Robert Van Rensselaer (1740–1802) was a Revolutionary War militia officer and New York political leader. Serving as a brigadier general in the Albany County Militia, he participated in campaigns around Fort Ticonderoga and the Battle of Klock’s Field while also serving in the New York Provincial Congress and State Assembly.
Stephen Van Rensselaer IV (1789–1868) was the ninth and final patroon of the vast Rensselaerswyck estate in New York. Educated at Princeton, he ended the centuries-old patroonship by selling the estate’s farms to tenant farmers during the Anti-Rent movement of 1839.
Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema (1917–2007) was a Dutch resistance hero, RAF pilot, and writer best known for his wartime exploits during World War II and for his bestselling memoir The Soldier of Orange, later adapted into an acclaimed film.
Elliott Roosevelt (1910–1990) was an American military officer, businessman, and author, and the son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces, rising to brigadier general and working in reconnaissance, intelligence, and international wartime coordination.
Theodore Roosevelt Sr. (1831–1878) was an American businessman and philanthropist and the father of President Theodore Roosevelt. A leader in charitable reform in New York City, he helped establish major institutions including the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Gozen Van Schaick was an Albany-born soldier who served in colonial wars and the American Revolution, rising to brigadier general. A prominent Van Schaick heir, he also managed family lands and businesses until his death in 1789.
James Findlay Schenck (1807–1882) was a United States Navy officer who rose to the rank of rear admiral and served in both the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. A veteran naval commander, he later had the destroyer USS Schenck named in his honor.
Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724) was a colonial leader in early New York and the first mayor of Albany after the city was incorporated in 1686. A military officer and diplomat with the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) nations, he later served twice as acting governor of the Province of New York.
Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1900–1993) was a United States Army general who served in both World War I and World War II and later played a key role in early NATO military planning. Rising to the rank of four-star general, he served as Chief of Staff at SHAPE headquarters in Paris before retiring from active military service in 1959.
Alexander A. Vandegrift was a U.S. Marine Corps general and Medal of Honor recipient who commanded Marines at Guadalcanal in World War II and later served as the eighteenth Commandant of the Marine Corps.
