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."

Date created

• 1984

Type

• Image

Creator

• University at Albany

Master Format

• TIF

Identifier

• nam_ua_390_pm_012495

Subject

• Campus visits
• Shanker, Albert
• Orators
• Labor
• Portraits
• Education
• American Federation of Teachers
• University Archives Photographs

License

• Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0

  

ITEM CONTEXT

Collection

University Photograph Collection

Scope and Contents

Collecting area

• This collection is part of the University Archives