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RUTGERS SWIMMING & DIVING 2009-2010

WOMEN’S TEAMRECORDS

50 FreestyleMadison Kennedy (2007) 22.45

100 FreestyleMadison Kennedy (2007) 49.14

200 FreestyleKelly Harrigan (2006) 1:47.37

500 FreestyleKelly Harrigan (2003) 4:43.69

1,000 FreestyleErin McIntyre (2002) 9:51.13

1,650 FreestyleErin McIntyre (2002) 16:20.04

100 BackstrokeCatherine Whetstone (2009) 53.11

200 BackstrokeKelly Harrigan (2006) 1:54.76

100 ButterflyCat Whetstone (2007) 53.27

200 ButterflyAndrea Miller (2002) 2:00.80

100 BreaststrokeShayna Longacre (2008) 1:01.30

200 BreaststrokeShayna Longacre (2008) 2:15:52

200 Individual MedleyShayna Longacre (2008) 2:02.09

400 Individual MedleyErin McIntyre (2002) 4:16.89

200 Freestyle RelayKennedy, Wright, (2006)Colavito, Harrigan 1:31.61

400 Freestyle RelayWhetstone, Kennedy, (2007)Dunphy, Bicknell 3:20.34

800 Freestyle RelayParent, Wright, (2006)Bicknell, Harrigan 7:13.93

200 Medley RelayWhetstone, Longacre, (2009)Kesses, Lindblad 1:40.41

400 Medley RelayHarrigan, Dean, (2006)Bicknell, Kennedy 3:40.60

One Meter Diving-6 DivesErin Saunders (2009) 302.70

Three Meter Diving-6 DivesErin Saunders (2009) 312.07

WOMEN’S POOLRECORDS

50 FreestyleMadison Kennedy, RU (2005) 22.86

100 FreestyleMadison Kennedy, RU (2005) 49.87

200 FreestyleKelly Harrigan, RU (2006) 1:47.37

500 FreestyleLindblom, Miami (1997) 4:48.89

1,000 FreestyleAshley Steenvoorden, SAC (2006) 9:52.82

1,650 FreestyleErin McIntyre, RU (2002) 16:32.46

100 BackstrokeKelly Harrigan, RU (2005) 54.44

200 BackstrokeKelly Harrigan, RU (2005) 1:56.63

100 ButterflyKelly Harrigan, RU (2005) 54.36

200 ButterflyN. Bassi, BAC (2000) 2:00.01

100 BreaststrokeLeir, Miami (1997) 1:02.91

200 BreaststrokeR. Soni, SAC (2004) 2:14.20

200 Individual MedleyTellegen, Miami (2001) 2:00.34

400 Individual MedleyTellegen, Miami (1997) 4:17.80

200 Freestyle RelayRU (2005) 1:32:14

400 Freestyle RelayRU (2006) 3:24:98

800 Freestyle RelayRU (2005) 7:22:41

200 Medley RelayRU (2005) 1:43.29

400 Medley RelayRU (2006) 3:42.52

TABLE OF CONTENTSHead Coach Chuck Warner ............................................................2Assistant Coaches/Swimming Support Staff ........................42008-09 Season Review ..................................................................52008 International Swimming ......................................................6Facilities ....................................................................................................82008-09 Women’s Swimming & Diving Roster ................10Women’s Swimming & Diving Profiles ....................................11History of Rutgers Swimming......................................................24Awards....................................................................................................26Dr. Richard L. McCormick, President.......................................27Tim Pernetti, Director of Athletics ............................................28University History...............................................................................29Distinguished Alumni........................................................................31Scarlet R Club......................................................................................34Famous After Rutgers.....................................................................35

The 2009-10 Rutgers University Swimming & Diving Media Guide is published bythe Rutgers Division of Intercollegiate Athletics, Tim Pernetti Director. Writing, lay-out, and design by the Office of Athletic Communications.Editor: Allison MillerEditorial Assistance: Alex Restrepo, Hasim PhillipsLayout & Design: Kevin RevoirPhotography: Jim O’Connor, Patti Banks, Tom Ciszek

Office of Athletic CommunicationsLouis Brown Athletic Center83 Rockafeller RoadPiscataway, NJ 08854-8053

Office Phone:..............................................................................................................(732) 445-4200FAX:.................................................................................................................................(732) 445-0474Swimming Office:......................................................................................................(732) 445-0467

SWIMMING & DIVING QUICK FACTS

Location:..................................................................Piscataway, N.J.Enrollment: ............................................................................52,471Founded: ......................................................................................1766President: ..........................................Dr. Richard L. McCormickAthletic Director: ...................................................... Tim PernettiAffiliation: ..................................................................NCAA Division IConference:..........................................................................BIG EASTNickname: ................................................................Scarlet KnightsColor:............................................................................................ScarletHead Coach: ....................Chuck Warner (Univ. of Redlands)Record at Rutgers: ......................121-56 overall (12 years)......................................................................................(73-29 women)Assistant Coach: ..................................................Jessica BarnesDiving Coach: ..........................................................Fred WoodruffCoordinator of Operations: ..............................Karen Johnson2008-09 Overall Record: ..........................................................4-12008-09 BIG EAST Record: ....................................................3-02008-09 BIG EAST Finish: ................................................FourthHome Pool: ......................Sonny Werblin Recreation CenterCapacity: ......................................................................................1,200Swimming Office Phone: ..................................732-445-0467Swimming Office Fax: ........................................732-445-0474

Swimming SID: ............................................................Allison MillerOffice Phone:..........................................................732-445-8332Office Fax: ................................................................732-445-3063E-mail: ................................................amiller@scarletknights.com

The 2008-09 Rutgers University Swimming & Diving Media Guide has been com-piled to assist the media with their coverage of the team. Updated statistics andinformation can be obtained throughout the season by contacting Allison Miller,Athletic Communications Assistant, in the Office of Athletic Communications, at(732) 445-8332.

For additional information on Scarlet Knight Swimming and Diving, please visit ourwebsite at:

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Head coach Chuck Warnerenters his 13th season atRutgers University, determinedand eager to build upon the suc-cess his team has enjoyed sincehis arrival.

Warner, who has coached for 36years and trained athletes at boththe national and international

level, coached the Scarlet Knights to a 4-1 overall record, including a3-0 mark in conference play, during the 2008-09 season. TheRedlands graduate has led the Scarlet Knights to break all 19women’s team records during his tenure.

In 2008, Warner led the Scarlet Knights to a 5-4 overall record anda 2-1 mark in the BIG EAST. The team tied for fifth at the BIG EASTChampionship and had two women compete at the NCAAChampionship. Additionally, Warner led Catherine Whetstone, KaseyKesses and Shayna Longacre to the 2008 Olympic Trials.

Warner had one of his most successful summers as a coach in2007. Warner saw his athletes post very impressive results at the2007 U.S. National Swim Meet, and he guided three swimmers thatwent on to compete with the National Team at both the WorldUniversity Games and the Japan International Swim Meet.

A four-time BIG EAST Conference Coach of the Year, he and hisstaff have trained a number of standout swimmers. BeforeWarner became just the fifth head coach in RU program history(87 years), every team he had previously coached competed for aNational Championship.

In 2007, the squad demonstrated the program’s growing suc-cess by winning six straight dual meet competitions to end theseason with a 6-1 record overall and a 3-0 mark in BIG EASTcompetition. The Scarlet Knights once again placed second in theBIG EAST Championships and managed a 22nd place finish at theNCAA Championship.

During the 2005-2006 season, Warner earned his fourth BIG EASTCoach of the Year Honor, and the women placed second at theirconference meet. The squad had seven girls compete at NCAA’s andfinished 18th – their highest finish in the program’s history.

In 2004-05 Warner trained the male (Sean Smith) and female (KellyHarrigan) BIG EAST Championship Most Outstanding Swimmers, asboth the male and female teams finished third.

2003-2004 saw Kelly Harrigan become the highest-finishing ScarletKnight in NCAA history, when she finished fifth in the 200 back-stroke. Harrigan led the women to a 29th place finish at NCAAs.Matt Campbell returned to the men's meet to improve his standing.Over the summer Harrigan, DeFreese, Campbell and Smith all com-peted at the USA Olympic Swimming Trials.

His impact on the Rutgers program is nothing new for Warner. Histeams have competed for national championships at every club or

college he has coached at over the past twenty years. A native ofHamden, Conn., Warner started his career as an apprentice underlegendary coach Eddie Reese at the University of Texas. From there,he moved to become the head coach of the Wilton Y Wahoos in1982. Warner was determined to bring the small Connecticut pro-gram into the national spotlight. In 1983, Wilton became the firstYMCA team in Connecticut to ever win a National Y Championship,as the Wahoos won the men’s, women’s and combined team titles.In 1984, the squad swept all three titles again, this time setting anew record for the most points scored. Under the direction of

Warner, Kara Devlin of Wilton earned a spot as one of the top-200butterfly swimmers in the world, and many of her teammatesbecame national scorers, as well as junior national and Y-nationalindividual champions.

In 1985, Warner accepted the position as head coach of the world-renowned Cincinnati Pepsi Marlins. For four years, he and his staffrebuilt the age-group portion of the program, competed for theJunior National Team Title and produced numerous internationalchampions. Member of the Marlins, Mook Rhodenbaugh won goldat the World University Games in 1985, and John Witchel tookhome the gold at the inaugural Goodwill Games in 1986. In 1988,Jerry Frentsos, a Pan American gold medalist, came within eight-een one-hundredths of a second of landing a spot on the USOlympic team when he finished third at the trials in the 400 individ-ual medley. The Cincinnati tenure also included the development ofNCAA breastroke champion Stephanie Zunich and two-time OlympicGold medalist Joe Hudepohl.

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While at Cincinnati, Warner was selected as a coach for the US PanAmerican team. During the two week preparation, Warner wasassigned the men’s and women’s distance groups. At the Games, hischarges swept the gold and silver medals in both the women's 400and men's 1500 freestyles, setting records in each race.

In 1990, Warner was again tabbed for international duty when heled the US National Junior Team to competition in Paris and EastBerlin. The team was the first American athletic team to compete inEast Berlin after the Berlin Wall had begun to be dismantled.Warner helped fuel the team with an American spirit that earnedpraise from organizers at each competition. Five athletes on thatteam eventually earned US Olympic team births – Josh Davis, JoeHudepohl, Peter Wright, Brad Bridegwater and Ashley Tappin.

When Warner took charge of the Sarasota Y team in 1990, theprogram was on a bit of downturn having finished 14th at the mostrecent National Y Championships. The team took an immediate 180-degree turn as Bambi Bowman set Junior National distance recordsthat still stand today in his first summer as head coach. Olympic goldmedalist-to-be Tripp Schwenk rejoined the program and began thelong process towards international fame. In the winter of 1991, theteam captured its first National Y Team Championship since 1983 –the year when the Wilton squad had ended a short Sarasota streakof national championship success.

In 1993, Warner entered the college ranks at California StateUniversity, Bakersfield. In four years at CSUB, the team was sec-ond three times and third once at the Division II NCAAChampionships. During his four years, over seventy Roadrunnerswimmers and divers became All-Americans, and three becameindividual NCAA champions.

Warner served his most recent tour of duty for the US Nationalteams when he worked as one of the coaches for the US women atthe World University Games that competed in Fukuoka, Japan in1995. Warner was assigned the women’s distance swimmers andthe swimmers responded by tallying career-best swims to finish firstand second in both the 400 and 1500 freestyles. Toby Smith's 14-second improvement of her career best to win the 1500 free, andobliterate the FISU Games record, remains a coaching highlight forWarner to this day. In November of 2003, Michelle DeFreeseearned a spot on the USA World Cup Squad to compete in Korea.

Since Warner’s arrival “On the Banks”, the Scarlet Knights have bro-ken and reset school records over 100 times. Since 2001, everyschool record has been broken, with six records being made in the’07 season and two in the ’09 campaign. In the 2000 season, theRutgers women's team broke every school record in existence andthe men's team reset the record book six different times. In the2001 season, the women broke 19 of 21 school records and themen broke 11 school records. In 2002, the men and women's teamcombined for another 27 school records. In 2003, Warner wasagain voted "Women's Swimming Coach of the Year" by the BIGEAST Conference coaches. The Rutgers team won nine conferencetitles, the most of any program and set 24 new school records.

One of the qualities of the Rutgers team is one that has always char-acterized Warner's teams: the obvious joy of competing together, asevident by great team spirit and enthusiasm.

Warner has been a leader in the sport of swimming for many years,including having served 12 years on the American SwimmingCoaches Association board of directors. He also has served asPresident of the 5,000-member organization, which is the largestcoaching organization in the world.

THE WARNER COLLEGE RECORD

Men Dual Meets Conference/Finish NCAA FinishCSUB 1993-94 5-0 Pacific Coast /2nd 2ndCSUB 1994-95 6-3 Pacific Coast /2nd 2ndCSUB 1995-96 8-2 Pacific Coast /2nd 2ndCSUB 1996-97 5-1 Pacific Coast/2nd 3rdRutgers 1997-98 3-6 BIG EAST/10thRutgers 1998-99 5-4 BIG EAST/5thRutgers 1999-00 6-3 BIG EAST/3rdRutgers 2000-01 8-5 BIG EAST/5thRutgers 2001-02 7-3 BIG EAST/2ndRutgers 2002-03 5-3 BIG EAST/3rdRutgers 2003-04 7-1 BIG EAST/4thRutgers 2004-05 6-2 BIG EAST/3rdRutgers 2005-06 4-2 BIG EAST/4thRutgers 2006-07 2-4 BIG EAST/7th

Totals 77-39 (.664)

Women Dual Meets Conference/FinishRutgers 1997-98 5-6 BIG EAST/9thRutgers 1998-99 4-5 BIG EAST/9thRutgers 1999-00 7-2 BIG EAST/2ndRutgers 2000-01 11-2 BIG EAST/3rd 43rdRutgers 2001-02 7-2 BIG EAST/2nd 29thRutgers 2002-03 4-3 BIG EAST/2nd 37thRutgers 2003-04 7-1 BIG EAST/2nd 29thRutgers 2004-05 6-1 BIG EAST/3rd 35thRutgers 2005-06 7-1 BIG EAST/2nd 18thRutgers 2006-07 6-1 BIG EAST/2nd 38thRutgers 2007-08 5-4 BIG EAST/5th 47thRutgers 2008-09 4-1 BIG EAST/4th

Totals 73-29 (.716)

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE1987 Assistant Coach, USA Pan American Team

- group won three gold medals, set two games records1990 Head Coach, USA National Junior Team

- Five future Olympians competed in Paris and East Berlin1992 United States Olympic Team Advisory Coach1995 Assistant Coach, USA World University Games (Women)

- group won two gold medals, set one games record

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP &CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDING TEAMS

Year Event Men Women CombinedWILTON Y WAHOOS1982 National Y Championships 2nd 3rd 2nd1983 National Y Championships 1st 1st 1st1984 National Y Championships 1st 1st 1stSARASOTA Y SHARKS1990 National Y Championships 2nd 2nd 1stCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD1994 NCAA II Championships 2nd1995 NCAA II Championships 2nd1996 NCAA II Championships 2nd1997 NCAA II Championships 3rd

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT CHUCK WARNER...

Tara DeSorbo - Rutgers '99"Experiencing the change in this team and being a part of its positive growth has meantmore to me than I can put to words...I am amazed at what Coach Warner has done withthis team."

Jerry Frentsos - Olympic team alternate,Pan American Games Champion (400 individual medley)"A lot of people might wonder why I left what was often thought of as one of America's besttraining programs a year before the Olympic Games. I knew my best chance to make theOlympic team was to swim with Chuck."

Michelle DeFreese - U.S. National team member (100 fly), BIG EAST record holder"The Rutgers swimming program changed my life. It taught me I could do anything I wantedin my life.”

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Fred Woodruff, the 2008 BIG EASTWomen’s Diving Coach of the Year,begins his 18th year at the helm ofthe Scarlet Knight divers. Last sea-son, Woodruff led Erin Saunders tobroken school records in both theone- and three-meter dives.

In 2008, Woodruff guided Saundersto an individual diving title on the

one-meter board at the BIG EAST Championships en route tobeing named the league’s top diving coach.

A former diver and coach at Lehigh University, Woodruff hasbeen coaching YMCA and USD age-group diving for 27 years. In1983, Woodruff formed the Lords of the Boards Diving Team atthe Somerset Valley YMCA in Bridgewater, NJ. By the summerof 1985, his divers were competing on the national level. He hasproduced 114 YMCA All-Americans, including six national champi-ons. His LOB divers have made their mark on the Junior Olympiclevel as well, with 25 Region I champions, four zone championsand 25 Junior National qualifiers, including six finalists. He earnedRegion I Coach of the Year honors in 1988 and 1989.

He served as Junior Olympic Chairman of the New JerseyAssociation of U.S.A. Diving for seven years and as Region IChairman from 1997 until 1999. He is currently serving astreasurer of the New Jersey Association.

In 1991, Woodruff was named the diving coach at SetonHall University. That season, SHU had its first consolationfinalist in diving at the BIG EAST Championships. The follow-ing year, he produced SHU’s first finalist in one-meter, three-meter, and platform, and qualified two divers for the NCAAZone Championships.

