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Dr. Steven J. Diner, Rutgers University Professor and former Chancellor of Rutgers-Newark, is an academic professional who has sought to bridge the gap between universities and the cities in which they are situated. While he served as Chancellor of Rutgers-Newark, he fostered relationships with key community members and established connections that endure as vital ties between the university and the city.

Diner received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Binghamton University, where he, after writing an editorial that was critical of the university’s administration, was first told that he would have a future in university administration. He went on to receive his Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago in 1972.

Diner began his career at the University of the District of Columbia, where he chaired the Department of Urban Studies and served as the director of the Center for Applied Research and Urban Policy. Then, at George Mason University, he served as a history professor, Associate Senior Vice President and Director of the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, and Vice Provost for Academic Programs. 

Diner joined the faculty and administration at Rutgers University-Newark in 1998. He served as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Rutgers-Newark from 1998 to 2002. From 2002 to 2011, he held the post of Chancellor (formerly Provost) of Rutgers-Newark. Since 2011, Diner has served as University Professor at Rutgers University-Newark.

His publications include Universities and Their Cities: Urban Higher Education in America; A Very Different Age: Americans of the Progressive Era; Managing the Nation’s Capital: The Evolution of the Office of City Administrator in the District of Columbia (edited with Helen Young); Housing Washington’s People: Public Policy in Retrospect (edited with Helen Young); A City and Its Universities: Public Policy in Chicago 1982-1919; Compassion and Responsibility: Readings in the History of Social Welfare Policy (edited with Frank R. Bruel); and The Center of a Metropolis: Washington Since 1954.

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"HERE IS A BULLETIN...": Memories of the Day Camelot Died

 

This month marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.

Images from that day and the events that followed remain etched in our collective consciousness—the open-top Presidential limo traveling down the people-lined streets of Dallas; President Lyndon Baines Johnson taking the oath of office on Air Force One beside a shaken First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; John, Jr. saluting his father's passing casket at the funeral in DC.

Those who lived through that traumatic period can recall both their initial shock and the nuances of their reactions.

In "HERE IS A BULLETIN...": Memories of the Day Camelot Died, ROHA presents a sampling of stories related to the Kennedy tragedy, a touchstone event for multiple generations.

The Rutgers Targum (campus newspaper) cover from its November 22, 1963 issue. (Image courtesy of Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.)

 

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Voices of Veterans

 

Voices of Veterans is an online exhibit showcasing passages from oral history interviews of veterans who served in the Second World War and in wars in Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan. ROHA created this exhibit in commemoration of Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1941.

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