Colonel Henry Rutgers n December 1825, the trustees rename the college in honor of Colonel Henry Rutgers,
a prominent laymen in the Dutch Church, president of its Board of Corporation,
and a church elder. Descended from an old New York Dutch family, he possessed valuable land holdings in the city.
The Colonel graduated from King's College, was a Revolutionary war veteran, and held various posts of civic importance in New York.
A bachelor, he later donated the interest from a $5,000 bond and the central college bell which still hangs in the Old Queens building.
n December 1825, the trustees rename the college in honor of Colonel Henry Rutgers,
a prominent laymen in the Dutch Church, president of its Board of Corporation,
and a church elder. Descended from an old New York Dutch family, he possessed valuable land holdings in the city.
The Colonel graduated from King's College, was a Revolutionary war veteran, and held various posts of civic importance in New York.
A bachelor, he later donated the interest from a $5,000 bond and the central college bell which still hangs in the Old Queens building.