Livingston Campus History By stlliwaitin41 Oct 4, 1798 Lewis Caleb Beck is Born Aug 13, 1818 Lucy Stone is Born Apr 20, 1853 Lewis Caleb Beck's Death Jan 8, 1885 Robert C. Clothier is Born Dec 6, 1886 Alfred Joyce Kilmer is Born Alfred Joyce Kilerm is born in New Brunswick, NJ Oct 19, 1893 Lucy Stone's Death Sep 1, 1904 Kilmer Begins his Education at Rutgers College May 15, 1906 Kilmer leaves Rutgers College for Columbia University Feb 2, 1913 Kilmer Writes His Famous Poem "Trees" in his New Jersey Home Jul 3, 1913 Janice H. Levin is Born Apr 30, 1917 Kilmer Enlists in Seventh Regiment of the New York National Guard Jul 30, 1918 Alfred Joyce Kilmer's Death Kilmer dies in France during WWII Jan 1, 1932 Robert C. Clothiers Begins Term as Rutgers President Jan 19, 1942 Construction at Camp Kilmer Begins in NJ Jul 20, 1942 First Task Troops Arrive to Camp Kilmer Nov 1, 1942 1,007 Buildings are Finished at Camp Kilmer Jan 1, 1964 Rutgers Accquires 540 acres of Former Camp Kilmer from the Federal Government Mar 18, 1970 Robert C. Clothier's Death May 21, 1977 Frank C. Osmers, Jr. Dies