Public Information Office
Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518, HO 3-1254 Ext. 58, 472-7402 IMMEDIATE
U Thant, secretary general of the United Nations, will make the keynote
statement at the opening session of The University Seminar on Peaceful Change
Thursday afternoon, September 8, at State University of New York at Albany, The
seminar, to be attended by prominent national and international leaders, is sponsored
by The Institute on Man and Science at Rensselaerville, affiliated with the university,
U Thant, whose term in office expires in November, rejected yesterday a new five-
year term as secretary-general,
While all sessions of the private, three-day seminar will be for invited guests
only, U Thant's address will be covered by newsmen, Dr, Evan R, Collins, president
of the university, will preside at the first session to be held at the Dutch Quadrangle
on the university's uptown campus. At later discussions, to be conducted in the
Elmore House of Rensselaerville Institute, Chakravarthi V, Narasimhan of India, chef
de cabinet in the U.N. Secretary General's office, will preside,
Mr, Narasimhan, who is also under secretary for General Assembly affairs,
described the purpose of the seminar as a meeting of individuals, not of government
representatives, who will participate in an off-the-record exchange of views on how
peaceful change can be achieved, Tentative topics include peaceful political, economic
and social evolution of countries at varying stages of development; peaceful change in
the economic relationships between more developed, rich, and less developed, poor
countries; possible machinery for the peaceful revision of international treaties, and
wider utilization of existing legal machinery for the settlement of juridical disputes;
possible non-judicial machinery for the settlement of disputes such as fact-finding,
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mediation, arbitration and conciliation; universal representation in the United Nations;
and United Nations Charter problems.
Serving as coordinator of the seminar is Dr, Everett R, Clinchy, president of
the institute, In speaking of the seminar, he commented, ''The findings of this private
working party, meeting just before the 21st General Assembly, may have a considerable
influence on history, Nothing is more important than to substitute machinery and
methods of peaceful change for the means of violence and war.'' He continued, "This
seminar can serve all nations of this planet at a time when science and technology are
causing the greatest transition in human history, This watershed marks a transition
from nation communities to a world community; a harnessing of natural power which
makes war mutually suicidal; a time when the rule of law requires obligatory recourse
to world courts rather than unilateral military action; a situation in which the United
Nations must have the authority, and the means to keep the peace."'
Additional seminar participants will be Chief S, O, Adebo, of the Permanent
Mission of Nigeria to the U.N.; the Rt. Hon, Lord Caradon, United Kingdom Mission
to the U,N.; Michael Comay, Permanent Mission of’ Israel to the U.N.; Gabriel
D'Arboussier, executive director of the U, N, Institute for Training and Research;
Professor Richard N, Gardner, School of Law, Columbia University; Paul G. Hoffman,
administrator of the U. N, Development Program; Louis Ignacio-Pinto, Permanent
Mission of Dahomey to the U. N.; J. T, F. Iyalla, deputy permanent representative,
Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the U.N.; Dr. Philip C, Jessup, International Court
of Justice; Victor M, Lessiovski, personal assistant to the Secretary-General;
Neil McElroy, former U, S, Secretary of Defense; Porter McKeever, executive vice
president, U.N. Association of the United States of America; B.K, Nehru, Embassy
of India; Professor Louis B. Sohn, Demis Professor of International Law, Law School
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of Harvard University; Vincenzo Tornetta , Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission
of Italy to the U.N.; Cornelius C, Cremin, Permanent Mission of Ireland to the U.N.;
Mrs, John L, Loeb, Commissioner, New York City Commission to the U.N.; and
Dr, Ronald Warren, School of Social Science, Brandeis University,
Following a private luncheon, a reception for U Thant, seminar members, and
some 300 distinguished citizens from the Capital area will be held in the lower courtyard
and lounge at the Dutch Quadrangle, The formal session will follow at 4 o'clock in the
dining room,
U Thant has served for four years as Secretary General of the United Nations.
From 1957 up to the time of his appointment in 1961 as Acting Secretary-General,
U Thant was Burma's Permanent Representative to the U.N., with the rank of
Ambassador, He served as chairman of the Burmese delegation.
Mr. Narasimhan, prior to his present appointments, served as Under Secretary
for Special Political Affairs, associate managing director of the United Nations! Special
Fund, and executive secretary of the U. N, Economic Commission for Asia and the
Far East, He spoke of the village of Rensselaerville as providing '"'a place away from
the pressures of office demands, where creative thinking and fresh understanding will
be possible,"
Sessions at Rensselaerville wiil continue through mid-afternoon on Saturday
September 10, Some seminar participants will stay until Sunday morning.
