Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh was an American Dutch Reformed clergyman, colonial and state legislator, and educator. Hardenbergh was a founder of Queen's College—now Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—in 1766, and was later appointed as the college's first president.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of the New Jersey General Assembly, President of Rutgers University
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 22, 1736
- Died
- October 30, 1790
