Editing Glassboro, New Jersey (section)

==History==
[[File:St Toms NJ.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|[[St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Glassboro, New Jersey)|St. Thomas Episcopal Church]], built in 1846, is one of Glassboro's oldest buildings.]]
Glassboro's early industrial history was built on the manufacturing of glass. The town was first established in 1779 by Solomon Stanger as '''Glass Works in the Woods'''. Glass manufacturers over the years since include Heston-Carpenter Glass Works, Olive Glass Works, Harmony Glass Works, Temperanceville Glass Works, Whitney Brothers Glass Works, Owens Bottle Company, Owens Illinois Glass Company, and Anchor Hocking.<ref>[https://www.glassboro.org/glassboro About], Borough of Glassboro. Accessed October 18, 2017.</ref>

[[Rowan University]], formerly Glassboro State College, was founded in 1923. The university was the site of the [[Glassboro Summit Conference]] in 1967 between U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and Soviet Premier [[Alexei Kosygin]].<ref>Bitman, Terry. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160112161100/http://articles.philly.com/2003-05-14/news/25459570_1_summit-lbj-arab "New chapter for Hollybush Restoration advances at Glassboro residence where LBJ met Kosygin."], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', May 14, 2003. Accessed July 21, 2015.</ref><ref name=RowanHistory>[http://www.rowan.edu/subpages/about/history/ From Normal to Extraordinary: The History of Rowan University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112183240/http://www.rowan.edu/subpages/about/history/ |date=January 12, 2010 }}, [[Rowan University]]. Accessed July 21, 2015. "Rowan University has evolved from its humble beginning in 1923 as a normal school, with a mission to train teachers for South Jersey classrooms, to a comprehensive university with a strong regional reputation.... The University received worldwide attention when it hosted a historic summit conference between President Lyndon Johnson and Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin in Hollybush."</ref>
In 1958, a [[typhoid fever]] epidemic broke out in the predominantly African-American neighborhoods of Elsmere and Lawns, which was attributed to 20 years of municipal neglect of the sanitary infrastructure in these neighborhoods.<ref>Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=f0EDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA7 "Officials Neglect Negro Pleas, Typhoid Epidemic Hits N. J. Town"], ''[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]'', December 4, 1958. Accessed October 18, 2017.</ref>

The [[Glassboro Summit Conference]] between [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and [[Premier of the Soviet Union|Soviet Premier]] [[Alexei Kosygin]] took place in Glassboro. Johnson and Kosygin met for three days from June 23 to June 25, 1967, at [[Rowan University|Glassboro State College]] (later renamed Rowan University). The location was chosen as a compromise. Kosygin, having agreed to address the [[United Nations]] in [[New York City]], wanted to meet in [[New York City]]. Johnson, wary of encountering [[Opposition to the Vietnam War|protests against the Vietnam War]], preferred to meet in [[Washington, D.C.]] They agreed in Glassboro because it was equidistant between the two cities.<ref>Gray, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/18/nyregion/panel-approves-changing-name-of-glassboro-state-to-rowan-college.html "Panel Approves Changing Name of Glassboro State to Rowan College"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 18, 1992. Accessed September 29, 2012. "The Soviet leader was attending a session of the United Nations General Assembly, and the southern New Jersey campus was chosen as the site of the meeting because it was roughly midway between New York City and Washington."</ref> The summit's generally amicable atmosphere was referred to as the "Spirit of Glassboro," although the leaders failed to reach agreement on limiting [[anti-ballistic missile]] systems.

On June 19, 1986, [[Ronald Reagan]] became the first sitting president to speak at a high school graduation when he spoke at the [[Glassboro High School]] commencement ceremonies.<ref>[http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1986/61986e.htm Remarks at the High School Commencement Exercises in Glassboro, New Jersey June 19, 1986] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705154844/http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1986/61986e.htm |date=July 5, 2008 }}, [[Ronald Reagan Presidential Library]]. Accessed July 24, 2014.</ref>