Woodruff joined the Scarlet Knight coaching staff in the fall of1993. In his first season, he had two diving finalists at the1994 Atlantic-10 Championships. A year later, RU diversdominated the 1995 A-10 Championships, earning both themen’s and women’s A-10 Diver of the Year awards.Following the A-10 Championships, his male A-10 Diver ofthe Year earned the same award at the ECACChampionships. Woodruff was named the 1995 ECACCoach of the Year.

Since its entrance into the BIG EAST Conference in1995, Rutgers has had 30 finalists and 22-- consolation final-ists on one-meter, three-meter, and platform at the BIG EASTChampionships. Each season, Woodruff has qualified divers forthe NCAA Zone Championships. At the 1996 Zones, formerRU record-holder Carrieann Eberhardt captured fourth placeon the three-meter, qualifying her as the Zone A alternate tothe NCAA Championships.

ASSISTANT COACHESJJEESSSSIICCAA BBAARRNNEESSASSISTANT COACH

Jessica Barnes enters her first seasonat Rutgers University as the assistantcoach of the Scarlet Knights. Barnescomes to RU after assisting with BCATAquatics at State College, as well as withState College Area High School andBellafonte Area High School. Barneswas a standout swimmer for Penn State– a two-time All-American HonorableMention for the Nittany Lions.

A native of Glenmoore, Pa., Barnes graduated from PSU in 2007 witha degree in Elementary and Kindergarten Education and a minor inKinesiology. She was a outstanding student, earning Dean’s List hon-ors seven times and Academic All-American honors twice.

A member of two Big Ten Conference Champion teams, as well as arunner-up squad, Barnes was named the Lions team captain duringher senior campaign. Her coaches honored her as team MVP andmost improved swimmer – the Nittany Lion Award – in 2007.

Specializing in the middle distance freestyle events, Jessica is a seasonedveteran of multiple NCAA Championships and Senior National meets.

KevinMacConnell

Deputy Director ofAthletics

Kate HickeySenior Associate

Directorof Athletis/SWA

Mike TufoStrength andConditioningCoordinator

Dr. RobertMonaco

Assistant Director ofAthletics/Sports

Medicine

MattColagiovanni

Assistant AthleticDirector/Operationsfor Olympic Sports

Bill BaileyAcademic Support

SUPPORT STAFF

Jen SteinbergAthleticTrainer

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CommunicationsAssistant

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2008-09 SEASON REVIEWutgers women’s swimming and diving concluded the2008-09 season with a 4-1 overall record and a per-fect 3-0 mark in BIG EAST action. The Scarlet Knightsfinished fourth at the BIG EAST Championships andsent then-junior Catherine Whetstone to the NCAA

Championships, where she finished 11 spots ahead of where shewas originally seeded in the 200 back. During the season, four teamrecords fell, including both diving scores.

RU kicked off the season with 11 first-place finishes at the SonnyWerblin Recreation Center (SWRC) Invite, hosted by the ScarletKnights. Erin Saunders dominated the diving events, picking up winsin both the one- and three-meter events. Whetstone claimed individ-ual wins in the 100 yard backstroke (56.75) and the 200 yard back-stroke, in which RU claimed the top four spots.

The Scarlet Knights stayed home at the RU Aquatic Center for athree-team meet against Rider and Seton Hall, topping both squads.Kasey Kesses earned three wins – including two individual in the 50yard free (24.35) and the 100 yard butterfly (56.42). Fontana (200free), Case (1000 free), Whetstone (100 breast) and Letendre (200back) also took home gold medals for the Scarlet Knights.

On Halloween, Kesses came up huge for the Scarlet Knights, earningBIG EAST Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week, as she won twoindividual and two team relay events in RU’s win over Connecticut andVillanova. Kesses captured the wins in the 50 yard free (24.09) aswell as the 100 yard butterfly (56.06). With teammates Longacre,Brianne Lindblad, and Michaela Nilsson, the four-some capture the200 yard medley (1:46.33). In the 400 medley with teammatesLongacre, Whetstone, and Jackie Klein, the squad touched the wallfirst with a time of 3:53.04.

Rutgers continued its winning ways at the Frank Elm Super Splash,where the squad finished 78 points ahead of second place finisherFordham. The Scarlet Knights also defeated Princeton, Wagner, andSacred Heart during the meet “On the Banks.” Ten RU swimmersrecorded first place finishes, including then-freshman RachelDeSantis, who won the 400 yard IM by four seconds with a time of4:28.15. Whetstone also won the 200 yard backstroke with a timeof 1:59.85.

To start December, the swimmers and divers split up, as Rutgersheld the Galbraith Diving Invite, while the swimmers traveled toPrinceton, N.J. for the Princeton Invitational. Saunders ranked third inthe one-meter dive with a score of 240.48 points and fourth in the

three-meter dive. At Princeton, Longacre won the 100 yard breast-stroke (1:02.29) and finished third in the 200 yard breast strokewith a time of 2:16.17.

Rutgers’ traveled to the Florida Keys for the Orange Bowl Classic atthe Jacobs Aquatics Center in January. The squad finished second,just behind Duke University, in a talented eight team pool. Lindbladfinished with four first places, two individually in the 100 meter and50 meter backstroke. Kesses grabbed a gold medal in the 50meter butterfly, touching in at 28.77. Longacre won the 50 meterbreaststroke with a time of 33.95. and the 100 meter breast-stroke. Rutgers also finished first in the 200 meter freestyle andmedley relays.

On January 16-17, Rutgers’ hosted the 2009 Swimming World’sCollege Conference Carnival, inviting Florida, Richmond, and NorthCarolina to the Rutgers Aquatic Center. Rutgers’ captured thirdbehind Florida and North Carolina, respectively. Saunders earned thegold in the one meter diving event with a score of 280.15. She alsoplaced third in the three meter event. Whetstone claimed second inthe 100 and 200 backstroke. Nilsson finished second in the 200freestyle with a time of 1:49.80 and Kesses took the silver in the100 fly (54.89).

On January 24th, Rutgers’ swimming and diving team fell in a dualmeet against Penn State – the squad’s only loss of the season inhead-to-head competition. Rutgers’ put three swimmers in the topfour places of the 100 yard backstroke. Whetstone finished first(56.80), Lindblad finished third (57.33), and Kristen Fontana grabbedfourth (58.12).

At the 2009 BIG EAST Championships, Whetstone set a meetrecord in 100 backstroke with a time of 53.11, capturing thesquad’s first BIG EAST event title. Kesses, Whetstone, Longacre andLindblad set a school record as the 200 medley relay squad, finishingthird in the event. Longacre also received a top three finish in the100 breaststroke (1:02.21). Saunders finished fourth in the one-meter diving event. Overall, Rutgers finished fourth as a squad, total-ing a final score of 380 points.

Saunders and Jen Betz traveled to Annapolis, Md. to compete in the2009 Zone Diving Championships. Both Saunders and Betz compet-ed in the one meter event, finishing 11th and 17th respectively.Saunders also competed in the three meter event and place in 9th.

Whetstone competed in 2009 NCAA Swimming and DivingChampionships in College Station, Texas. She touched at 33rd(1:55.92) in the 200 back, dropping nearly a half second off her timerecorded at the BIG EAST Championships. The Haven Beach, N.J.native moved up 11 spots from her original seed in the event. Shealso finished 34th in the 100 back.

All-American Shayna Longacre set a new school record inthe 200 medley relay at the 2009 BIG EAST Championship

Catherine Whetstone qualified for the NCAA Championships last season inthe 100 and 200 backstroke

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Several current and former Rutgers University women’s swimmershave had the chance to represent their country throughout the pro-gram’s history. Most recently, current Rutgers standouts CatherineWhetstone, Shayna Longacre, Taylor Zafir, Megan Caylor and BrianneLindblad, as well as graduated Scarlet Knights Kasey Kesses, KellyHarrigan and Sarah Bicknell battled for spots on the U.S. squad forthe 2008 Olympics in Omaha, Neb.

Rutgers international success dates back to 1972, as the first-everRutgers female swimmer competed in the 1972 Olympic Games inMunich. Below represents a timeline of Scarlet Knights in red, white,and blue.

Judy Mellick (‘72 Olympic Games)The first ever female swimmer at Rutgers University, Mellick

competed in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, placing fifth in the100 meter breaststroke (1:16.34) and also racing on Team USA’sgold medal 400 medley relay (4:20.75).

At Rutgers, Mellick helped pioneer a successful women’sswimming program, contributing to three consecutive undefeatedseasons and earning All-Amerian honors before graduating in 1977.Seventeen years later in 1994, she was among those in the firstclass inducted into the Rutgers Olympic Sports Hall of Fame.

Ellen Wallace (‘75 Pan American Games, World Championships)Wallace was a member of the U.S. Pan American Team

that traveled to Mexico City, Mexico in 1975. At the games, shefinaled in the 200 meter freestyle and 200 meter backstroke. Laterthat year, Wallace placed fourth in 200 backstroke (2:20.42) atWorld Championships in Cali, Colombia, and the following year, shejust missed making the 1976 Olympic Team with a fourth place finishin the 200 backstroke at Olympic Trials.

During her campaign “On the Banks,” Wallace was one ofthe charter members of women’s swimming at the university. Sheplayed a crucial role in Rutgers’ breakout dominance of the EasternConference, gaining All-American recognition in the process. Wallacewas inducted into the Rutgers Olympic Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.

Michelle DeFreese (‘04 FINA World Cup)DeFreese walked on to the Rutgers squad after swimming

for a year at Montclair State University. Before she graduated, sheclaimed multiple BIG EAST titles as well as setting the Rutgers andBIG EAST records in the 100 yard butterfly (53.32) and in numer-ous relays. DeFreese qualified for the NCAA Championships twice,and was voted Most Inspirational by her teammates in two-consecu-tive years.

“Representing one's countryis the highest achievementan athlete can have in anyOlympic sport.”

-Chuck Warner

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Whetstone, Harrigan, Longacre

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Post graduation, DeFreese represented the Scarlet Knightsat the 2004 Olympic Trials, finishing 10th in the 100 meter butterfly(1:01.18). Later in 2004, she topped off her competitive swimmingcareer with a strong showing at the FINA World Cup in Daejon,Korea. She garnered a silver medal in the 50 meter butterfly (27.41)and a bronze in the 100 meter butterfly (1:00.70).

Kelly Harrigan (‘07 World University Games)A highly decorated swimmer at both the conference and

national levels, Harrigan was crowned a BIG EAST Champion 19times—leaving multiple broken BIG EAST and school records in herwake—as well as qualifying for the NCAA Championships four timesand competing at Olympic Trials in 2000, 2004 and 2008. Shewas a four-time All-American in the 100 and 200 yard backstroke,finishing as high as 3rd in the 200 (1:54.77) at the NCAAChampionship in 2006.

A year after graduation, Harrigan earned a spot at the U.S.World University Games which took place in Bangkok, Thailand in2007. She claimed an individual gold medal in the 200 meter back-stroke (2:11.48) at the Games, and also aided fellow teammates insnagging gold in the 800 meter freestyle relay - setting and resettingthe World University Games Record in the event.

Shayna Longacre (‘07 Japan International Grand Prix)Longacre, currently a senior on the swimming and diving

team, got her first taste of international competition at the 2007Japan International Grand Prix meet, held in Chiba, Japan. She repre-sented the U.S. in both breaststroke events, recording a 15th placefinish in the 100 meter (1:10.28) and a 19th place finish in the 200meter (2:34.33).

At Rutgers, Longacre has garnered multiple BIG EAST titlesin addition to owning school records in the 100 and 200 yard breast-stroke (1:01.30, 2:15.32) and the 200 yard individual medley(2:02.09). She competed in the 2008 NCAA Championships, earninghonorable mention All-American honors with a 15th place finish in the

100 yard breaststroke. She also represented Rutgers at the 2008Olympic Trials.

Catherine Whetstone (‘07 Japan International Grand Prix)Senior and team co-captain for the 2009-2010 season,

Whetstone earned a spot on the U.S. team that traveled to Chiba,Japan for the Japan International Grand Prix meet in 2007. She racedthe 100 meter butterfly (1:00.60), finishing in the 21st place slot.

Whetstone has added many impressive academic and ath-letic accomplishments to her resume thus far in her Rutgers cam-paign. Individually, she has collected BIG EAST gold medals in the 100yard butterfly and backstroke events—setting the BIG EAST andschool records in both (53.27 and 53.11). She is a two-time NCAAChampionships qualifier with honorable mention All-American honorsin the 100 yard butterfly. She was among those competing forRutgers in the 2008 Olympic Trials.

Outside of the sports arena, Whetstone has been honoredwith the Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award and named RutgersWoman of the Year after, among many other things, having compileda 3.918 GPA in the Rutgers School of Business.

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Current 100m Breast Stroke world record holder, Australia's LeiselJones with Shayna Longacre

View From Outside the Qwest Center inOmaha Nebraska

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FACILITIESSonny Werblin Recreation Center:

Home of the Scarlet Knights

The Rutgers Swimming and Diving program has found a home at theRutgers Aquatic Center, located in the Sonny Werblin RecreationCenter on the Busch Campus.

The building houses a competitive-size pool, which measures 50 metersby 25 meters in width. It also has one movable bulkhead, separating theswimming and diving areas. The pool has eight Olympic standard lanes.For collegiate and NCAA meets, the pool area can be converted to eightNCAA standard lanes with 10 warmup lanes.

The diving area consists of two one-meter springboards, two three-meterspringboards, and a 10-meter diving tower. There are three takeoff plat-forms which are five, seven and a half, and 10 meters in height. The depthof the diving area is 17 feet at its deepest and six feet at its shallowest.

The L-shaped auxiliary pool is 30 feet by 60 feet with a movable floor,which can be raised to deck level. The other side is 30 by 90 feet.There are five lanes with a movable bulkhead.

Hale Center:

Along with the state of the art facilities at the Sonny Werblin RecreationCenter, the Scarlet Knights also make use of all that the Hale Center has tooffer. The Hale Center, also used by the football, lacrosse, soccer and fieldhockey team’s enable the athletes to train, recieve treatment, and even goto study all in one convenient location.

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The Sonny Werblin Recreation Center can seat up to 1,200 spectators. There are 600 permanent chairs with backs,and 600 seats in roll-out bleachers. Additional seating is a possibility for the future.

The main pool area is equipped with an electronic scoring board.

This state-of-the-art center has been built with two sets of locker rooms, one to accommodate the varsity teams, and theother for general use. There are also trainer and medical rooms, an equipment room, a team meeting/conference room,and office space for the coaching staff.

The Scarlet Knights will be taking over a brand new set of locker rooms in 2008 (as seen below).

FACILITIES

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RRUUTTGGEERRSS WWOOMMEENN''SS SSWWIIMMMMIINNGG AANNDD DDIIVVIINNGG RROOSSTTEERRName Event (s) Class Hometown

Michelle Berman Fly/Distance Free So. Lamirada, Calif.

Jen Betz Diving Jr. Iveyland, Pa.

Kimberly Case Free Sr. Springfield, Va.

Megan Caylor Back/Free So. Kenmore, Wash.

Taylor Curado Fly Fr. Highlands Ranch, Colo.

Samantha Curham Breast So. Warren, N.J.

Rachael Desantis Breast/Fly/Im So. Hollis, N.H.

Tracy Dimond Distance Free Sr. Allentown, Pa.

Molly Evans Free Fr. Manasquan, N.J.

Kirsten Fontana Im/Back Jr. San Diego, Calif.

Melanie Gaffey Free/Fly Fr. Bohemia, N.Y.

Katherine Kearney Diving Fr. Mahwah, N.J.

Jacquelyn Klein Fly/Im Sr. Campbell Hall, N.Y.

Brittney Kuras Free/Im/Breast Fr. Canandaigua, N.Y.

Denise Letendre Im/Breast Sr. Manchester, Mo.

Brianne Lindblad Sprint Free/Back So. Kent, Wash.

Shayna Longacre Im/Breast Sr. Barto, Pa.

Jackie McGuckin Fly/Back Fr. Wayside, N.J.

Michaela Nilsson Back/Free So. Charlotte, N.C.

Bowie Reilly Sprint Free/Back Fr. Colts Neck, N.J.

Erin Saunders Diving Sr. Holmes, Pa.

Jessica Simunek Fly/Breast Fr. Cherry Hill, N.J.

Jacquelyn Ward IM/Breast So. Berlin, N.J.

Hailey Weniger Free Sr. Pittsford, N.Y.

Catherine Whetstone Back/Fly Jr. Haven Beach, N.J.

Taylor Zafir Breast/Im Fr. Wheaton, Ill.

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At Rutgers: Named team co-captain for the 2009-10 season …Will lead with her remarkable academic and athletic work ethic.

2008-09: Ranked 13th at the BIG EAST Championship with atime of 2:04.36 in the 200 IM ... Also made a repeat appearancein the 400 IM and 200 fly at the BIG EAST Championship …Posted a time of 4:20.88 at the College Conference Carnival forthe second-best time in the BIG EAST during the regular season ...Key component in dual meet competition, winning the 200 breast-stroke (2:24.13) in a tri-meet against BIG EAST rivals Connecticutand Villanova … Inducted into the prestigious Cap and Skull Society.

