Upsala College, 1927-1951 (Secretary of the Board, 1936-1951).

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) OSBORNE LANE GEORGE AUGUSTUS OSBORNE

BUSCH .CAMPUS

Born Aug. 18, 1874, at Jersey City, N.J.; died

May 1, 1947; B.Sc. (Rutgers College, 1897)i Hon. A.M. (Rutgers, 1922), Hon. Litt.D. (Rutgers University, 1944); Assistant in the Library,

Rutgers, 1897-1906; Acting Librarian, 1906-07; Librarian, 1907-45; Librarian Emeritus, 1945-47; Rutgers University Award, 1955; President, New Jersey Library Association, 1928; member. Board

of Trustees and Chairman of the Library Com mittee of the New Jersey Historical Society,

1951-52; member, American Library Association.

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) PAYSON LANE ELIOT B.. PAYSON

BUSCH CAMPUS

Born Eeb. 24-, 1846, at New Hartford, N.Y.; died Nov. 2, 1945, at New Brunswick; A.B., A.M. (Ham ilton College, 1869, 1872), Ph.D. (Rutgers Col lege, 1895), Litt.D. (Rutgers University, 1929); Teacher of Mathematics, Homer, New York, 1870-

72; Teacher of Classics, Utica, New York, Free

Academy, 1874-77; attended Universities of

Leipsic and Berlin, 1877-90; High School Prin cipal, Binghamton, N.Y., 1890-91; Headmaster,

Rutgers Preparatory School, 1891-1908; appointed

Professor of Pedagogy, Rutgers College, 1903

(became full time in 1908); retired from Rutgers in 1930; received Rutgers University Award,

1930.

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) 1 " #5055 MARY BOGART PELL

MARY BOGART PELL HALL

Erected 1950

Daughter of Wessel Wessels of Paramus, N.J.; wife of John H. Pell; died May 26, 1915» at New York City; Mrs. Pell^s will provided that

$2 million be divided among Coliimbia University,

Rutgers University, and the Dutch Reformed

Church; in 1928, Rutgers received 151^0,000 from the Mary B. Pell estate for construction of a residence hall (Wessels Memorial Hall).

SOURCES: New York Times, May 28, 1915, 11:6; June 11, 1915, 9:^; Newark News, May 26, 1928 #6110 BAILEY B. PEPPER

THE BAILEY B. PEPPER ENTOMOLOGY LIBRARY (Located in George's Road Laboratories)

Born Mar. 20, 1906, at Easley, S.C.; B.Sc. (Clem- son College, 1929), M.Sc. (Ohio State University, 1951), Ph.D. (Rutgers University, 195^); Assistant Entomologist, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment

Station, 1955-^2; appointed Instructor at Rut gers University, 1959; became Chairman of the

Department of Entomology and Economic Zoology at the College of Agriculture and Environmental

^ Science, Rutgers University, 19^5; President,

Entomological Society of America, 1967-

SOURCES: Paculty Piles (Archives) PRENa?ISS STREET ROBERT WOODWARD PRENTISS

BUSCH CAMPUS

Born Jan. 30, 1857» set Brighton, Mass.; died

Apr. 1915» at Highland Park, N.J.; B.Sc. (Rutgers College, 1878), M.Sc. (Rutgers, 1881);

Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 1879-81; Assistant in the Nautical Almanac Ofﬁce, 1881-

91; Professor of Physics at the Corcoiran Scien tiﬁc School of Columbian University, Washington,

D.C., 1888-91; appointed Associate Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, Rutgers College, 1891; appointed Professor, 1892; Secretary of the Rut gers College Faculty, 1898-1901; Director, Schanck Observatory, 1905-1915; member, Board of Education, Highland Park, N.J.; a renowned mathematician and astronomer.

SOURCES: Alumni Files (Archives) #5000 OHARLOOMPE SOPHIA

QUEENS BUIIDING

Erected 1809

Born died Nov. 17» 1818, at Kew, England; wife of George III, King of England; youngest

daughter of Charles Lewis, brother of Prederic, third Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; married

George III on Sept. 8, 1761; crowned Sept. 22, 1761; Queen Charlotte was buried in St. George's

Chapel, Windsor.

SOURCES: Dictionary of National /

CASPER WILLIAM RIEMAN III

THE WILLIAM RIEMAN LABORATORY OP CHEMISTRY (Located in V/right Chemistry)

Erected 1975

Born Sept. 4, 1899; died Oct. 29, 1972; attended

Lehigh University, 1917-18; B.Sc. (Rutgers Uni versity, 1922), Ph.D. (Rutgers, 1925); appointed Assistant in the Department of Chemistry, Rut

gers, 1922; Professor of Analytical Chemistry;

authority on the process of chemical separa tions by ion exchange; Director, School of

Chemistry, 1962-65; Pulbright Award recipient for study abroad at the University of Madrid,

1961; recipient of the Distinguished Research Award of the Rutgers University Research Coun

cil, 1955.

