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RUTGERS COLLEGE.
*LEONARD W. KIP, New York City.
A.B. (Columbia, 1815). A.M. (Columbia, 1820). Lawyer.
Died, May 15, 1863.
* ABRAHAM I. LABAGH, Gravesend, N. Y.
N. B. Sem., 1826. R. D. clergyman. Died, 1865.
*PHILIP EDWARD MILLEDOLER, Freehold, N. J.
A.B. (Columbia, 1820). M.D. (Coll. P. & S., 1824). Physician and Episc. clergyman. Trustee, Rutgers, 1833-45. Died, 1852.
*ANTHONY RUTGERS, Belleville, N. J.
A.B. (Coll. N. J., 1819). Trustee, Rutgers, 1831-35. Died, 1835.
*RICHARD D. VAN KLEEK, Jersey City, N. J. A.B. (Union, 1822). N. B. Sem., 1825. Clergyman, R. C. A. Teacher. Died, 1870.
** STAATS VAN SANTVOORD, New Baltimore, N. Y.
A.B. (Union, 1811). A.M. (Union, 1814). D.D. (Union, 1876). N. B. Sem., 1814. Clergyman, R. C. A. In service of the Christian Commission, Nashville, Tenn., 1864. Died, May 29,
1882.
D.D.
*JAMES B. HARDENBERGH, New York City.
A.B. (Union, 1821). A.M. (Union, 1824). N. B. Sem., 1824. Clergyman, R. C. A. President, General Synod, 1842. Trustee, Rutgers, 1825-70. Died, Jan. 20, 1870.
*JOHN RICHIE, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1828.
A.B.
*CHARLES C. BLAUVELT (also A.M., 1831), Hightstown, N. J.
Physician. First Mayor, Hightstown. Died, March, 1855.
A.M.
*JOHN S. BLAUVELT, New Brunswick. N. J. Lawyer. Died, July 30, 1855.
* ABRAHAM HENRY DUMONT,
Newport, R. I.
N. B. Sem., 1826. Cong'l clergyman. Died, 1865.
*JOHN GARRETSON (also D.D., 1855), New Brunswick, N. J.
A.B. (Union, 1823). N. B. Sem., 1826. Clergyman, R. C. A. Secretary, Board Domestic Missions, 1849-59. Died, 1875.
*ISAAC P. LABAGH, Cairo, Ill.
N. B. Sem., 1826. A.M. (Union, 1826). Clergyman, R. C. A.
Died, Dec. 29, 1869.
*BENAIAH G. MORSE. Clergyman.
*CORNELIUS VAN CLEEF (also D.D., 1863), Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
A.B. (Dickinson, 1823). A.M. (Dickinson, 1826). N. B. Sem., 1826. Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, June 13, 1875.
*FERDINAND H. VANDERVEER (also D.D., 1859), Warwick, N. Y.
A.B. (Union, 1820). A.M. (Union, 1824). N. B. Sem., 1823. Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, July 10, 1881. *JOHN B. VAN SCHAICK, Albany, N. Y.
Hamilton Coll. Lawyer. Editor, "Albany Daily Advertiser."
Writer of poetry. Died, 1839.
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HONORARY DEGREES.
D.D.
*DAVID ABEEL, Amoy, China. N. B. Sem., 1826. R. D. missionary in China and the East Indies. Founder of the Amoy Mission. Died, Sept. 4, 1846.
*ELI BALDWIN, New York City. M.D. (Univ. Coll. of Med. N. Y., 1817). N. B. Sem., 1820. S.T.D. (Columbia). R. D. clergyman. Died, Sept. 6, 1839. *THOMAS DE WITT, New York City.
A.B. (Union, 1808). A.M. (Union, 1811). N. B. Sem., 1812. Clergyman, R. C. A. President, General Synod, R. C. A., 1824- 25. Trustee, Rutgers, 1840-74. Trustee, Columbia, 1858-74. Died, May 18, 1874.
1829. A.M.
*GUSTAVUS ABEEL, Newark. N. J. A.B. (Union, 1823). A.M. (Union, 1826). N. B. Sem., 1824. S.T.D. (Columbia, 1842). Clergyman, R. C. A. President, General Synod, 1852. Trustee, Rutgers, 1845-87. Died, Sept. 4, 1887.
*JOHN J. HARRISON.
Physician.
*ISAAC S. KETCHUM, St. Louis, Mo.
N. B. Sem., 1821. R. D. clergyman. Missionary to Indians.
Hospital chaplain. Died, 1863.
*FRANCIS M. KİP, Tompkinsville, N. Y.