2007-08: Captured a pair of fourth-place marks in the 200 IM(2:03.22) and 400 IM (4:21.14) at the BIG EAST Championshipsand earned fifth in the 200 fly (2:03.47) … her times in the IMevents earned NCAA ‘B’ cuts … Her versatility scored valuabledual meet points including a third place finish in the 200 butterflyagainst Rider, Seton Hall and Richmond (2:08.81).

2006-07: Finalist in the 400 Individual Medley, placing seventh atthe conference championships… consoled in both the 200 butter-fly (11th) and 200 IM (16th)… went on to compete at the 2007USA Spring Nationals… won the 500 freestyle against Rider andSeton Hall (5:08.58).

High School: Competed for the Parkway Swim Club under theguidance of Nick Rudich for 15 seasons… was the 2005 SpeedoSectional Championship Series champion in the 400 IndividualMedley… competed at the U.S. Open for three seasons, as well asJunior National and Senior National meets.

Personal: Born in St. Louis, Mo… daughter of Leo and DianeLetendre… sister Claire swam for Eastern Michigan… recipient ofthe Rutgers Award for Academic Excellence… part of the ArestyResearch Program at Rutgers, as well as a BIG EAST AcademicAll-Star… pursuing a Political Science major with a minor inPsychology and Women’s Studies.

St. Louis, Mo.IM/Breast/Fly

Senior

DENISELETENDRE

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At Rutgers: Expected to continue to lead the Scarlet Knights inthe one-meter and three-meter dives… Will repeat her leadershiprole as diving team captain

2008-09: Recorded a fourth-place finish at the BIG EASTChampionship in the one-meter dive with 263 points, while placingsixth in the three-meter with a score of 267.05 … At Zone DivingChampionships hosted by Rutgers, ranked ninth in the three-meter and 11th in the one-meter … Earned BIG EAST Athlete ofthe Week honors after ranking first in both dives, with 312.07points in the three-meter and 302.70 in the one-meter againstPenn State…Both events set new school records, replacing her2008 marks ... Nabbed a valuable win one-meter for Rutgers inthe Swimming World College Conference Carnival.

2007-08: Captured an individual diving title on the one-meterboard at the BIG EAST Championships with 268.30 points and fin-ished eighth in the three-meter event (213.90) … Competed at theNCAA Zone Championships hosted by Rutgers ... Claimed a doublewin against BIG EAST rival Villanova and again later in the seasonagainst Penn State.

2006-07: Played an important part in the success of the team indual meet competition … Placed first during the regular season inthe one-meter against UConn, Villanova, Rider and Seton Hall …Was fourth in the one-meter, and eighth in the three-meter at theBIG EAST Championships … Qualified and competed at the ZoneChampionships, placing fifth on one-meter … Was named theDiving Rookie of the Year.

High School: Competed for Ridley High School … Team captainduring senior campaign … A four-year district qualifier … ADelaware county record holder … 2006 District One champion …Dove under guidance of Ronn Jenkins and Steve Kuttruff of RockyRun Diving ... An East National qualifier … 2004 YMCA NationalChampion in the one-meter.

Personal: Born in Holmes, Pa. … Daughter of Sallie Saunders …One of three children … Pursuing a Sports Management degreewith a minor in Psychology.

Holmes, Pa.DivingSenior

ERINSAUNDERS

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At Rutgers: Has been named team co-captain for the 2009 season... Sets an excellent example of hard work and determination both inand out of the pool.

2008-09: Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 100 and200 backstroke … Swam a 53.65 (100 back) and 1:55.92 (200back) for a 34th and 33rd place finish, respectively … Won a goldmedal at the BIG EAST Championship in the 100 back with a time of53.11 … Also at the Championship, finished second in the 200 back(1:56.33) and helped to set a new school record in the 200 medleyrelay with a time of 1:40.43 … Her 24.70 split time was the fastestin BIG EAST history, earning the Scarlet Knights a third place finishin the event … Ranked sixth with her teammates in the 200 yardfree relay with a time of 1:33.89 … Was one of two swimmers tobreak the 54-second mark (53.99) at the Swimming World’sCollege Conference Carnival, which broke Kim Holden’s 2008 poolrecord of 54.15 at Sonny Werblin Recreation Center … Ownedfastest times in the conference during the regular season in the100 back (53.99) and 200 back (1:58.35), both set at the CollegeConference Carnival.

2007-08: Received a medical redshirt and missed the regular sea-son… qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb. overthe summer… was honored as the Rutgers Woman of the Year atthe 2008 National Girls and Women in Sports Day… received the2007-2008 Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award.

2006-07: Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 100 butter-fly, placing 14th with a school record time of 53.27, making her anNCAA Honorable Mention All-American… was a BIG EAST Championin the 100 butterfly… was a part of the 400 Freestyle relay teamthat competed at the NCAA Championships… swam on winning 200Medley Relay against Penn State in dual meet competition… won the100 butterfly (55.87) in a win against Harvard… named to the BIGEAST Academic All-Star Team.

2005-06: Swam the backstroke leg of the school and meet record-breaking 200 Medley Relay team at the BIG EAST Championships…named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star team.

High School: Competed for Hunterdon Central Regional HighSchool… named Most Valuable Player all four years as well as MostOutstanding Athlete for two… a team record holder in six events…competed for club coach Peter Barry of Somerset Hills YMCA…team record holder in 100 butterfly… YMCA National Championshipfinalist...also participated in cross country and track in high school.

Personal: Born in Philadelphia, Pa. … Daughter of Marian and GrayWhetstone … One of six daughters … A double major in Marketingand Journalism/Media Studies with a minor in Religion.

Haven Beach. N.J.Back/Fly

Senior Captain

CATHERINEWHETSTONE

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At Rutgers: Expected to continue leading the distance freestyleevents as well as add important depth to the Individual Medley and800 freestyle relay.

2008-09: Ranked fifth at the BIG EAST Championship in the1650 free, posting a time of 16:41.34. Also ranked fifth as theanchor on the 800 free relay squad, finishing in 7:25.93 …Season-best time in the 1650 free came at the PrincetonInvitational, where she finished in 16:36.70 to lead the BIG EAST …At the Rutgers Super Splash, swam the 500 free in 4:57.22 for afirst place finish, the best time on the team and 10th overall in theBIG EAST.

2007-08: Finished eighth in the 500 freestyle (4:54.00) at theBIG EAST Championships … Placed 13th in the 200 freestyle(1:52.23) and fourth in the 1,650 freestyle (16:41.04), achievingan NCAA ‘B’ cut in the event … Posted numerous dual meet winsin the distance freestyle events.

2006-07: Placed eighth in the 500 freestyle (4:53.82) and sec-ond in the 1,650 freestyle (16:37.63) at the BIG EASTChampionships … Both times were season-best performances andNCAA consideration times … Consoled in the 200 freestyle, plac-ing 13th in a time of 1:51.40 at the championships … Posted abig win for the Scarlet Knights in dual meet competition againstBIG EAST rival Connecticut with a victory in the 1000 freestyle(10:11.63).

High School: Swam for West Springfield … Three-time statechampion, winning the 100 breaststroke her sophomore yearand the 500 freestyle both her junior and senior seasons …Broke the district record in the 500 freestyle (4:57) … EasternZone Sectional Champion in the 1,000 freestyle … Holds fiveschool records … First-Team All-American and Scholastic All-American her sophomore through senior years … Competed forThe Fish for two years.

Personal: Born in Springfield, Va. … Daughter of Carl and JeannieCase … Has one older brother … Pursuing a Political Sciencemajor and a Middle-Eastern Studies minor.

Springfield, Va.FreeSenior

KIMBERLYCASE

At Rutgers: Will contribute in backstroke events as well as adddepth to the distance group.

2008-09: Qualified for the BIG EAST Championship in the 100back (57.59) and 200 back (2:03.60), posting season-best timesin each race during the preliminaries ... Enjoyed a successful sum-mer season, swimming a personal best 100-meter butterfly(1:04.76).

2007-08: Demonstrated marked improvements in the backstrokeevents placing 13th in the 100 back (57.45) and seventh in the200 back (2:03.14), while also competing in the 200 IndividualMedley (2:07.75) at the BIG EAST Championships … Took a por-tion of the summer season off to recover from surgery.

2006-07: Immediately impacted the squad as a freshman in dualmeet competition … BIG EAST qualifier in the 200 backstroke,500 and 1,650 freestyle, and 400 Individual Medley ... Member ofthe winning 200 freestyle relay team that defeated both SetonHall and Rider … Named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star team.

High School: Competed for Emmaus High School … Led team tostate championship … Team record holder in 400 freestyle relay …District XI 500 freestyle champion and Female Swimmer of theYear in 2005-06 … Member of Emmaus Aquatic Club for sevenyears and is the squad’s record holder in the 200 backstroke,400 Individual Medley and 200 Medley Relay.

Personal: Born in Livingston, N.J. … Daughter of Eugene and JanetDimond … Has one brother, Timmy … Double majoring inCommunications and History.

Allentown, Pa.Distance Free/Back

Senior

TRACYDIMOND

CASE

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At Rutgers: Will contribute in both butterfly events as well asadding to the depth of the freestyle events.

2008-09: Finished 10th at the BIG EAST Championship in the200 fly with a career-high time of 2:03.11. Also sawChampionship action in the 100 butterfly (56.32) and the 200Individual Medley (2:06.65) … Ranked seventh in the BIG EAST dur-ing the regular season in the 200 fly with a time of 2:03.87 …Scored in critical dual meet points both individually and on relaysagainst BIG EAST rivals Villanova and Connecticut.

2007-08: Qualified for the BIG EAST Championships in the 100and 200 butterfly as well the 200 Individual Medley… just missedmaking consoles in the 100 fly (57.88) and was an alternate forthe 200 fly (2:07.88)… anchored the winning 400 freestyle relayin dual meet competition against BIG EAST rival Connecticut.

2006-07: Placed 14th in the 200 butterfly at the BIG EASTChampionships… member of the winning 400 Medley Relay teamthat defeated BIG EAST rival Villanova… was part of a strong groupof team members that swam the butterfly during the regular dualmeet season.

High School: Competed for Washingtonville High School… HighSchool All-American and Scholar-Athlete… school record holderin the 200 Individual Medley, 100 butterfly, and numerousrelays… captain of team during her junior and senior years…holds Section A record in 100 butterfly… a USA Junior Nationaland US Open qualifier.

Personal: Born in Boynton Beach, Fla… one of two daughters ofDavid Klein and Corinne Cody… majoring in Exercise Science with aminor in Psychology.

Campbell Hall, N.Y.Fly/IMSenior

JACQUELYNKLEIN

At Rutgers: The Honorable Mention All-American expects to leadthe breaststroke and Individual Medley events in dual meet com-petition this season… Longacre will also be relied on heavily inrelay competition.

2008-09: Swimming at the number two spot, helped to set a newschool record in the 200 medley relay with a 1:40.43 finish at theBIG EAST Championship, ranking third in the event … Placed fifth inthe 800 free relay with a time of 7:25.93 at the BIG EASTChampionship … Individually, qualified for the NCAA in the 100breast with a time of 1:02.21 for a bronze medal … Also ranked 8thin the 200 IM with a time of 2:03.74 … Ranked third in the BIG EASTduring the regular season in the 100 breast (1:02.28) and 200breast (2:16.17), setting both times at the Princeton Invitational ...Led the team in the breaststroke events claiming victories in the100 breast at the Rutgers Super Splash (1:03.20) as well as the50 meter breast at the Orange Bowl Classic (33.95)… Competed inthe 2009 U.S. Opens over the summer finishing 40th in a talentedfield of 100 meter breaststrokers (1:12.71).

2007-08: Competed in the NCAA Championships, finishing 15th inthe 100 breaststroke (1:01.48), earning NCAA Honorable MentionAll-America honors … Won the 100 breast at the BIG EASTChampionships (1:01.49) and secured a pair of third place finishesin the 200 breast (2:15.52) and the 200 Individual Medley(2:02.09) ... Earned gold in the 100 and 200 breast against BIGEAST foe Villanova with times of 1:04.36 and 2:20.21, respectively …Competed in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb. over thesummer, placing 47th in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:11.64) and66th in the 200-meter breast (2:38.03).

2006-07: Finalist in three individual events at the BIG EASTChampionships, including a second place finish in the 200 breast-stroke, fifth in the 100 breaststroke and seventh in the 200Individual Medley ... Tallied a big win in the 100 (1:04.38) and 200(2:18.11) breaststroke against Penn State … Qualified for theOlympic Trials in the 100 and 200 breaststroke … USA NationalTeam member ... Traveled to Japan and placed 15th in the 100meter breaststroke … Named team’s Rookie of the Year … Schoolrecord holder in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke.

High School: Competed for Boyertown Area Senior High … Team’sMVP all four years … Berks County Swimmer of the Year for threeseasons … Recipient of Summit Award for Outstanding Career andOutstanding Performance… team record holder and All-American in100 breaststroke and 200 Individual Medley… swam under guidanceof Linda Jones of Boyertown YMCA Navy Seals… YMCA NationalChampion in 200 breaststroke… a member of the winning 200 and400 Medley Relays that broke the YMCA National record.

Personal: Born in Barto, Pa. … One of three children… Daughter ofRichard and Jayne Longacre… Majoring in Mathematics.

Barto, Pa.IM/BreastSenior

SHAYNALONGACRE

LONGACRE

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WENIGER

At Rutgers: Expected to contribute in distance freestyle eventsas well as the 400 Individual Medley for the Scarlet Knights.

2008-09: Swam third on the 800 free relay squad, posting atime of 7:25.93 for fifth at the BIG EAST Championship … Also atthat meet, swam a season-best (4:55.04) in the 500 free for a12th place finish … Ranks second on the team in the 200 free(1:50.90) and 200 fly (2:05.44), setting both standards at theSwimming World’s College Conference Carnival … Ranked 14th inthe BIG EAST during the regular season in the 200 fly.

2007-08: BIG EAST qualifier in the 200, 500 and 1,650freestyle… finished 11th in the 200 free (1:50.82), 14th in the500 free (4:56.46) and 18th in the 1,650 free (17.31.26)… wasa contributing force in the middle-distance and distance eventsduring the season, scoring numerous dual meet points, includinga 200 freestyle win against Central Connecticut and theUniversity of Connecticut (1:54.60).

2006-07: Placed 15th in the 500 and 1,650 freestyle at the BIGEAST Championships… scored crucial points in the team’s match-up against Villanova, taking second in the 1,000 freestyle(10:26.56)... contributed to the depth of the distance eventsthroughout dual meet competition.

High School: Was a two-time MVP on her high school team…holds 200 and 500 freestyle records… named Monroe CountySection U Swimmer of the Year her junior and senior seasons…swam under the guidance of FAST club coach Mike Kennedy forthree years.

Personal: Born in Rochester, N.Y… Daughter of Charles and JudyWeniger… one of three children… brother Luke swims for AuburnUniversity… a Psychology major and History minor.

Pittsford, N.Y.FreeSenior

HAILEYWENIGER

At Rutgers: Will be an important part of the success of the divingteam on both the one-meter and three-meter boards.

2008-09: Ranked 17th at the Zone Diving Championships in theone-meter dive … Qualified for the BIG EAST Championships …Posted a season-best 243.45 points in the three-meter againstSeton Hall/Rider … Garnered a season-best 272.30 at theCollege Conference Carnival.

2007-08: Did not see much meet competition due to injuries.

High School: Standout diver for Council Rock North… MVP of herteam all four years… broke school record with a score of 272.90for six dives… a league champion all all four years… named to all-district and all-state teams for her entire high school career…competed for Liberty Diving in Philadelphia, Pa. under club coachTodd Michaels for eight years.

Personal: Born in Philadelphia, Pa… daughter of Joan andGeorge Betz… has an older sister, Kathleen… pursuing anEngineering degree.

Ivyland, Pa.DivingJunior

JENBETZ

BETZ

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At Rutgers: Will be relied on to lead the backstroke events, indi-vidually and in the medley relays.

2008-09: Grabbed the bronze at the BIG EAST Championship inthe 200 back with a time of 1:58.01, five seconds faster thanher highest regular season mark ... Also ranked fourth in the 100back with a time of 55.60 … Posted a season-best time of 56.82in the 100 back against Villanova and UConn, ranking her secondon the team and 10th in the BIG EAST during the regular season... Underwent knee surgery over the summer.

2007-08: Key competitor in the backstroke events throughoutthe season, winning her first collegiate title in the 100 back-stroke against Villanova (58.54)… also played a part in multiplewinning dual meet relays… scored valuable points on both medleyrelays at the BIG EAST Championships, while also finishing fifth inthe 100 back (56.43) and 200 back (2:01.06) events.

High School: Competed for Patrick Henry… named team’s MVPthree years… a two-time California Interscholastic FederationChampion in the 100 backstroke, as well as champion of the 200Individual Medley during her sophomore season… a Scholastic All-American and multiple time All-American in the 100 backstroke…competed under coach Dave Kilmer at College Area Swim Teamfor 13 years… a Junior and Senior National qualifier… holds theteam record in both 100 and 200 backstroke.

