World War II  | On July 1, 1943, nine hundred sailors and marines were based on the River Campus under the Navy V-12 training program, and, throughout the war years, the trainees formed a major part of the University's student population. These trainees, however, were not the only students participating in the war effort. |
| Others, particularly women, held blood drives, planted victory gardens, sold war bonds, and conducted military research. |  |
 | Due to the excellence of the V-12 program, the University was honored by the U.S. Government as a center of great patriotic and academic achievement, and selected by the U.S. Navy as one of the sites for continued Naval Reserve Officer Training. |
| Edward J. Rowland, Jr. was a private in the New York 117 Infantry 30 Division during World War II. He died on August 9, 1944. |  |
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