Albert Dorman Honors College Inducts Inaugural Members to its 'Honor Roll'

The Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC) has named President Joel S. Bloom and Dr. Albert A. Dorman ’45 the first inductees to the ADHC Honor Roll, which will celebrate alumni, donors and friends who have had instrumental and long-lasting impacts on the college founded in 1995.

What began in 1985 as an honors program has grown into a 650-student community that provides its students with a rich, challenging and individualized educational experience. It includes not only a full curriculum of honors courses, colloquia, study tours, dual-degree and study-abroad opportunities, but also internships, undergraduate research, community-service involvement and accelerated programs through partnerships with neighboring universities.

“None of this would have been possible without the two of you,” said ADHC Board of Visitors Chair Richard Schatzberg ’93. “It is a great honor for me and my Board colleagues to witness you both being anointed as the first members of the Albert Dorman Honors College Honor Roll.”

Dr. Dorman’s generosity to the college and university is hard to overstate: he is a member of the Board of Overseers and an emeritus board member of the ADHC Board of Visitors. He is also a member of the 1881 Society for Planned Giving and prestigious Colton Society for Lifetime Giving, and has received numerous honors and awards from NJIT, including an honorary doctoral degree in 1999. It was Dorman, in partnership with then president Saul K. Fenster, who made a transformational donation to NJIT to establish the namesake Honors College. The entire Dorman family has continued to support scholarships at the university, generously helping NJIT students reach their full potential.

The lineage of the Honors College also starts with Bloom, who in 1998 was named founding Dean of Albert Dorman Honors College. As dean of ADHC, Bloom raised over $20 million in scholarships and led an initiative to develop a residential honors program. Under his leadership, the college expanded its staff, created new research programs and seminars and added student services.

“On behalf of the entire College, our team and scholars, let me add my deep gratitude to you both, Dr. Dorman and Dr. Bloom,” said Louis Hamilton, ADHC dean. “Without your work, we would not be here, and NJIT would not be the incredible university it is today.”

Unveiled alongside the announcement of ADHC’s Honor Roll, was a digital display installation of the college’s “Wall of Honor,” recognizing the generosity of supporters through the various means of giving at the college — endowed scholarships, endowed faculty fellows, or those recently supporting scholars through the Dean’s Fund for Student Development. Mounted outside the ADHC conference room, the Wall of Honor serves as inspiration for current students to give back to the college and provide for future generations of scholars. 

“Thank you Dr. Bloom and Dr. Dorman for [your] many years of service to NJIT and the Albert Dorman Honors College.,” said Grace Leverett ‘23, president of the Honors Student Council. “[You] have had a profound impact on our lives, and will continue to impact our lives for years to come.”