Ira Condict 1662370 218205349 2008-06-09T17:03:37Z Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 158051 {{Rutgers presidents}} [[Image:Condict1.jpg|thumb|Rev. Ira Condict (1764-1811)]] Reverend '''Ira Condict''' ([[21 February]] [[1764]] &ndash; [[1 June]] [[1811]]) was the third [[President]] of [[Rutgers University|Queen's College]] (now [[Rutgers University]]) serving in a [[pro tempore]] capacity from [[1795]] to [[1810]]. ==Biography== He was born in [[Orange, New Jersey]] in 1764. He graduated from the [[Princeton University|College of New Jersey]] (now [[Princeton University]]) with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] (A.B.) in [[1784]]. After being [[ordination|ordained]] in [[1785]] by the Reverend [[John Witherspoon]] (then President of the [[Princeton University|College of New Jersey]]), Condict accepted a calling to serve as pastor to [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] churches throughout Northwestern [[New Jersey]], in Upper Hardwick (now [[Fredon Township, New Jersey|Yellow Frame]] in Fredon Township, New Jersey), Sussex Court House (now [[Newton, New Jersey|Newton]]), and Shappenock. In [[1794]], he was installed at the First Reformed Church in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]]&mdash;a calling which soon lead to him being appointed as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the nearby Queen's College. Despite the college closing in [[1795]], Condict was appointed to serve as President pro tempore and he dedicated his efforts to the Queen's College Grammar School (now [[Rutgers Preparatory School]]) which remained open under Condict's leadership. In [[1807]], Condict, along with Andrew Kilpatrick, renewed the efforts to reopen Queen's College, securing $12,000 in donations to construct what became Old Queen's (completed in 1823). Shortly after Queen's College reopened, the Board of Trustees offered Condict the full presidency, which he declined, returning to his professorship and to supervise instruction at the college. However, his tenure was short lived, and he died of [[yellow fever]] on [[1 June]] [[1811]] in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]]. <ref name=ru>{{cite web |url=http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/university_archives/condict.shtml |title=Ira Condict, President Pro Tem, 1795-1810 |accessdate=2007-08-26 |quote=Born in Orange, N.J. on February 21, 1764, Condict prepared for the ministry in his hometown and in Newark. He graduated from Princeton in 1784, and received his license from the Presbytery of New Brunswick in 1786. For six years he served as pastor of the Presbyterian Churches of Hardwick, Newtown, and Shappenock before he was installed over the Reformed Dutch Church at New Brunswick in 1794, the position previously held by Jacob Hardenbergh. A tall, muscular man, with black hair and prominent features, Condict labored with zeal and perseverance in conducting the affairs of the church. |publisher=[[Rutgers University]] }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Rutgers presidents}} [[Category:1764 births|Condict, Ira]] [[Category:1811 births|Condict, Ira]] [[Category:Deaths from yellow fever|Condict, Ira]] [[Category:Presidents of Rutgers University|Condict, Ira]] [[Category:Rutgers University faculty|Condict, Ira]] [[Category:American university and college presidents|Condict]] [[Category:People from Sussex County, New Jersey|Condict, Ira]]