The Seminar on Peaceful Change is the first of a planned series of 12
university seminars to be conducted by the institute, They will extend across a four-
year period,
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Public Information Office
Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518, HO 3-1254 Ext. 58, 472-7402
IMMEDIATE
SEMINAR ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACT
ADMINISTRATION AT STATE UNIVERSITY
A seven-week seminar on government contract administration will be
offered by the School of Business, State University of New York at Albany,
beginning Wednesday, September 28, The course will be presented in cooperation
with the Small Business Administration,
Purpose of the special program is to give small business owners,
purchasing agents, and contract administrators a better understanding of how
to obtain and efficiently and profitably administer contracts with various
federal government agencies and military establishments, Dr, Milton C, Olson,
vice president of the university, said that it would be a seminar type course with
lectures, analyses, and discussions conducted by top level contract experts,
The following subjects will be featured at the various sessions: government
procurement and formal advertising; negotiation of government contracts; contract
pricing, costing and financing; small business concerns and government procure-
ment; contract changes; contract termination; disputes and extraordinary relief,
Participating consultants are Emanuel Kintisch, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of the Army (installations and logistics), Washington, D.C.; Maurice
Washer, Office of the Solicitor, Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D,C,; Raymond E,
Harris, contract price analyst supervisor, Air Material Command, Washington, D, C.;
William L. McElroy, Office of the General Counsel, Small Business Administration,
Washington, D,C,; Kendall M, Barnes, general counsel, U.S. Army Material
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Command, Washington, D,C,; Emil K, Gubin, attorney, Washington, D,C.;
Eugene J, Davidson, assistant general counsel for procurement, Small
Business Administration, Washington, D,C..
Sessions will be held at Brubacher Hall, 750 State street, on consecutive
Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30. Certificates will be awarded at the final
meeting on November 16, Course registration is under the direction of
Reno 8S, Knouse, professor of business, SUNYA. The seminar is one of a
series of non-credit programs for area business executives. The registration
fee of $75 includes all materials and services furnished by the University.
Since enrollment is limited, registrations are requested by September 26,
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Public Information Office
Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistgnt to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518, HO 3-1254 Ext. 58, 472-7402 IMMEDIATE
FEDERAL TAX SEMINAR AT STATE UNIVERSITY
Major subjects of current interest that will assist preparers of federal
tax returns for the 1967 filing period will be explored in a series of tax seminars
sponsored by the School of Business, State University of New York at Albany.
Dr, Milton C, Olson, vice president of the university, said the evening program
is primarily for certified public accountants, public accountants, attorneys, and
others who prepare federal income tax returns, The five-week seminar will be
held at Brubacher Hall, 750 State Street, beginning Tuesday, Oct, 4, from
7:30 to 9:30, A closing dinner meeting is scheduled on Nov, 1 when certificates
will be awarded,
Technical assistance will be provided by the U. S, Internal Revenue
Service, Albany. Instructors for the course are George O'Hanlon, and Patrick
Walsh, Internal Revenue Agents.
Areas of the Federal Income Tax regulations for 1966 to be covered include:
travel and entertainment, auto expense (personal use), other business expenses,
investment credit and recapture, basis of assets for depreciation and methods of
depreciation, capital expense as repairs, basis of property for sale, treatment of
the sale of property (Sections 1245 and 1250), involuntary conversion and casualty
losses, and accounting periods and methods,
Registration is under the direction of Reno S, Knouse, professor of business,
SUNYA. The $35 registration fee covers the cost of materials and services furnished
by the University including the final dinner, Since enrollment is limited, registrations
are requested by Oct. 3.
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Public information Office
Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director IMMEDIATE
~ Area Code 518, HO 3-1254 Ext. 58, 472-7402
With an expected student enrollment approaching 6, 500, State University
of New York at Albany will commence its 123rd year as an academic institution
at a convocation Monday evening near the Dutch Quadrangle on the university's
new campus,
Prior to the academic procession, set to begin at 8:15 o'clock, members of
Myskania, the university's leading honorary society will light candles from the
university torch to be carried by Dr, Ralph A. Beaver, grand marshall, Then
members of the new Class of 1970, totaling 1,255, will have their candles lighted
in the traditional ceremony,
At the opening faculty meeting held Wednesday morning at Page Hall at
SUNYA's downtown campus, President Evan R, Collins welcomed 225 new faculty
members, adding that the faculty and staff now totals 727. He pointed out that the
"student body is increasing dramatically but the increase in faculty has been more
than proportionate, "'
New residence halls have been completed to a point that permits occupation
but it has been necessary to assign temporarily three students to rooms originally
reserved for two, Sayles Hall at the Alumni Quadrangle will house the School of
Public Affairs, now affiliated with SUNYA. Pierce Hall, also located at Alumni
Quadrangle, will accommodate the School of Social Welfare and the School of Criminal
Justice. Additionally, space has been provided in the two halls for about 200 graduate
tudents. Offices of administrative personnel who do not meet large numbers of
students daily will remain in Draper Hall on the downtown campus until a later date.
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Student registration for the new semester begins in the library building on
the new campus Saturday (Sept. 17) when there will be enrollment for late afternoon,
evening and Saturday classes at the graduate level and for the General Studies Program,
Undergraduates will register next Monday and Tuesday (Sept. 19, 20) while graduate
students will register Tuesday afternoon, beginning at 1 o'clock, Classes begin
at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning, Sept. 21.
