Evan R. Collins, viewer's left, President of the State University of New York at Albany from July 1949-June 30, 1969, and Clifton C. Thorne, center, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1949, former Vice President of Student Affairs of the State University of New York at Albany, left, on podium at the 1968 State University of New York at Albany commencement ceremony.
A large group of graduating seniors with their backs facing the camera, and Simeon O. Adebo of Nigeria, executive director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, standing on the podium, attending the 1968 State University of New York at Albany commencement ceremony. Duplicate of 2476.
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. 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, is the gentleman on the viewer's left.
An audience listening to 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.
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. In this picture, Thant is at the podium and is difficult to see behind the watermark on the photograph.
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. In this picture, Thant is at the podium and is difficult to see behind the watermark on the photograph.
A group photograph of the Statesmen, a men's singing group of the State University of New York at Albany. They were directed by Prof. Karl A. B. Peterson of the Music Department (standing front and center). The interior is that of a building on the uptown campus.