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The school is located on a 15 acre (61,000 m²) campus two miles (3 km) west of New York City. Evening and weekend classes are offered in Jersey City, Englewood Cliffs, and South Amboy, New Jersey. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York and abbreviated NYC) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... Jersey Citys skyline from Hoboken, New Jersey. ... Map highlighting Englewood Cliffs location within Bergen County. ... South Amboy is a city located in Middlesex County, New Jersey. ...

Notable Events

• 1872 - Charter for Saint Peter's College.
• 1878 - First student enrolled. Campus located on Warren Street in downtown Jersey City.
• 1918 - College closed as a result of World War I.
• 1930 - College reopened in building on Newark Avenue.
• 1932 - School of Business Administration, Evening Division, started under the name of Hudson College.
• 1936 - College officially moves its campus to new campus on Hudson (now Kennedy) Boulevard, between Montgomery Street and Glenwood Avenue.
• 1942 - Hudson College closed because of World War II.
• 1948 - Evening Session resumed under the name of Saint Peter's College.
• 1951 - US Army approves ROTC Chemical Corps Unit for St. Peter's College
• 1965 - Martin Luther King, Jr. awarded honorary Doctor of Divinity degree
• 1966 - Saint Peter's College became coeducational in the Day Session.
• 1975 - Opening of Englewood Cliffs Campus - a branch campus for adults.
• 1983 - Opening of Veteran's Memorial Court, the College's first residence hall.
• 1985 - Establishment of the Will and Ariel Durant Chair for the Humanities, funded by the New Jersey State Legislature.
• 1990 - Dedication of the Joseph J. Jaroschak Field, the College's first athletic field.
• 1993 - Formal dedication of Whelan Hall, a residence hall on the East Campus, funded with the help of a one million dollar gift by Thomas V. Whelan '68.
• 1994 - Renovation of Saint Peter Hall as a residence facility.
• 1999 - The college opens Millenium Hall, its fourth residence hall.
• 2000 - Completion of $8.2 million renovation and modernization of Gannon Hall, the College’s science building.
• 2003 - College opens extension site at South Amboy, NJ's Cardinal McCarrick High School.
• 2004 - Construction concludes on the long-awaited pedestrian bridge over Kennedy Boulevard, linking the East Campus and the West Campus.
• 2005 - Junior Keydren Clark of the men's basketball team averages 25.8 points per game, becoming just the eighth player to repeat as NCAA Division I scoring champion.
• 2005 - (21st June) The College mourns the loss of Brooklyn-born senior and basketball player George Jefferson, who dies on campus from an undiagnosed heart condition.

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Succession of Presidents

Date of ascention to President in parentheses.

• Victor Beaudevin, S. J. - (April 3, 1872)
• John McQuaid, S. J. - (July 31, 1874)
• Peter Cassidy, S. J. - (July 1, 1888)
• John Harpes, S. J. - (October 22, 1891)
• Joseph Zwinge, S. J. - (August 26, 1900)
• John W. Fox, S. J. - (July 14, 1902)
• Edward J. McGrath, S. J. - (January 21, 1907)
• Joseph A. Mulry, S. J. - (October 10, 1911)
• James F. McDermott, S. J. - (April 15, 1915)
• Thomas F. Graham, S. J. - (July 7, 1921)
• Joseph P. O'Reilly, S. J. - (September 30,1925)
• Joseph S. Dinneen, S. J. - (August 15, 1931)
• Denis J. Comey, S. J. - (June 21, 1937)
• Vincent J. Hart, S. J. - (August 15, 1943)
• James J, Shanahan, S. J. - (December 3, 1949)
• Edward F. Clark, S. J. - (June 16, 1960)
• Leo P. McLaughlin, S. J. - (June 13, 1965)
• Victor R. Yanitelli, S. J. - (September 8, 1965)
• L. Edward Glynn, S. J. - (July 1, 1978)
• Daniel A. Degnan, S. J. - (July 1, 1990)
• James N. Loughran, S. J. - (July 1, 1995)

Notable alumni

• Lawrence R. Codey, New Jersey businessman
• Hon. Joseph V. Doria Jr., Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey
• Will Durant, philosopher and author
• William J. Marino, President & CEO, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
• Robert Menendez, third highest ranking member of the Democratic House leadership in the 109th United States Congress
• Joseph Tumulty, White House Chief of Staff to Woodrow Wilson

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External links

• Saint Peter's College
• Saint Peter's College Englewood Cliffs
• Saint Peter's College South Amboy