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This is a list of the people associated of Upsala College including the school's presidents, its faculty and alumni. Upsala College was a Lutheran-affiliated, private college founded in 1893 in Brooklyn, New York, and located in East Orange, New Jersey (1924–1995). After years of declining enrollment and financial problems, Upsala College closed in May 1995.

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Presidents of Upsala College

Nine men have served as the president of Upsala College in its 102-year history. Most of these men were Lutheran clergymen. Only one, the Rev. Dr. Evald Benjamin Lawson (1904–1965), was an alumnus of Upsala College.

Academic faculty

  • Richard Toensing, composer and music educator
  • J. E. Wallace Wallin, visiting psychology professor, psychologist, early proponent of education for the mentally handicapped
  • Henry A Hanson, Mathematics chair, 1954-1965. PHD from Michigan State College, 1953, former Lutheran and Episcopal minister. Died in 1986 in Grand Rapids, Michigan

    • Athletic staff

  • Ron Rothstein, professional NBA basketball coach, former college basketball player, former teacher and basketball coach (1974-1975)

    • Alumni

    This list of alumni includes both those who completed degree programs and graduated from Upsala College, as well as those who attended but did not graduate.

    Fictional alumni

  • The protagonist of Philip Roth's novel American Pastoral (1997), Seymour "Swede" Levov, and his wife, Dawn Levov, are graduates of Upsala.

    • References

    List of Upsala College people Wikipedia
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