Career
An alumnus of Trinity College and the General Theological Seminary, he was elected bishop coadjutor in 1972. Van Duzer was born in Newburgh, New York and raised in Toms River, New Jersey, where he attended Toms River High School (now known as Toms River High School South) as part of the class of 1935. Over the course of his career, Van Duzer lived in Medford, Merchantville, Moorestown, and Trenton.