Mrs, Esther H. Cook, registrar, said that some 1, 500 freshmen and about
500 new transfer students had been pre-registered during the Summer Planning
Conference sessions held at the new campus, About 4,200 readmitted students
already have registered.
Frank G, Krivo, director of admissions, reported at the opening faculty
)meeting that over 7, 900 applications for admittance had been received, Five thousand
were in the freshmen category and 2, 900 were from potential transfer students.
Acceptances totaled 3, 790 of which 2, 200 represent new students for the current year.
On Monday 1,255 new freshmen and 676 transfer students will register, Additionally,
there will be 30 non-degree and international students, In the entering class, over
98% are from the top two-fifths of their class,
Dr. Clifton C, Thorne, vice president for student affgirs, in commenting on the
student body said that 42 new students from fourteen countries will join the student
body this year, bringing the total number of foreign students to 75, He pointed out
that ''The move to the new campus eliminates the need for students to travel to more
than a dozen temporary annexes (located over a four-mile area) in which classes have
been conducted during the last five years, Most students will reside on the new campus
where all undergraduate classes will be held."
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} This year 104 new faculty members are in the College of Arts and Sciences.
In the School of Education there are 50 new faculty and the School of Business has
16 new faculty members, Seven new appointments have been made to the School of
Public affairs faculty making a total with the inclusion of SUNYA political scientists,
of 35, The School of Social Welfare faculty has two new faculty instructors and two
new classroom instructors and a full student body, Added to the School of Library
Science have been two members to the instruction staff and two former part-time
instructors now on full-time, An assistant in admissions also has been added. Two
new faculty members have joined the School of Criminal Justice.
New vice presidents introduced at the faculty meeting were Dr. Earl G.
Droessler, vice president for research, formerly with the National Science
Youndation; and Dr. Milton C, Olson, vice president for management and planning,
who will continue to serve as dean of the School of Business until his successor
is appointed, New deans are Dr, Richard A. Myren, dean of the School of Criminal
Justice, formerly of Indiana University; Dr. O. William Perlmutter, dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences, formerly with Kent State University; and Dr. O. B.
Conaway, Jr,, dean of the School of Public Affairs, now part of SUNYA. Dr, Irving
Verschoor is now dean of the Program of General Studies. He formerly headed the
School of Library Science of which Dr, Edgar Flinton, dean of Graduate Studies,
is now acting dean,
New department chairmen are Dr, Alfred C, Werner, department of physical
education, recreation, and safety, and director of athletics, from U. S, Military
jcademy at West Point; Dr, Robert D. Allen,department of biological sciences,
from Princeton University; and Dr. John Winkelman, department of Germanic and
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Slavic languages and literature, from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada,
Among outstanding new faculty appointments are those of Dr. Martin Levey,
as science historian, from Princeton, winner of the Dexter Award of the American
Chemical Society; Dr. Herbert A. Tonne, president of the National Business Association,
professor in the School of Education; Dr. Arthur A, Hitchcock, professor of Education
in the department of guidance and personnel services in the School of Education,
formerly executive director of the American Personnel and Guidance Association;
and Dr, Jagadish B. Garg, internationally known physicist and senior member of
physics research group working ‘with the department's high-current ion and electron
accelerator; and Miss Peggy Wood, noted actress, professor of drama in the speech
and drama department.
) At the convocation Monday evening, the principal address will be given by
President Collins. Others participating will be Rabbi Naphtali Rubinger; Mr. Krivo,
who will present the Class of 1970 to President Collins; William Cleveland, president
of Student Association; and the Rev. William D, Small. Included in the platform
group will be the presidents, deans, and members of the University Council. At the
conclusion of the ceremony, expected to be attended by some 4, 000, a reception for
the platform party and special guests will be held in the 22nd story lounge of
Stuyvesant Tower.
In his address to the faculty Wednesday, President Collins called for
"leadership of the students by all of the faculty toward a reassuring and
constructive view. '' He advised the faculty that they must ''meet real needs of the
tudents, They need your encouragement and support,'' At a later point in his
remarks, he said, ''Size need not mean depersonalization and when I say it need not,
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I mean it must not,"'
Students and faculty will have the services of a shuttle bus line which will
link the uptown and downtown campuses, Eight of the scheduled stops are located
on the perimeter of the new campus. Scheduled stops inelude Colonial Quadrangle,
academic group west, Dutch Quadrangle, two parking areas, Western avenue entrance,
academ{c buildings east, Washington avenue east entrance, Naval Reserve Training
Center at Washington avenue and Main street, Alumni Quadrangle (Washington avenue
at Partridge east, and Western avenue at Partridge), and Draper Hall, Trips will
be made continuously at thirty and at sixty minute intervals, depending upon the time
of day.