SOURCES: Alumni Piles (Archives) #7220 PAUL BUSTILL ROBESON

ROBESON CENTER

Erected 1956

Born Apr. 1898, at Princeton, N.J.; A.B.

(Rutgers College, 1919), LL.B. (Columbia Uni versity, 1925), Hon. A.M. (Rutgers, 1952), Hon. Doc. of Humane Letters (Hamilton College, 19^0), Hon. L.H.D. (Morehouse College, 19^5); actor, singer, lawyer, athlete; ﬁrst black football player at Rutgers; two time All-American; re ceived world acclaim for performances in Othello.

The Emperor Jones; additional theatre credits in clude The Voodoo, All God's Chillun, Porgy and

Bess; ﬁlm credits include Borderline, The Em peror Jones, Show Boat; leader in the movement against racial discrimination. Stalin Peace Prize (1952); Honorary Professor at the Moscow

Conservatory of Music (1958); Spingarn Medal of the NAACP; Abraham Lincoln Medal; Donaldson Award for "the best acting performance in 19^" and the

Gold Medal of the American Academy of Arts and

Sciences (19^4).

SOURCES; Alumni Piles (Archives) #5726-5752 WALTER 0. RUSSELL

RUSSELL APARTMENTS

Erected 1962

Born Oct. 1, 1892, at Bellaire, Ohio; died Mar. 10, 195^, at Metuchen, N.J.; B.Sc. (Ohio

Wesleyan University, 191^), M.Sc. (Sjrracuse University, 1925), Ph.D. (University of Chicago, 1927); became Head of the Rutgers Department of Agricultural Biochemistry in 1925; appointed

Executive Secretary of the Graduate Faculty,

1955; Dean of the Graduate School, 1952-5^.

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) #5005 DANIEL S. SOHANOK (Donor) SCHANOK OBSERVATORY

Erected 1865

Born June 1812, at Middletown Point, N.J,; died May 5i 1872; New York City businessman.

SOURCES: Buildings Files (Archives)

♦ #5058 AUSTIN SCOTT

SCOTT ﬁALL

Erected 1965

Born Ang. 10, 18^8, at Ma\imee, Ohio; died Aug. 15,

1922; A.B. (Yale College, 1869), A.M. (University of Michigan, 1870), Ph.D. (University of Berlin and Leipzig, 1875), LL.D. (Princeton University, 1901 and Rutgers College, 191^); Instructor in German,

University of Michigan, 1875-75; Associate in His tory, Johns Hopkins University, 1875-82; appointed Professor of History, Political Economy and Con stitutional Law, Rutgers College, 1885; President,

Rutgers College, 1891-1906; Voorhees Professor of

History and Political Science. EARL REED SILVERS

SILVERS APARTMENTS

The 197^ student apartments located on Brett Road, Busch Campus, are named in honor of the late Earl Reed Silvers, Rutgers College Class of 1913, who served at Rutgers from 1913-19^8 in a variety of capacities, the last heing Dean of Men, Rutgers College.

Approved by the Board of Governors, May 10, 197^.

Born Feb. 22, I89I; died March 26, I9U8 in Jersey City, New

Jersey; graduate of Rahway High School; received A.B. Degree

from Rutgers College in 1913; Honorary A. A. A. from Rutgers

College in 1923; Honorary Lit. D. from Rutgers University in

I9U2; Alumni Field Secretary and Assistant in English at

Rutgers College 1913-191^; Assisteuat to President 1916-1925j

Director of Public Information 1925-1933; Director of Alumni

and Public Relations, 1933-19^^; editor of Rutgers Alumni

Quarterly, 191^-1921; Editor of Rutgers Alumni Monthly, 1921-

1929; Director of Rutgers University Press 1938-19^^; Dean of

Men December 1, 19^^-19^8; author of 27 books.

SOURCES: Personal Data Sheet FREDERIC W. SMITH

FREDERIC W. SMITH HAXL

Erected 1968

Born Jan. 26, 1880, at Newark, N.J.; B.Sc.,

M.Sc. (Rutgers College, 1902, 1905)» Ui.B.

(New York University, 190^); admitted to New

Jersey Bar, 1905; Director, Maplewood Bank and Trust Co., Newark Provident Loan Associa tion, Fidelity Union Trust Co.; President,

National Council of Y.M.C.A.'s of the United

States, 1933; President, Newark Welfare Federa tion, 1931-35; Alumni Trustee, Rutgers Univer sity, 1938-45; Trustee, 1945-66; Trustee

E m e r i t u s s i n c e 1 9 6 6 .

