Robert Clarkson Clothier
Overview
President
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of Rutgers University
Rutgers University
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serving from 1932 to 1951.
Robert was born in 1885 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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to Agnes Evans (1849–1900) and Clarkson Clothier (1846–1917). Clarkson was the brother of Isaac H. Clothier, one of the founders of Strawbridge and Clothier, the Philadelphia department store. After the death of his wife, Clarkson married Florence Merwin (c1860-1938).