The Mohawk Campus, located in the townships of Half Moon and Clifton Park
North of Albany, will be ready in September to serve student and faculty groups as a
place for discussions, study, lectures, concerts, movtes, and recreation,
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Public Information Office Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518, HO 3-1254 Ext. 58, 472-7402 IMMEDIATE
TARTUFFE REPLACES THREEPENNY OPERA
AS THEATRE SEASON OPENER
As a result of the producer's cancellation, the State University Theatres
of the State University of New York at Albany will not begin its season September 29
and 30 with THREEPENNY OPERA as previously announced. Instead, the
Galaxy Players' production of Moliere's TARTUFFE, will be presented by the
New York State Community Theatre Association on Friday, October 7, at 8; 30 p.m.
in Page Hall,
Organized in 1963 with the intention of presenting true repertory, the
Galaxy Players in the past have presented plays by such playwrights as Ugo Betti,
Christopher Fry and Hermann Gressieker, For their production of TARTUFFE,
extensive artistic and technical research on the Moliere play was done in order
to achieve authenticity in scenery and costume design, In addition to TARTUFFE,
the Galaxy Players will offer two more plays in Page Hall this :year: Hermann
Gressieker's ROYAL GAMBIT, December 2 and 3, and Anton Chekhov's UNCLE
VANYA, April 28 and 29,
The University Theatre's ticket office will be open from 11:15 a.m. to
3:30 p.m,, weekdays from September 26 to October 7, and tickets may be obtained
at that time by phoning 457-8592, Tickets will be $1.25 for students; $2.50, for
all others,
The State University Theatre will open its season with a production of
Lysistrata on November 2, 3, 4 and 5 in Page Hall,
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September 15, 1966
Public Information Office Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518 472-7402 472-7877 IMMEDIATE
Dr, Kenneth Frasure, associate dean of the School of Education at State
University of New York at Albany, is the new chairman-elect of the National Con-
ference of Professors of Educational Administration. In 1968 he will be chairman
of the conference which will hold its annual meeting at the university, marking the
first time that a conference chairman and the annual session will have come to the
same institution, Co-host with Dr, Frasure will be Dr. Ward Edinger, chairman
of the educational administration department,
Election of Dr, Frasure to his new post took place at the 25th annual meeting
of the conference held recently at Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. The Albany
professor was a member of the planning committee and of the committee which
determined discussion topics,
Dr. Frasure, who joined the SUNYA faculty in 1948, did his undergraduate
work at Southern Illinois University and later received his master of arts, master of
education, and doctor of education degrees from the University of Illinois. He became
a full professor . at the Albany institution in 1952, From 1951 until 1960 he served
as chairman of the program in educational administration and then was chairman of
the education department until 1963, He was named associate dean two years ago.
In 1959 Dr, Frasure was chairman of the committee to design and implement
the first doctoral program in education at SUNYA, a program in educational
administration, Since 1963 he has served as chairman of doctoral programs in the
School of Education. He is a member of several professional and honorary organizations
and articles written by him have appeared in numberous professional publications,
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At the Indiana meeting Dr. Frasure reported on two studies, one of a population
of professors and superintendents in New York State and the other of a nationwide
population of professors and superintendents, Among other conclusions the studies
indicated that while ithere was general agreement between the professors and
practicing administration on the rank order of items submitted for consideration, the
more experienced professors and superintendents tended to agree more fully than did
less experienced professors and superintendents. His paper was entitled, ''In-~
Service Role of Professors of Administration: A National View."
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September 20, 1966
Public Information Office
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518 472-7402 472-7877
SPECIAL
AINIOUNCE LEDS
Please change your telephone number
files for the Public Information Office at State
University of New York at Albany to include a
new Centrex number 472-7877 replacing
465-6271, extension 58, The earlier Centrex
number of 472-7402 remains the same,
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September 20, 1966
State. University of New York at Albany
Public Information Office
Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518 472-7402 472-7877
IMMEDIA TE
Findlay Cockrell, newly-appointed assistant professor of music at State
University of New York at Albany, will give his first piano recital in the Capital
District area Tuesday evening, October 4, at 8:15 o'clock in Page Hall at the
university's downtown campus. The concert is being presented by the music
department and the Music Council of the university.
Mr. Cockrell will play a varied program of Bach's A Minor Partita,
Beethoven's Bagatelles Opus 119, a Chopin group, and the Sonata by the American
composer Andrew Imbrie.
