Stevens to host Hoboken’s mayoral inauguration of Peter Cammarano

HOBOKEN , N.J. – A new chapter in Hudson County politics will begin next week at the Stevens Institute of Technology as Peter Cammarano takes the oath of office as the newly elected mayor of Hoboken.

Cammarano, who won a hard fought campaign that was decided with a runoff vote, will take the oath of office on Wednesday, July 1, in the Schaefer Center's Canavan Arena at 12 noon. A reception on campus will follow.

Cammarano was elected a Hoboken City Councilman-at-Large in 2005, and has successfully led the fight against eminent domain abuse and helped create open space throughout the mile-square city.

Since taking office, Cammarano helped save St. Mary’s Hospital from closing and sponsored rent control reform to curb litigation abuse. He previously worked as a law clerk for Superior Court Judge Kevin G. Callahan in Jersey City; and in 2006 Cammarano was the statewide legal coordinator for Bob Menendez’s Senate campaign.

Cammarano is a sponsor of the Mile Square Theater Company and serves on the St. Ann's Feast Committee. He is a member of the Hoboken Elks Lodge, and he has hosted fund raisers for Hoboken’s Public Library.

After graduating with honors from Boston University in 1999, Cammarano moved to Hoboken while attending Seton Hall Law School.

It was there that he met his wife, Marita Erbeck, who was born in Hoboken, the city where they’ve decided to raise their family. Erbeck’s grandfather was once Hoboken’s City Comptroller. The couple lives in Hoboken with their young daughter, Abigail.

New Jersey Governor and Hoboken resident Jon. S. Corzine is among the guests invited to witness a new era for Hoboken.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.  

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