SOURCES: in New Jerse: #6110 JOHN BERNARD SMITH

JOHN B. SMITH LABORATORIES : ^

Formerly George's Road Laboratories

Born 1858; died 1912.; became Professor of Entomology at

Rutgers in I889 and State Entomologist as a conc\irrent

duty in 189^1; world-famous specialist in the taxonomy of

"i moths and butterﬂies; made New Jersey and Rutgers out

standing through his achievements in biology and mosquito

control during a time when medicine was just becoming

aware of the importance of insects as the vectors of human

and animal diseases; instrumental in passage in I898 of

law charging State Board of Agriculture with the inspection

of niirseries; Honorary Doctor of Science from Rutgers

College 1891; 6OO titles from papers in entomological / journals to large bulletins, circulars and books', including

three great catalogs of the insects found in New Jersey;

) greatest achievements in developnent of insecticides, studies

of the San Jose scale, and work in mosquito control.

SOURCES: Division & Facility Names Notebook f o r p o s s i b l e n a m e s f o r b u i l d i n g s a t C o o k C o l l e g e #5570 L CHRISTOPHER:D, SMITHERS

S M I T H E R S H A L L (Center for Alcoliol Studies)

Erected 196^

Born in 1865; died May 28, 1952, on Long Island,

N.Y.; stockbroker; son of Charles Francis Smithers, former President of the Bank of Montreal; helped establish the investment banking ﬁrm of Nelson, Smithers and Reimer (later Smithers and Reimer), 1889; became a partner in P.S. Smithers & Co., 1897; senior partner, 1909; in 1911, helped bring about the merger of the Tabulating Machine

Co., the International Time Recording Co., and the Computing Scale Co. to form the Computing-

Tabulating-Recording Co., which, in 192^, be came the International Business Machines Corp.;

Director, IBM, 1915-52; Smithers Hall was a gift of Brinkley Smithers, in honor of his father,

Christopher D. Smithers.

SOURCES: New York Times. May 28, 1952, 29:^. A153 LUCY STONE

LUCY STONE HALL

The new Academic Building (Phase II) at Livingston College is named in honor of the founder of the New Jersey Woman's Suffrage Association.

Approved "by the Board of Governors, May 10, 197^.

Born in Massachusetts in I818; died in Massachusetts in

1893; graduate of Oherlin College; married to H. B.

Blackwell in 1855; lived in New Jersey for twelve years; founded the New Jersey Woman's Suffrage Association in

1867; engaged in frequent protests against the discrim i n a t o r y l a w s a n d p r a c t i c e s o f t h a t e r a .

SOURCES: Division & Facility Names Notebook f o r p o s s i b l e n a m e s f o r b u i l d i n g s . #5086 HAROLD STONIER

STONIER HALL

Erected 1965

Born Jan. 139 1890, at San Jose, Calif.; died

Jun. 5» 1957i Asheville, N.C.; attended the

College of the Paciﬁc, 1909-10; B.A., M.A., D.B.A. (University of Southern California, 1915»

1915, 1928), Hon. LL.D. (Miami University of Ohio, 1959), Hon. Litt. D. (Rutgers UQiversity, 19^2); Economics Instructor, Univ. of Southern ^ C a l i f o r n i a , 1 9 1 5 - 2 5 ; i n s t r u m e n t a l i n e s t a b l i s h -

ing a School of Business Administration at U.S.C.;

appointed Dean of the Graduate School and Vice- President of the university, 1925; National Edu

cational Director of the American Institute of

Banking, 1927-^0; became Executive Manager of the American Bankers Association, 1957; Executive

Vice-President, 1952-55; founded the Graduate School of Banking (later Stonier Graduate School)

at Rutgers University, 1955, and served as Di

rector of the school until 1955 and Dean from

1955 to 1957.

SOURCES: The National Cyclopaedia of American ^ B i o g r a p h y STRONG ROAD THEODORE STRONG

Formerly Road 3, Busch Campus; in honor of Theodore Strong, Professor of Mathematics, I82T-I861.

Approved "by the Board of Governors, October 12, 19T3.

Born in South Hadley in New England, July 26, 1790; graduated

from Yale College in l8l2; tutored at Hamilton College for

four years; "became Hamilton College's ﬁrst professor of math

ematics and natural philosophy for eleven years; in 1827 he

was appointed by the Rutgers' Trustees to the position of

professor of ancient and modem geography, mathematics, and

natural philosophy; taught at Rutgers for thirty-ﬁve yeaxs;

declared to be a mathematical, genius.

: SOURCES: A History of Rutgers College, 1766-192^, by William H. S, Demarest, New Brunswick, New Jersey, I92U. SUTHESN ROAD DUNCAN D. SUTPHEN

BUSCH CAMPUS

Born Jan. 15, 1862, at Bedminster, N.J.; died Feb. 2^, 1955, at New York City; A.B. (Rutgers

College, 1885); joined A. D. Juilliard & Co.,

Inc., upon graduation; became President of Juilliard in 1928; elected Chairman of the

Board, 1959; Honorary Chairman of the Board,

1948-55; member. Board of Trustees, Rutgers

University, 1909-^6; Trustee Emeritus, 19^6-55.