A.B. (Columbia, 1826). N. B. Sem, 1830. S.T.D. (Columbia, 1857). Clergyman, R. C. A. President, General Synod, 1856. Trustee, Rutgers, 1860-88. Died, May 28, 1888.
*HENRY MANDEVILLE, Mobile, Ala. A.B. (Union, 1826). A.M. (Union, 1829). D.D. (Union, 1847). Presb. clergyman. Prof. Moral Philosophy and Rhetoric, Ham- ilton, 1841-49. Died, 1858.
*BENSON MILLEDOLER, New York City.
Lawyer. Died, Jan. 15, 1842.
*CLARKSON E. TAYLOR. Civil engineer. Died, 1845.
*JOHN HARDENBERGH VAN WAGENEN, Kingston, N. Y.
A.B. (Union, 1823). A.M. (Union, 1826). N. B. Sem., 1826. R. D. clergyman. Died, 1844.
*JOHN S. WESTERVELT, New York City. Physician.
D.D.
*JOSEPH MCELROY. A.M. Cortlandtown. N. Y.
*CORNELIUS D. WESTBROOK,
A.B. (Union, 1801). A.M. (Union, 1804). Studied under John B. Romeyn. R. D. clergyman. Trustee, Rutgers, 1829-58. Died, 1858.
LL.D.
*MARTIN VAN BUREN, Kinderhook, N. Y.
LL.D. (Union, 1814). Lawyer. Attorney-General, N. Y. State, 1815-19. U. S. Senator, 1821-27. Secretary of State, U. S., 1829-31. Vice President, U. S., 1833-37. President, U. S., 1837-41. Died, July 24, 1862.
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RUTGERS COLLEGE.
1830. A.M.
*WM. H. BURROWES.
*CHRISTIAN Z. PAULISON,
Glen, N. Y. A.B. (Coll. N. J., 1822). N. B. Sem., 1826. R. D. clergyman. Independent. Died, 1851.
*WILLIAM E. RAPELJE, A.B. (Union, 1822). Farmer. Died, 1833. *JAMES M. SWEENY, Lawyer.
Fishkill, N. Y.
New York City.
LL.D.
*WILLIAM WIRT,
Washington, D. C. LL.D. (Coll. N. J., 1816, Bowdoin, 1821, and Harvard, 1824).
Lawyer. Member House of Delegates, Virginia, 1807-08. Attorney-General, U. S., 1817-29. Candidate for President, U. S., 1832. Author. Died, Feb. 18, 1834.
1831. A.M.
*JAMES ROMEYN,
Bergen Neck, N. J.
A.B. (Columbia, 1816). A.M. £ (Columbia, 1819). S.T.D.
(Columbia, 1838). N. B. Sem., 1819. President, General Synod, 1841. Trustee, Rutgers, 1840-48. Died, Sept. 7, 1859.
D.D.
*JENKIN LEWIS,
Monmouthshire, Eng.
1832. A.M.
* ALEXANDER N. GUNN,
New York City.
A.B. (Columbia, 1828). M.D. (Coll. P. & S., 1833). Physician.
Health officer, Port of N. Y., 1859-64. Died, 1871.
*WM. A. IRVING, Ithaca, N. Y. New York City.
* ABRAJIAM MILLS, Prof. Mathematics and Philosophy, Baptist Literary and Theo- logical Institute. Teacher. Died, July 8, 1867.
D.D.
*SAMUEL SIMON SCHMUCKER, Gettysburg, Penn.
Princeton Sem., 1820. Lutheran clergyman Prof., Gettys- burg Sem., 1826-64. Author. Trustee, Dickinson, 1828-33. Trustee, Penn. College, 1832-73. Died, July 26, 1873. Kinderhook, N. Y.
*JACOB SICKLES, A.B. ( Columbia, 1792). A.M. (Columbia). Studied under Liv-
ingston and Froeligh. R. D. clergyman. Died, 1845.
* ROBERT WALTER,
Glasgow, Scotland.
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HONORARY DEGREES.
1833. A.M.
*ABRAHAM H. MYERS,
Port Ewen, N. Y.
A.B. (Union, 1827). A.M. (Union, 1830). N. B. Sem., 1830.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, March 9, 1886.
*THEODORE ROMEYN, Detroit, Mich. Lawyer. Practiced law in Detroit, 1834-48, in New York, 1848-58, and again in Detroit, 1858-85. Died, July 22, 1885. *JOHN A. VAN DOREN. Clergyman.
D.D.
*JOHN GOSMAN, Saugerties, N. Y. A.B. (Columbia, 1801). A.M. (Columbia, 1804). Studied under Mason and Proudfit. R. D. clergyman. President, General Synod, 1831. Trustee, Rutgers, 1825-65. Died, 1865.
