Benjamin van Doren Hedges '1888 (May 19, 1866 - December 2, 1930) was a prominent New Jersey physician. Hedges, son of Smith E. Hedges (b. 1820) and Ann E. van Doren (b. December 16, 1820), attended the Chester Institute before entering the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). There, he became managing editor of the Nassau Literary Magazine, belonged to Clio Hall, and was chosen to be a Washington's Birthday Orator.

After graduating in 1888, he attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons (now part of Columbia University) in New York, graduating in 1891. After working briefly at New York's Presbyterian Hospital, he joined his brother Ellis Walton Hedges (Princeton '1880) in family practice in Plainfield, and also worked as attending surgeon at Muhlenberg Hospital.

Benjamin van Doren Hedges was active both professionally and in his community, serving as secretary of the Plainfield Board of Health, then Board of Health president beginning in 1906, and as President of the New Jersey State Sanitary Association. Hedges belonged to a variety of other community and professional organizations including the Union County Medical Society, NJ State Medical Society, NJ State Pediatric Association, Plainfield Board of Education, and the Crescent Ave Presbyterian Church. Hedges was also involved in Princeton alumni organizations, serving as a member of the Graduate Council from 1910-1914, and as a representative of his class from 1914-1923.

Benjamin van Doren Hedges married Adele Cutts Williams in Chicago on June 5, 1906, and had three children: Benjamin van Doren Hedges Jr. (b. June 8, 1907), Robert William Hedges (b. July 30, 1908), and John C. Hedges (b. March 27, 1910).