SOURCES: Alumni Piles (Archives) TAYLOR ROAD JOHN TAYIiOR

BUSCH CAMPUS

Born Aug. 1, 1751» Princeton, N.J.; died Nov. 5, 1801; A.B. (College of New Jersey,-

1770); Colonel in the New Jersey Militia; participated in the battles of Trenton, Prince

ton, and Monmouth; Rector of Queen's College Grammar School; appointed Tutor, Queen's Col

lege, 1771; Professor of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics, Queen's College, 1781-91; Union Academy, 1795-1801; Acting President,

Union, 1795; Librarian, Union, 1796; Professor of Mathematics and Natural Science, Union,

1797-1801.

SOURCES: General Cataloi l e ; P a c u l t y P i l e s (Archives! #600^ WILLARD CHANDLER THOMPSON

THOMPSON HALL

Erected 1957 (Annex)

Born Nov. 24, 1890, at S\m Prairie, Wis.; died Jan. 12, 195^» at New Brunswick; B.Sc. (Univer sity of Wisconsin, 1912), Ph.D. (New York Uni versity, 1954); Instructor in Animal Husbandry,

University of Arkansas, 1912-15; Instructor,

Assistant, Associate, and Professor of Animal

Husbandry, Rutgers University, 1915-54; appointed

Department Head, 1921; Director, Institute of

Poultry Husbandry, Newport, Shropshire, England,

1924-26; President, Poultry Science Association; directed the breeding of the "Jersey Buff" tur key; co-authored (with John Bird) The Home

P o u l t r y F l o c k .

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) PAUL TILLETT

TILLETT HALL

Erected 1969

Born Jul. 15, 1923, at Greensboro, N.C.; died

Sept. 27, 1966, at New Brunswick; A.B. (Wesleyan

University, 19^), J-U. (University of Chicago Law School, 19^9), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton Uni versity, 1953,1957); Instructor, Department of Politics, Princeton University, 1953-57;

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Doug las College, Rutgers University, 1957-60; As sociate Professor, 1960-65; Professor, 1965-66; Associate Director, Eagleton Institute of Poli tics; Editor, Eagleton Case Studies Program; author of Doe Day: The Politics of Wildlife

Management in New Jersey (1965) and numerous articles; instrumental in the planning of

Livingston College.

SOURCES: Rutgers News Service Q #5066 JOHN P. TINSLEY

TINSLEY HALL

Erected 1962

Born Jul. 4, 1880, at Hampton Junction, N.J.; died Nov. 18, 1952; B.S. (Rutgers College, 1900),

M.S. (Rutgers, 190^), Hon. D.Sc. (Rutgers, 1931), Hon. A.M. (Holy Cross, 1922), Hon. LL.D. (Holy

Cross, 19^5); President and General Manager,

Crompton and Knowles Loom Works, Worcester,

Mass.; Director, U.S. Chamber of Commerce;

Director, National Association of Manufacturers; Board of Governors, National Industrial Confer

ence Board; Alumni Trustee, Rutgers University,

1952-39; Trustee, 1939-52; made generous gifts

to Rutgers.

SOURCES: Alumni Piles (Archives) TITSWORTH PLACE ALFRED ALEXANDER Tia?SWORTH

BUSCH CAMPUS

Born Dec. 4, 1852, at New Market, N.J.; died

Aug. 15, 1956, at Penn Yan, N.Y.; B.S., M.S., C.E. (Rutgers College, 1877, 1880), D.Sc. (Rutgers, 1907); Civil Engineer in Plainﬁeld,

N.J., 1877-85; Head of the Department of In dustrial Mechanics, Alfred University, 1885;

Professor of Graphics and Mathematics, Rutgers,

1886-1905; Professor of Civil Engineering and

Graphics, Rutgers, 1905-09; Professor of Civil

Engineering, Rutgers, 1909-21; Dean of College of Engineering, 1915-20; Professor of Mathe matics, 1921-28; participated in the Geodetic

Survey of New Jersey, 1875-95.

SOURCES: Faculty Piles (Archives) UPSON LANE IRVING STRONG UPSON

BUSCH CAMPUS

Born Feb. 1855? at Marion, Conn.; died

Feb. 25, 1915» at New Brunswick; A.B., A.M.