Personal: Born in San Diego, Calif… daughter of Susi and SteveFontana… has a younger and older sister.

San Diego, Calif.IM/BackJunior

KIRSTENFONTANA

At Rutgers: Will bring depth to the backstroke events, as well ascontribute to sprint freestyle in individual and relay events.

2008-09: Swam the 1650 free at the BIG EAST Championship,finishing 17th with a time of 17:18.49 … Ranked second on theteam, 15th in the BIG EAST during the regular season in the1650 free with a time of 17:28.58, set at the PrincetonInvitational ... Added important depth to the distance freestyle pro-gram routinely swimming in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 free indual meet competition.

High School: A four-year varsity letter winner at La Mirada HighSchool… two-time All-California Interscholastic Federation hon-oree… team's Most Valuable Player her senior year… graduated16th in a class of 520… California Scholastic Federation LifeSeal Member.

Personal: Born in West Anaheim, Calif. to Autumn and GeoffreyBerman … Has one older sister … Started swimming at age 5 …Plans to major in Exercise Science and Sports Studies with aminor in Psychology.

LaMirada, Calif. Fly/Distance Free

Sophomore

MICHELLEBERMAN

FONTANA

BERMAN

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At Rutgers: Will help make RU’s backstroke a great strength of theteam. Should also contribute in freestyle events.

2008-09: Placed 12th at the BIG EAST Championship in the 200back with a time of 2:00.77 … Also swam in the 100 back, posting atime of 57.70 … Best time of the regular season came at the FrankElm Super Splash, where she posted a 2:02.21 in the 200 back tosit at eighth in the BIG EAST.

High School: Four-year Honor Society Member at Inglemoor HighSchool… graduated in top 10% of all graduating seniors inWashington… earned Academic All-American honors for threeyears… member of high school state champion team all four years…state champion in the 100 backstroke… Olympic Trial Qualifier…swam for the Wave Aquatics club team.

Personal: Born in Seattle, Wash. to Gregg and Candy Caylor… hasone older and one younger brother… began swimming at eight yearsold… plans to major in Elementary Education.

Kenmore, Wash.Back/FreeSophomore

MEGANCAYLOR

At Rutgers: Expected to be a strong contributor in breaststroke,butterfly and individual medley events.

2008-09: Ranked 14th at the BIG EAST Championship in the 400IM with a time of 4:25.29 … Qualified for in the 200 back … Postedher best time of the regular season (4:26.31) in the 400 IM at theCollege Conference Carnival to rank seventh in the BIG EAST.

High School: Honor Roll student at Hollis/Brookline High School…four-time New Hampshire State Champion… holds nine high schoolrecords… named the Nashua Telegraph Female Athlete of the Year…swam for the Greenwood Memorial Swim Club.

Personal: Born in Nashua, N.H. to Richard and Miriam DeSantis…has one brother… started swimming at age seven… intends to majorin Exercise Science and Sports Studies… avid triathlon competitor...qualified for the 2007 Triathlon World Championships in Hamburg,Germany… plays the flute and violin.

At Rutgers: Will contribute immediately to backstroke events bothindividually and on relays.

2008-09: As the anchor, set a new school record with the 200medley relay squad at the BIG EAST Championship with a time of1:40.43, finishing third in the race … Also finished sixth with the 200free relay squad with a time of 1:33.89 … Individually, placed seventhin the 200 back (2:00.34) … During the regular season, posted besttimes at the Super Splash in the 50 free (24.57) and 100 fly(57.93) ... Captured four gold medals in the Orange Bowl Classicincluding the 100 and 50-meter backstroke events

High School: Standout swimmer at Kennedy High School… four-year All-American… 11-time high school state champion... memberof the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society… namedKennedy High School Val Kirk Scholar Athlete… Senior Nationaland Olympic Trial qualifier.

Personal: Born in Des Moines, Wash… daughter of Eric andAdrienne Lindblad… has two brothers and one sister… startedswimming at the age of five… Majoring in Exercise Science andSports Studies.

Hollis, N.H.Breast/Fly/IMSophomore

RACHAELDESANTIS

Kent, Wash.Sprint Free/Back

Sophomore

BRIANNELINDBLAD

LINDBLAD

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NILSSON

At Rutgers: Expected to contribute to a variety of events both indi-vidually and on relays given her versatility.

2008-09: Swam with the 200 free and 800 free relay squads atthe BIG EAST Championship … As the anchor in the 200 free relay,ranked sixth with a time of 1:33.89 … With the 800 free relaysquad, finished fifth with a time of 7:25.93 … Ranked fifth in the BIGEAST during the regular season in the 200 back with a time of2:01.67, set at the Super Splash … Sits at second on the team witha time of 1:49.80 in the 200 free.

High School: Named team’s Most Valuable Player three years in arow at South Mecklenburg High School… selected as team captain…four-time North Carolina All-Star… All-American Scholastic honoree…Junior Marshall… AP Scholar Candidate… Morehead Nominee...graduated in top 10% of class.

Personal: Born in Gothenburg, Sweden… daughter of Ann and PeterNilsson… has one younger brother… began swimming at age 12.

Charlotte, N.C.Back/FreeSophomore

MICHAELANILSSON

WARD

At Rutgers: Expected to fit in well with a solid group of breaststrokersand IM swimmers, bringing both depth and versatility to the team.

High School: Holds South Jersey records in the 100 breaststrokeand 200 IM … Named First-Team All-State in the 200 IM ... EarnedAll-South Jersey honors in the 100 breaststroke.

Personal: Daughter of Stephen and Rhonda … Has one sister,Ashley … Transferred from Indiana University and plans to major inNursing … Has been swimming for 13 years.

Berlin, N.J.IM/BreastFreshman

JACQUELYNWARD

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CURHAM

At Rutgers: Expected to bring depth and potential in the breast-stroke events.

Before Rutgers: Transfer from Emory University , where she did notswim… Captain of her high school team.

Personal: Parents are Paula and Jim … Has one sister … Has beenswimming for eleven years … AP Scholar with distinction … HonorRoll member every semester in high school … Marck State ScienceTest and AAPT PhysicsBowl participant … Member of the NationalFrench Honors Society … Intends to pursue a Business degree.

Warren, N.J.Breast

Freshman

SAMANTHACURHAM

At Rutgers: Has the capacity to immediately impact the butterflygroup, while also competing for coveted medley and sprint relay spots.

High School: All-Colorado Class 4A in the 100 butterfly, 200 freerelay and 200-yard medley relay … Earned All-State Honors threeconsecutive years … Six-time State champion … Under the guidanceof Matt Beck and Highlands Ranch Aquatics, achieved an OlympicTrial Cut time in the 100 butterfly (1:02.3, long course meters) …Swam a personal-best 55.82 for her best time in the 100 fly, and2:10.38 in the 200 fly … Competed at the YMCA Nationals withteammate Jessica Simunek …Three-time Academic All-American.

Personal: Born to Pam and Victor … Has one younger brother …Andrea Sheremeta, one of her coaches, is a former Rutgers schoolrecord holder … Intends to major in Business with an emphasis onMarketing and Communication.

Highlands Ranch, Colo. Fly

Freshman

TAYLORCURADO

CURADO

KEARNEY

At Rutgers: Will impact the diving squad positively with herintense focus and a strong work ethic … Looks to develop herstrength on both boards.

High School: Named National Interscholastic Swimming CoachesAssociation (NISCA) All-American … Claimed third place forImmaculate Heart Academy at the New Jersey StateChampionship her senior year … Earned All-Non-Public First TeamHonors for the state of New Jersery … Three-time Star LedgerDiver of the Year … Competed for the VBA Diving club team.

Personal: Daughter of Debora and Thomas Kearney … Onlydaughter with four brothers … Entering her seventh year of diving… Intends on majoring in Marine Sciences.

Mahwah, N.J.Diving

Freshman

KATIEKEARNEY

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At Rutgers: Expected to contribute in the butterfly, sprint and mid-dle distance freestyle events.

High School: Standout competitor at Point Pleasant Beach HighSchool with multiple First Team All-Shore Honors … Named“Swimmer of the Year” by the Asbury Park Press and the Coast Star... Finished her high school career with top-five finishes in the 100and 200 freestyle races at the New Jersey State Meet … Competedfor the New Jersey Race Club.

Personal: Youngest of four children born to John and Kim Evans …Brother, John, swam for Rutgers with the last class in 2007 …Plans to pursue a career in nursing … Has been swimming for 13years … National Honor Society Member.

Bayhead, N.J.Fly/Free Freshman

MOLLYEVANS

At Rutgers: Will add talent and depth to the team, especially withher sprint freestyle and butterfly abilities.

High School: Achieved top-five finishes at the N.Y. State Meet in the200 free relay and the 100 free events … Swam at Junior Nationalsin 2009, competing in the 50 free, 100 free, 50 fly, and 100 fly …Posted times of 23.80 in the 50 free, 52.70 in the 100 free and56.70 in the 100 fly ... For the Connetquot Swim Club, helped herteam to a third place finish at Suffolk County Championships.

Personal: Parents are Jim and Iris … Has three siblings, Megan,Mikaila and Eric, all of whom swim … Fan of the European footballteam Manchester United … Major is undecided, but with a heavyinterest in the sciences … Loves learning languages and hopes toone day be fluent in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.

Bohemia, N.Y.Free/Fly Freshman

MELANIEGAFFEY

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REILLY

At Rutgers: Will add depth in the sprint freestyle events, and hasdemonstrated the desire and capacity for great progress.

High School: Named to the Asbury Park Press First Team All-Shore… Captain of her club team, the Y of Western Monmouth County …YMCA Nationals qualifier, finishing as high as 87th in the 50freestyle … High school record holder in the 200 freestyle relay and400 medley relay.

Personal: Daughter of Greg and Sadie…has a younger sister andbrother…plans on pursuing a degree from the Ernest Mario Schoolof Pharmacy… A member of the National Honor Society andFrench National Honor Society … AP Scholar … Earned NationalMerit Commended Student honors … A New Jersey Governor’sSchool Scholar.

Freehold, N.J.Sprint Free/Back

Freshman

BOWIE REILLY

At Rutgers: Will bring depth to the team.

High School: Divisional and State Champion … Named Second TeamAll-Shore in the 200 medley relay.

Personal: Parents, Sharon and James, both swam for Rutgers …Has two younger brothers … Started swimming at age 8 ... Memberof the Principal’s List.

Wayside, N.J. Back

Freshman

JACKIEMCGUCKIN

At Rutgers: Expected to make an immediate impact with thefreestyle and individual medley events, while adding to a talentedpool of breaststrokers.

High School: State Champion in the 200 free relay … Junior andSenior National Qualifier ... Competed for Deborah Weymouth onthe Canandaigua Aquatics Team, swimming sprint freestyle, indi-vidual medley and breaststroke … Best times include 50.55 in the100 free, 1:07.71 in the 100 breast and 2:05.35 in the 200 IM… Recorded a split time of 23.2 on her State Champion 200 freerelay team … Competed at the YMCA Nationals in 2009 ...Garnered both high school and YMCA All-American honors.

Personal: Daughter of Joe and Lisa Kuras … Member of theNational Honor Society … Technical Honor Society Member …Scholar-Athlete Honoree … Has been swimming since 2000 …Intends to major in Psychology.

Canandaigua, N.Y.IM/Free/Breast

Freshman

BRITTNEY KURAS

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MissouriDenise Letendre

New YorkMelanie GaffeyJackie KleinBrittney KurasHailey Weniger

CaliforniaMichelle BermanKirsten Fontana Pennsylvania

Jen BetzTracy DimondShaynaLongacreErin SaundersKelsey Tennett

ConnecticutKasey KessesJennifer Potvin

North CarolinaMichaela Nilsson

WashingtonMegan CaylorBrianne Lindblad

New JerseySamantha CurhamMolly EvansKatherine KearneyJackie McGuckinBowie ReillyJessica SimunekJacquelyn Ward Cat Whetstone

VirginiaKimberly Case

IllinoisTaylor Zafir

New HampshireRachael DeSantis

ColoradoTaylor Curado

Where Are They From?

At Rutgers: Will contribute immediately to the breaststroke andindividual medley events both individually and will compete for toprelay spots.

2008-09: Redshirted season due to injury.

High School: Named team’s Most Valuable Player at Wheaton HighSchool in 2006 and 2007… Olympic Trial qualifier… swam for theWheaton Swim Club.

Personal: Daughter of Chris and Rebecca Del Galdo… has one oldersister, Lauren, who swims for Eastern Michigan University… startedswimming at eight years old… intends to major in Business.

Wheaton, Ill.Breast/IMFreshman

TAYLORZAFIR

At Rutgers: Expected to make immediate impact in both the but-terfly and breaststroke events as well as being a strong competi-tor for the medley relays.

High School: All-American in the 100 fly and 100 breast … Four-time MVP of her high school team … Served as team captainduring her senior year … Holds the Cherry Hill High School Eastrecords in the 100 fly and 100 breast … NCSA National qualifierin the 200 breast … Fly swimmer for John Carroll and BradBowser of the Jersey Wahoos, holding the 100 fly and 200breast records … Posted times of 56.0 in the 100 fly and2:03.80 in the 200 butterfly … Swam the 200 breaststroke in2:17 … Competed in ten events at the YMCA Nationals, whereshe finished 56th in the 50 fly with a time of 26.02

Personal: Daughter of Julie and Michael… Has a brother,Mike, and a sister, Natalie … Started swimming at age 10 …Major is undecided.

Cherry Hill, N.J.Fly/BreastFreshman

JESSICA SIMUNEK

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In its 88-year history, the Rutgers Swimming and Diving programhas been under the direction of just six head coaches - James H.Reilly (1916- 1957), Otto H. Hill (1957-1961), Frank W. Elm (1961-1993), Elizabeth Blau (1993-1996), Rick Simpson (1996-1997) andChuck Warner (1997-present). Rutgers Swimming has enjoyed aproud history of success, achievement and one of the finest sportstraditions "on the Banks." Compiled after researching years of Scarletyearbooks and Targums, this history is only a limited glimpse into the88-year old tradition and recognizes only a very few of the hundredsof athletes who trained, competed and contributed to the fine tradi-tion of Rutgers Swimming.

1916-1930Rutgers Swimming began in 1915 upon the completion of the

Ballantine Gym with a $30,000 donation by Mrs. Ballantine for a pooladdition. The pool was dedicated March 10, 1915 with a "gala" meetstarring National Champion, world record holder and two-time Olympian(1908 and 1912) James Reilly (1997 Rutgers Olympic Sports Hall ofFame Inductee). Reilly was promptly hired as the "swim instructor" andfour decades of excellence began. Reilly also presided over the newEastern Collegiate Swimming Association from 1920 until 1927, withRutgers compiling a record of 48 wins and only nine losses. Leo Geibel('23), also an AAU Champion, won the 220 free in the NationalIntercollegiates and set intercollegiate records in the 150 backstrokeand 440 free. George Kojac ('31) continued his national and worldrecord-setting performances on campus and off. He represented theU.S. in the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, winning gold medals in the100 backstroke and 800 free relay. He won the 100 free title at the1931 NCAAs and combined with Bill Marquette ('30) and John Dryfuss('32) for a world record in the 300 medley relay.

1930-1961The Ballantine Gym was destroyed by a fire in the early morning of

Jan. 30, 1930, necessitating construction of a new facility. "Borrowed"sites such as the New Brunswick YMCA and Princeton University wereused for swimming until the College Avenue Gym opened on March 11,1932, with a huge “Aquatic Carnival.”

In the 1930s, Walter Spence ('34), a 1997 Rutgers Olympic SportsHall of Fame inductee, began his career “on the Banks.” Spence was anAAU Champion and a Canadian Olympian. He won the 100 free in three

consecutive NCAA Championships and combined with Walt Ashley ('35),Ted Brick ('34) and Norm Kramer ('33), for a winning freestyle relay inthe 1933 NCAAs. The 1930-33 teams boasted an overall record of 21-4. Later, Rutgers hosted the 1938 NCAA Championships at the “stateof the art” College Avenue facility.

From 1940-42 the Scarlet Knights registered a 22-6 record. Theteams were led by AAU champ, Chuck Gantner ('44), who used the "new"breaststroke technique that eventually became the butterfly in 1954.Gantner was an Eastern Champion, National Champion and one-timeworld record holder.

1946-1956 saw continued successes with the teams recording anoverall record of 64 wins against only nine losses. All-American BobNugent ('52), a 1997 Olympic Sports Hall of Fame inductee, epitomizedthe era. Earning first team All-American honors in ‘49, '50 and '51,Nugent was 1948 Eastern Champion in the 100 free, and an NCAAfinalist in both 1950 and 1951. Reilly left Rutgers with an enviablerecord of 240 wins and 92 losses. His teams recorded five undefeatedseasons, and twelve seasons of only one loss, an overall .722 percent-age. He was a recognized leader in the sport, having coached Olympiansand world record holders during his long tenure at Rutgers. Riley wasrecently inducted into the Rutgers Olympic Sports Hall of Fame.

