Clifford P. Case Professorship of Public Affairs

In 1980, the Rutgers Board of Governors voted to establish the Clifford P. Case Professorship of Public Affairs to recognize Senator Case’s 34 years representing New Jersey in the United States Congress, during which “he consistently put principle above politics” and earned “the deserved reputation of having a profound sense of integrity.” The University honors Senator Case by bringing to the Rutgers campus prominent and respected public servants. Holders of the Case Professorship typically visit Rutgers over a 1-3 day period, speaking to and meeting with faculty, students and members of the community, often in Newark and/or Camden as well as in New Brunswick.

Clifford P. Case Professors of Public Affairs

Gerald R. Ford (1983)   Richard F. Fenno, Jr. (1984)   Edmund S. Muskie (1985)   Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. (1986)   Walter F. Mondale (1987)   J. William Fulbright (1988)   Nancy Kassebaum (1989)

Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. (1991) Barbara B. Conable, Jr. (1992) Lowell, P. Weicker, Jr. (1996) William J. Hughes (1997) Alan Simpson (1999) Thomas H. Kean (2005) Paul S. Sarbanes (2008)

About Senator Clifford P. Case (1904-1982)

Clifford Case graduated from Rutgers University with an A.B.degree in 1925 and from Columbia University with an LL.B. degreein 1928. He practiced law in New York City from 1928 to 1953with the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

Case was first elected to office as a member of the RahwayCommon Council from 1938 to 1942. He served in New Jersey’sGeneral Assembly from 1943 to 1944. He won election to the U.S.House of Representatives in 1944 from what was then the SixthNew Jersey District (Union County) and served in the House until1953. He resigned from the House in 1953 to assume the presidencyof the Fund for the Republic.In 1954, Case won his Senate seat as an anti-McCarthy Republican.Re-elected in 1960, 1966, and 1972, he served on the Committeeon Foreign Relations (where he rose to ranking minority member),the Appropriations Committee, the Board of the Office ofTechnology Assessment, the Select Committee on Intelligence, andthe Commission on Security and Co-operation in Europe.A champion of civil liberties, Senator Case was noted for hiswillingness to stand up for matters of conscience. He spoke outagainst Senator McCarthy, opposed the Vietnam War, and was astrong supporter of civil rights, Israel, and the labor movement.

The Clifford P. Case Seminar Room, Alexander Library, Rutgers University
The furniture, photographs, and memorabilia in this room are part of a permanent exhibit.