A picture of Louis J. Wolner, Jr., State University of New York College of Education at Albany, Class of 1961 and 1962, standing next to a portrait of Samuel B. Woolworth, LL.D., Principal of the New York State Normal School from September 20, 1852 until February 1, 1856.
A picture of those attending a President's reception. Present are Evan R. Collins (second gentleman from the viewer's left), President of the New York State College for Teachers (the name of the institution at the time of this photograph) from July 1949-June 30, 1969, Virginia Collins (second woman from the viewer's left), Leonard Friedlander (first gentleman from viewer's right), New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1939, and Maritta Whitbeck, New York State Normal School, Class of 1898 or 1899. The event was held in association with the New York State College for Teachers Alumni Day festivities, 1958.
A picture of Charles W. Bowler, State University of New York at Albany, Class of 1969 as he addresses people gathered at an event associated with Alumni Day, 1967. The gentleman in the foreground, somewhat in profile, is Evan R. Collins, President of the State University of New York at Albany (the name of the school at the time of this event) from July 1949 - June 30, 1969.
A picture of Charles W. Bowler, State University of New York at Albany, Class of 1969 as he addresses people gathered at an event associated with Alumni Day, 1967. The gentleman in the foreground, somewhat in profile, is Evan R. Collins, President of the State University of New York at Albany (the name of the school at the time of this event) from July 1949 - June 30, 1969.
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.
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.
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 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).
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 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).