(Rutgers College, 1881, 1884); taught school at New Preston, Southington, and Chestershire,

Conn.; Assistant to the Vice-President, Rutgers

College, 1881-84; Librarian, 1884-1906; Regis trar, 1891-1915; member and Treasurer, Board of Trustees, 1905-1915; Secretary, Rutgers

College Faculty, 1891-1915; Secretary and

Treasurer of the New Jersey State Agricultural

Experiment Station; Treasurer of the Free Pub

lic Library of New Brunswick; Biographer of the Rutgers Alumni Association, 1885-1904; prepared the General Catalogue of Rutgers Col

lege which appeared in 1886; Treasiirer of the Alumni Association, 1904-15.

SOURCES: Alumni Files (Archives) VAN DER MEULEN ROAD PETER A. VAN DER MEUIEN

The road on Busch Campus located perpendicular to and at the end of Winchester, Morris, and Strong Roads is named in honor of the late Dr. Peter A. van der Meiilen, who was Professor of Chemistry at Rutgers College from 1919-1962.

Approved by the Board of Governors, May 10, 197^.

Born December 23> I89I at MsiKkum, The Netherlands; died

December lU, I967 at New Brunswick; B. of Chemistry,

Ph.D., (Cornell University, 1913j 1916); appointed Assistant

Professor of Chemistry, Rutgers College, 1919-1922;

Associate Professor, 1922-1925; Professor of Chemistry, 1925;

Director of the School of Chemistry, 19^7-1962; retired, I962;

■ inventor of thin flexible film composition and a coated paper

(patent awarded in 1937); co-inventor (with Dr. David Levowitz) of a process which makes butter without churning (patent

; a w a r d e d i n 1 9 3 9 ) -

Source: Faculty Files (Archives) #5016 FRANCIS CiniER VAN DYCK

VA N D Y C K H A L L

Erected 1928

Born Jun. 5? 1844, at Coxsackie, N.Y.; died Apr. 11,

1927, at New Brunswick; attended Williams College, 1861-62; A.B. (Rutgers College, 1865), A.M. (Rut gers, 1868), Ph.D. (Union College, 1888), Hon. D.Sc. (Rutgers, 1910), LL.D. (Rutgers, 1915);

Tutor in Chemistry, Rutgers College, 1866-69;

Professor of Analytical Chemistry, 1871-78; Pro fessor of Chemistry, 1878-80; Professor of Physics and Inorganic Chemistry, 1880-82; Professor of

Physics and Experimental Mechanics, 1882-1917;

Emeritus, 1917-1927; Dean of Rutgers College,

1901-1913.

SOURCES: General Catalogue; Alumni Files (Archives! #3001 ABRAHAM VAN NEST

VAN NEST HALL

Erected 18^5 (third ﬂoor added, 1893)

Born May 8, 1777» near Somerville, N.J,; died

Sept. 14, 1864; married Margaret Fields of

Bound Brook, N.J., 1800; saddlery and harness merchant. New York City; President, Greenwich Savings Bank; director of several insurance companies; refused nomination for mayor of New York City; Board of Trustees, Rutgers College,

1825-1864.

SOURCES: Handbook; Trustee Files (Archives); Demarest, A History of Rutgers College VOORHEES CAMPUS TRACY S. VOORHEES

That section of Queens Campus bounded by Hamilton Street, ' College Avenue, Seminary Place and George Street; in honor of Tracy S. Voorhees, distinguished alumnus, Tnistee and Governor of Rutgers, The State University.

Approved by Board of Governors on July 12, 197^.

Born June 30, I890 at New Brunswick; A.B., A.M., (Rutgers

University, I9II, 191^); LL.B. (Columbia Law School, 1915); practicing attorney; Special Assistant to Secretary of War,

I9U6-I9U7; War Dept. Food Administrator for Occupied Areas,

19^7-19^8; Assistant Secretary of the Arny, 19kS~19k9; IMder-Secretary of the Army, 19^9-1950; Vice-Chairman,

Comm. on present danger, 1951-1953; L.I. Transit Authority,

1951-195^; Defense Advisor to U. S. Mission to NATO with rank of minister; Consultant to Secretary of Defense, 195^-

I96I; President's representative for Hungarian refugee affairs and Chairmein of President's Committee for Hungarian Refugee

Relief, 1956-1957; President's personal representative for Cuban Refugees, I96O-I96I; Board of Regents, L.I. College

Hospital, Brooklyn, 1932-19^8; (President of the Board, 1938-19^3 and 19^5-19^8); Trustee of Rutgers University, 19^2-19^3, I9U7- ; Governor of Rutgers University, 1957- 1965 (Vice Chairman, I959-I965); Rutgers University Award,

I9UI; Park Assn. (New York City), Citation of Merit, 19^2; D.S.M. (Army), 19U6; Dept. of Defense Award for Distinguished

Public Service, i960.

