31, 2020. In July, the school's search committee announced the appointment of Thomas J. Schwarz as interim president, beginning on August 1. Schwarz served as president of Purchase College, SUNY, from 2002 to 2019 and was named President Emeritus of Purchase College shortly after he retired. On February 8, 2023, Drew announced the appointment of its 15th president, Hilary L. Link, former president of Allegheny College.
== Campus ==
Drew University is in Madison, New Jersey, a borough about 25 miles (40 km) west of New York City. Known as "the Rose City" because of its rose-cultivating industry in the 19th century, Madison is an affluent commuter town in Morris County. It is connected to the state's northern section and Midtown Manhattan by NJ Transit's Morris & Essex Lines. The university hosts the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, an independent professional theatre company.
The university sits on the former estate of William Gibbons, who owned the New York–New Jersey steamboat business that became famous …
