SCCC Board of TrusteesDenise Murphy McGraw, ChairAnn Fleming Brown, Vice ChairRenee Bradley, SecretaryMichael W. Karl, TreasurerRaymond R. GillenGary E. HughesChristine MallozziTina VersaciThomas Bambury, Student Trustee124
State UniversityOF NEW YORKState University of New York’s 64 geographically dispersed campusesbring educational opportunity within commuting distance of virtuallyall New Yorkers and comprise the nation’s largest comprehensivesystem of public higher education.When founded in 1948, the University consolidated 29 state-operatedbut unaffiliated institutions whose varied histories of service dated asfar back as 1816.Today, more than 467,000 students are pursuing traditional study inclassrooms and laboratories or are working at home, at their own pace,through such innovative institutions as the SUNY Learning Networkand Empire State <strong>College</strong>.The distinguished faculty is recruited from the finest graduate schoolsand universities throughout the United States and many countriesaround the world. Their efforts are regularly recognized in numerousprestigious awards and honors, including the Nobel Prize.State University’s research contributions are helping to solve some oftoday’s most urgent problems. State University researchers pioneerednuclear magnetic resonance imaging and the supermarket bar codescanner, introduced time-lapse photography of forestry subjects andisolated the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.The University’s program for the educationally and economicallydisadvantaged, consisting of Educational Opportunity Programs andEducational Opportunity Centers, has become a model for deliveringbetter learning opportunities to young people and adults traditionallybypassed by higher education.The 30 locally-sponsored two-year community colleges offer localcitizens programs that are directly and immediately job-related as wellas degree programs that serve as job-entry educational experience or atransfer opportunity to a baccalaureate degree at a senior campus.In 2004, the Governor and the Legislature approved a second multiyear,$1.8 billion capital construction program for the University. Thefirst plan, adopted in 1998 provided $2 billion in capital investmentsin the University system. This investment in critical maintenance willprotect the University’s infrastructure and enable the University tokeep pace with modern technology for the benefit of students andfaculty.The State University’s involvement in the health science education isextensive. Hundreds of thousands of New York’s citizens are servedeach year by faculty and students in University hospitals, clinics oraffiliated hospitals. The University’s economic development servicesprograms provide research, training and technical assistance to thestate’s business and industrial community. State University libraries,which support teaching and research activities, are an important communityresource.SUNY Board of TrusteesH. Carl McCall, Chairman, B.A., New York CityKaitlyn Beachner (Student Trustee), B.A., BuffaloJoseph Belluck, B.S., J.D., New York CityHenrik N. Dullea, B.A., Ph.D., D.H.L., IthacaRonald Ehrenberg, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., IthacaAngelo M. Fatta, B.A., Ph.D., Lake ViewTina Good, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Stony BrookStephen J. Hunt, B.A., M.B.A., KatonahEunice A. Lewin, B.A., M.A., Ed.M., BuffaloMarshall Lichtman, B.A., M.B.A., M.D., RochesterJohn Murad, Esq., B.A., J.D., JamesvilleKenneth O’Brien, A.B., Ph.D., BrockportKevin Rea, B.A., PlainviewLinda S. Sanford, M.S., ChappaquaRichard Socarides, B.A., J.D., New York CityCarl Spielvogel, B.B.A., New York CityCary Staller, B.A., J.D., Old FieldGerri Warren-Merrick, B.A., New York City125