Vincent O'Leary (right), President of the State University of New York at Albany, chats with Thomas Whalen III (left), University Council Chair and former Mayor of Albany, and Lewis Swyer (center), new council member at the Capital District Humanities Program Reception. Vincent O'Leary was Acting President from 1977?1978 and President from 1978?July 31, 1990 of the State University of New York at Albany. The Capital District Humanities Program as a pilot program for community outreach in humanities education.
A portrait of Joseph D. Duffey, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. This photograph was taken when officials from the State University of New York at Albany, New York State, and the Albany area announced the pilot of the Captital District Humanities Program, which was a program for community outreach in the humanities.
Pictured sitting in an office are, left to right, John W. Shumaker, State University of New York at Albany faculty member in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, and Donald P. Cushman, State University of New York at Albany faculty member in the Department of Rhetoric and Communications. The photograph is associated with the Capital District Humanities Program, which was a pilot program for community outreach in humanities education.