A noted pianist, Mr. Cockrell has come to Albany via Berkeley, Harvard
College and the Juilliard School of Music. He attended the latter two institutions on
scholarship and additionally the musician has won other awards including the Alfred
Hertz Memorial Scholarship from the University of California and the Ernest
Hutcheson Memorial Scholarship at Julliard, Orchestras with which he has appeared
include the San Francisco Symphony, the Oakland Symphony, the Harvard-Radcliffe
Orchestra and the Westchester Symphony, Recitals have been given by Mr, Cockrell
in Berkeley, San Franscisco, Sacramento, Camhridge, New York, Woodstock, and
Washington,
In 1965 Mr. Cockrell was one of eight Americans participating in the Inter-
national Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland, where his performance received
high praise in the Warsaw press and in the New York Times. His New York Town
Hall debut was praised by the New York Herald Tribune which described his performance
as revealing a nice sense of color and a warm sympathetic tone,"
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This year, for the first time SUNYA is offering the bachelor of arts degree
with a concentration in music. Mr. Cockrell's appointment to the music faculty
is one of four made recently to augment the existing five members of the department,
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State.Uniyersity of New York at Albany
Public Information Office
Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518 472-7402 472-7877
IMMEDIATE
State University at Albany President Evan R. Collins today acknowledged with
appreciation the cooperation of 15 New York State government leaders who have
accepted invitations to serve on a special committee for the School of Public Affairs at
the university.
Dr, Collins said the newly-formed Advisory Committee on Governmental
Services would meet periodically to review the school's programs in public administration,
executive training, and research as they relate to the needs of state government,
In commenting on the appointments, President Samuel B., Gould of State
University of New York said: "The School of Public Affairs, now one of six aneuats
schools of our University Center in Albany, plays a significant role in offering classes
and degree programs for personnel in state service. We are indeed fortunate, there-
fore, that the committee members are willing to give of their valuable time and broad
executive experience to assist us in our planning, The committee, Iam sure, will
prove itself of great value -not only to the school and the Albany institution, but to
State University as a whole."
Those named to the committee are State Senator Warren M. Anderson,
Binghamton, chairman, Senate Finance Committee; John J. Burns, commissioner,
Office for Local Government; Dr. Martin P, Catherwood, commissioner, Department
of Labor; Marion L, Henry, assistant commissioner of administration and management,
Department of Health; Dr. T, Norman Hurd, Director of the Budget; Martin Ives,
deputy comptroller, Department of Audit and Control; and Daniel Klepak, administrative
director, Office of General Services,
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Also on the committee are Assemblyman Harvey M, Lifset, Albany,
chairman, Assembly Ways and Means Committee; Alton G, Marshall, executive
officer to Governor Rockefeller; Dr. Alan D, Miller, commissioner, Department of
Mental Hygiene; William J. Murray, administrative director, Department of Civil
Service; Russell G, Oswald, chairman, Board of Parole; Ellis T, Riker, administrative
director, Department of Motor Vehicles; Antonio A, Sorieri, first deputy commissioner,
Department of Social Welfare; and Mrs, Ruth K. Toch, acting Solicitor General,
Department of Law,
President Gould pointed out that New York State agencies have employed more
than 75 per cent of the public administration graduates of the School of Public Affairs.
He added that more than 80 per cent of the school's part-time public administration
’ students are state employees, Among the activities of the school is the operation
of an extensive program of short-term institutes, workshops and continuing
conferences for New York State officials,
Most of the school's research is directed to problems of state and local
government with special emphasis on the government of New York State. The
school's Local Government Studies Center serves as a clearinghouse for information
on metropolitan and urban developments which are reported in the bi-monthly
publication, Metropolitan Digest,
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September 20, 1966
Public Information Office
Release:
H. David Von Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518 472-7402 472-7877
IMMEDIATE
J. Paul Ward has been named international student adviser at State University of
New York at Albany where there are 41 new international students on campus for
the current academic year, double the number of international students who arrived
at SUNYA a year ago.
Presently there are 74 international students at the university, with the new
students coming from 20 different countries located on five continents and in the
Caribbean area. In addition, there are two students from the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico,
Mr. Ward, who lives at 9 Frost Place, Albany, received degrees in social atadtes
from SUNYA and presently is a candidate for a doctoral degree in African history
at Boston University. This summer Mr, Ward was a member of the technical studies
staff teaching Peace Corps trainees bound for North Nigeria and West Cameroon, In
1963 he and his wife, the former Doris Vater, also an alumnus of SUNYA, were
co-leaders of the Experiment in International Living in Nigeria. He also served
three years in the U. S, Marine Corps.
Commenting on the international student body at SUNYA, Mr. Ward said, ''It is
my belief that our international students will continue to make a most positive
contribution in furthering international understanding; not only on campus but also
throughout the Capital District community."
Twelve of the newly admitted students are undergraduates, The 27 students will
be studying in eight different academic fields: political science, education, English,
business, chemistry, library science, psychology, and geology, The largest number,
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nine, are in the School of Public Affairs,
In the group are residents of the Republic of China, India, Indonesia,
Korea, Hong Kong, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sudan, Chile, Colombia,
France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, and Jamaica,
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September 20, 1966
Public Information Office
Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518 472-7402 472-7877
IMMEDIATE
J. Paul Ward has been named international student adviser at State University of
New York at Albany where there are 41 new international students on campus for
the current academic year, double the number of international students who arrived
at SUNYA a year ago.
