History of New Jersey awarded to those groups under the original New Jersey State Constitution of 1776. Some important components of the second State Constitution include the separation of the powers of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The new constitution also provided a bill of rights. Underneath the constitution, the people had the right to elect the governor. The famous inventor Thomas Edison was born in 1847. Edison worked in Menlo Park, and was known as "the Wizard of Menlo Park" for his many inventions; over the course of his life, he was granted 1,093 patents. His most famous inventions included the phonograph,
Menlo College provided the funding necessary to convert the Menlo College Dining Commons into the present-day library (Curtis 1984, p. 28). The Princeton Review named Menlo College a "Best in the West" college in their "2019 Best Colleges: Region by Region." U.S. News & World Report has also named Menlo College a "Best Regional College." Menlo College was also recognized as one of the "US News & World Report Best Colleges for Veterans." In 2014, Menlo College earned Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation, a distinction earned by less than five percent of the world's business schools. Menlo College