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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 311 

Honoring Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, as Rutgers celebrates 

its 250th anniversary. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 9, 2015 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. BOOKER) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, as 

Rutgers celebrates its 250th anniversary. 

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 expanding businesses, factories, and farms of the United 

States; 


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Whereas in 1869, Rutgers became the birthplace of college 

football by hosting a game against Princeton University 

and winning 6 to 4; 

Whereas in 1946, the University of Newark became part of 

Rutgers, laying the foundation for Rutgers University– 

Newark; 

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 with the integration of most of the University of 

Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey into Rutgers 

School of Biomedical and Health Sciences in 2013, 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 premier consortium of top-tier research institutions in the United States; 

Whereas, as of November 2015, Rutgers— 

(1) educates more than 65,000 students at 31 

schools; 

(2) employs more than 22,000 faculty and staff; 


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(3) records more than 1,700,000 patient visits annually; and 

(4) boasts more than 460,000 living alumni worldwide; 

Whereas the 250th anniversary of the establishment of Rutgers is November 10, 2016; 

Whereas the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the establishment of Rutgers begins on November 10, 2015, 

with Charter Day festivities on the lawn of Old Queens 

and will continue through November 10, 2016; and 

Whereas Rutgers exemplifies all of the traditions of higher 

education in the United States because Rutgers is the 

only university in the United States that is— 

(1) a colonial college; 

(2) a land-grant college; and 

(3) a comprehensive public research university: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate honors Rutgers, the State 

2 University of New Jersey, as Rutgers celebrates 250 years 

3 of rich history as a colonial college, a land-grant institu4 tion, and a great State university that has been a source 

5 of pride for New Jersey and the people of the United 

6 States since 1766. 

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