Presently there are 74 international students at the university, with the new
students coming from 20 different countries located on five continents and in the
Caribbean area. In addition, there are two students from the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico,
Mr. Ward, who lives at 9 Frost Place, Albany, received degrees in social wien
from SUNYA and presently is a candidate for a doctoral degree in African history
at Boston University. This summer Mr, Ward was a member of the technical studies
staff teaching Peace Corps trainees bound for North Nigeria and West Cameroon. In
1963 he and his wife, the former Doris Vater, also an alumnus of SUNYA, were
co-leaders of the Experiment in International Living in Nigeria. He also served
three years in the U, S, Marine Corps.
Commenting on the international student body at SUNYA, Mr. Ward said, "It is
my belief that our international students will continue to make a most positive
contribution in furthering international understanding; not only on campus but also
throughout the Capital District community."
Twelve of the newly admitted students are undergraduates, The 27 students will
be studying in eight different academic fields: political science, education, English,
business, chemistry, library science, psychology, and geology, The largest number,
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nine, are in the School of Public Affairs.
In the group are residents of the Republic of China, India, Indonesia,
Korea, Hong Kong, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sudan, Chile, Colombia,
France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, and Jamaica.
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September 20, 1966
Public Information Office Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518 472-7402 472-7877 IMMEDIATE
Nearly 2, 000 new students at State University of New York at Albany will
be welcomed formally by President Evan R, Collins and Mrs. Collins at a series of
receptions to be held Sunday and Monday at the uptown and downtown campuses.
A reception for commuting students and freshmen residing in the Dutch
Quadrangle will be held in the Flag Room from 2:30 until 4 o'clock Sunday
afternoon to be followed by a reception in the Colonial Flag Room from 4:15 to 5:45
o'clock for freshmen living at the Colonial Quadrangle. Sunday evening another
reception is scheduled for freshmen at the Alumni Quadrangle to be held at
Brubacher Hall, The following evening nearly 700 transfer students will be
greeted at a reception at Brubacher Hall from 7:30 until 9:30 o'clock,
In the receiving line will be President and Mrs, Collins; Dr, Clifton C,
Thorne, vice president for student affairs, and Mrs. Thorne; Dr. Robert B, Morris,
dean of University College, and Mrs, Morris; Dr. Webb S, Fiser, vice president
for academic affairs, and Mrs, Fiser; Dr, Jack M. Deeringer, academic dean;
and William Cleveland, president of Student Association. Groups of teaching
faculty members have been invited to attend with the students at each of the four
receptions and a number of student leaders also will be guests.
Nancy Lapore, a junior at the university, is chairman of the arrangements.
Several other students will assist at the punth tables.
On Sunday evening, as part of the freshmen reading program planned by
students, several faculty members will lead small groups in discussions of
Ralph Ellison's book, "The Individual in Society: A Search for Identity."
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State Unggersity of New York at A
Public Information Office Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518 472-7402 472-7877 IMMEDIATE
[Lv
4/7 More than 90 persons have registered to date for a three-hour
credit television course in astronomy, ''Eye on the Universe", offered by the
State University of New York at Albany. Irving C. Verschoor, dean of General
Studies, said that the number is double the total enrollment for credit in the
undergraduate course last year. Registration for the astronomy course
as well as for two courses in Latin American history closes October 1,
When "Eye on the Universe" was introduced last spring, the university
received several letters indicating its popularity. A Rensselaer man wrote,
"I find this program delightful and of intense interest, probably because it is
delivered to us viewers in a very simple, clear manner,'' Others wrote, "We
‘attended! the first session this evening and are most enthused"; "I am enjoying
the lessons very much. They are presented in an easy manner and are easy
to understand"; and "This course is excellent and delivered in a very
professional manner,"
The telecourses are being presented on WMHT-TV, Channel 17,
Schenectady, The astronomy course is telecast Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays at 8 a.m, and 6:30 p.m, "The History of Latin America I'' is presented
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 a,m, and 6:30 p.m. "The History of Latin
America II" is telecast Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12 noon and 11 p.m.
All three courses are open to both credit and non-credit students,
Information about credit and non-credit enrollment, tuition, and syllabi are
available from University of the Air, SUNYA, 135 Western Avenue, Albany,
New York 12203, The courses are productions of State University of New York
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educational television network,
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State University of New York at Albany
Public Information Office
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area-Code 518 472-7402 472-7877
IMMEDIATE
C. Martin Wilbur, professor of history at Columbia University
will give the opening lecture at the Upstate New York Conference on Asia
to be held at State University of New York at Albany beginning Friday,
October 14. His topic will be "Continuities between Communist and Pre-
Communist China."
The two-day session will mark the first time the
organization will have met in the eastern part of the state. Included in the
conference membership, totaling some 550, are college and high school
teachers.
At the morning sessions Saturday, October 15, the subjects
will be "Overseas Indians" and "Japan's China POlicy Since 1951."
Afternoon sessions will be concerned with "Traditional Art in Southeast
Asia." The latter session will be a discussion of a new book, "South
Asian Politics and Religion", edited by Donald E. Smith.
