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Rowan University is a public research university in Glassboro, New Jersey, with a medical campus in Stratford and medical and academic campuses in Camden.Founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a 25-acre (10 ha) site donated by 107 residents, [9] the school was formerly known as Glassboro State College from 1958 until 1992 and Rowan College of New Jersey from 1992 to 1997.
Glassboro is a borough within Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, within the Philadelphia metropolitan area.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 23,149, [10] [11] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 4,570 (+24.6%) from the 18,579 recorded at the 2010 census, [20] [21] which in turn had reflected a decline of 489 (−2.6%) from the ...
Henry Madison "Hank" Rowan Jr. (December 4, 1923 [1] – December 9, 2015) was an American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist.. He was the founder of Inductotherm Corp. and the first person to give a $100 million donation to school of higher education in the US, which he gave to Glassboro State College of New Jersey, which was renamed Rowan College of New Jersey later Rowan University ...
Rowan University’s economic impact in New Jersey. Founded in 1923 as the Glassboro Normal School for teachers, and then later renamed Glassboro State College, the school gained national fame ...
Herman James (February 25, 1943 – October 2, 2010) [1] [2] was an American educator who served as the 5th president of Glassboro State College, later Rowan College of New Jersey, and then Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey from 1984 to 1998.
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The current location is at 25 High Street in Glassboro, which is a former Glassboro Title & Trust Company bank building that failed in 1931 due to the Depression. In its last function before the museum was founded, it was the Glassboro Public Library from 1963 to 1979. The land was once part of the original Stanger Glass Works. [1]
The West Jersey Railroad (WJ) was granted its charter by the state on February 5, 1853, to build a line from Camden to Cape May.The line was built with the backing of the Camden and Amboy Railroad from Camden to Glassboro, with the first 8.2 miles (13.2 km) of the line using the abandoned ROW built by the Camden and Woodbury Railroad to Woodbury.