Philip Milledoler Brett, Sr. (February 17, 1871 – July 2, 1960) was the thirteenth President of Rutgers University, serving in an acting capacity from 1930 to 1931.

While attending Rutgers, he was the captain of the football team that played Princeton University in 1892 in which he was apocryphally credited with saying: "I'd die to win this game."

He graduated with a baccalaureate degree from Rutgers College in 1892, and then received a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

During the Great Depression, the university was in disagreement with the newly established State Board of Regents, and morale was low among the faculty.

After eighteen months, morale was restored and despite the requests of faculty for him to accept a full appointment as president, Brett declined.