John Chester (August 17, 1785 – January 12, 1829) was the second president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
He studied theology under Dr. Joseph Lyman of Hatfield, Massachusetts, and received a license to preach in 1807 from the Hartford Association College.
Chester was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Societyin 1814.
[1] In 1815, he moved to Albany, New York, where he was pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church.
[2][3] The Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has papers related to John Chester in its holdings.