SOURCES; Who's Who In America, Vol. II (1972-1973) #8507 ELIZABETH RODMAN VOORHEES (Donor) V O O R H E E S C H A P E L

Erected 1926

Born in May, 18^1, at Bedminister, N.J.; died

Sept. 21, 1924, at Clinton, N.J.; philanthropist; married Ralph Voorhees in 1887, after a seventeen year engagement; the two spent the remainder of their lives distributing, for charitable purposes, h e r i n h e r i t a n c e s f r o m h e r f a t h e r a n d b r o t h e r .

T h e i r p h i l a n t h r o p i c a c t i v i t i e s e x t e n d e d f r o m I n

dia and China to almost every state in the na

tion. In addition to the Ralph Voorhees Library

at Rutgers dedicated in 1905, Mrs. Voorhees

bequeathed her residuary estate amounting to

^1,600,000 to New Jersey College for Women for the construction and maintenance of a building

for religious purposes. Voorhees Chapel was

the result.

SOURCES: Oscar M. Voorhees, Ralph and Elizabeth Rodman Voorhees: A Tribute #5013 RALPH VOORHEES (Donor) V O O R H E E S H A H . (formerly Ralph Voorhees Library) Erected 1905

Born Mar. 20, 1858, at Mine Brook, Bernards Town ship, N.J.; died Apr. 1, 1907; Hon. A.M. (Rutgers College, 1907); farmer, philanthropist; married Elizabeth Rodman Oct. 12, 1887, after a 17 year engagement; the two spent the remainder of their lives distributing, for charitable purposes, the inheritances of Elizabeth Rodman Voorhees from h e r f a t h e r a n d b r o t h e r . T h e i r p h i l a n t h r o p i c a c t i vities extended from India and China to almost every state in the nation. Donated 1^60,000 for the Ralph Voorhees Library at Rutgers (Mrs.

Voorhees later gave ^150,000 for enlargements and new equipment) and attended the dedication of the building, receiving at that time an Honor a r y A . M . f r o m R u t g e r s .

SOURCES: Archives; Oscar M. Voorhees, Ralph and Elizabeth Rodman Voorhees, A Tribute #3573 SEIMAN A. .WAK5MAN

WAKSMAN INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

Formerly, the Rutgers Institute of Iﬁcrobiology; in honor of the late Dr. Selman A. Waksman, Nobel laureate and long-time m e m b e r o f t h e R u t g e r s f a c u l t y.

Approved by the Board of Governors, Miay 10, 197^.

Born on the steppes of the Ukraine, July 22, l888; died at

Woods Hole,Aug. l6, 1973; emigrated to America; enrolled in

Rutgers College in 1911; received Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture as a Fhi Beta Kappa in 1915; received Master of

Science degree in I916; and received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in biochemistry from the University of California in

1918; except for brief interludes, all of his teaching and research were conducted at Rutgers, commencing in I918; appointed Associate Professor in 1925; Professor in 1930;

Chairman of the Dept. of Microbiology, 19^9; retired from the directorship, 1958; served as Director of Research of

Rutgers Research and Educational Foundation from its inception; published alone or with others more than 500 scientiﬁc papers and 28 books; honored by Rutgers with the degree of Doctor of

Science in 19^3; 21 other universities bestowed similar honorary degrees; elected to the National Academy of Sciences,

Apr. 28, I9U2; worldwide fame was achieved with the discovery of streptomycin, the life-saving antibiotic that closed virtually all tuberculosis sanitoria; and subsequent antibiotics that have beneﬁted mankind in the treatment of disease and the relief of human suffering; in 1952 the Royal Caroline Institute bestowed upon him the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine. #6000 A L L E N G E O R G E WA L L E R

WALLER HALL

Erected 1906

Born Sept. 20, 1892, at Seneca Palls, N.Y.; died

Nov. 17, 1954, at Freehold, N.J.; B.Sc., M.Sc.

(Rutgers University, 1915, 1919); Assistant

Specialist in Agronomy, New Jersey State Agri cultural College, 1916-17; World War I service,

1917-19; Specialist in Farm Management Research at the Agricultural Experiment Station, 1919-24;

Associate Agricultural Economist, U.S. Bepart- ment of Agriculture, 1924-26; became Chairman of the Department of Agricultural Economics,

Rutgers University, 1926; member, Philadelphia Class I Milk Price Committee; served on Governor

A. Harry Moore's Personal Tax Commission in the

1950's and on Governor Robert Meyner's Milk

Committee; prepared report on New Jersey Agri culture for Rural Advisory Committee in 1954; retired from Rutgers in 1957; co-author of Farm

Economics: Management and Distribution (1938).

SOURCES: Alumni Files (Archives) #81H9

WAIiTERS HAIL MAY DOFF WAMEES

Part of Arts Center at Douglass College; in honor of May Duff Walters, without whose bequest of $1,000,000 the construction of all of Phase I of the Arts Center would not have been possible.