Head coach Otto Hill, led the Rutgers men from 1957-1961.

1961-1991Frank Elm was appointed head coach in 1961 after Otto Hill was pro-

moted to Athletic Business Administrator. Elm came to Rutgers as asuccessful AAU Coach, New Jersey Interscholastic Champion, All-American from Indiana University and swimmer-coach in the MarineCorps. From 1961-72 the Scarlet Knights enjoyed 11-straight winningseasons, with an overall 79-42 record. The creation of the EasternSeaboard Championships in 1965 brought the Scarlet Knights to a newlevel. Swimmers Bill Clark ('63), Larry Jones and John Wasylyk (64), DonGalluzzi and Marty Flickenger ('65), and diver Roy Nichols ('64) (EasternChampion and NCAA top-eight finisher) were the top performers. In1968, Rutgers was fourth in the prestigious Easterns with top six per-formances by Bob Chenaux ('66), in the 1650, Dave Feigley ('66) in div-ing, sprinters and All-Americans Bruce Ball ('67) and Dick Woodrow ('66)and Peter Hibbard ('67), Eastern Champion in diving. Rutgers’ successin the Easterns continued with John Hannan ('68) scoring in the 1650,500, and 200 fly while Jim Rose ('67), Elliot Cheneaux ('68), JimParkinson ('70), Jose Ferraioli ('69), Dave Helming ('71) and divers PeterLeitner ('70) and Ted Doeing ('72) contributed to the team’s efforts.Ferraioli, and the Cheneaux brothers represented native Puerto Rico inOlympic competition. Gregg Anderson '70 (Rutgers Olympic Sports Hallof Fame Inductee) was the leading point-scorer for the Scarlet Knights inthe late 60s. He was named All-American in both 1968 and 1969 inthe 200 backstroke and won three Eastern Championships while qualify-ing to compete in the NCAA's.

The 70s are best known for the inclusion of women in the RU pro-gram. Olympian Judy Mellick ('77), became the first female memberof the Rutgers team and the first woman to compete with men.Mellick was among the pioneers as newly coed RU embarked on asuccessful women's athletic program. In recognition of her contribu-tions, Mellick was inducted into the first class of the Rutgers OlympicSports Hall of Fame.

Rutgers women's swimming exploded on the scene with three con-secutive undefeated seasons, 1975-1977, and a dominance of EasternChampionships. The RU women were the only Eastern team to place inthe top ten at the 1977 Nationals. Fifteen swimmers earned All-American recognition. Judy Mellick, Ellen Wallace, Debbie Franks,Maureen Mortell and Robin Locklair were among leaders, championsand stars of their era. Wallace later represented the U.S. at the Pan-Am

RUTGERS SWIMMING AND DIVING – A HISTORY OF SUCCESS

Frank Elm and Judy Melick, the firstRutgers female swimmer

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Championships and has been inducted into the Rutgers Olympic SportsHall of Fame. A 1997 inductee into the Rutgers Olympic Sports Hall ofFame is Tiny Condrillo Randazzo who was a consistent scorer in EasternChampionships, top six finisher in Nationals and two time All-American. Inthe 70s Elm had a 70-20 win/loss record with the women's program.

Frank Elm best described the 80s when he retired in 1993. In aninterview he said, "There have been so many highs and lows over theyears. The lows were not winning too much, especially during the 80swhen basically we had no scholarship help and our pool was antiquated.We couldn't attract anybody, so it was really difficult to hang in there andkeep going," (Star Ledger, April 30, 1993). But the Scarlet Knights didkeep going and continued with a proud and competitive decade. The 80ssaw mostly .500 seasons for both men and women, but the teams werespirited and competitive. The 1987-88 season saw five school recordsbroken. James McGuckin received the unprecedented awarding of boththe James H. Reilly trophy and August Heintzmann awards. SwimmersRon Farina, Peter Loftus and Ted Zlydaszek combined to lead the men toan 8-2 record and set eight school records in 1989. Long-awaited newsthat a new facility would actually be built aided Coach Elm in recruiting.Elm recruits Jeff Farschon, Larry Page, and Tim Berlin led the ScarletKnights’ rebuilding efforts. Atlantic 10 Champions and school recordholders Farschon and Page were named Swimmers of the Year in theAtlantic 10 Conference.

Elm retired after 31 years at the helm of Rutgers swimming. He ledthe efforts to construct the "state of the art" swimming facility which ispart of the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center on the Busch Campus. Thefacility, located just west of the football stadium, was completed in 1991.Elm enjoyed two seasons in the swimmers' new home before retiring.

1993 TO PRESENTElizabeth Blau, an Elm assistant, became the head coach in 1993 and

led the team in its transition from the Atlantic 10 Conference to thetougher and faster BIG EAST. Scarlet Knight swimmers in 1994 went 7-2 in men's competition, and 4-5 in women's contests. Nine schoolrecords fell that season. Diving coach Fred Woodruff was named Atlantic10 Diving Coach of the Year in 1995.

Interim Coach Rick Simpson led the 1996-97 Scarlet swimmers asRutgers hosted the BIG EAST Championships at the Werblin Center. Theseason was highlighted by a first-ever victory over Army.

In 1997, California transplant and well-known coach Chuck Warnertook over the building process at Rutgers. Warner has begun the

process of re-building a championship program and continuing the storiedsuccess of Rutgers swimming. In 1998-99, the men’s team jumpedfrom 10th to fifth at the BIG EAST Championships and in 1999-2000, thewomen vaulted from ninth to second at the conference championships,the most dramatic leap of any team in the BIG EAST. For his efforts,Warner was named BIG EAST Women’s Coach of the Year, following aseason that saw his women’s squad finish with a 7-2 overall mark andshatter 20 school swimming and diving records. This feat, along with the6-3 mark posted by the men’s squad, which finshed third in the confer-ence, served as tangible proof that Rutgers swimming was on the rise ona conference and national level.

In 2002-03 the women’s team finished third in the conference,and broke all but two school records. The women’s team also saw itsfirst ever qualifier for the NCAA Championship meet in Erin McIntyre.Erin made the “A cut” in the 1650 freestyle, and also qualified for the400IM and 500 freestyle. A year later, the women jumped to secondin the conference and Warner was once again named BIG EAST Coachof the Year.

The 2004-05 season was highlighted by the remarkable individualaccomplishments of All-American Kelly Harrigan and senior SeanSmith, who both came away with BIG EAST Most OutstandingPerformer honors a the conference championship meet. Both themen’s and women’s squads finished in third place, behind only NotreDame and Pittsburgh, and are poised to remain at the top of the con-ference standings for years to come.

The 2005-06 season, arguably one of the most successful underCoach Warner, was highlighted by the team’s second-place finish at theBIG EAST Championships and 18th-place showing at the NCAAChampionships, the highest team finish in the program's history.

The Rutgers University swimming and diving team added yet anothersuccessful season to the programs storied history during the 2006-07season. The team demonstrated the programs growing success by win-ning six straight dual meet competitions to end the season with a 6-1record overall and a 3-0 mark in BIG EAST competition. The ScarletKnights once again placed 2nd in the BIG EAST Championships and man-aged a 22nd place finish at the NCAA Championships.

In 2008 the Scarlet Knights captured three individual first-place finish-es at the BIG EAST Championships and two swimmers advanced to theNCAA Tournament. Shayna Longacre garned Honorable Mention All-American honors with her performace at the NCAA Tournament.Additionally, numerous former, current and future Scarlet Knights com-peted at the 2008 Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb.

In 2009, Catherine Whetstone earned a trip to the NCAA’s afterearning the gold at the BIG EAST Championships - and setting a new meetrecord - in the 100 backstroke

Frank Elm was a coach of the 1964 U.S. Olympic Team, of which SuePitt-Anderson and Ginnie Duenkel were members.

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AUGUST W. HENIZMAN JR. MEMORIAL TROPHY(INSPIRATIONAL)

1933 Walter Ashley ‘351934 Walter Spence ‘341935 Edward Simpson ‘341936 Frederick L. Faulkner ‘371937 G. Doane McCarthy ‘371938 Kenneth MacWhinney ‘381939 William S. Lakamp Jr. ‘391940 James T. Barnes ‘401941 Roberg G. Faulkner ‘411942 Leonard Zubko ‘421943 Ralph J. Buratti ‘441948 Alvin Benedict ‘491949 James F. McNeil ‘501950 William Irwinë 501951 Joseph P. Kohut ‘531952 Robert E. Nugent ‘521953 Edward S. Nelson ‘541954 Jerome C. Dodgen ‘551955 William J. McGugan ‘551956 Richard D’accardi ‘561957 Charles J. Mooney Jr. ‘571958 Ernest A. Lotito ‘581959 Douglas W. Nabholz ‘591960 Robert Fenstermaker ‘601961 Joseph E. Smith ‘611962 Monroe C. Nichols ‘631963 William M. Clark ‘631964 Lawrence C. Jones ‘641965 Martin M Flickinger ‘651966 David A. Feigley ‘661967 Bruce N. Ball ‘671968 John W. Hannan ‘681969 Paul E. Liniak ‘691970 Gregg R. Anderson ‘701971 David S. Helming ‘711972 Randall J. Burton ‘721973 Daniel E. Wolfred ‘741973 Matthew S. Whalen ‘741974 Mark Carawan ‘751975 Henry P.E. Fryczynski ‘771976 William T. Zenga ‘771977 William T. Zenga ‘771978 Carl Minnis ‘781979 Gary Pabst ‘791980 Gerald Dawson ‘821981 Stephan Nagle ‘811982 Joe Jankewicz ‘821982 Gerry Dawson ‘821983 Thomas J. Good ‘841984 Scott H. Dunn ‘851984 Bruce T. Matthews ‘841985 James McGuckin ‘851986 Fred Oberkehr ‘871987 James Quackenbush ‘871989 Richard Andrews ‘911990 Grant Hodgson ‘881990 Ronald Farina ‘921991 Vince Labella ‘921992 Todd Lewandowski ‘931993 Tim Berlin ‘961994 Tim Berlin ‘961994 Lawrence Page ‘951995 Kevin Dunn ‘961996 Matt Tevald ‘96

1997 Tom Chapman ‘971998 Jungbin Song ‘981999 Scott Pusey ‘001999 Michael Jorosz ‘992000 Brendan Bernard ‘022001 Michael Kush ‘032002 Nathan Ilnicki ‘042003 Nathan Illnicki ‘042004 Chris Farrell ‘062005 Jon Mammano ‘052006 Katie Kuczmarskki ‘062007 Laura Fabiano ’072008 Erin Saunders ‘102009 Tracy Dimond ‘10

RUTGERS ALUMNI SWIMMING AWARD

(LEADERSHIP)1983 Mary Manley 1983 Eileen Hughes1984 Jennifer Lathrop 1985 Sharon Petropoulos 1986 Rebecca L. Evans1987 Laura Myers 1988 Mary Sue Sheehan 1989 Kelly Fleming 1989 Kelly Fleming 1990 Kelly Fleming1991 Kelly Fleming 1992 Suzanne Herman 1993 Jennifer McIlvaine 1994 Virginia Fry 1995 Jennifer Drogan1996 Jennifer Drogan1997 Brenda Amerman1998 Brenda Amerman 1999 Tiffany Sawin2000 Ellie Engle2001 Patricia Olson2002 Regan Madonia2003 Class of 20032004 Casmera Wick2005 Kelly Roche2006 Bobby Daplyn2007 Katie Kuczmarski2008 Cat Hetzel2009 Linda Tate

FEMALE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR1996 Tiffany Sawin1997 Ellie Engle 1998 Megan Harris 1998 Patricia Olson1999 Angell Morse 2000 Casmera Wick2000 Erin McIntyre2001 Samantha Caetano2002 Molly Jones2003 Kelly Harrigan2004 Sarah Gault2005 Catherine Hetzel2006 Madison Kennedy2007 Shayna Longacre2008 Kirsten Fontana2009 Brianne Lindblad

MOST VALUABLE MEMBER(WOMEN)

1986 Catherine Clark1987 Laura Myers1987 Lisa Silverman1988 Kelly Fleming1989 Mary Sue Sheehan1989 Robyn Snyder1990 Karen Livingston1991 Jacqueline Terreri1992 Sherrie Zeilke1992 Tara Yalante1993 Sherrie Terreri1993 Anne Fletcher1994 Jennifer McIlvaine1995 Carrieanne Eberhardt1996 Carrieanne Eberhardt1997 Carrieanne Eberhardt1998 Ellie Engle1999 Angell Morse2000 Erin McIntyre2001 Erin McIntyre2002 Erin McIntyre2002 Casmera Wick2003 Kelly Harrigan2004 Kelly Harrigan2005 Kelly Harrigan2006 Kelly Harrigan2007 Madison Kennedy

2008 Shayna Longacre2009 Catherine Whetstone

DIVER ROOKIE OF THE YEAR1998 Kathleen Greslik1999 Lindsey Gronlund 2000 Kristin Figueroa2001 Kelly Gerhardstein2001 Matthew Kittle2002 Matthew Kittle2003 Olivier Giron2004 Jared Bench2005 Tyler Beckenbach2006 Meghan Senso2007 Erin Saunders2008 Erin Saunders2009 Erin Saunders

BURIAN AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

2005 Joe Mammano2006 Jonathan Hupp2007 Bobby Daplyn2008 Angelina Colavito2009 Jessica Burnett

RUTGERS SWIMMING/DIVING AWARDS

OLYMPIANSJames ReilleyGeorge Kojac ‘31Walter Spence ‘34 (Canada)Bob Chenaux ‘66 (Puerto Rico)Jose Ferraioli ‘69(Puerto Rico)Judy Mellick ‘77

WORLD RECORDHOLDERS

James ReillyClarence Ross ‘23(Masters Age Group)George Kojac ‘31Bill Marquette ‘30John Dryfuss ‘32Chuck Gantner ‘44

INTERNATIONALSWIMMINGHALL OF FAME

Clarence Ross ‘23AAU CHAMPIONS

Leo Geibel ‘23Walter Spence ‘34Chuck Gantner ‘44EASTERN CHAMPIONS

Richard Levis ‘28Bob Nugent ‘52Peter Hibbard ‘67

(Diving)Gregg Anderson ‘70NATIONAL CHAMPIONSJames ReillyBob Galbraith ‘24 (Diving)Leo Geibel ‘23Walter Spence ‘34Harry Lewis ‘28 (1926-28)

George Kojac ‘31Ed Tilley ‘29Bob Johnson ‘29Frank Johnson ‘30Walt Ashley ‘35Ted Brick ‘34Norm Kramer ‘33Chuck Gantner ‘44

ALL-AMERICANSBob Nugent ‘52 (1949, ‘50, ‘51)Gregg Anderson ‘70(1968, ‘69)Judy Mellick ‘77(Diving)Ellen WallaceDebbie FranksMaureen MortellRobin LocklairEugenie CondrilloRandazzoErin McIntyre (2002)Kelly Harrigan (2004,2005, 2006)

HONORABLE MENTION

ALL-AMERICANSErin McIntyre (2001,2002)Casmera Wick (2002)Samantha Caetano(2002)Molly Jones (2002)Kelly Harrigan (2003)Allyson Parent (2006)Ashley Dunphy (2006)Laura Wright (2006)Madison Kennedy(2006, 2007)CatherineWhetstone(2007)Shayna Longacre (2008)

RUTGERS ALL-TIME SWIMMING AWARD WINNERS

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Richard L. McCormick is the 19th president of Rutgers, The State University of NewJersey. A scholar of American political history who began his academic career on theRutgers faculty, he returned as president in 2002 after serving as provost of theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and president of the University of Washington.

Dr. McCormick’s goal is to advance Rutgers within the top tier of American publicresearch universities. His ambitions for the university include an enriched learning expe-rience for every student; teaching and research focused on global human problems;diversity of students, faculty, staff, and programs; and deeper connections with the peo-ple of New Jersey.

President McCormick led a major restructuring and reinvigoration of undergraduateeducation at Rutgers-New Brunswick, the university’s largest campus. The plan,approved in 2006, merged four undergraduate colleges into a School of Arts andSciences, expanded access to academic programs and learning communities, and estab-lished a popular First-Year Seminar program that offers more than 100 courses – eachwith no more than 20 students – on a wide range of topics taught by top faculty.

Other initiatives undertaken during Dr. McCormick’s tenure include: • Establishment of the first-ever universitywide alumni body, the Rutgers University Alumni Association.• The Rutgers Faculty Traveling Seminar, an annual week-long tour of New Jersey for new faculty.• The Rutgers Future Scholars Program, a pilot project to encourage minority and low-income teenagers from the

university’s host cities to pursue higher education by offering mentorship and college preparation support, and the promise of free tuition to those admitted to Rutgers.

• Rutgers-Camden’s first-ever doctoral-level academic program, a Ph.D. in childhood studies – the first in the nation in this emerging discipline.

• Establishment of the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers-Newark’s first new school in more than three decades.

Born in 1947, President McCormick earned a B.A.in American studies from Amherst College in1969 and a Ph.D. in history from Yale University in1976. He is married to Joan Barry McCormick,RU ’88. She is a Vice President at the SaintPeter’s Healthcare System in New Brunswick. Dr.McCormick has two children, Betsy and Michael.