*JOSEPH MCCARRELL, Newburgh, N. Y.
A.B. (Washington Coll., Pa., 1815). Theol. Sem. of Associate Reformed Church, New York City, 1821. Clergyman, Assoc. Ref'd Church. Prof. of Theology, Sem. Assoc. Ref'd Church from its removal to Newburgh, in 1829, until his death, March 29, 1864.
1834. A.M.
*GEORGE W. CARPENTER, Albany, N. Y. Civil engineer. Teacher, Albany Academy, 1831-35. City Sur- veyor, Albany, 1831-55. Superintendent of Albany Water
Works thirty-six years. President, Board of Education, Albany. Died, Sept. 12, 1901.
*JOSEPH LOTHROP.
*SAMUEL VAN . VECHTEN, Fort Plain, N. I. A.B. (Union, 1818). A.M. (Union, 1821). N. B. Sem., 1822. D.D. Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, Nov. 2, 1882.
D.D.
*PHILIP H. DURYEE, English Neighborhood, N. J.
A.B. (Columbia, 1795). A.M. (Columbia, 1798). Studied under Livingston. R. D. clergyman .. Trustee, Rutgers, 1840-50.
Died, 1850.
*CILARLES HODGE, Princeton, N. J.
A.B. (Coll. N. J., 1815). A.M. (Coll. N. J., 1818). LL.D. (Washington, 1864). Presb. clergyman. Theologian. Prof. Exegetical and Didactic Theology, Princeton Sem., 1840-54. Prof. Exeg. Didactic and Polemic Theol., do., 1854-78. Died, June 19, 1878.
*JAMES STEVENSON, *PETER I. VAN PELT, Ayr .. Scotland. Fordham. N. Y.
A.B. (Columbia, 1799). A.M. (Columbia, 1803). Studied under Livingston. R. D. clergyman. Chaplain in War of 1812.
Died, Jan. 20, 1861.
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RUTGERS COLLEGE.
LL.D.
*BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER, New York City. A.M. (Union, 1821). Lawyer. Acting Secretary of War, U. S., 1836-37. U. S. District Attorney, 1838-41. Died, Nov. 8, 1858. *GIDEON HAWLEY, Albany, N. Y.
A.B. (Union, 1809). Lawyer. Secretary Regents, N. Y. State, 1814-41. Regent, N. Y. State Univ., 1842-70. Regent, Smith- sonian Institute, 1846-54. "Father of the Common School Sys- tem of the State." Died, July 16, 1870.
1835. A.M.
*JOHN VAN SCHAICK LANSING PRUYN, Albany, N. Y. A.M. (Union, 1845). LL.D. (Univ. Rochester, 1852). Lawyer. Member of Congress, 1863-65, 1867-69. Chancellor, Univ. State of New York. Died, Nov. 21, 1877.
*CHARLES P. WACK, Trenton, N. J.
N. B. Sem., 1829. R. D. clergyman. Died, 1866.
#BERNARD C. WOLF (also D.D., 1843). Clergyman.
D.D.
New York City.
*JOHN W. MOJIMSEY, A.B. (Union, 1819).
Princeton Sem., 1823-25. Presb. clergy-
man. Died, 1838.
LL.D.
*THEODORICK ROMEYN BECK, Albany, N. Y. A.B. (Union, 1807). A.M. (Union, 1810). LL.D. (Union, 1842). M.D. Principal Albany Academy. Regent `N. Y.
State Univ. Died, Nov. 19, 1855.
*THEODORE STRONG, New Brunswick, N. J.
A.B. (Yale, 1812). A.M. (Hamilton, 1815). Prof. Mathematics, Hamilton, 1814-27. Prof. Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, Rutgers, 1827-63. Died, Feb. 1, 1869.
1836. A.M.
*JOHN M. SCRIBNER, '
Middleburgh, N. Y.
A.B. (Union, 1833). A.M. (Union, 1836). N. B. Sem., 1836. Clergyman, R. C. A. Teacher. Died, 1881.
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HONORARY DEGREES.
1837. A.M.
*JOHN C. CRUIKSHANK (also D.Sc., 1891), Little Falls, N. J.
A.B. (Union, 1834). A.M. (Union, 1837). Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, Nov. 12, 1899.
N. B. Sem., 1837.
*HENRY N. POHLMAN, Albany, N. Y.
Hartwick Sem., 1820. Lutheran clergyman. President, General
Synod, 1867-74. Died, Jan. 20, 1874.
*EBENEZER WIGGINS, New York City.
