- Henry Rutgers
Henry Rutgers (October 7, 1745 in New York City, New York, United States of America - February 17, 1830 in New York City, New York, United States of America) was a United States Revolutionary War hero and philanthropist from New York.
- Arend Joan Rutgers
Arend Joan Rutgers (Almelo, Netherlands, October 20, 1903 - Almen, September 2, 1998) was a Dutch/Belgian physical chemist. Arend Joan Rutgers went to highschool in Almelo, after which he studied chemistry at the University of Amsterdam. After he obtained his master's degree in 1926 he went to Leiden, where he studied theoretical physics under Paul Ehrenfest.
- Quincy Douby
Quincy Douby (born May 16, 1984 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American professional basketball player. At 6'3", 175 lb, Douby played shooting guard for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. The Sacramento Kings made him the 19<sup>th</sup> selection of the 2006 NBA Draft.
- L. J. Smith
John Smith III (commonly known as L.J., which stands for "Little John") is an American football tight end who currently plays for the Philadelphia Eagles. Born May 13, 1980 in Highland Park, New Jersey, USA, he played college football at Rutgers, and was the 29th selection in the 2nd round (61st overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft. He was the third tight end taken in that draft.
- Clark Harris
Clark Harris was born on July 10, 1984 in Manahawkin, New Jersey. He plays football for the Green Bay Packers. Harris was drafted in the 7th round by Green Bay in the 2007 NFL Draft. He attended Rutgers University for college.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg (born March 15 1933, Brooklyn, New York) is an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to joining the Court, she was a professor at Rutgers University School of Law, Newark School of Law and Columbia Law School, a litigator for the American Civil Liberties Union, and a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. During much of her life, she has been active in the women's rights movement, …
- Shaun O'Hara
Shaun O'Hara (born June 23, 1977 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American football player who currently plays Center for the New York Giants. He played college football at Rutgers, and has been in the NFL since 2000. He used to play his football for the Cleveland Browns. He went to Hillsborough High School, New Jersey.
- Frank Pallone
Frank Pallone Jr. (born October 30, 1951 in Long Branch, New Jersey) is an American Democratic politician, who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives where he represents New Jersey's 6th district (map). Pallone was elected to office in 1988, filling the New Jersey's 3rd congressional district seat vacated by the death of James J. Howard. In redistricting following the 1990 Census, the district was effectively renumbered as the 6th district.
- Herve Lamizana
Herve Mamadov Lamizana (born January 22, 1981 in the Ivory Coast) is a professional basketball player from the Ivory Coast who also has a French Citizenship, that recently played for Shangdong Lions from the CBL in the 2006/07 season.
- Ryan Neill
Ryan Neill (born December 12, 1982 in Wayne, New Jersey) is an American football defensive end who currently plays for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the Bills as free agent in 2006. He played collegiately at Rutgers.
- Mark Baker
Mark C. Baker is an American linguist. He received his Ph. D. from MIT in 1985 and has taught at Rutgers since 1998. Prof. Baker has frequently been a faculty member at the Linguistic Society of America's Summer Institute and, prior to coming to Rutgers, was a faculty member at McGill University (1986 - 1998). He has worked on the Mohawk language for several years, also serving as a consultant on language revitalization for the Mohawk.
- Bill Cubit
Bill Cubit (born October 14, 1953 in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania) is currently the head coach of the Western Michigan University Broncos football team. His last name (surname) is pronounced "Q-Bit". Cubit was named head coach on December 4, 2004, succeeding former head coach and current Texas A&M University defensive coordinator Gary Darnell. Cubit turned around a program that was 1-10 the prior season and had three losing seasons in a row to a 7-4 record, …
- Hooshang Amirahmadi
Hooshang Amirahmadi is a professor at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He is also director of the University's Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES). Professor Amirahmadi has served as chair and graduate director of his department at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public PolicyBloustein School and as the University Coordinator of the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program.
- Eric Allender
Eric W. Allender is an American computer scientist active in the field of computational complexity theory. In 2006 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. He is currently a professor at Rutgers University.
