DescriptionRobert M. Brown, the son of Samuel R. Brown, graduated from Rutgers in Spring of 1865 and by November traveled to Japan to take over his father's class of six students. Robert Brown became the third...
DescriptionEugene C. Duryee, a New Jersey native, was born in Cherry Hill New Jersey in 1901 and graduated from Rutgers College in 1923. He continued his studies at the Hartford Seminary in Connecticut and...
DescriptionIwakura Tomosada (岩倉具定; Asahi (旭)), son of Iwakura Tomomi (岩倉具視), studied under Guido Verbeck in Nagasaki, then departed for the United States in 1870, together with his brother,...
DescriptionLuman J. Shafer attended Rutgers College from 1905 to 1909. Upon graduation he continued his studies at the New Burnswick Theology School and graduated in 1912. After graduating from the Theological...
DescriptionHoward Harris was the eleventh male missionary sent to Japan by the RCA. Harris was born in Belleville, New Jersey in 1848, served in the civil war as a flag bearer, graduated from Rutgers in 1873....
DescriptionThe Mason Gross Memorial (the 25th year reunion gift of the class of 1968, created by Thomas Jay Warren) celebrates the life of one of the most widely respected, admired, and popular presidents in...
DescriptionIn 1872, Martin N. Wyckoff, a Rutgers College alumnus, departed to Fukui, Japan to replace William E. Griffis as a teacher at the Fukui junior high school. After the expiration of his Fukui contract...
DescriptionPortrait of Tomita Tetsunosuke (富田鐡之助) (seated) and Takaki Saburō (高木三郎) (standing). Tomita and Takaki were Katsu Kaishū (勝海舟)'s mentees and were selected by Katsu to...
DescriptionIn this episode of Jazz From the Archives, host David Cayer presents and comments on the work of Rutgers University graduates and alumni who have contributed to the American jazz songbook. This...
DescriptionEugene S. Booth is a Rutgers College and New Brunswick Theological Seminary alumni. Booth became an Reformed Church missionary and in 1882 succeeded Mary E. Kidder as the president of the Ferris...