IV 
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 Col-
lege; 
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 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 Jer-
sey; 
Whereas, in 1989, Rutgers became a member of the Associa-
tion 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 Univer-
sity of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey into Rut-
gers 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 Institu-
tional 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 world-
wide; 
Whereas celebration of this major milestone began on Novem-
ber 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 com-
prehensive public research university; and 
Whereas Rutgers exemplifies all of the traditions of American 
higher education: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, as it cele-
brates 250 years of rich history as a colonial college, a 
land-grant institution, and a great State university that 
has been a source of pride for New Jersey and the people 
of the United States. 
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