Professor Philip Singer, Albany Medical College, will be chairman
of one of the Saturday morning sessions. Speakers will be Professor A.
Bharati, Syracuse University, "Cultural Stagnation among East Indians
in East Africa"; Dr. Enrique G. Araneta, medical superintendent, Guyana
Mental Hospital, and Professor Singer, "Hinduization and Creolization
in Guyana"; Professor Paul Meadows, Syracuse University, "Insiders and
Outsiders: Towards a Theory of Overseas Cultural Groups"; and Professor
Barton Schwartz, California State College of Los Angeles, "Differential
Socio-Religious Adaptation". Discussants will be Dr. S. Gupta, Consul
General in New York, Government of India; Sir John Carter, Ambassador
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to the United States, Government of Guyana; and Professor Jean Auclair
counsellor for French programs, SUNYA,
Speakers during the other scheduled morning session will be
Professor John Lin, State University College at New Paltz, "A Study
on Determining Factors in Japan's China Policy since the San Francisco
Peace Treaty", and Professor Alexander Yang, State University College
at New Paltz, "Business Interest Groups in Japan's Policy towards China,
1958-1962". Discussant will be Professor Kuan-i Chen, SUNYA.
Afternoon sessions will include an illustrated lecture, "Art
Historical Research on Early Trading Settlements in Thailand and Borneo",
by Professor Stanley J. O'Connor, Cornell University, and the book
discussion. Chairman of the latter will be Professor Theodore Wright,
School of Public Affairs, SUNYA, with Professor Owen Lynch, State
University of New York at Buffalo, and Professor V.E. Devadutt, Colgate-
Rochester Divinity School and University of Rochester, participating.
The evening of the opening session a dinner for the standing
committee of the conference will be held in the private dining room at
Brubacher Hall on the university's downtown campus, where all sessions
will be held. Following registration from 7 to 8 o'clock, the opening
program will take place. At 9:30 there will be a reception for persons
attending the conference in the lower lounge at Brubacher.
Saturday morning registration will take place from 8:45 to 9:30
o'clock, when morning sessions will begin. Luncheon will be served
in the main dining room at 12:45 to be followed by the afternoon sessions
at 2 o'clock.
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At the conclusion of the afternoon meeting, conference members
will tour the university's new uptown campus. Tea will be served there
from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. in the faculty lounge in the Social Science
Building.
Professor De Witt Ellenwood, of SUNYA's department of
history, is making arrangements for the two-day meeting.
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State University of New York at Albany
Public Information Office Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518 472-7402 472-7877
IMMEDIATE
The School of Education at State University of New York at Albany and
Sullivan County Community College at South Fallsburg are sponsoring a
community college institute. Program coordinators for the lecture and
discussion series are Harold J, Dillon, professor and chairman of the
committee for programs in higher education at SUNYA, and Walter Mondschein,
assistant dean and director of the evening and extension division at Sullivan
College where sessions will be held.
At the opening of the institute on Wednesday, September 28,
Dr. Kenneth T, Doran, associate executive dean of two-year colleges for
State University of New York, will talk about ''Developing a Philosophy for a
Community College.'' Other speakers at subsequent sessions will be
Dr. David Hartley, professor of education at SUNYA, and Dr, Murray G.
Phillips, associate professor in the department of Instructional media in the
School of Education, Dr, Hartley will speak on ''The Student and the College
Atmosphere" and "Criteria for the Evaluation of Academic Achievement of
Community College Students" on October 26 and November 30, Dr. Phillips,
on December 21, will describe ''Programmed Instruction and the Programming
of Learning,"
All sessions will be held at Sullivan College from 1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m.
on the aforementioned dates.
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tate University of New Yor
Public Information Office
Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518 472-7402 472-7877
IMMEDIATE
A reception in honor of 225 new faculty members at State University
of New York at Albany will be held Friday evening, October 7, at the
university's uptown campus,
William H. McKinnon, chairman of the faculty social board
planning the reception, said that entertainment would be provided by The
Statesmen, men's choral group at the university, directed by Karl A,
Peterson, professor of music, The event will take place from 8 to 10 o'clock
in the Dutch Quadrangle lounge with members of the continuing faculty,
accompanied by their husbands or wives, attending to welcome new
colleagues,
Assisting Mr, McKinnon on the social board are Regis P. Deuel,
Mrs. Brita D, Walker, John H. Rosenbach, Joseph A, Silvey, Catharine
Newbold, Robert N. Anderson, Mrs, Barbara Rotundo, and High Farley,
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Public Information Office Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518 472-7402 472-7877
IMMEDIATE
Dr, Eugene Guarino, of the reading department at State University of
New York at Albany, has been elected president-elect of the newly formed
New York State Reading Council. He will head the council, which has held
organizational meetings at the university for the past year during 1967-68,
The council, now in its first year of activity, is an intermediate council
of the International Reading Association formed to provide communication and
coordination services for the local councils of New York State,
Other officers elected to serve for the current year are Mrs, Kathleen
Clayton, of Manlius, president Ira Toff, New York, treasurer; Mrs. Barbara
Clements, Auburn, secretary; and Miss Mary Lou Dickinson, Syracuse,
corresponding secretary. Mrs, Clayton is on sabbatical leave of absence from
her position as principal of the Manlius Elementary School, Mr. Toff is president
of the Queensboro Reading Council and Mrs, Clements is past-president of the
Mid-Lakes Reading Council in the Auburn area, Miss Dickinson is past-president
of the Central New York Reading Council,
Dr, Guarino, a graduate of SUNYA, did graduate work at Teachers College,
Columbia University, and received his Ph.D, from Syracuse University. He
formerly was reading supervisor for kindergarten through grade 12 in the Lakeland
Central Schools in Northern Westchester County, Dr. Guarino formerly taught at
Michigan State University where he was associated with the reading center,
Local councils of the International Reading Association are eligible to join
the New York State Reading Council. Twenty-one of the 29 local councils in
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New York State already have joined as charter members, The councils are
especially concerned with educating reading specialists and encouraging research
toward the overall goal of promoting better reader instruction at all grade levels
kindergarten through college.
