EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Newark, NJ

Founding Date:
1886

Team:
Highlanders

Enrollment:
8000

Official Website:
http://www.njit.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jeff Anderson	Actor	21-Apr-1970		Clerks
Frank Cassidy	Business	c. 1947		Public Service Enterprise Group
Ruben E. Esquivel	Business	c. 1943		VP at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Kenneth A. Gibson	Politician	15-May-1932		Mayor of Newark, 1970-86
Victor A. Pelson	Business	c. 1937		Former AT&T Executive
E. Gail de Planque	Physicist	c. 1944		Nuclear physicist
Daniel R. Raichel	Scientist	1935	22-Dec-2006	Acoustics expert
Wally Schirra	Astronaut	12-Mar-1923	3-May-2007	Commander of Apollo 7

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Starr Roxanne Hiltz	Sociologist	c. 1943		Mother of on-line education
Herbert H. Tate, Jr.	Attorney	22-Feb-1953		President, NJ Board of Public Utilities, 1994-2001
Murray Turoff	Scientist	13-Feb-1936		Computer conferencing and instant messaging

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James A. Kennedy	Business	?		National Starch and Chemical Company
Victor A. Pelson	Business	c. 1937		Former AT&T Executive
Orin R. Smith	Business	13-Aug-1935		CEO of Engelhard, 1984-2001
Arthur F. Weinbach	Business	c. 1943		CEO of ADP, 1996-2006

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