A Century of Reaching Higher Home
Alumni Profiles:
Bob Busse, '38 | Veronica Leonard, '41 | Maria Denopoulos, '45
| Sylvia Clark Edge, '58 |
Sandra King, '69 | Adriana Bosch, '77
| Ronald Rice, '86 | Gus Gomide, '96 | Kaifeng Yang, '03
Class of 1938, University of Newark
When Bob Busse began college as a night student
in 1931, he majored in accounting at the Seth
Boyden School of Business (Now the Rutgers Business School). (The Seth Boyden School later merged with the New Jersey Law School
and the Dana College, and in 1936 became part of the University of Newark.)
For a nickel, Bob rode the trolley daily from his
Verona home to the campus.
Bob played on the newly formed men’s basketball
team and acted with the Mummers, a student
theater group.
All of Bob’s classes were in the former Ballantine brewery on Rector Street.
Bob was president of the local business fraternity, Phi Sigma Beta.
George Esterly, for whom the Esterly Lounge is
named in the Management Education Center. Bob
makes an annual donation to Rutgers Business
School in honor of his former professor.
“There weren’t any – we brought our meals from
home!” But Bob has many fond memories of Dave’s
Tavern, appropriately located across from the old brewery.
Burroughs Corp. (now Unisys), a manufacturer
and marketer of business machines, for nearly four
decades.
Bob has raised about $2.5 million for the Special
Olympics over the past 30 years, through an annual
golf tournament now named in his honor.
Bob has been a Rotarian since 1943.
Go beyond academics; participate in extracurricular
activities that challenge you and help you
develop your talents and interests, whatever they are.
Be receptive to new ideas and techniques to
improve whatever you’re involved in — give it your best shot!
Earn the best grades you can in high school.
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