Louis T. Benezet, President of the State University of New York at Albany from July 1, 1970-June 30, 1975, unwrapping a René Lalique crystal centerpiece, a gift from Eunice Baird Whittlesey, Alumni Association President, at Alumni Weekend, May 9-11, 1975. The gift was in honor of Benezet's retirement.
A picture of Vincent O'Leary (viewer's right), Acting President from 1977?1978 and President from 1978?July 31, 1990 with Daniel and Betty Knowlton Roe. The Roe's established a charitable trust making the State University of New York at Albany and Union College beneficiaries. Mrs. Roe is an alumna of the New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1942, and was an instrumental developer of Alumni House and an active member of the Alumni Association. The image is from the University News, December 12, 1979, volume 3, issue 15, page 3. During O'Leary's administrations, the institution was named State University of New York at Albany from August 1962?fall 1986 and the University at Albany, SUNY starting in the fall of 1986 and continuing. There are crop marks on all sides of the photograph.
Eunice Baird Whittlesey, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1944 with her husband, Joseph Whittlesey, and Vincent O'Leary (with glasses), Acting President from 1977?1978 and President from 1978?July 31, 1990. During O'Leary's administrations, the institution was named State University of New York at Albany from August 1962?fall 1986 and the University at Albany, SUNY starting in the fall of 1986 and continuing. This event is associated with the State University of New York at Albany Alumni Weekend, 1978.
A picture of Emmett B. Fields, President of the State University of New York at Albany from July 1, 1975?1977, hosting Lt. Governor Mary Anne Krupsak, Kathryn V. Fitzgerald (New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1922 and chairperson of the Annual Fund), and an unidentified woman on a visit to the State University of New York at Albany to discuss ways in which the university might serve as a resource to state government.
A picture of Vincent O'Leary, Acting President from 1977?1978 and President from 1978?July 31, 1990, with K. (Kirkland) Leroy Irvis, who received an honorary degree at the pictured commencement ceremony. Irvis graduated from the New York State College for Teachers in the Class of 1938. He was the 130th Speaker of the House of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania -- the first African American speaker in both Pennsylvania and in the United States. He is also renowned as an artist, poet, and scholar. During O'Leary's administrations, the institution was named State University of New York at Albany from August 1962?fall 1986 and the University at Albany, SUNY starting in the fall of 1986 and continuing. There are crop marks on all sides of the photograph. In the top margin is written "to 14_'s" (between arrows); in the bottom margin is written the letter "U" and "46%;" and in the left margin is written "to 13_'s" (between arrows).
A picture of Grenfell N. Rand, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1934, Augusta Katz Biskin, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1936, dressed as Minerva, and Louis T. Benezet, President of the State University of New York at Albany from July 1, 1970-June 30, 1975, at an event during Alumni Day, 1972. The event is taking place in a building on the uptown campus.
A picture of the President's Reception that took place in association with the State University of New York at Albany Alumni Day 1968. Evan R. Collins, President of the State University of New York at Albany (the name of the institution at the time of this event) from July 1949-June 30, 1969, is pictured with Jeffrey Mishkin, Class of 1969, and Madeleine Payne Stella, Class of 1954 (back to the viewer).
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, and Janice Friedman Keller ('40) having a conversation in what appears to be a gallery. Keller was the President of the Alumni Association at the time.
A picture of Henry Madej (viewer's left), State University of New York at Albany, Class of 1967 (Class President) and 1968 as he presents the statue of Minerva, one of the school's symbols, to Evan R. Collins (viewer's right), President of the State University of New York at Albany from July 1949-June 30, 1969. The event is associated with Alumni Day, 1967. There are crop marks on two sides of the photograph.
A picture of (viewer's left to right) Janice Friedman Keller, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1940, Samuel Gould, Marion M. Bulger, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1934, and Evan R. Collins, President of the State University of New York at Albany (the name of the institution at the time of this photograph) from July 1949-June 30, 1969. They are gathered on the occasion of Alumni Day, 1967. There are crop marks on all sides of the photograph.