Fred Tickner, Acting Dean of Graduate School of Public Affairs makes a speech during an Alumni Council dinner on Alumni Day, 1968. Attending are, left to right: Joe Stella, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1954; Dr. Ruth Gaffga, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1935, Alumni Day chair; Dr. Clifton Thorne, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1949, Vice President of the Student Association; and Madeleine Stella, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1954, chair of the Alumni Council.