R I C H A R D L . M c C O R M I C KPRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

T I M P E R N E T T IDIRECTOR OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

A lifetime New Jersey native with astrong passion for his alma mater, TimPernetti has come full-circle in becom-ing one of the nation’s youngest leadersin college athletics. A former student-athlete “On the Banks”, Pernetti wasnamed Rutgers’ sixth Director ofIntercollegiate of Athletics on February26, 2009. He will oversee 24 men’sand women’s intercollegiate teams inNew Brunswick, a larger number thanfielded at most of the university’s peerinstitutions. The Division ofIntercollegiate Athletics has 212employees and an annual budget ofapproximately $56 million, roughly 3percent of the university’s total $1.8 bil-lion budget.

Pernetti has been influential in the world of college athletics since he receiveda bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass media from Rutgers in 1993, anda master’s degree in communication in 1995.

Prior to returning to Rutgers, Pernetti was the Executive Vice President,Content, for CBS College Sports Network. In that role, he oversaw the rightsand relationship business, on-air talent, and all network programming and con-tent on air, online and across all screens for the nation’s first company dedi-cated to college sports.

Pernetti helped to build the CBS College Sports Network, previously CSTV,prior to its launch in 2003, and has played a critical role in establishing it asthe multi-media leader in college sports programming, content, news and infor-mation. He was a recipient of the prestigious Sports Business Journal Fortyunder Forty Award, and the Multichannel News 40 under 40 Award both in2008.

Charged with developing relationships, acquiring rights and creating multi-plat-form original programming for the first ever 24-hour sports college sports net-work, Pernetti successfully navigated through a complicated web of mediarights deals to come up with new ways to serve college sports fans. Pernettiworked closely with the NCAA and hundreds of schools in every major confer-ence, securing over 2,500 hours of event programming each year and multi-ple NCAA Championships across 35 men’s and women’s sports. Pernetti wasin charge of the CBS College Sports Network exclusive long-term agreementswith the US Naval Academy, Mountain West Conference, Conference USA,and the Atlantic 10.

Further he managed company relationships with more than 30 conferencesand thousands of institutions. Pernetti remains most proud of establishing astrong relationship in women’s collegiate sports including the establishment ofa women’s basketball game of the week package in 2004 with the Big EastConference.

In 2006, Pernetti spearheaded a landmark multi-media partnership with theNCAA to make CBS College Sports Network the home of Division II Sports.The innovative deal effectively increased the scope and reach of NCAA DivisionII sports with hundreds of games now available nationally via the broadcastnetwork and online. Pernetti’s commitment to providing greater exposure towomen’s and under-served sports is evidenced by the network’s unprecedent-ed coverage of lacrosse and volleyball, among others. He has also been at theforefront of the development and creation of the Collegiate Nationals, whichcrowns champions in dozens of high endurance sports, and innovative originalproduction including CBS College Sports Network’s groundbreaking NCAA

March Madness Central, NCAA March Madness Highlights on CBS CollegeSports, and the WIRED franchise which gives viewers an inside look at gamesand events through wireless microphones on coaches during game action.

Prior to joining CBS College Sports Network, Pernetti served eight years atABC-TV and ABC Sports most recently as Director of Programming, where hewas integral in acquiring, managing and developing several ABC Sports proper-ties including college football, the Bowl Championship Series, and college bas-ketball. For five years, Pernetti handled relationships and negotiated televisionrights with all of the major collegiate conferences.

As a student at Rutgers, Pernetti was a four-year letterwinner at tight end onthe Rutgers football squad. He was also the color commentator for RutgersFootball on the Rutgers Football Radio Network and announced weekly NFLgames nationally on Sports USA Radio.

A resident of Oakland, N.J., Pernetti is married to the former Danielle Bahto.His wife also graduated from Rutgers and was a letterwinner on the women’slacrosse team. Danielle and Tim are the proud parents of their three children– Max, Conor and Natalie.

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A BRIEF HISTORYRutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is one of the leading universities in the nation. The university is comprised of 27degree-granting divisions; 10 undergraduate colleges, 11 graduate schools, and six schools offering both undergraduate andgraduate degrees. Five are located in Camden, eight in Newark, and 13 in New Brunswick and one in Newark and NewBrunswick.

Rutgers has a unique history as a colonial college, a land-grant institution, and a state university. Chartered in 1766 asQueen's College, the eighth institution of higher learning to be founded in the colonies, the school opened its doors in NewBrunswick in 1771 with a handful of first-year students. During its early years, the college developed as a classic liberal artsinstitution. In 1825, the name of the college was changed to honor a former trustee and Revolutionary War veteran, ColonelHenry Rutgers.

Rutgers College became the land-grant college of New Jersey in 1864, resulting in the establishment of the RutgersScientific School, featuring departments of agriculture, engineering, and chemistry. Further expansion in the sciences camewith the founding of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station in 1880, the College of Engineering (now the School ofEngineering) in 1914, and the College of Agriculture (now the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences) in 1921. Theprecursors to several other Rutgers divisions were also established during this period: the College of Pharmacy (now theErnest Mario School of Pharmacy) in 1892, the New Jersey College for Women (now part of the School of Arts andSciences) in 1918, and the School of Education in 1924.

In 1924, Rutgers College officially became Rutgers University, a reflection of the institution’s rapidly expanding number ofschools and academic programs. Early in the century, Rutgers had begun offering educational opportunities to women whenthe New Jersey College for Women (later Douglass College) was founded in 1918, and to adult learners when UniversityCollege was established in 1934. After World War II, enrollment exploded as Rutgers admitted all qualified candidates underthe GI Bill. Rutgers was becoming an institution for all people, and in 1945 and 1956, state legislative acts formally designat-ed Rutgers as The State University of New Jersey.

A flurry of expansion ensued. The University of Newark (now Rutgers–Newark) joined Rutgers in 1946, followed by the College of South Jersey (now Rutgers–Camden) in 1950. Anambitious building program added libraries, classrooms, and student housing across the three regional campuses. In 1969, Livingston College opened, providing a coeducational resi-dential experience with a special commitment to diversity. Graduate education in the arts and sciences grew through the establishment of the Graduate School–New Brunswick, theGraduate School–Newark, and the Graduate School–Camden. Professional schools were formed to serve students in the fields of business; communication, information, and librarystudies; criminal justice; education; fine arts; law; management and labor relations; nursing; planning and public policy; psychology; public affairs and administration; and social work.Meanwhile, as industry and government sought partners in solving problems and advancing knowledge, the concept of the research university emerged.

In 1981, Rutgers adopted a blueprint for its transformation into a major public research university. With increased support from state, federal, and corporate partners, Rutgers’strength in research grew dramatically. In 1989, in recognition of its enhanced stature, Rutgers was invited to join the prestigious Association of American Universities, an organizationcomprising the top 62 research universities in North America. Today, professors and students work in more than 180 specialized research centers, unraveling mysteries in marine sci-ences, early childhood education, neuroscience, advanced materials, climate change, nutrition, homeland security, transportation, stem cells, and many other areas that can improve lifeboth in New Jersey and around the world.

A 2007 major reorganization of undergraduate education in New Brunswick reinvigorated the undergraduate experience for both students and faculty by combining the traditions andstrengths of four undergraduate liberal arts colleges—Douglass, Livingston, Rutgers, and University—into a single School of Arts and Sciences.

With 27 schools and colleges, Rutgers offers over 100 undergraduate majors and more than 100 graduate and professional degree programs. The university graduates more than10,000 students each year, and has more than 350,000 living alumni residing in all 50 states and on six continents. Rutgers also sponsors community initiatives in all 21 New Jerseycounties. Universitywide, new degree programs, research endeavors, and community outreach are in development to meet the demands of the 21st century.Today, Rutgers continues to grow, both in its facilities and in the variety and depth of its educational and research programs. The university's goals for the future include the continued

provision of the highest quality education, along with the increased support of research and commitment to public service to meet the needs of society.

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30RUTGERS AT A GLANCE• Chartered in 1766 as Queen’s College, Rutgers is the eighth oldest college in the nation. • Rutgers was designated the State University of New Jersey by legislative acts in 1945 and 1956. • Rutgers is New Jersey’s largest public research university and is located on three regional campuses in

Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick/Piscataway. • Rutgers was named New Jersey’s land-grant university in 1864 and has a special responsibility for serving

the needs of the state. • Rutgers is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), a highly selective organization

comprised of the 62 leading research universities in North America. • There are 27 degree-granting schools and colleges, offering more than 270 total bachelor’s, masters and

doctoral and professional degree programs. • Rutgers is one of New Jersey’s major employers with some 4,700 faculty and 6,400 staff. • For every dollar New Jersey invests in Rutgers, the university channels $5 into the state’s economy. In 2003,

the amount of state support was $524 million, while the combined effect of university direct and indirect spending was estimated at $2.8 billion.

• With holdings of more than 6.4 million volumes, the Rutgers library system ranks among the nation’s largest. • Rutgers enrolls more than 50,000 students, including over 37,000 undergraduates and 13,000 graduate

students. • More than 10,000 students each year earn a degree from Rutgers. • The university has more than 350,000 living alumni; nearly 200,000 alumni reside in New Jersey.

TEACHING AND LEARNING• Rutgers faculty include MacArthur “genius” Fellows, National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology recipients, Fulbright Scholars, Guggenheim

Fellows, members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and winners of many other prestigious awards and grants.

• The graduate philosophy department is ranked second in the English-speaking world by the Philosophical Gourmet Report. • Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick is ranked among the top five schools in the country for technology management according to a Journal

of Product Innovation Management study. It is tenth out of 51 for international business according to a Journal of International Business Studies report. BusinessWeek ranks the school’s Executive MBA program fifth in the world in the area of strategy and sixth in the area of finance.

• The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy is ranked fourth among the nation’s top graduate programs in urban planning according to a survey by Planetizen, a Los Angeles-based planning and development network.

RESEARCH• Streptomycin, the first effective cure for tuberculosis, and other potent antibiotics were discovered at Rutgers by Professor Selman Waksman and his students

in the 1940s. Waksman received the Nobel Prize for his important contributions to medicine. • The New Brunswick campus is home to the New Jersey Stem Cell Institute, a joint endeavor with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The institute is devoted to finding new and effective approaches to treating seemingly incurable diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and spinal cord injury.

• The Rutgers Cell and DNA Repository is a valuable resource for researchers around the world studying the role heredity plays in complex genetic diseases such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, Alzheimer’s, alcoholism, diabetes, and Tourette's syndrome.

• The Protein Data Bank, based at Rutgers, is the international repository of three-dimensional protein structures. With $30 million in federal funding, the data bank provides vital information on more than 35,000 proteins and other macromolecules for scientists working to design more effective treatments for disease.

• Rutgers’ Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences ranks among America’s top 15 marine research organizations based on peer competition for National Science Foundation research funding.

• The Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, the only pharmacy school in New Jersey, ranks in the top 10 percent among pharmacy schools nationwide in research dollars awarded by the National Institutes of Health.

• Rutgers holds more than 400 patents and, since 1989, has licensed nearly 50 start-up or early-stage companies. • Rutgers is a partner in the Southern African Large Telescope, one of the world's largest optical telescopes and the southern hemisphere's newest eye-on-the-sky. • Rutgers University is leading the Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, a $52.7 million research program to reveal the roles that proteins play in life’s

most fundamental processes.

SERVICE TO NEW JERSEY• Rutgers’ Center for Government Services trains New Jersey’s municipal employees to better serve their constituents and certifies approximately 17,000 annually. • The Rutgers Business School operates the New Jersey Small Business Development Centers in all 21 counties, serving more than 7,000 clients annually and

offering classes to some 15,000 individuals. • In 2005, Continuous Education and Outreach offered over 3,700 course sections to more than 50,000 individuals. Courses are offered in almost every county

in New Jersey. • The Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist at Rutgers is the state’s official weather resource. • Each year, Rutgers holds the New Jersey Folk Festival and Ag Field Day on a single Saturday in April, bringing together some 15,000 people to celebrate the

state’s diverse populations and agricultural heritage.

SERVICE TO THE NATION• Rutgers research on life deep beneath the ocean’s surface is prominently featured in “Volcanoes of the Deep,” an IMAX film shown at museums around the country. • Rutgers’ agricultural research has led to durable turfgrass, juicy tomatoes, disease-resistant dogwoods, and improved varieties of asparagus. Rutgers turfgrass

varieties are used at Yankee Stadium, Central Park, and other venues nationwide. • Nationally respected institutes at Rutgers such as the National Transit Institute and the National Institute for Early Education Research are helping to shape

United States and state policy in critical areas. • Rutgers is the nation’s primary source for antiterror security training for public transit workers. • Most meals ready to eat (MREs) manufactured for our nation’s troops are produced using Rutgers-developed technology. • The Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center is a pioneer in developing effective methods to help autistic children.

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DISTINGUISHED ALUMNIRutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has produced numerous alumni who have achieved high levels of success in their cho-

sen fields. All told, Rutgers has over 380,000 living alumni around the world, nearly 250,000 of whom presently live in New Jersey.

2009 INDUCTEESWalter G. Alexander II, COE ‘43, The first black man tograduate from Rutgers' College of Engineering in 1943,Walter G. Alexander was a scholar, a pioneer, and a leader.An excellent student, he graduated seventh in his engineer-ing class and was a member of Tau Beta Pi, the EngineeringHonor Society. He also participated in track and field as wellas cross country. After completing his Rutgers education inmechanical engineering, he trained in the military and wascommissioned as a second lieutenant Tuskegee Airman inJune 1945. He later became the first black man to beappointed to New Jersey's State Board of Dentistry in 1972.Alexander retired in 2007, having practiced dentistry formore than 50 years.

Dorothy W. Cantor, Graduate School of APP ‘ 76, Becamethe first person with a Psy.D. degree and the first woman cli-nician to lead the American Psychological Association, theworld's largest association of psychologists. Under her lead-ership, the APA developed the landmark document, YourMental Health Rights, which was distributed to President BillClinton, all members of Congress, as well as health careprovider organizations. She has served as president of theAmerican Psychological Foundation since 2001.

Kristin Davis Mason Gross ‘87, Kristin Davis became ahousehold name for her portrayal of Charlotte York in Sexand the City, the HBO series about four single women whoconfront hard-won truths about romance and sexuality whilejuggling careers and friendship in New York City. She and theensemble cast won or were nominated for numerousawards. Davis reprised the role in 2008 when Sex and theCity was released on the silver screen; a sequel is due in2010. At Rutgers, Davis studied under legendary actingcoach and theater arts professor William Esper.

Mir A. Imran, SOE ‘77, Mir Imran is a renowned scientistand prolific inventor who has achieved great successthrough his venture roles in various high-tech and biomedicalcompanies. Among his most notable accomplishments is thedevelopment of the world's first automatic implantable defib-rillator, a device that has saved more than two million livessince 1981 and is a standard of care in cardiology. Imran isalso the founder and CEO of InCube Laboratories, Inc., one ofNorth America's oldest and most successful medical deviceincubators that works to develop high-growth companiesthat solve major clinical problems through technologicalinnovation. As a scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, or investor,Imran has been named in nearly 350 patents.

Ralph Izzo, Business School ‘02, Ralph Izzo has been chair-man, president, and CEO of PSEG (Public Service EnterpriseGroup) since 2007, after holding executive positions withinPSEG's family of companies since 1992. PSEG, whose annu-al revenues are more than $13 billion, was ranked fourth onFortune magazine's 2009 "World's Most Admired

Companies" list in the electric and gas industry. In 2007,NJBIZ named PSEG New Jersey Corporation of the Year forits financial stability, leadership on environmental issues, andcommitment to the state.

Natalie Morales, RC‘94, Natalie Moralesjoined NBC's popularToday show as anational correspon-dent in 2006. In2007, she wasnamed a co-anchorof the show's fourthhour; she also fills inregularly at the newsdesk. Prior to signingon with Today,Morales was ananchor and corre-spondent at MSNBCsince March 2002.In these nationalroles, she has con-tributed to NBC

News coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino andthe 2004 Summer Games in Athens. Hispanic Magazinenamed Morales a "Top Hispanic to Watch" in 2005, and a"Top Trendsetter" in 2003. She also co-hosted and reportedfor the Emmy-nominated documentary Save Our Sound, ajoint production with WNBC-TV New York about preservingthe Long Island Sound.