Approved by the Board of Governors, June lU, 197^.

; Widow of William J. Walters, one-time President of Johnson &

; Johnson International; resident of New Brunswick for over half a century; died Oct. 9, I969 at New Brunswick; bequest to

Douglass College speciﬁed that the college dean may use the

). income to endow a Chair in the Humanities or use the principal

for the construction and landscaping of a building for the f

arts.

)

SOURCE: The Daily Home News, Nov. 7? 19^9^ P» !• #6092 PHILIP WELSOHMAN

WELSCHMAN DWELLING

Acquired 1923

Welschman Parm, 23 acres, was purchased by the state for the College of Agriculture in 1923;

Philip Welschman had leased the land to the college since 1920.

SOURCES: Woodward and Waller, New Jersey*s Agricultural Experiment' Station, 1880- 1930 #5055 WESSEL WESSELS r^ WESSELS MEMORIAL HALL

t Erected 1950

Named Wessels Memorial Hall at speciﬁc request

of Mary B. Pell, in honor of her father; Mrs.

Pell, the wife of John H. Pell, died May 26,

19151 at New York City; her will provided that $2 million be divided among Columbia University,

Rutgers University, and the Dutch Reformed

Church; in 1928 Rutgers received $140,000 from the Mary B. Pell estate for construction of

a r e s i d e n c e h a l l .

SOURCES! New York Times, May 28, 1915, 11:6; June 11, 1915» 9:4; Newark News, May 26, 1928 #859^ MARY KLNGSLAND MAOY WILLETS

W I L L E T S I K P I R M A R Y

Erected 1928

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter G, Ladd in honor of Mrs. Ladd's sister. Mrs. Kate Macy Ladd was a "founder" of Douglass College and an h o n o r a r y m e m b e r o f t h e D o u g l a s s C l a s s e s o f

1951 and 1952.

SOURCES: Historical Data on Douglass College #5004 GAERET ELLIS WINANTS (Donor) WINANOJS HALL

Erected 1890

Born 1815 on Staten Island, N.Y.; died Aug. 14,

1890; shipping merchant; real estate interests in New York City, Jersey City, Elizabeth, Hoboken, and Plainﬁeld, N.J.; Director, Union Dime Sav ings Bank of New York; Park Commissioner of Hudson County; Trustee, Rutgers College, 1889-

1890; Publications; Journal of Travel Through

Europe. Asia. Africa and the Islands of the Sea (1872) and Around the World (1877).

SOURCES: General Catalogue; o f R u t g e r s C o l l e g e WINCHESTER ROAD GEORGE WINCHESTER

Formerly Road 1, Busch Campus; in honor of Dr. George Winchester, Professor of Physics, 1921-19^6.

Approved by the Board of Governors, October 12, 1973.

Born Ifey 22, I87U at Elmore, 111.; died Feb. 15, I96O.

B.S., Ph.D. (University of Illinois, 1903, 1907); appointed Professor and Head of Physics Dept., Rutgers College, 1921-

I9U6; retired Professor Emeritus, I9U6; while Head of Physics

Dept. at Washington and Jefferson College prior to coming to

Rutgers College, received national attention for failing athletes—incident cited in Upton Sinclair*s The Goose Step—

A Study of American Education (1922); an ofﬁcer in the U.S.

Army Signal Corps during World War I; developed the Ariry's

ﬁrst infra-red signalling apparatus from experiments con ducted in the front-line trenches; designed and supeivised the construction of Van Dyck Hall, former Physics Laboratory of Rutgers College.

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) #8329 MARY PUTNAM WOODBURY

WOODBURY HAMi (Neilson Dormitories)

Erected 1959

Bom in 18^6; died in 191^; wife of James

Neilson; active in New Brunswick affairs; credited with establishing the ﬁrst free circulating library in New Jersey, in New

Brunswick, 1883; founder of New Brunswick charitable organizations; started kindergar ten and manual training classes in the city.

SOURCES: Historical Information Pile, Ofﬁce of Assistant Dean, Douglass College #5556 RALPH G. WRIGHT RALPH 'G. WRIGHT LABORATORY

Erected 19^9

Born Apr. 29, 1875, at St. Louis, Mo.; died

Jun. 21, 195^, at Cherry Valley, N.Y.; B.S.

(Columbia University, 1899); studied at the Federal Polytechnical College of Zurich, Switzer

land; M.A., Ph.D. (University of Basle, 1902);

Research Assistant, Columbia University, 1904-05;

Professor of Chemistry, Washington and Jefferson

College, Washington, Pa., 1905-07; Professor of

Chemistry and Head of the Department of Chemistry,

Rutgers University, 1907-50; Board of Education,

New Brunswick, 1914-17; elected Life Member of

Board of Trustees, Rutgers University, 1958.