A.B. (Univ. N. Y., 1834). N. B. Sem., 1837. D.D. Rector Grammar School. Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, Nov., 1878.
*JOSEPH WILSON, Fairfield, N. J.
Coll. N. J. N. B. Sem., 1821. Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, May 1, 1878.
LL.D.
*SAMUEL ROSSETER BETTS, Sullivan Co., N. Y.
A.B. (Williams, 1806). LL.D. (Williams, 1830). Lawyer.
Judge Advocate, War of 1812. Member of Congress, 1815-
17. U. S. District Judge, 1826-67. Died, Nov. 2, 1868.
1838. D.D.
*WM. KEARNS, Belfast, Ireland. New York City.
*THOMAS EDWARDS VERMILYE,
A.B. (Yale, 1821). D.D. (Union, 1838). S.T.D. (Columbia, 1875). LL.D. (Jefferson, 1857). Clergyman, R. C. A. Presi- dent, General Synod, 1848. Trustee, Rutgers, 1849-93. Died, March 17, 1893.
1839. A.B.
*HORATIO G. ONDERDONK,
Albany, N. Y.
*JOHN A. SCHULTZ.
A.M.
*JAMES H. ARMSBY, Albany, N. Y. M.D. (Vermont Acad. of Med., 1833). Physician. Prof. Anat- omy and Physiology, Vermont Academy of Medicine, 1834-40. Died, Dec. 3, 1875.
*EDWARD RICE. Physician.
*DOUW VAN OLINDA,
N. B. Sem., 1824. R. D. clergyman. Died, 185S. Caughnawaga, N. Y.
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RUTGERS COLLEGE.
D.D.
*WILHELMUS ELTINGE,
Paramus, N. J.
A.B. (Coll. N. J., 1796). A.M. (Coll. N. J., 1799). Studied under D. Romeyn. R. D. clergyman. President, General Synod, 1830. Trustee, Rutgers, 1807-51. Died, 1851.
1840. A.M.
*WM. A. GOOD, Reading, Pa. Clergyman, German Reformed Church. Died, 1873. *ELIAS HEINER (also D.D., 1851), Baltimore, Md.
German Ref'd Sem. York, Penn., 1833. clergyman. Died, Oct. 20, 1863.
German Reformed
*JAMES C. How. Presb. clergyman.
St. George's Del.
*M. DYCKMAN VANDERVEER.
LL.D.
* ROBERT STRANGE,
Fayetteville, N. C.
Hampden Sidney College. Lawyer. Judge Superior Court, N. C., 1826-36. U. S. Senator, 1836-40. Died, Feb. 19, 1854.
1841. A.M.
*PETER CRISPELL, JR., Hurley, N. Y.
M.D. (N. Y. Med. School, 1815). Physician. Member N. Y.
Legislature. Presidential elector, 1860. Died, Dec. 19, 1878.
*JAMES STEWART, New York City.
M.D. (Coll. P. & S., 1823). Physician.
Died, Sept. 12, 1864.
*JOHN H. WAKEFIELD.
*SAMUEL M. WOODBRIDGE (also D.D. 1857, and LL.D., 1883), New Brunswick, N. J.
A.B. (Univ. N. Y., 1838). A.M. (Univ. N. Y., 1841). N. B. Sem., 1841. D.D. (Union, 1858). Clergyman, R. C. A. Prof. Ecclesiastical History and Church Government, N. B. Sem., 1857-1901. Prof. Emeritus, 1901-05. Prof. Metaphysics and Philosophy of the Human Mind, Rutgers, 1857-64. Died, June 23, 1905.
LL.D.
*THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN, New Brunswick, N. J. A.B. (Coll. N. J., 1804). A.M. (Coll. N. J., 1807). LL.D. (Coll. N. J., 1833). Lawyer. Attorney-General, N. J., 1817-29. U. S. Senator, 1829-35. Chancellor, Univ. N. Y., 1839-50. Presi- dent, Rutgers, 1850-61. Died, April 12, 1861.
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HONORARY DEGREES.
1842. A.B.
GEORGE WASHINGTON PERKINS. Clergyman.
A.M.
*JOHN DU BOIS, Mamakating, N. Y.
A.B. (Union, 1839). A.M. (Union, 1842). N. B. Sem., 1842.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, April 7, 1884.
TRAILL GREEN MARSHALL.
Professor.
*MARTIN V. SCHOONMAKER (also D.D., 1877), Walden, N. Y.
A.B. (Union, 1839). A.M. (Union, 1842). N. B. Sem., 1842.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, June 13, 1899.