PREVIOUS INDUCTEESJudge Abraham Abuchowski, CCAS ’70, GSNB ’75,Created drugs to treat childhood diseases and later foundedEnzon, Inc. Rutgers–Camden placed him among its top 50graduates at its 50th anniversary in 2000. (2002)Roger G. Ackerman, Eng ’60, GSNB ‘62 Corning visionary who led the company to the forefront ofthe digital age through his work on fiberoptics for internetsystems. (2001)Martin Agronsky, RC ’36, Distinguished Journalist; EmmyWinner. Best known as the host of PBS television'sWashington-based political talk show Agronsky & Company,Martin Agronsky pioneered the "talking heads" news format.He died in 1999 at age 84. (1995)Phillip Alampi, Ag ’34,GSE ’45,NJ Secretary of Agriculture. He earned 146 awards, includingan honorary doctorate from Rutgers in 1969 and the RutgersAlumni Association's Ernest T. Gardner Award for public lead-ership in 1985. He died in 1992 at age 79. (1994)Adrienne Scotchbrook Anderson, DC ’45, LHD ’91,Engineer; Chair, Board of Governors (1993) Richard L. Aregood, CCAS ’65,Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist and threetime winner ofthe Distinguished Writing Award of the American Society ofNewspaper Editors. (1993)Jerome Aresty, RC '51, Developed Alfred Dunner Inc, amajor sportswear firm in 1964. The company rose to thetop of the fashion industry and currently has annual sales ofnearly $100 million. Aresty has since retired from the busi-ness and concentrates his efforts on supporting several phil-anthropic organizations; chief among them is Rutgers. Thestate-of-the-art Aresty Amphitheater at Rutgers Stadium aprime example of his generosity. He passed away on June 5,2009. (2007)Richard H. Askin Jr., RC ‘69, Askin recently completed asuccessful tenure as the second-longest-serving chairmanand CEO of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, thehonorary organization responsible for the Primetime EmmyAwards. For 10 years, he was president and CEO of TribuneEntertainment Company. (2008)Alice Aycock, DC ’68, Yale Professor; Sculptor (1993)Margaret C. Ayers, DC ’63, Philanthropist, activist. She ispresident and CEO of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation. Thefoundation supports projects that advance women's reproduc-tive rights and health nationally, monitor government perform-ance in providing services to New York's most impoverished andvulnerable residents, and promote and nurture the arts in NewYork. (1998)Mary L. Baglivo, RC ‘79, One of the highest ranking womenin the U.S. communications industry. As CEO and chair of theAmericas at Saatchi & Saatchi, she has a seat on theWorldwide Executive Board and is responsible for thelargest agency within the global network as well as Saatchi’sLatin American and Canadian regions. member of theAmerican Advertising Federation Hall of Achievement and the 2007 Woman of the Year title by Advertising Women ofNew York. She sits on the Rutgers University Foundation Boardof Overseers, serving as chair of The Rutgers Fund. She alsosupports the Mary L. Baglivo Scholarship in the School ofCommunications, Information and Library Studies. (2008)Charles Bailey, RC ’30, Heart Surgeon (1991), Passedaway in 1993.Sol J. Barer, Graduate School-NB ‘74, CelgeneCorporation’s chairman and CEO, delivering innovative andlife-changing products that treat cancer and other severeimmune/inflammatory conditions. (2008)Harland Bartholomew, Eng ’11, City planner (1998). Formany years he was president of Harland Bartholomew &Associates, a firm that served as city planners for at least125 major American and Canadian cities. He died inDecember 1989, a few months after his 100th birthday.Mario F. Batali, RC ‘82Highly regarded for his New York restaurants, bestselling cook-books, popular television programs, and philanthropy. (2004)Julia Baxter-Bates, DC ’38,The first African-American student admitted to DouglassCollege and was a Research Director for New York NAACP(1996). Julia Bates died in 2003.Fannie Bear Besser, NLaw ’20, Lawyer that was an Advocate for the Poor and social justice forover 60 years. In 1989, she earned the governor's Alice PaulHumanitarian Award for professional performance that exem-plifies the "best and noblest characteristics of humankind." Shedied in 1992, just shy of her 92nd birthday. (1992)Felix M. Beck, SB ’49, GSM ’53, Housing and mortgage Executive. Was president of theMortgage Bankers of America in 1983 and 1984. He alsoserved as chair and CEO of Margaretten Financial Corporation and Margaretten & Company, Inc. (1998)

Elise Biorn-HansenBoulding, DC ’40,Founder of theInternational PeaceResearchAssociation. In 1990she was nominatedfor a Nobel PeacePrize by theAmerican FriendsService Committee.(1994)Samuel G.Blackman, RC ’27,GSNB ’30, APJournalist who brokeLindbergh kidnappingstory. Retired fromJournalism in 1969to direct the

American Press Institute. He passed away in 1995. (1997)Elizabeth Blume-Silverstein, NLaw, 1911 A member of the first graduating class of Rutgers School ofLaw-Newark, she was one of the first women to practice lawin New Jersey and ran one of the most active law practicesin Newark. She Died in 1991. (2001) F. Herbert Bormann, Ag ’48, Renowned Ecologist and pastpresident of the Ecological Society of America and a mem-ber of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and theNational Academy of Science. (1988)Joseph P. Bradley, RC 1836, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him to the U.S.Supreme Court in 1870, where he served until his death in1892. (1991)Floyd H. Bragg, RC ’36, Chairman, He served as chair ofRutgers' Board of Governors and of the Rutgers UniversityFoundation Board of Overseers, as well as president of theRutgers Alumni Association. (1991)Philip Milledoler Brett, RC 1892, New York City Lawyer and former Rutgers President from1930-1932. Brett Died in 1960 at the age of 89. (1998) Leonie Milhomme Brinkema, DC ‘66; SCILS ‘70Legal professonal who led the conviction of three men whowere directly involved in the attacks on Sept. 11.Avery F. Brooks, LC ’73, MGSA ’75, Actor, Director,Teacher. starred as Captain Sisko, the main character in theTV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (1993)Charles H. Brower, RC ’25, CEO, BBD&O; Chair, Board ofGovernors. He was inducted into the American AdvertisingFederation's Hall of Fame in 1981. (1993)Arthur R. Brown, Jr. GSNB ’77, Served as a county agricultural agent with RutgersCooperative Extension for several years before Gov. TomKean named him New Jersey’s Secretary of Agriculture in1982. Also worked for Gov. Jim Florio and Gov. ChristineWhitman. (2002)Lester R. Brown, Ag ’55, Global Environmentalist and joinedthe U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1959. PresidentWorld Watch (1995)Wayne R. Bryant, CLAW '72Former New Jersey state senator (1995-2008) andAttorney (2005)Frank R. Burns, Ed ’49, GSE ’64, Former Head Football Coach.Inducted into the Rutgers Football Hall of Fame in 1989. (1993)Ruth Ann Burns, DC ’67, GSNB ’75, Public Television Executive (1989)John J. Byrne, Jr., RC ’54, Chairman & CEO of FundAmerican Enterprises, Inc.; Former Chairman & CEO ofGEICO Corporation (1996)William T. Cahill, CLaw ’37, New Jersey Governor. He diedin 1996 at age 84(1990)Patricia Smith Campbell,DC ‘63A research scientist with ALZA, pioneered the developmentof the technologies that allow treatments by using adhesivepatches to deliver a controlled dose of medicine through theskin. (2004)James Dickson Carr, RC 1892, Lawyer; First African-American Graduate. Died in 1920. (1991)Clifford P. Case, RC ’25, Former Congressmen and U.S.Senator. passed away in 1982 (1988)Ida L. Castro, GSNB ’78, NLaw ’82, Chairwoman of the U.S.Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, first Latinarecipient of the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni Award.Stanley F. Cherrie, RC '64, A member of the Rutgers base-ball and football teams who went on to become an officer inthe U.S. Army where he rose to brigadier general and hadtwo assignments in Vietnam. Earned the DistinguishedSuperior Service Medal before he retired from the U.S. Armyin April 1998.Deron L. Cherry, Cook ’81, Former football great, businessentrepreneur, Co-owner NFL football team (2000) Jay Chiat, Educ ’53, Influential advertising giant, a trailblazerwhose creative genius revolutionized his industry (2000)Carol Teda Christ, DC ‘ 66In 2002, Carol Tecla Christ became the 10th president of

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32Smith College, one of the largest women’s colleges in thenation. She was inducted into the Douglass Society in 2001.Chiat died in April 2002. (2003)John P. Clum, RC 1874, American frontiersman, was actinggovernor of New Mexico territory. Clum died in 1932. (1996)Stanley N. Cohen, RC ’56, Geneticist and he was inductedinto the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his DNAresearch (1994)Barbara Bell Coleman, Newark College of Arts and Sciences 1974Former President of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Newark, coor-dinating development programs for 5,000 youngsters. (2004)Kevin J. Collins, NLaw ’64, Attorney, investment bankingauthority. He has been chair of the Rutgers Board ofGovernors and Board of Trustees, and the RutgersUniversity Foundation Board of Overseers. (1998) David L. Cowen, RC ’30, GSNB ’31, Pharmaceutical Historian and former chairmen at theCouncil of the Institute of Pharmacy for 10 years. Cownpassed away in 2006. (1992)Spencer R. Crew, GSNB ’73, ‘79Executive director and chief executive officer of the NationalUnderground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Thecenter, “show(s) the pro-active way African Americans soughtfreedom and the way people united in support of the belief thatfreedom was important to preserve for everyone.” (2003)James Cullen, RC ’64, Business executive and former presi-dent of Bell Atlantic Enterprises, New Jersey Bell, and theBell Atlantic Corporation. He oversaw the merger of BellAtlantic and NYNEX and was chair of the national steeringcommittee for the Rutgers Campaign (2002)Robert Curvin, NCAS ’60, SSW ’67, Political scientist;Author; National Advocate for the Poor (1995)William H.S. Demarest, RC 1883, Rutgers University President. Died in 1956. (1992)Simeon DeWitt, RC 1776,George Washington’s Chief Geographer. Died in 1834. (1995)Robert A. Druskin, RC ’69, Chief Operating Officer ofCitigroup Inc. Established the Harriett and Robert DruskinEndowed Scholarship in 2001, which aids hard-working stu-dents who face financial challenges. He received the 2001-02 Rutgers University Medal for Philanthropic Excellence. Heis also a member of the university's Board of Trustees. Rene J. Dubos, GSNB ’27, Bacteriologist; Environmentalist.Dubos wrote 20 books, including So Human An Animal, forwhich he won a Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction in 1969. Dubosdied in 1982. (1992)Janet Evanovich, DC ’65, Author of the popular comedy-crime novels featuring bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. Thenumber-one New York Times best-selling Plum novels havebeen described as part Indiana Jones, part Moonlighting,and part Midnight Run.(2002)Calista Flockhart, MGSA ‘88Flockhart became a household name, having starred for fiveyears in the highly rated television show Ally McBeal. Wonthe 1998 Golden Globe award and a 1999 Emmy for out-standing comedy series. Stars on ABC drama Brothers and

Sisters. (2003)Jim Florio, CLaw’67, FormerCongressmen andNew JerseyGovernor. He wasthe former chair ofthe Federal HomeLoan Bank of NewYork. (1995)Sharon A. Fordham,DC ‘75The chief executiveofficer ofWeightWatchers.com,Inc., she has earnedmany industryawards for her newproduct efforts,including severalEdison Awards for

“New Product of the Year” and Gold Effies for Most EffectiveAdvertising. (2003)Jeanne M. Fox, DC ’75, CLaw ’79, Environmentalist,Feminist, Fox is president of the state's Board of Public Utilities.She is Former Regional Administrator for U.S. EPA (1997)Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, RC 1836, Senator, U.S. Secretary of State. Died in 1885 (1990)Milton Friedman, RC ’32, Economist and he won the NobelPrize for economics in 1976. He passed away in 2006. (1987)C. Reed Funk, GSNB ’62, Joined Cook College as an instructor in 1956 and led one ofthe world’s most productive turf grass-breeding programsfor 34 years.Albert R. Gamper, Jr., UCN ’66, President and CEO of TheCIT Group until 2004, charter member of the Rutgers Boardof Trustees, a member of the Board of Governors and theBoard Overseers.James J. Gandolfini, RC ‘83Star of the Emmy-award winning HBO series, the Sopranoswhich earned him numerous Emmy, Screen Actors Guild,and Golden Globe awards and nominations. (2004)Ronald W. Giaconia, RC '58, Retired president of GiaconiaLife Associates, Inc. A former baseball player who createdthe Ron and Toni Giaconia Endowed Scholarship for Rutgersbaseball players. His various philanthropic efforts earned himthe Silver Keystone award from the Boys & Girls Clubs of

America. He wasalso the former chairof the university'sBoard of Trusteesand vice chair of theBoard of Governors.He received aMeritorious ServiceAward in 1993 anda Loyal Sons ofRutgers Award in1998. Louis Gluck, RC '48Considered the fatherof Neonatologist. Diedin 1997. (2005)Arthur M. Goldberg,RC ’63,Former President &CEO of Park Place

Entertainment Corp., Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. andchairman of DeGiorgio Company. Goldberg died in 2000.Bernard R. Goldberg, RC '67Author, Television journalist, Real Sports with Bryan Gumbel.He has won a total of 8 Emmy awards. (2005)Matthew Golombek, RC ’76,Geologist, senior research scientist at NASA. (1998) Michael Gottlieb, MD, RC ’69, World-renowned AIDS doctor & researcher. He is a cofounderof the American Foundation for AIDS Research. (1996)William Elliot Griffis, RC 1869, Educator, Targum Founder. Griffis died in 1928. (1990)Jean Coughlan Griswold, DC ’52, GSE ’56, Founder & Chief Executive, Special Care, Inc. (1995)Richard M. Hale, AG ’44, GSNB ’48,Industrialist, Community Leader, Chairman & CEO ofHalecrest Company. He served as president of the NewJersey Aggregates Association and founded the New JerseyAlliance for Action. Hale died in 2004. (1997)Elizabeth Cavanna Harrison, DC ’29,Author and has wrote more than 80 books. Harrison died in2001 at age 92. (1990)Terry Hart, GSNB ’78, Astronaut (1994)Douglas R. Heir, CLaw ’85, Lawyer, Writer. One of the world's greatest wheelchair ath-letes, he has won more than 300 gold medals. (1987)John J. Heldrich, UCNB ’50, Former Executive Committee &Board of Directors, Johnson & Johnson (1995)George William Hill, RC 1859, World-renowned astronomerin celestial mechanics. Hill received a gold medal from theRoyal Astronomical Society of London in 1887 and theDamoiscan Prize of the Paris Academy of Sciences for hisresearch on the lunar theory. He died in 1914. (1996)Washington C. Hill, CCAS '61One of the foremost perinatologists in the world and a leading

expert on maternal-fetal medicine. Chair of the department ofobstetrics and gynecology and director of Maternal-FetalMedicine at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Florida. (2006)Garret A. Hobart, RC 1863, U.S. Vice President. Died in 1899 (1990)Arthur J. Holland, UCNB ’54, GSNB ’59, Mayor of Trenton for 26 years. Holland died in 1989. (1990)Richard J. Hughes, NLaw ’31, New Jersey Governor. he hadserved as assistant U.S. attorney for the District of NewJersey, and as a judge on the Mercer County Court Bench, thestate Superior Court, and later in the state Appellate Division.He died in 1992. (1987)William J. Hughes, RC ’55, CLaw ’58, Former Democratic Congressman and ambassador toPanama (1995-1998). (1997)Jerry Izenberg, NCAS ’52, Sports Writer, Newark Star-Ledger. A member of the NationalSportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame. (1991)Jack H. Jacobs, RC ’66, GSNB ‘72Col. Jack Jacobs, who entered military service throughRutgers ROTC, earned the Congressional Medal of Honor in1969, the nation’s highest military award, for exceptionalheroism on the battlefields of Vietnam. He also holds threeBronze Stars and two Silver Stars.Herb Jaffee, NCAS ’54,Former Legal Affairs Editor, Newark Star-Ledger. He is atwo-time winner of the American Bar Association'sCertificate of Merit in Journalism. (1991)Paul "Pete" Jennings, RC ’45, Cardiologist, educator, author (1998) Edward M. Jordan National Basketball Association Player, Coach LivingstonCollege 1977. In 2003, the Washington Wizards namedJordan head coach, a position he held through 2008Samuel B. Judah, RC 1816, First Jewish graduate of Rutgers. He served as Speaker ofthe House from 1840–41. President Andrew Jacksonappointed him U.S. District Attorney for Indiana in 1829, aposition he held until 1833. Judah died in 1869.Robert E. Kelley, Ed ’56, Lieutenant General of the U.S. AirForce,Vietnam War hero, co-captained the Scarlet Knightsfootball team, was All-American in lacrosse, and was induct-ed into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.James P. Kelly, UCN ‘73Retired Chairman and CEO for United Parcel Service. (2001)