- Alice Kessler-Harris
Alice Kessler-Harris is the R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History at Columbia University, in New York City. She specializes in the history of American labor and the comparative and interdisciplinary exploration of women and gender. Kessler-Harris received her B.A. from Goucher College in 1961 and her Ph.D. from Rutgers in 1968. Her newest book, "In Pursuit of Equity: How Gender Shaped American Economic Citizenship", has won several prizes, …
- Darian Barnes
Darian Barnes (born February 28, 1980 in Toms River, New Jersey) is an American football fullback who plays for the New York Jets. He played collegiately at Rutgers and Hampton. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent out of Hampton University by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and also played for the Dallas Cowboys. He attended Toms River High School North and played for the Pop Warner Atlantic City Dolphins. One of his hobbies is writing comic books, …
- Luis Flores
Luis Alberto Flores (Born April 11, 1981 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic) is a professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) and 195 lb (88 kg) point guard. He grew up in the rough, predominantly Latino neigborhood of Washington Heights in New York City. He was drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 2nd round (55th pick) of the 2004 NBA Draft.
- Warren Farrell
Warren Farrell (b. 1943) is an American writer. Farrell holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science (UCLA; New York University (NYU)). He taught at the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, and at Georgetown University, Rutgers, Brooklyn College, and American University. With the publication of "The Myth of Male Power", Farrell became the one of the first modern masculist. In the early 1970s, he was a champion of feminism, …
- Albert Schatz
Albert Schatz (2 February, 1920 - 17 January, 2005) was a scientist who was eventually named the co-discoverer of streptomycin, an antibiotic remedy used to treat tuberculosis and a number of other diseases. Schatz managed to isolate two strains of Actinobacteria, which could effectively cease the growth of several penicillin-resistant bacteria, on October 19 1943 in the course of his graduate work at Cook College in Rutgers University.
- Roy Hinson
Roy Hinson (born May 2, 1961 in Trenton, New Jersey), is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1st round (20th overall) of the 1983 NBA Draft. A 6'9" forward-center from Rutgers, Hinson played in 8 NBA seasons from 1983 to 1991. He played for the Cavaliers, Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets. Hinson's best year as a professional came during the 1985-86 season as a member of the Cavaliers, …
- J'Vonne Parker
J'Vonne Parker (born 06/07/1982) is a defensive tackle on the Cleveland Browns of the NFL. He attended Rutgers for college.
- James L. Flanagan
James Loton Flanagan is an electrical engineer, and is Rutgers' vice president for research. He is also director of Rutgers' Center for Advanced Information Processing and the Board of Governors Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He was chosen as the 2005 recipient of the Research and Development Council of New Jersey's Science/Technology Medal. He worked at Bell Laboratories for 33 years before he joined Rutgers.
- George Little
George E. Little (May 27, 1889 in Leominster, Pennsylvania - February 23, 1957) was an American football coach best known for serving as head coach for University of Cincinnati, Miami University, University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. George was a 1912 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University. He had a career record as a head coach of 54-16 -4 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.
- Keith Cromwell
Keith Cromwell (b. September 7, 1979) is a lacrosse player from the United States. As of 2006 he is a member of the Philadelphia Wings in the National Lacrosse League and of the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse. He plays the attack position. He graduated from Rutgers in 2001. Cromwell was drafted by Bridgeport Barrage in 2001. He won the MLL rookie of the year that season. He was a member of the MLL championship team Philadelphia Barrage in 2004.
- Gwendolyn Faison
Gwendolyn A. Faison is the 81-year-old mayor of Camden, New Jersey, United States. She was first appointed when Milton Milan was convicted of corruption and forced to leave office in 2000. She had served as City Council President since 1997. She won re-election in 2001 and 2005. Under the State of New Jersey's recovery act for Camden, the Mayor has limited formal responsibilities. Once the act expires in 2007, the office will resume its powers.
- Andrew Herman
Andrew Herman, born August 26, 1983 in Oceanside, New York is a striker currently playing for American USL Second Division side Crystal Palace Baltimore. In 2004 Herman played for Rutgers and prior to that for American University where he gained first team all-conference honours in 2002. In 2006 Andrew played for the Virginia Beach Mariners. marital status: Dating Pop-rock sensation Joanna Mckasty.
- David Fairchild
David Grandison Fairchild (April 7 1869 - August 6 1954) was an American botanist and plant explorer. Fairchild was responsible for the introduction of more than 20,000 exotic plants and varieties of established crops into the United States, including mangos, alfalfa, nectarines, dates, horseradish, bamboos, and flowering cherries. He was a member of the Fairchild family, descendants of Thomas Fairchild of Stratford, Connecticut.
- Gene Lyons
Gene Lyons is a political columnist and co-author with Joe Conason of "The Hunting of the President: The 10 Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton", a documentary book published in 2000, with a supporting film. The book outlines a purported right wing campaign waged against President Clinton leading eventually to the president's impeachment and exoneration.
