Clifford, Earle W., Jr., 1925-1988

Beginning in 1925, the Dean of Men of the New Brunswick Colleges supervised the nonacademic side of student life at Rutgers University. Therefore, the management of the men enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Agriculture and Education was very centralized. These four institutions became known collectively as the "Colleges for Men." Douglass College, exclusively female, was almost completely independent in its operations and functions.

After World War II there was an expansion of Rutgers and an attempt to centralize all nonacademic parts of student affairs into one administrative body. Thus, the Office of University Director of Student Life was established. Unfortunately this coordinating body did not last long and the Dean of the Men's Colleges resumed responsibility for student life. By 1954, the concept of having a single office oversee all nonacademic components of student life regained popularity and this time the office was combined with that of the Dean of Men ...