1843. A.M.
*LYMAN A. CHANDLER, Rockaway, N. J. A.B. ( Middlebury Coll. ). Lawyer. Member N. J. Assembly, 1858-59. N. J. State Senator, 1862-65. Died, Sept. 11, 1865.
*HERVEY DODDRIDGE GANSE (also D.D., 1861), St. Louis, Mo. A.B. (Columbia, 1839). A.M. (Columbia, 1844). N. B. Sem., 1843. Presb. clergyman. President, General Synod, 1866. Died, 1891.
*GEORGE G. SILL, Brunswick, Ill.
R. D. clergyman. Died, 1859.
D.D.
* ABRAHAM MESSLER, Somerville, N. J. · A.B. (Union, 1821). A.M. (Union, 1824). N. B. Sem., 1824. Clergyman, R. C. A. President, General Synod, 1847. Trustee, Rutgers, 1845-82. Died, June 12, 1882.
LL.D.
*GUILLAUME GROEN VAN PRINSTERER, The Hague, Holland. Doctor in Literature and Doctor in Law, (Leyden, 1823). Secre- tary of the King's Cabinet, 1827. Member Second Chamber. States-General, 1840. Author and Historian of Holland. Died, May 19, 1876.
1844. A.M.
GEORGE B. CLENDENING.
*JOHN GARDNER, Harlingen, N. J.
A.B. (Union, 1841). A.M. (Union, 1844). N. B. Sem., 1844. Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, Oct. 20, 1SS1.
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RUTGERS COLLEGE.
*JAMES HALL MASON KNOX, Baltimore, Md.
A.B. (Columbia, 1841). A.M. (Columbia, 1841). D.D. (Colum- bia, 1861). LL.D. (Columbia, 1885). N. B. Sem., 1845. Presb. clergyman. President, Lafayette College, 1883-90.
Emeritus, 1890-93. Died, Jan. 21, 1903.
BENJAMIN MORTIMER.
*THOMAS C. STRONG (also D.D.). Ithaca, N. Y. A.B. (Union, 1841). A.M. (Union, 1844). N. B. Sem., 1844. Clergyman, R. C. A. Trustee, Rutgers, 1858-74. 13, 1890. Died, Sept.
D.D.
*NICHOLAS 1. MARSELUS, New York City.
A.B. (Union, 1810). A.M. (Union, 1813). N. B. Sem., 1815.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, May 5, 1876.
*HENRY OSTRANDER, Saugerties, N. Y.
A.B. (Union, 1799). A.M. (Union, 1802). Studied under Froe- ligh. Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, Nov. 22, 1872.
1845. A.M.
*JESSE APPLETON DENNIS, Darien, Georgia. Lawyer. Teacher. Died, Oct. 27, 1854.
*JOHN A. LANSING, New York City.
A.B. (Union, 1842). N. B. Sem., 1845. D.D. (Union, 1861). Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, July 22, 1884.
*JACOB N. VOORHIS, Esopus, N. Y. N. B. Sem., 1845. Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, March 9, 1889. FRANCIS H. WELLS.
D.D.
* MAURICE WILLIAM DWIGHT, Brooklyn, N. Y.
A.B. (Columbia, 1816). A.M. (Columbia, 1820). N. B. Sem.,
1821. R. D. clergyman. Died, 1859.
1846. LL.D.
*JOSHUA AUSTIN SPENCER,
Utica, N. Y. A.M. (Hamilton, 1827, and Yale, 1834). Lawyer. Died, 1857.
1848. A.M.
*CHARLES DUNHAM DESHLER, New Brunswick, N. J.
Merchant. Editor. 10, 1909.
Postmaster of New Brunswick. Died, May
*JOHN W. HAMMOND, N. B. Sem., 1848. Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, Nov. 23, 1876.
GEORGE MCGRATH, Merchant.
Roxbury, N. Y.
New York City.
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HONORARY DEGREES.
*SAMUEL TOMB SEARLE, A.B. (Union, 1845). A.M. (Union, 1848). N. B. Sem., 1848.
Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, May 14, 1903.
* ALEXANDER WATSON, Sing Sing, N. Y.
Bible agent. Ordained to ministry, R. C. A. Died, Oct. 14, 1885.
D.D.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
*BAYNARD RUSH HALL, A.B. (Union, 1820). Princeton Sem., 1823. Presb. clergy-
man. Teacher. Died, Jan. 23, 1863.
LL.D.
*CHARLES HERMAN RUGGLES, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Lawyer. Member Congress, 1821-23.
Judge Court of Appeals,
N. Y., 1853-55. Died, June 16, 1865.
1849. A.M.
*WILLIAM ANDERSON. Fordham, N. Y.
