Stanley Silvers Bergen Jr. (May 2, 1929 – April 24, 2019) was an American

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, and

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. He was president of the

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) was a state-run health sciences institution of New Jersey, United States. It was founded as the Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry in 1954, and by the 1980s was both a majo ...

from 1971 to 1998. Bergen served as senior vice president of the

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from 1970 to 1971. The Dr. Stanley S. Bergen Building in

Newark, New Jersey Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.honorary doctorate An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad hon ...

s, including a

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from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

. Bergen died on April 24, 2019, at his home in Stonington, Maine."Stanley Bergen Jr., Founding President of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Dies at 89; Under Bergen's direction, the university became the largest freestanding health sciences university in the country and boosted medical access throughout the state"

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, May 1, 2019. Accessed September 8, 2019. "Stanley Silvers Bergen Jr., the founding president of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), which became the largest freestanding health sciences university in the country, aided in the economic recovery of Newark and boosted medical access throughout the state, died on April 24 at his home in Stonington, Maine. He was 89."

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