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) PHILIP J. LEVIN

PHILIP J. LEVIN KIEATRE

The experimental theatre located in the Fine Arts Complex, Douglass College Campus, is named for Philip J. Levin, former Trustee and Governor of the University and generous donor of funds to construct the theatre.

Bom February 22, I909 at New York City; died August 3» 1971 at Warren, N.J.; LL.B. (Rutgers University, 1929); president or director of some hO business organizations; owner of Philip

J. Levin and Afﬁliated Companies; member of the Board of

Trustees and Governors of Rutgers University, I963 - 1971.

SOURCES: Trustees Files (Ofﬁce of the Secretary) ROY FRANKLIN NICHOLS

NICHOLS APARTMENTS

The 1975 student apartments located at the end of Davidson Road, Busch Campus, are named in honor of Roy F. Nichols, former Trustee and Governor of the University.

Bom March 3, I896 at Newark, N.J.; died January 11, 1973 at

Philadelphia, Pa.; B.A., A.M. (Rutgers University, 1918, 1919);

Ph.D. (Columbia University, 1923); taught history at Columbia

University, 1923-25; Professor of History, Vice-Provost, and

'Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 1925-66; past President, Pennsylvania Historical

Society; past President, American Historical Association, I966; author of many articles and books including Disruption Of American

Democracy (19^8, won the Pulitzer Prize for history in 19^9)9 The

Stakes Of Power (1961), Blueprints For Leviathan; American Style

(1963), and The Invention Of The American Political Parties (1967); member of the Board of Trustees, Rutgers University, 19^^ - 1973; member of the Board of Governors of Rutgers University, 1957 - 1968

SOURCES: Trustees' Files (Archives) I

/?3561 BERNARD SERIN

« SERIN PHYSICS LABORATORIES

The physics laboratories located on Frelinghuysen Road, Busch Campus, are named in honor of the late Bernard Serin, Professor of Physics in Rutgers College from 19I+7 - 1973.

Bom May 22, 1922 at New York City; died June I8, 197^ at

Cheadle Huline, England; B.S. (Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn,

19^1); M.A., Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania, 19^5, 19^6); Instructor and Research Physicist, Univ. of Pennsylvania 19^3 -

U6; Professor of Physics, Rutgers University, 19^7 - 73. (retired in 1973, Professor of Physics Emeritus); author of numerous

scholarly articles on superconductivity, rare gas solids, and

transport properties of normal metals; he and his collaborators

^had observed the isotope effect which demonstrated the essential

role of the electronphonon interaction in superconductivity and

thus provided the experimental foundation of the Frohlich -

Bardeen and ultimately the Bardeen - Cooper - Schreiffer theories,

for which its authors were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

SOURCES: Faculty Files (Archives) SOURCES

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Historical Information File, Ofﬁce of Assistant Dean, Douglass College, College Hall, R o o m 5 0 6 .

R u t g e r s N e w s S e r v i c e F i l e s .

U n i v e r s i t y A r c h i v e s .

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Demarest, William H. S. A History of Rutgers College, 1766-1924"'(l9^4). Handbook of the Grounds and Buildings and the Memorials. Portraits and Busts of Rut gers College (Rutgers College Publication No. 11, 190^).

McCormick, Richard P. Rutgers! A Bicentennial H i s t o r y ( 1 9 6 6 ) . Ofﬁce of Public Relations, Douglass College. Historical Data on Douglass College

Ofﬁce of the Secretary of the College, Douglass College. Historical Data on Douglass College. Book II: Traditions-Events- Organizations XMimeo, I960).

Raven, Rev. John H., comp. Catalogue of the Ofﬁcers and Alumni of Rutgers College. in New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1766-1916 TT9I^.

Rutgers Aliimni Monthly.

Schmidt, George P. Douglass College: A Histor: (1968).

Voorhees, Oscar M. Ralph and Elizabeth Rodman Voorhees, A Tribute (1927). Waller, Ingrid N. Where There Is Vision! The New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Sta- ^n, 1880-1933 a955).

Woodward, Carl R. and Ingrid N. Waller. New Jersey's Agricultural Experiment Station, 1880-1930 tl932).

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Bigelow, Samuel P. and George J. Hagar, ed. Biographical Cyclopedia of New Jersey

Glassman, Leo M., ed. Bio^aphical Encyclopedia of American Jews C1933!).

Johnson, Allen and Dumas Malone, ed. The Dic- tionary of American Biography (1928-36).

Marquis, A. N., ed. Who's Who in New Jersey: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and V/omen of the States of • New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia (1939). Myers, W.^S.j ed. The Story of New Jersey

National Cyclopaedia of American Biograph

New Brunswick Home News.

N e w Y o r k T i m e s .

Ricord, P. W., ed. Biographical Encyclopedia Successful Men in New Jersey (1895)