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Ira Condict
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In 1794, Condict was appointed as Professor of Moral Philosophy at Queen"s College in New Brunswick, and subsequently asked to serve as its third president following the resignation of William Linn. Because the college had closed in 1795, Condict served in a pro tempore capacity from 1795 to 1810, dedicating his efforts to providing theological instruction and administering the Queen"s College Grammar School (now Rutgers Preparatory School) which remained open during this time. After a difficult fundraising effort led by Condict, Queen"s College was reopened in 1807 and he presided over the laying of the cornerstone for the college"s Old Queens building on 27 April 1809.
He was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1764.
He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) with a Bachelor of Arts (Bachelor of Arts) in 1784. In 1794, he was installed at the First Reformed Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey—a calling which soon led to him being appointed as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the nearby Queen"s College.
Despite the college closing in 1795, Condict was appointed to serve as President pro tempore and he dedicated his efforts to the Queen"s College Grammar School (now Rutgers Preparatory School) which remained open under Condict"s leadership. During his tenure in New Brunswick, Condit was known for operating a private circulating library to which a person could be member by paying a small annual dues.
After his death, the library was sold.
In 1807, Condict, along with Andrew Kilpatrick, renewed the efforts to reopen Queen"s College, securing $12,000 in donations to construct what became Old Queen"s (completed in 1823). Shortly after Queen"s College reopened, the Board of Trustees offered Condict the full presidency, which he declined, returning to his professorship and to supervise instruction at the college. However, his tenure was short lived, and he died of yellow fever on 1 June 1811 in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
