Scene from a reception on the uptown campus' Academic Podium for visiting speaker, U Thant, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971. At the time of his appointment as Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations, U Thant had been Permanent Representative of Burma to the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador (1957-1961). He visited the university on the occasion of the University Seminar on Peaceful Changes, 1966.
Scene from a reception on the uptown campus' Academic Podium for visiting speaker, U Thant, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971. At the time of his appointment as Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations, U Thant had been Permanent Representative of Burma to the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador (1957-1961). He visited the university on the occasion of the University Seminar on Peaceful Changes, 1966.
A picture from a Telethon event with Sorrell E. Chesin at the microphone. The Telethon was held in one of the buildings on the uptown campus. Chesin has been active in the institution's Office of Parent Relations, as Associate Vice President for University Advancement, and is listed in Who's Who in the Leadership of the United States.
Evan R. Collins, President of the State University of New York at Albany (the name of the university at the time of this photograph and was so from August 1962 until the fall of 1986) from July 1949-June 30, 1969, posing in front of the small fountain just outside the Campus Center of the uptown campus.
Evan R. Collins, President of the State University of New York at Albany (the name of the university at the time of this photograph and was so from August 1962 until the fall of 1986) from July 1949-June 30, 1969, posing in front of the small fountain just outside the Campus Center of the uptown campus.
Aerial view of the construction of the State University of New York at Albany Uptown Campus. In the background construction is in progress on the Academic Podium and the Colonial Quadrangle. In the foreground construction is completed on the Dutch Quadrangle in the center and service buildings to the left. The service buildings are the location of the Power Plant and Physical Plant.
Drawing and discription for the proposed architectural design of The State University of New York at Albany Uptown Campus. The Architect is Edward Durell Stone. This drawing and description indicate that four more quads were originally proposed to surround the Academic Podium.