College in popular culture The characters Seymour "Swede" Levov and his wife Dawn Levov in Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1997 novel American Pastoral are graduates of Upsala. The character of Levov is based on Seymour "Swede" Masin (1920–2005), a popular Jewish athlete from Newark, New Jersey. However, Masin did not attend Upsala—he attended Panzer College, a teachers' college that later merged with Montclair State University. The 2001 film Riding in Cars with Boys directed by Penny Marshall and starring Drew Barrymore was filmed on the campus. It was based on an autobiography of the same name by Beverly Donofrio. See also List of colleges and universities in New Jersey List of Lutheran colleges and universities in the United States Notes and references Notes References Other reading Swedes And Deeds: The Ups And Downs Of Upsala College; Schaad, Jacob, Jr.; {Meadville, PA: Christian Faith Publishing,Inc., 2021 External links Upsala College Alumni Page Jim Coleman's website on Upsala College Bill Taebel's website on Upsala College Upsala photographs on Flickr.com I nya Uppsala. Bref från Carl Sundbeck (Swedish, "In New Uppsala. Letter from Carl Sundbeck"), article in the Swedish periodical Hvar 8 Dag, 3:36 (1902). City of East Orange - Press Release: Groundbreaking Ceremonies for Woodlands at Upsala Website of former Upsala College radio station 1893 establishments in New Jersey 1995 disestablishments in New Jersey Educational institutions established in 1893 Educational institutions disestablished in 1995 East Orange, New Jersey Sussex County, New Jersey Universities and colleges in Essex County, New Jersey Defunct private universities and colleges in New Jersey