- Marty Mann
Marty Mann (1904-1980) was the first woman in Alcoholics Anonymous & author of the chapter "Women Suffer Too"in the 2nd and 3rd Editions of the Big Book of AA. In part, because of her life work, the consensus developed that alcoholism was less of a moral issue and more of a health issue (The disease model). She was from an upper middle class family in Chicago. She married and became an alcoholic. In 1939 she saw a psychiatrist, Dr. Harry Tiebout, …
- Richard Moran
Richard A. Moran is a San Francisco based venture capitalist, social scientist, best selling author and evangelist for organization effectiveness. He earned an A.B. at Rutgers College, (1972); M.S. at Indiana University (1975); and Ph.D. at Miami University, Oxford Ohio, (1981). He is best known for his series of humorous business books beginning with bestselling, "Never Confuse a Memo with Reality".
- Marilyn Waring
Marilyn Waring (born 1952) is a New Zealand feminist, an activist for "female human rights", an author and an academic. She holds a Ph.D. in political economy. She became the youngest member in the New Zealand Parliament in 1975, at the age of 22; and remained in the House of Representatives until 1984. At the time of her election, she was only the fifteenth woman elected as a Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
- Kira Hall
Kira Hall is associate professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, as well as director for the Program in Culture, Language and Social Practice (CLASP), at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Hall received her Ph.D. in Linguistics in 1995 from the University of California at Berkeley, and has held previous academic positions at Stanford, Yale, and Rutgers Universities.
- Gary L Kreps
Gary L. Kreps is a well known Communication scholar. He is currently the Eileen and Steve Mandell Professor of Health Communication, Chair of the Department of Communication, and Director of the Center for Health and Risk Communication at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He also serves on the Governing Board of the Center for Social Science Research, and is a faculty affiliate of the National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases at Mason.
- Curt Leviant
Curt Leviant (born ?) is a retired Jewish Studies Professor from Rutgers University, New Jersey. He received his BA from CUNY (Brooklyn), his MA from Columbia, and his PhD. from Rutgers. Prof. Leviant is a prolific translator of Yiddish Literature.
- Jane Reece
Jane B. Reece (born 15 April, 1944) is an American scientist and textbook author. She is the co-author, along with Neil Campbell, of the Campbell/Reece "Biology" textbooks. Reece received her A.B. in Biology from Harvard University, then received from Rutgers her M.S. in microbiology. Then, she earned her Ph.D. in bacteriology from the University of California, Berkeley. Afterwards, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow in genetics at Stanford University.
- Billy Walsh
Billy Walsh (born October 7, 1975) is a former American soccer player and coach. Walsh played college soccer at the University of Virginia and Rutgers. In 1996, he was the only collegian on the US team that competed in the Atlanta Olympics. Walsh was drafted by the MetroStars of Major League Soccer in the second round of the 1998 MLS College Draft. He played four years for the club, mostly at defensive midfielder, and was named the team MVP in 1999.
- Edward Hoagland
Edward Hoagland (born December 21, 1932 in New York, New York, USA) is an author best known for his nature and travel writing. Hoagland's non-fiction has been widely praised by writers such as John Updike, who called him "the best essayist of my generation." He has taught at The New School, Rutgers, Sarah Lawrence, CUNY, the University of Iowa, Columbia University, Beloit College, and Brown. In 2005, Hoagland retired from a teaching position at Bennington College in Vermont.
- Skip Peete
Skip Peete, the running backs coach of the Dallas Cowboys and the brother of former veteran quarterback Rodney Peete, has made a name for himself in the coaching ranks. Skip Peete spent eight years coaching running backs for the Oakland Raiders. He also has experience in college, coaching running backs two years at UCLA and wide receivers at Michigan State and Rutgers. Peete will be working with Julius Jones, who rushed for 1,084 yards and Marion Barber, …
- Lewis Webster Jones
Lewis Webster Jones (11 June, 1899 - 10 September 1975) was an economist, and the fifteenth President of Rutgers University serving from 1951 to 1958. He was born in Emerson, Nebraska, and spent his youth in Portland, Oregon. Jones received his undergraduate degree from Reed College, and later earned his Ph.D. from the Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Government (now the Brookings Institution). Jones then did post-doctoral work at Columbia University, …
- George W. Atherton
George Washington Atherton (June 20, 1837 - July 26, 1906) was president of the Pennsylvania State University from 1882 until his death in 1906. He earned a degree from Yale in 1863 and taught at universities such as the University of Illinois and Rutgers before accepting the position of president at Penn State. There, he was faced with the challenge of transforming the school from an unrecognized agricultural college into a respected land-grant college.