A Rutgers alumna, Ralph graduated near the top of her class at age 19 and was the youngest female graduate at that time from Rutgers College.
Rutgers University has restored power on most of the Cook and Douglass campuses after spending much of Wednesday chasing down power distribution problems.
The university said the outages at the Cook/Douglass campus have been intermittent and affect about 90 buildings, including 39 residence halls.
President Barack Obama will deliver remarks to more than 12,000 graduating students and 40,000 guests at Rutgers University's 250th anniversary commencement ceremony on the New Brunswick Campus, school officials announced Thursday.
After applying for state and federal financial-aid grants, students with a family income of $60,000 a year or less will have the rest of their tuition and fees paid by Rutgers.
Rutgers University's police department began expanding its off-campus security efforts Thursday as another student was charged in a home invasion robbery, bringing the total of arrests to 11, including five members of the school's football team.