A portrait of Albert Shanker (1928-1997), a visiting speaker to the university. Shanker was president of the American Federation of Teachers and became known as a strong and courageous advocate for labor. He was known as an "iconoclastic thinker," "champion of children," and "educational statesman."
A portrait of John Brademas, president of New York University from 1981 to 1991, speaker at the 1983 State University of New York at Albany commencement ceremony. There are crop marks in the top and left margins of the original.
A picture of Bruno Bettelheim (1903-1990), a visiting speaker to the State University of New York at Albany. Bettleheim was an American developmental psychologist, born in Austria, who was imprisoned in the Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of Austria. He taught psychology at the University of Chicago (1944-73) and directed the Chicago-based Orthogenic School for children with emotional problems, placing special emphasis on the treatment of autism.
A picture of Bruno Bettelheim (1903-1990), a visiting speaker to the State University of New York at Albany. Bettleheim was an American developmental psychologist, born in Austria, who was imprisoned in the Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of Austria. He taught psychology at the University of Chicago (1944-73) and directed the Chicago-based Orthogenic School for children with emotional problems, placing special emphasis on the treatment of autism.