N. B. Sem., 1849. Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, April 23, 1887.
JAMES KENNEDY, New York City.
JOHN R. KOOKEN.
D.D.
DAVID LOUNDESBOROUGH, Ayrshire, Scotland. A.M.
LL.D.
*JAMES BUCHANAN, Lancaster, Penn.
A.B. (Dickinson, 1809). A.M. (Dickinson, 1812). LL.D. (Dick- inson, 1842, and Coll. N. J., 1850). Minister to Russia, 1831. U. S. Senator, 1834-35. Minister to England, 1853. President of the United States, 1857-61. Died, June 1. 1868.
1850. A.M.
*AUGUSTUS CLARK BOORAEM, New York City. M.D. (Univ. N. Y., 1846). Physician. Died, Dec. 2, 1871.
*JOHN VANCE, New York City. Graduate of Queen's College, Belfast, Ireland, 1846. Editor "New York Sun," 1848-61. Prominent journalist. Died, March, 1866.
New Brunswick, N. J.
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RUTGERS COLLEGE.
D.D.
*WILLIAM ALLEN HALLOCK,
New York City. A.B. (Williams, 1819). A.M. ( Williams, 1822). Andover Sem., 1822. Cong'l clergyman. Corresponding Secretary
American Tract Society. Died, Oct. 2, 1880.
*GABRIEL LUDLOW,
Neshanic, N. J.
A.B. (Union, 1817). A.M. (Union, 1820). N. B. Sem., 1820. Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, Feb. 19, 1878.
1851. D.D.
*GEORGE ROCKWELL,
Alexandria Bay, N. Y. N. B. Sem., 1851. Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, July 1, 1897.
LL.D.
*JOHN LUDLOW, New Brunswick, N. J.
A.B. (Union, 1814). A.M. (Union, 1817). D.D. (Union, 1827). N. B. Sem., 1817. R. D. clergyman. Prof. Biblical Lit. N. B. Sem., 1817-23. Provost of the Univ. Penn., 1834-52. Prof. Eccl. Hist. and Church Govt. N. B. Sem., 1852-57. Prof. Metaphysics and Philosophy of the Human Mind, Rutgers, 1852- 57. Trustee, Rutgers, 1819-37. Died, Sept. 8, 1857.
*CHARLES E. WEST, Brooklyn, N. Y. A.B. (Union, 1832). Lawyer. Principal, Rutgers Female Insti- tute, 1839-51. Principal, Buffalo Female Seminary, 1851-60. Principal, Brooklyn Heights Seminary, 1860-89. Died, 1900.
1852. D.D.
* ANDREW W. BLACK, Allegheny, Pa.
A.B. (Western Univ., Pittsburg, 1826). Presb. Sem., Phila- delphia, 1828. Reformed Presb. clergyman. Prof. Exeg. Hist. and Evangelistic Theology. Died, Sept. 10, 1858.
*SELAH BURR TREAT, Boston, Mass.
A.B. (Yale, 1824). Andover Sem., 1835. Cong'l clergyman. Editor. Secretary American Board Foreign Missions, 1847-76. Died, March 27, 1877.
*JOIIN VANDERVEER, Easton, Penn. A.B. (Coll. N. J., 1817). A.M. (Coll. N. J., 1820). N. B. Sem., 1822. Clergyman, R. C. A. Teacher. Died, 1878.
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HONORARY DEGREES.
1853. A.M.
JARED WATERBURY SCUDDER (also D.D., 1887), Palmaner, India. A.B. (Western Reserve, 1850). A.M. (Western Reserve, 1853). N. B. Sem., 1855. M.D. (Long Island Coll., 1860). Missionary, R. C. A. Prof. Theology Arcot Sem., 1895-1908.
*ROBERT LEIGHTON WATERBURY, Margaretville, N. Y.
M.D. (Univ. N. Y., 1845). Physician and surgeon. Lecturer on Comparative Anatomy in Public Schools of New York City, 1858-59. Surgeon 93d N. Y. State National Guard for ninety days during Civil War. Died, July 28, 1881.
1854. A.M.
AUGUSTUS BEADLE, Carmel, N. Y.
*SCHUYLER COLFAX, Washington, D. C.
Lawyer. Member Congress, 1854-69. Speaker of House of
Representatives, U. S., 1863-67. Vice President, U. S., 1869-
73. Died, Jan. 13, 1885.
*ABRAHAM V. SCHENCK, New Brunswick, N. J.
Lawyer. Mayor New Brunswick, 1851. Prosecutor of Pleas, Middlesex county, 1872-77. N. J. State Senator, elected 1882. President of Senate, 1885. Died, April 28, 1902.
D.D.
