Edward J. Bloustein
Edward J. Bloustein | |
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President of Bennington College | |
| In office 1965–1971 | |
| Preceded by | William C. Fels |
| Succeeded by | Gail Thain Parker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edward Jerome Bloustein Francis Bloustein, brother |
| Alma mater | New York University (B.A.) University of Oxford (B.Phil.) Cornell University (Ph.D., LL.B.) |
Edward Jerome Bloustein (January 20, 1925 – December 9, 1989) was the 17th President of Rutgers University serving from 1971 to 1989.[2][3]
Biography
He was born in New York City, and he graduated from
German Democratic Republic. Later, Bloustein earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1954 from Cornell University, and entered Cornell Law School earning a Bachelor of Laws in 1959. During that time, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Cornell Law Quarterly
.
Bloustein began his professional career as a
New York State Court of Appeals, serving from 1959 to 1961. He then joined the faculty of the New York University School of Law until 1965, when he was named president of Bennington College.[4] In 1971, following the retirement of Mason Welch Gross he was appointed president of Rutgers University
.
During his tenure as President of Rutgers University, Bloustein implemented programs that expanded the institution's research facilities, attracted internationally known scholars to the faculty, and achieved distinction as one of the major public research universities in the nation, leading to an invitation for Rutgers to join the
Bahamas on December 9, 1989.[3]
Legacy
The
Rutgers–New Brunswick is named in his honor. The Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar is named in his honor. The Bloustein Lecture in Law and Ethics, hosted by the Rutgers Institute for Law and Philosophy and funded by a gift Bloustein made to Rutgers Law School
, is also named in his honor.
References
- ^ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
- ^ "Edward J. Bloustein". Rutgers University. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ a b Wolff, Craig (December 11, 1989). "Edward J. Bloustein, 64, Is Dead; President of Rutgers Since 1971". The New York Times. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
Dr. Edward J. Bloustein, the president of Rutgers University since 1971, died Saturday, apparently of a heart attack, in Nassau, the Bahamas, where he was attending a business meeting. Dr. Bloustein lived in the president's house on the school's New Brunswick-Piscataway campus. He was 64 years old.
- ^ "New Bennington Head; Edward J. Bloustein". The New York Times. June 21, 1965. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
Among the many scholarships that carried Edward J. Bloustein from a boyhood of poverty through three colleges -- and now to the presidency of Bennington College in Vermont -- there is one he calls the "Ruth Ellen Scholarship."
External links
- A film clip "The Open Mind - American Values and the College Generation (1974)" is available for viewing at the Internet Archive
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