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
editNine 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 (1936–2021) |
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
editAcademic faculty
edit- Richard Toensing, composer and music educator
- J. E. Wallace Wallin, visiting psychology professor, psychologist, early proponent of education for the mentally handicapped
Athletic staff
edit- Ron Rothstein, professional NBA basketball coach, former college basketball player, former teacher and basketball coach (1974-1975)
Alumni
editThis 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
edit| 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
edit| 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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| Don Guardian | B.A. 1975 |
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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
edit| 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 | |
| Tammy Nichalson | B.A. 1994 | Entrepreneur |
- Mike Largey (born 1960), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
|- | Chris Desiderio || B.A. 1988 || Renowned tonsorial artist
Fictional alumni
edit- The protagonist of Philip Roth's novel American Pastoral (1997), Seymour "Swede" Levov, and his wife, Dawn Levov, are graduates of Upsala.
References
edit- ^ 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" [1] 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.