Ricardo M. Khan, RC ’73, MGSA ’77, Founder/ Director ofCrossroads Theatre (1992)Alfred J. Kilmer, RC ’08, Known and loved by generations asthe heroic World War I soldier-poet, he left a rich legacy ofbooks and poetry, the most famous, "Trees". On July 30,1918 he was killed in action. (2000) William English Kirwan II GSNB, ‘62, ’64, Former Presidentof Ohio State University. In 2002, William English Kirwan IIbecame chancellor of one of the nation's largest universitysystems, the University of Maryland who has a national repu-tation for raising academic standards. (2000)David Lloyd Kreeger, RC ’29, Lawyer, Art Collector. In 1948,he purchased a tiny, privately-owned insurance company—Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO). Kreegerdied in November 1990. (1988)Alfred C. Koeppe, NCAS ‘69Served as president and CEO of New Jersey Bell and is nowpresident and chief operating officer of The Public ServiceElectric & Gas Co. Gov. James McGreevey appointed Mr.Koeppe as chairman of the state’s Economic DevelopmentAuthority, in which he will oversee New Jersey’s multibillion-dollar school construction program, and arrange low-costfinancing for new businesses. (2003)Frederick J. Kroesen, RC ’44, CC ’80, LHD ’84, Four-StarGeneral, Commander NATO European Forces (1993)Alexander S. Kroll, RC ’62, Retired Chairman & CEO ofYoung & Rubican, Inc., Henry Rutgers scholar & All-Americanfootball player. He was inducted into the Rutgers FootballHall of Fame, the national College Football Hall of Fame, andthe American Advertising Federation's Hall of Fame. (1996)Barbara J. Krumsiek, DC ’74, manages billion-dollar portfo-lios of mutual funds is resident, CEO, and vice chair of theCalvert Group, Ltd. (2000)Irwin M. Lachman, School of Engineering '52, Member of aresearch team at Corning Glass Works (now Corning Inc.),Lachman and his research teammates received the 2003National Medal of Technology and was also inducted into theNational Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2005, he wasrecognized as the Malcolm G. McLaren DistinguishedLecturer by Rutgers' School of Engineering. Clifton R. Lacy, Livingston College ‘75Former senior vice president for medical affairs and chief ofstaff at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. In 2004,Lacy was named president and CEO of RWJ UniversityHospital and in 2006, he left that position to develop anddirect the new Institute for Disaster and Terror MedicineUMDNJ-RWJ Medical School and RWJ UniversityHospital.(2004)Louis Lasagna, RC ’43, Acknowledged as the “father of clini-cal pharmacology.” His 1954 paper on the placebo responsewas cited by The Lancet as one of the landmark papers ofthe twentieth century. Lasagna died in 2003. (2002)Laynee La Vecchia, DC ’76, NLaw ‘79 New Jersey Supreme Court Justice. (2001)Laurance Leeds, School of Eng. '34Expert in the technology of high-energy propagation of electri-cal waves through space. Integral the introduction of televi-sion on a mass scale and the use of radar during WorldWar II. He died in 1997 at age 90. (2006)Irwin Lerner, SB ’51, GSM ’58, Served as President andCEO of Hoffmann-LaRoche during his 32-year career, over-saw the passage of the landmark Prescription Drug UserFee legislation. (2000)Gerald H. Lipkin, NCAS '63Chief executive officer of Valley National. Chairman and presi-dent of the bank's board of directors. (2006)Edward V. Lipman, Ag ’33, GSNB ’39, Corporate Board ofDirectors, Ocean Spray. Lipman died in 1998 at age 87. (1995)Jacob G. Lipman, RC 1898, Dean, College of Agriculture,Director of N.J. Agricultural Experiment Station. Died in1939. (1992)Robert E. Lloyd, RC ‘67, A prominent figure in Rutgers bas-ketball history, having led the team to its first post-seasonappearance in 1967 while being named the school’s first All-American. A member of the Rutgers Basketball Hall of Fameand his was the first jersey retired by the university. Lloydwas also a success in the business world as CEO of severalsoftware companies, retiring in 1996 to devote more timeto The V Foundation for Cancer Research, of which he hasbeen chairman since its inception in 1993. The VFoundation, which has raised more than $70 million andawarded research grants in 37 states and the District ofColumbia, was established by ESPN and the late Jim Valvano

RC’67—Lloyd’s room-mate, teammate,and friend—to sup-port “the brilliantresearchers that willeventually find curesfor cancer.” Prior tohis business career,Lloyd played twoyears for the NBA’sNew Jersey Nets. Hethen launched a suc-cessful sales andmarketing career.(2008)Virginia Long, NLaw‘66New JerseySupreme CourtJustice. (2001)

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33Leonor F. Loree, RC 1877, Railroad magnate, InfluentialRutgers Trustee. Died in 1940. (1997)Duncan L. MacMillan, RC '66Designed computer systems by which the BloombergCompany uses to disseminate information and communi-cates data. Member of the Rutgers University FoundationBoard of Overseers. (2006)Beverly L. Malone, GSNB ’72, A national leader in nursing,education, and patients rights and she was president of theAmerican Nurses Association from 1996–2000. She wasnamed one of the "Top 100 Most Influential African-Americans" by Ebony magazine (2000)George W. Mamo, Camden Arts and Sciences ‘76Former vice president for administration of Feed theChildren, an international relief organization. Yolanda J. Mapp, DC ’53, Physician (1992)Bernard Marcus, Pharm ’54, co-founder of The HomeDepot, Inc., one of the world’s largest home improvementretailer, (2000)Ernest Mario, Pharm ’61, Pharmaceutical executive (1998) William Mastrosimone, MGSA ’80,Playwright (1989)Richard P. McCormick, RC ’38, GSNB ’40, LHD ’82,Professor of History Emeritus, Rutgers University Historian.Richard P. McCormick died in 2006. (1990)Malcolm McLaren, Eng ’50, GSNB ’51, ‘62Served as chairman of the U.N. World Health Organization’scommittee on lead poisoning from ceramics glazes on din-nerware and led the effort to create international standardsthat allowed worldwide trade. Developed the university-gov-ernment-industrial collaboration that resulted in the Centerfor Ceramic Research and Fiber Optic Materials ResearchProgram at Rutgers. He died in 1996. (2001)Robert Menendez, NLaw ’79, U.S. Congressman for NewJersey, the 4th ranking Democrat in the U.S. House ofRepresentatives. In November 2006, New Jerseyans electedMenendez to serve a full six-year term senator.Ratemo W. Michieka, CC ’74, GSE ’75, GSNB ‘78Former director-general of the National EnvironmentalManagement Authority in Kenya. He has held administrativepositions at the World Bank and the United NationsEnvironment Program, and consulted for CARE and theSwedish International Development Agency. (2003)Morris Milgram, NCAS ’39, Affordable Housing Pioneer.Milgram died in 1997 at age 81. (1993)Julane W. Miller-Armbrister, DC '74, School of Social Work '79Business executive, Social activist (2005)Marilyn J. Morheuser, NLaw ’73, Civil Rights Activist andLawyer. She died from cancer in 1995. (1997)John Howard Morrow, RC ’31, First U.S. Ambassador toRepublic of Guinea. Morrow died in 2000. (1991)David A. Morse, RC ’29, Director General ILO, NobelLaureate. He died in 1990 at age 83. (1991)Robert E. Mortensen, ED '63Business executive, Humanitarian (2005)James Neilson, RC 1866, Pioneer in Soil Improvement,Drainage & Chemical Fertilizers. Died in 1937. (1995)Oswald G. Nelson, RC ’25, NLaw ’30, Entertainer. OzzieNelson died in California in 1975. (1989)Susan Ness, DC ’70, Attorney, FCC Commissioner from1994-2001. (1998) William Newell, RC ’1836Physician, U.S. Congressman and governor of New Jersey.Died in 1901. (2001)Nathan M. Newmark, Eng ’30, Civil Engineer. Newmark diedin 1988. (1989)Roy Franklin Nichols, RC ’18,Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian. He died in 1972 at age 76.(1994)Elizabeth M. Norman, College of Nursing ‘73Award-winning author who wrote Women at War (1990)and We Band of Angels (2000), two historical works chroni-cling the work of war-time nurses.Janet Lippe Norwood, DC ’45, Commissioner, U.S. Bureauof Labor Statistics from 1979-1991. (1987) James O’Brien, RC ’57, An expert on El Niño, in whichunusually warm water forms in the eastern Pacific off thecoast of South America, affecting global ecosystems and jetstream location. (2002)Eugene M. O'Hara, UC-N '62Former CFO, Prudential. served as Rutgers chair of the uni-versity's Board of Governors and on the Board of Trustees,the Rutgers University Foundation Board of Overseers, andthe President's Council. (2005)Hazel Rollins O’Leary, NLaw ’66,U.S. Secretary of Energy. In 2004, she became president ofFisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. (1994)Remigio U. Pane, RC ’38, Professor of Italian. Pane died in2000 at age 88. (1992)Herbert Pardes, RC ‘56, President and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian HealthcareSystem. A noted psychiatrist, Pardes served as director of theNational Institute of Mental Health and U.S. Assistant SurgeonGeneral during the Carter and Reagan administrations. Hewas also president of the American Psychiatric Association.He was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the NationalAcademy of Sciences, the Sarnat International Prize in MentalHealth, and the U.S. Army Commendation Medal. (2008) John A. Pino, AG '44, GSNB '51Scientist, Humanitarian (2005)

Robert Pinsky, RC ’62, US Poet Laureate, Pinsky’s poemshave appeared in such magazines as The New Yorker andThe New Republic. Has received dozens of prestigious cita-tions, including awards from the National Endowment for theArts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the AmericanAcademy of Arts and Letters.(2002)Clark V. Poling, RC ’33, World War II Chaplain (1990)Sylvia B. Pressler, NLaw ’59, Presiding Judge, New JerseySuperior Court, Appellate Division. Retired in 2004. (2002)Clement A. Price, GSNB '75History professor at Rutgers-Newark for 37 years and since2002, has served as a Board of Governors DistinguishedService Professor. (2006)Paris Qualles, RC ’74 A highly-respected screenwriter and producer-director fortelevision, his TV movies include the acclaimed "TheTuskegee Airmen," which won an Emmy in 1995, and, "TheColor of Friendship," which won an Emmy for "OutstandingChildren’s Program" in 2000. (2001)Sheryl Lee Ralph, RC ‘75 Originated the role of Deena Jones in the musicalDreamgirls, which earned her a Tony Award nomination anda Drama Desk Award nomination for best actress. Is also amainstay on television, most recently as a cast member ofMoesha (2002)Norman Reitman, RC ’32, Cardiologist (1992)Thomas A. Renyi, RC ’67, GSM ’68, Chairman and CEO of The Bank of New York Company Inc,the nation’s oldest bank. After the 2007 merger with MellonFinancial Corp., he became executive chair of The Bank ofNew York Mellon. (2002)Paul Robeson, RC ’19,Actor, Singer, Activist. Died in 1976. (1987)Eduardo C. Robreno, Claw ’78, Started his career as a trialattorney with the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division,then practiced for 11 years with two Philadelphia law firmsin the area of commercial litigation, including bankruptcy,real estate, construction, unfair trade practices, libel, labor,and administrative law. (2002)Alvin J. Rockoff, RC ’49, Community leader, formerChairman of Rutgers Board of Governors (1997)Peter W. Rodino, Jr., NLaw ’37, LLD ’75, U.S.Congressman for four decades. Rodino died in 2005 at age95. (1993)Joseph H. Rodriguez, CLaw ’58,First Hispanic judge of U.S. District Court for NJ, Public advo-cate & defender (1996)John S. Ruggieri, CCAS ‘68In 1990, he sold his interest in Comar Inc., a leading phar-maceuticals container manufacturer, and bought a 50,000-acre ranch in Kenya, thus preventing its subdivision and pre-serving its function as a migratory route for elephants and ashelter for zebras, gazelles, lions and giraffes, as well as savingthe jobs of its 100 workers.Philip S. Schein, RC '61Professor, Cancer researcher. Schein was ranked as one ofthe 120 best doctors in America. (2005)Barry Schuler, RC '76Founded Medior Inc., a multimedia design firm, which pio-neered the use of interactive multimedia for such applica-tions as e-commerce, digital music and entertainment. WhenAOL merged with Time Warner, Schuler became AOL's chairand CEO. (2006)Peter Schultz, GSNB ’67, One of the key inventors of thecentury, propelled us all into the Information Age when heand two colleagues invented an optical fiber that has becomethe basis of the Information Superhighway (2000)James Schureman, QC 1775, Revolutionary War hero,served as the New Jersey delegate to the ContinentalCongress (1786), the first federal congress (1989-91).Former New Brunswick Mayor. Died in 1824.Gregory Kellam Scott, Ag ’70, GSE ’71,Youngest and first African-American Justice on ColoradoSupreme Court (1997)George Segal, GSNB ’63, Sculptor. Died in 2000. (1987)Michael Shaara, RC ’51, Pulitzer Prize winning author forThe Killer Angels; also wrote For Love of the Game, whichlater became a movie. Shaara died in 1988.George Henry Sharpe, RC 1847, 1850Raised a regiment, the 120th New York, and commanded itduring fighting in the Fredericksburg, Va., area during theCivil War. Served as a Rutgers College trustee until his deathin 1900. (2006)Carole Frandsen St. Mark, DC ’65, Current president ofGrowth Management, a business development and strategicmanagement company in Stamford. Former President &CEO, Pitney Bowes Business Services (1995)Raymond O. Stark, RC ‘35He is one of Hollywood’ most successful producers, as wellas a respected philanthropist. His classic films include"Funny Girl," "The Goodbye Girl," "The Way We Were," "TheSunshine Boys" and "Steel Magnolias." He led Ray StarkProductions and the Fran and Ray Stark Foundation until hisdeath in 2004. (2001)David Stern, RC ’63, Commissioner of the NationalBasketball Association; under Stern's leadership, the NBAhas added several franchises, enjoyed an increase in revenues, expanded its national television exposure dramati-cally, launched the WNBA, and created the NationalBasketball Development League.

Jeffrey A. Torborg;School of Education1963Former Rutgers All-American, 10-yearMajor League veteranand Major Leaguemanager who caughtthree no-hitters andwas named theAmerican LeagueManager of the Yearin 1990. (2004)Robert Torricelli, RC’75, NLaw ’77,United StatesSenator from 1997-2003. (1998) William Trager , RC’30, His seminalresearch in the labo-ratory culture ofmalarial parasites willsurely lead to thedevelopment of a life-

saving vaccine to conquer malaria. Trager died in 2005 atage 94. (2000)James Valvano, RC ’67, Legendary basketball coach atNorth Carolina State and later a sports announcer, estab-lished The V Foundation which has awarded more than $45million for cancer research. Valvano died in 1993 at age 47.Luke Visconti, Cook '82, Co-founded Diversity Inc in 1998.He is also a supporter of diversity-related charities and in2006 he helped form the DiversityInc Foundation. Harry J. Volk, RC ’27, SL-N ‘30Executive and philanthropist, revolutionized the insuranceand banking industries, spotting the loophole in federal lawsthat made it possible for banks to for holding companies. Mr. Volk’s innovations included daily interest compounding, bank-ing by mail, and aggressive marketing. He was a founder ofthe Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Los AngelesMusic Center.Foster Voorhees, RC ‘1876, Left a lasting imprint on thesocial fabric of New Jersey and on Rutgers. As New Jersey’sgovernor, the lifelong bachelor implemented reforms thatbenefited orphans, improved conditions for prison inmates,and protected the environment. He died in 1927. (2000)Ralph W. Voorhees, Educ ’48, Retired Senior VP of PaineWebber, Inc.; Former business manager of Peddie &Lawrenceville Schools (1996)Selman A. Waksman, RC ’15,Microbiologist, Nobel Laureate. Died in 1973. (1987)Monroe E. Wall, Ag ’36, GSNB ’38 and ’39,Cancer Researcher. Wall died in 2002 at age 85. (1994)David A. Werblin, RC ’31, Corporate Executive, Sportsman.When the American Football League's New York Titans wereup for sale in 1963, Werblin and four partners acquired thefranchise for $1 million and renamed it the New York Jets.He died in 1991. (1990) Susan J. Wicks, CC '88International and WNBA All-Star (2005)Melanie L. Willoughby, RC '76For 17 years, Willoughby served as president of the NewJersey Retail Merchants Association. She is currently the Sr.VP NJ Business and Industry Assoc. (2005)Donna L. Wong, College of Nursing '70, Developed theWong/Baker FACES Pain Rating, the international standardfor assessing children's pain. She was the first recipient ofthe Audrey Hepburn/Sigma Theta Tau International Award.She was also on the National Advisory Committee of theRWJ Excellence in End of Life Care Project. Wong died inMay 2008.H. Boyd Woodruff; College of Agriculture ‘39; GraduateSchool - New Brunswick ‘42Discovered actinomycin, which sparked a revolution in worldmedicine and agriculture. (2004)Carl R. Woodward, RC ‘14 and ’19, President of Universityof Rhode Island who contributed extensive writings about theCollege of Agriculture and the New Jersey agriculture, pub-lished a book Ploughs and Politicks, which significantly influ-enced the field of agricultural history. Woodward died in1974 at age 84.Adelaide Marcus Zagoren, DC '40Served for 26 years as the Associate Alumnae of DouglassCollege. Currently the trustee and president of the Blancheand Irving Laurie Foundation. (2006)William B. Ziff Jr., RC ‘55, The visionary leader who devel-oped Ziff-Davis Publishing Company into a highly successfulniche media empire that included PC Magazine. He helpedfoster the company’s growth to become the largest publish-er of computer magazines with annual revenue of $1 billion.In recognition of his astounding contributions to the publish-ing industry, peers presented him with the Henry JohnsonFisher Award in 1991, and in 1992 he was named executiveof the year by Magazine Publishers of America. He died onSeptember 9, 2006. (2008)

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