*WILLIAM GOODELL, Constantinople, Turkey. A.B. (Dartmouth, 1817). D.D. (Hamilton, 1854). Andover
. Sem., 1820. Cong'l missionary. Translator of the Bible into Armeno-Turkish, 1841-43, 1863. Died, Feb. 18, 1867.
GEORGE JOHNSTONE, Edinburgh, Scotland.
A.M.
*ROBERT P. LEE, Montgomery, N. Y.
A.B. (Dickinson, 1824). A.M. (Dickinson, 1827). N. B. Sem., 1828. R. D. clergyman. Trustee, Rutgers, 1851-58. Died, 1858.
LL.D.
*DANIEL PHOENIX INGRAHAM, New York City.
A.B. (Columbia, 1817) A.M. (Columbia, 1820). LL.D. (Columbia, 1860). Lawyer. Justice, Court of Common Pleas, N. Y., 1837-57. Judge Supreme Court, N. Y., 1857-74. Died. Dec. 12, 1881.
1855. A.M.
HIRAM E. JOHNSON.
*FRANZ M. SCHNEEWEISS, New Brunswick. N. J. Studied at Univ. Gratz, 1846-47, and Univ. Vienna, 1847-4S. N. B. Sem., 1855. Clergyman, R. C. A. Music teacher. Died, May 15, 1SSS.
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RUTGERS COLLEGE.
*HERMAN F. F. SCHNELLENDRUESSLER, Plainfield, N. J. Studied at Gymnasium, Gumbinnen, Prussia. N. B. Sem., 1855. Clergyman, R. C. A. Chaplain U. S. Vols., 1864-65. Died, Sept. 20, 1898.
*EZEKIEL C. SCUDDER, Asbury Park, N. J. A.B. (Western Reserve, 1850). M.D. (Coll. P. & S.). D.D. (Western Reserve, 1885). Missionary, R. C. A. Died, Jan. 31, 1896.
D.D.
JOHN ALEXANDER, Kirkaldy, Scotland. A.M.
* CORNELIUS VAN SANTVOORD, Kingston, N. Y.
A.B. (Union, 1835). A.M. (Union, 1838). Princeton Sem., 1838. Clergyman, R. C. A. President, General Synod, 1857. Died, Nov. 2, 1901.
1856. A.M.
JOHN HENRY OERTER (also D.D., 1878), New York City. N. B. Sem., 1856. Clergyman, R. C. A.
*EDWARD DORR GRIFFIN SMITH, Newark, N. J.
M.D. (Coll. P. & S., 1851). Practiced in Newark. Spent con- siderable time in Europe on account of health; served in U. S. Navy several years; then again practiced in Newark until his death, June 15, 1878.
J. M. STEARNS, Brooklyn, N. Y.
*GILES VANDEWALL,
Paarl, South Africa.
N. B. Sem., 1856.
Clergyman, R. D. Church of South Africa.
Died, Jan. 2, 1896.
D.D.
* ABRAHAM BEACH CARTER,
Rutgers, 1841. Trenton, N. J.
*ELI FIELD COOLEY,
A.B. (Coll. N. J., 1806). A.M. (Coll. N. J.). Presb. clergy- man. Trustee, Coll. N. J., 1828-60. Died, April 22, 1860.
PHILIP FAURE, Cape Town, South Africa.
*RAVAUD KEARNY RODGERS, Bound Brook, N. J.
A.B. (Coll. N. J., 1815). A.M. (Coll. N. J., 1818). Princeton Sem., 1818. Presb. clergyman. Died, Jan. 12, 1879.
LL.D.
*GEORGE JUNKIN, Philadelphia, Penn.
A.B. (Jefferson, 1813). A.M. D.D. Presb. clergyman. Founder and first President of Lafayette College, 1832-41, 1845-48. President, Miami Univ., Ohio, 1841-44. President, Washington Coll., Va., 1848-61. Moderator, General Assembly, 1844. Died, May 20, 1868.
243
HONORARY DEGREES.
1857. A.M.
*ELNATHAN R. ATWATER, New York City. A.B. (Union, 1834). A.M. (Union, 1837). Clergyman, R. C. A. Editor, "Christian Intelligencer," 1853-72. Died, Nov. 28, 1899.
*HENRY E. DECKER, Turin, N. Y.
A.B. (Williams, 1854). A.M. (Williams, 1857). N. B. Sem., 1857. Clergyman, R. C. A. Died, March 25, 1893.
*WASHINGTON HASBROUCK, Jersey City, N. J.
