Description:
Rutgers University has come a long way since it was granted a royal charter in 1766. It migrated from a parsonage in Somerville, to New Brunswick-sited The Sign of the Red Lion tavern, to stately Old Queens, expanding northward along College Avenue, and beyond. Replete with more than 500 campus images, Rutgers, Then and Now offers stunning pictorial and historical evidence of what it was then, side by side, with what it is today, a vital hub for research and beloved home for students.
Review Quotes: "I am fascinated by the story that Jim Hughes, David Listokin, and Dick Edwards have told in this book through words and pictures, focusing on the birthplace of our remarkable university. I take immense pride in their scholarship and their mighty achievement in capturing the sweep of Rutgers's evolution over more than two and a half centuries."--Jonathan Scott Holloway "President of Rutgers University, from the foreword"