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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 692 

Honoring the 250th anniversary of the founding of Rutgers, the State 

University of New Jersey. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 19, 2016 

Mr. PALLONE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the 250th anniversary of the founding of Rutgers, 

the State University of New Jersey. 

Whereas, on November 10, 1766, the Royal Governor of New 

Jersey, William Franklin, granted a charter in the name 

of King George III for the establishment of Queen’s College; 

Whereas, in 1825, Queen’s College was renamed Rutgers in 

honor of Colonel Henry Rutgers, a University trustee and 

Revolutionary War veteran; 

Whereas, in 1864, Rutgers was designated as a land-grant 

college, offering educational access to a wide range of 

students who would become the new workforce for our 

Nation’s expanding businesses, factories, and farms; 


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Whereas, in 1869, Rutgers became the birthplace of college 

football by hosting a game against its rival, Princeton 

University, which Rutgers won 6 to 4; 

Whereas, in 1946, the University of Newark became part of 

Rutgers, laying the foundation for Rutgers UniversityNewark; 

Whereas, in 1950, the College of South Jersey became part 

of Rutgers, giving rise to Rutgers University-Camden; 

Whereas, in 1945 and 1956, the New Jersey State legislature 

designated Rutgers as the State University of New Jersey; 

Whereas, in 1989, Rutgers became a member of the Association of American Universities, an association of the top 

research universities in the United States and Canada; 

Whereas, in 2013, with the integration of most of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey into Rutgers School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers 

undertook the largest merger in the history of higher 

education in the United States; 

Whereas, in 2014, Rutgers joined the Big Ten Conference, 

bringing the long history of collegiate athletics at Rutgers 

into the storied conference comprised of highly regarded, 

research-intensive flagship universities; 

Whereas, in 2014, Rutgers joined the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, the Nation’s premier consortium of 

top-tier research institutions; 

Whereas Rutgers educates more than 65,000 students at 31 

schools, employs more than 22,000 faculty and staff, and 

records more than 1,700,000 patient visits annually; 


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Whereas Rutgers has more than 460,000 living alumni worldwide; 

Whereas celebration of this major milestone began on November 10, 2015, with Charter Day festivities on the lawn 

of Old Queens (the university’s oldest building) and will 

continue through its 250th anniversary on November 10, 

2016; 

Whereas Rutgers is the only university in the United States 

that is a colonial college, a land-grant college, and a comprehensive public research university; and 

Whereas Rutgers exemplifies all of the traditions of American 

higher education: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 

2 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, as it cele3 brates 250 years of rich history as a colonial college, a 

4 land-grant institution, and a great State university that 

5 has been a source of pride for New Jersey and the people 

6 of the United States. 

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