Subject
Higher Education and state
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG 03/C3
Repository:
Rutgers University Archives
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Rutgers University Board of Trustees. Special Committee on Reorganization Records
Abstract:
Commissioned on February 18, 1955, the Special Committee on the Reorganization of the Board of Trustees was established to explore various methods of university reorganization. Its deliberations led to the official establishment of Rutgers as the State University of New Jersey in 1956, as well as the establishment of the Board of Governors. Functioning until May 1956, when Governor Robert Meyner signed the reorganization proposal into law, the Committee was chaired by Lansing P. Shield. The...