Ph.D. (Univ. N. Y., 1869, and Coll. N. J., 1876). Principal Nor- mal School, N. J. Founder and Principal, Hasbrouck Institute, 1856-76. Died, Feb. 24, 1895.
HOMER NEILSON.
*WILLIAM H. TALMAGE, Brooklyn, N. Y.
A.B. (Univ. N. Y., 1846). Merchant. Died, May 16, 1873.
D.D.
*JOHN JAMES BONAR, Greenock, Scotland. Univ. Edinburgh, 1827. D.D. (Edinburgh, 1883). Clergyman, Free Church. Died, July 7, 1891.
*ELBERT STOTHOFF PORTER, Claverack, N. Y.
A.B. (Coll. N. J., 1839). A.M. (Coll. N. J., 1842). N. B. Sem., 1842. Clergyman, R. C. A. President, General Synod, 1868. Editor, "Christian Intelligencer," 1852-68. Died, Feb. 26, 1888.
1858. A.M.
JOHN GORDON.
JACOB FREDERICK HUFF.
FREDERICK WILLIAM A. RIEDEL. N. B. Sem., 1858. German Reformed clergyman. ROYAL STUTGARD.
D.D.
* ALBERTUS C. VAN RAALTE, Holland, Mich. Graduated at Univ. Leyden, 1831. Leyden Theological Sem., 1834. Leader of the Migration to Holland, Mich. Clergyman, R. C. A. President of Council, Hope College, 1870-74. Died, Nov. 7, 1876.
LL.D.
*JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, The Hague, Holland.
A.B. (Harvard, 1831). A.M. (Harvard, 1834). LL.D. (Univ. N. Y., 1858, and Harvard, 1860). D.C.L. U. S. Minister to Austria, 1861-66. U. S. Minister to England, 1869-70. His- torian. Author of "The Rise of the Dutch Republic" (1856), and other histories. Died, May 29, 1877.
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RUTGERS COLLEGE.
1859. A.M.
*LEWIS ALEXANDER BRIGHAM, Jersey City, N. J.
A.B. (Hamilton, 1859). Lawyer, practicing in New York City. Member of Congress, 1878-80. Died, Feb. 19, 1885.
ABRAHAM VAN DYCK DE WITT, New London, Conn.
Retired lawyer. Practiced in Albany, N. Y.
JOHN W. MCLAURY. Teacher, Delaware Academy.
DUANE B. SIMMONS.
*CYRUS G. VANDERVEER, New York City.
N. B. Sem., 1859. R. D. clergyman. Chaplain, U. S. Vols., 1861-62. Cor. Sec. Bd. Dom. Miss., 1866-68. Died, 1868.
D.D.
*ABRAM OOTHOUT HALSEY, Churchville, Pa.
A.B. (Union, 1822). Princeton Sem., 1827. R. D. clergyman. Died, Aug. 23, 1868.
*HENRY MARTYN SCUDDER, Winchester, Mass.
A.B. (Univ. N. Y., 1840). A.M. (Univ. N. Y., 1843). Union Sem., 1843. M.D. (Univ. N. Y., 1853). Cong'l clergyman. Died, June 4, 1895.
LL.D.
*JAMES HENRY COFFIN, Easton, Pa. A.B. (Amherst, 1828). Astronomer. Tutor, Williams, 1840-43. Prof. Mathematics and Astronomy, Lafayette, 1846-73. Writer on Meteorology. Died, Feb. 6, 1873.
*THEODORE WILLIAM DWIGHT, New York City.
A.B. (Hamilton, 1840). LL.B. (Yale, 1842). A.M. (Hamil- ton). LL.D. (Columbia, 1860). Prof. Law, Hist. and Pol. Econ., Hamilton, 1846-58. Prof. Municipal Law, Columbia, 1858-92. Warden of Law School, Columbia, 1864-90. Died, June 28, 1892.
1860. A.M.
*MARMADUKE B. TAYLOR,
Camden, N. J.
LL.B. (Law School,
Died, Jan. 15, 1890.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1855). Lawyer.
D.D.
*WILLIAM HENRY HORNBLOWER, Allegheny, Penn. A.B. (Coll. N. J., 1838). A.M. (Coll. N. J., 1841). Princeton Sem., 1842. Presb. clergyman. Prof. Elocution, Church Polity and Pastoral Theology, Allegheny Sem., 1877-83. Trustee,
Coll. N. J., 1864-71. Died, July 16, 1883.
*ASHBEL GREEN VERMILYE, Englewood, N. J.
A.B. (Univ. N. Y., 1840). A.M. (Univ. N. Y., 1843). N. B.
Sem., 1844. Clergyman, R. C. A. President, General Synod, 1871. Died, July 9, 1905.
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