The State University of New York is a system of public colleges and universities in the State of New York. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities,colleges,and community colleges in the United States. Led by chancellor John B. King,the SUNY system has 91,182 employees,including 32,496 faculty members,and some 7,660 degree and certificate programs overall and a $13.37 billion budget. Its flagship universities are Stony Brook University on Long Island and the University at Buffalo.
Herman Carl McCall is an American politician of the Democratic Party. A former New York State Comptroller and New York State Senator,McCall was the Democratic candidate for Governor of New York in 2002. McCall was the first African-American to be elected New York State Comptroller. He is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ,and he currently serves on the board of directors of several corporations. From October 17,2011,until his retirement on June 30,2019,McCall served as chairman of the State University of New York Board of Trustees.
Andrew Mark Cuomo is an American politician,lawyer,and former government official who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he was elected to the same position that his father,Mario Cuomo,held for three terms.
Hugh Leo Carey was an American politician and attorney of the Democratic Party who served in U.S. House of Representatives from 1961 to 1974 and as the 51st governor of New York from 1975 to 1982.
Richard Ravitch was an American politician and businessman who served as Lieutenant Governor of New York from 2009 to 2010. He was appointed to the position in July 2009 by New York Governor David Paterson. A native of New York City,he graduated from Yale Law School and he worked in his family's real estate development business,a number of government and government-appointed positions,including with the New York State Urban Development Corporation and Metropolitan Transportation Authority,and in private industry,including tenures as chairman of the Bowery Savings Bank and as the chief owner representative in labor negotiations for Major League Baseball.
Robert John Duffy is a former American law enforcement officer and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of New York from 2011 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as the 65th Mayor of Rochester,New York from 2006 to 2010.
The Rockefeller Institute of Government is the public policy research arm of the State University of New York. The institute conducts nonpartisan research and analysis on state and local government and finance,American federalism,public management,and New York State issues. The institute is located in Albany,New York.
John William Ryan was an American academic administrator who most notably served as the President of Indiana University for sixteen years.
Deborah Flemma Stanley is an American lawyer and academic administrator who served as president of the State University of New York at Oswego from August 1,1997 until December 2021. She was appointed Interim Chancellor of the State University of New York on December 20,2021. She took office as Chancellor on January 14,2022.
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller,sometimes referred to by his nickname Rocky,was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford. A member of the Republican Party and the wealthy Rockefeller family,he previously served as the 49th governor of New York from 1959 to 1973. Rockefeller also served as assistant secretary of State for American Republic Affairs for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (1944–1945) as well as under secretary of Health,Education and Welfare (HEW) under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954. A son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller as well as a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller,he was a noted art collector and served as administrator of Rockefeller Center in Manhattan,New York City.
Fieldon King Alexander is an American former university administrator and professor of higher education policy and finance. He was the president of Oregon State University,Louisiana State University,California State University,Long Beach,and Murray State University. He resigned from his most recent position as President of Oregon State University in 2021 after a faculty vote of no-confidence.
William Colridge Thompson Jr. is an American politician who served as the 42nd Comptroller of New York City;sworn into office on January 1,2002,he was reelected to serve a second term that began on January 1,2006. He did not seek re-election in 2009. Instead he ran for mayor,and he was succeeded as comptroller by John Liu. On June 15,2016,Thompson was appointed by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo as chairman of the board of trustees of The City University of New York;his term ended in June 2022.
The New York State College of Forestry,the first professional school of forestry in North America,opened its doors at Cornell University,in Ithaca,New York,in the autumn of 1898.,It was advocated for by Governor Frank S. Black,but after just a few years of operation,it was defunded in 1903,by Governor Benjamin B. Odell in response to public outcry over the College's controversial forestry practices in the Adirondacks.
Brian H. Hook is an American diplomat,lawyer and government official. In 2021,he joined Cerberus Capital Management as vice chairman for global investments. He is an adjunct professor at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy.
David Michael Van Slyke is an American academic and the Dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He is the professor of government and policy affairs and Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business-Government Policy. He previously taught at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.
Donald Mayer Blinken was an American businessman and diplomat. A co-founder of the investment bank Warburg Pincus,he was the chairman of the board of the State University of New York from 1978 to 1990. He also served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary from 1994 to 1997. His son,Antony Blinken,is the current Secretary of State to U.S. President Joe Biden.
The President of Stony Brook University serves as the university's Chief Executive Officer. Stony Brook's President,in addition to his or her duties to the university's many academic programs,also oversees the Stony Brook University Hospital with its five health science programs and 120 community-based service centers. The President additionally plays an integral role in the economic development of Long Island,New York through Stony Brook's capacity as co-manager of the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
What will be required is a new attitude toward public higher education,a new state of mind,a new desire to put some real meaning into the motto inscribed in the seal of the State University of New York which says “Let each become all he is capable of being."
Dennis Craig is an American academic administrator who served as the Interim President of both SUNY Purchase and SUNY Oneonta.
Alberto Jose Cardelle is an American educator and academic who is currently serving as the 9th President of the State University of New York at Oneonta.
