List of Upsala College people
This is a list of the people associated of Upsala College including the school's presidents, its faculty and alumni. Upsala College was a Lutheran-affiliated, private college located in East Orange, New Jersey (1899–1995). After years of declining enrollment and financial problems, Upsala College closed in May 1995.
Presidents of Upsala College[]
Nine men have served as the president of Upsala College in its 102-year history.[1] Most of these men were Lutheran clergymen.[1] Only one, the Rev. Dr. Evald Benjamin Lawson (1904–1965), was an alumnus of Upsala College.[1]
Portrait | College President | Years in office | Education[1] | Notes | |
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1 | — | Rev. Lars Herman Beck (1859–1935) |
1893–1910 |
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2 | — | Rev. Peter Froeberg (1873–1954) |
1910–1920 |
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3 | — | Rev. Carl Gustav Erickson (1877–1936) |
1920–1936 |
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4 | — | Rev. Evald Benjamin Lawson (1904–1965) |
1938–1965 |
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5 | — | Rev. Carl Gustaf Fjellman (1919–2011) |
1966–1976 |
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6 | — | Rodney Otto Felder (1927–1997) |
1976–1984 |
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7 | — | David Eugene Schramm (1936– ) |
1986–1988 |
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8 | — | Rev. Robert Edgar Karsten (1930–2014) |
1988–1994 |
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9 | — | Paul Victor DeLomba (1935–2018) |
1994–1995 |
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Faculty and staff[]
Academic faculty[]
- Richard Toensing, composer and music educator
- J. E. Wallace Wallin, visiting psychology professor, psychologist, early proponent of education for the mentally handicapped
Athletic staff[]
- Ron Rothstein, professional NBA basketball coach, former college basketball player, former teacher and basketball coach (1974-1975)
Alumni[]
This list of alumni includes both those who completed degree programs and graduated from Upsala College, as well as those who attended but did not graduate.
Academia and research[]
Name | Degree (year) | Description |
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Joan W. Bennett | B.S. 1963 |
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John Langston Gwaltney | B.A. 1952 |
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Birger A. Pearson | B.A. 1957 |
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Politics and public service[]
Name | Degree (year) | Description |
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Betty Boyd |
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David Demarest |
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Frank J. Dodd |
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Brian Fischer | B.S. 1966 |
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Nia Gill | B.A. 1971 |
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Donald Jacobs[9] | B.S. 1987 |
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Hymen B. Mintz (1909-1986) | A.B. 1929 |
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Matthew Patrick |
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Richie Roberts | did not graduate |
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Harold J. Wirths (born 1965) | A.S. |
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Arts and entertainment[]
Name | Degree (year) | Description |
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Louis Chu | Asian-American author, Eat a Bowl of Tea | |
Richie Davis | Canadian Football League player and Grey Cup champion | |
Kay Gardella | New York Daily News television critic | |
Walt Housman | football player | |
Don Kirshner | songwriter, rock music producer[17] | |
Allen Klein | B.S. 1956 | music industry executive, talent manager (Sam Cooke, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones), and pioneer in freeform radio |
Dick Kryhoski | Major League Baseball first baseman, 1949 World Series with New York Yankees | |
Bob McCann | did not graduate | professional basketball player |
Robert W. Peterson | newspaper reporter and author | |
Jerry Recco | did not graduate | radio personality (WFAN, WHTG, WINS) |
Gunārs Saliņš | Latvian modernist poet | |
Vin Scelsa | radio personality, created Idiot's Delight freeform radio program | |
Sally M. Walker | B.A. 1975 | juvenile science and nonfiction author |
- Mike Largey (born 1960), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Fictional alumni[]
- The protagonist of Philip Roth's novel American Pastoral (1997), Seymour "Swede" Levov, and his wife, Dawn Levov, are graduates of Upsala.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Series I Presidential Papers" Archived 2015-01-15 at the Wayback Machine in the "Upsala College records, 1893-1995" Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine held in the collection of the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College (Rock Island, Illinois). Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ Staff. Obituary for Carl Gustaf Fjellman in The Star-Ledger (3 July 2011). Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ Arenson, Karen W. "Rodney O. Felder Dies at 69; Finch College's Last President" in The New York Times (26 January 1997). Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ Associated Press (AP). "Metro Datelines: Upsala President Resigns From Post" in The New York Times (27 October 1988). Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ Allen, David Grayson and McDermott, Kathleen. Accounting for Success: A History of Price Waterhouse in America, 1890-1990 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Business School Press, 1993), 268.
- ^ Pearson, Birger A. Birger Albert Pearson - Curriculum Vitae, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- ^ Frank J. “Pat” Dodd, New Jersey Casino Control Commission. Accessed March 7, 2018. "Dodd attended Upsala College and Seton Hall University."
- ^ New Jersey Legislature. Members: Legislative District 34 - Senator Nia H. Gill Esq. (D). Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ name="Donald Jacobs" > Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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- ^ Manuscript Group 1287, Hymen B. Mintz (1909-1986), New Jersey assemblyman and collector Archived 2017-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Historical Society. Accessed March 27, 2018. "Hymen B. Mintz (1909-1986) was born in Newark, New Jersey (Essex County). He was educated at: Lafayette Grammar School, Newark; Central High School, Newark; and at Upsala College where he graduated with an A.B. (1929)."
- ^ Assemblyman Harold J. "Hal" Wirths (R), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed March 7, 2018. "Education: A.S. Upsala College (Business)"]
- ^ Schudel, Matt. "Don Kirshner, hit-making rock impresario of the 1960s, dies at 76" in The Washington Post (18 January 2012). Retrieved 24 May 2013.
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