Each member council will be represented by one person on the council's
executive board and by delegates to the state reading assembly in proportion to
their membership numbers. The board will hold its first meeting on November 4
in Albany.
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Public Information Office ; Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518 472-7402 472-7877 IMMEDIATE
More than 200 fire executives from throughout New York State, and
from New England and Canada, will attend a two-day leadership institute in mid-October
at State University of New York at Albany sponsored by the Division of Fire Safety,
New York State Office of Local Government, in cooperation with the Center for
Executive Development at the university. John J. Burns, Commissioner of the
Office for Local Government, will open the institute.
Sessions, to be devoted to varied aspects of fire department
administration, will be held in the library building of the academic podium on
the university's uptown campus beginning at 9 a,m. on Saturday, October 15. At the
conclusion of the institute, certificates of achievement will be presented to participants
from the Division of Safety and from the university,
At the first session, Professor Donald F, Favreau, associate director
of CED, will discuss human relations, Other speakers scheduled for the Saturday
morning session are Charles R. Dorman, assistant director of the Division of
Fire Safety, who will speak on public relations recruiting; Dr. John A, Granito,
chief, Bureau of Higher Education, New York State Education Department, on decision °
making; and Dr. Joseph Leese, director of CED, on communications,
Following lunch on campus, the afternoon session will be opened with
an address on relationships with other agencies to be given by John T, O'Hagan, chief
of the New York City Fire Department, Other speakers will be Charles M, Weaver,
chief of the Ithaca Fire Department and past president of the New York State Fire
Chiefs Association, on community relations; and William E. Redmond, counsel
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for the Office of Local Government, on legal forum,
Sunday morning, October 16, Dr, Thomas D, Paolucci, director of
training and development for the New York State Department of Labor, will discuss
personnel evaluation, George H. Proper, Jr., director of the Division of Fire Safety,
will comment on fire department organization and J, Robert Hendrick, principal
examiner in the Bureau of the Budget, and Timothy G. Stillman will discuss planning
and budgeting. A talk on training will be given by Anthony R. Granito, supervisor of
training for the Division of Fire Safety.
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Public Information Office Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518 472-7402 472-7877
IMMEDIATE
Miss Taj Batok, Syria's leading television actress, has come to State
University of New York at Albany to major in dramatics. Formerly a student at the
University of Damascus where she completed two years as a philosophy major, the
21-year-old Syrian brunette is now taking courses in English and dramatics as an
undergraduate.
Miss Batok, who is enrolled under her own name of Tijin Bla Nou, is
a film star as well as a television personality. She played the leading role in
"The Dreams Palace" which was shown this year at the International Film Festival at
Cannes. She has been featured in three films produced by the new Syrian movie industry
and, prior to her leaving for the United States, ten advance televised films were made
for her former weekly show in which she acts, sings, and dances.
The young artist's career began seven years ago when television program-
ming started in Syria. After appearing on a children's program for some time, Miss Batok
turned to dancing and performed with a Syrian folklore dance group. Later her career
took yet another turn when she became a dramatic actress five years ago,
When in Damascus, the talented student lives with her widowed mother,
Mrs, Adibi Bla Nou, and other members of her family, One sister, Nifin Bla Nou, isa
concert pianist now living in West Germany; another sister is an artist. Miss Batok
received her early education in Damascus, where language study included English and
German, and then continued her studies at the University of Damascus,
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While performing for the National Theatre of Syria in ''Aladdin", the
actress was under the direction of Dr. Paul B. Pettit, chairman of the speech and
dramatic art department at State University of New York at Albany. Dr, Pettit then
was serving as consultant to the Ministry of Culture and National Guidance of Syria.
The theater-in-the-round production, given at Azam Palace in Damascus, was the first
arena theater performance to have been given in Syria.
Miss Batok said in an interview on campus that she likes to read and to
listen to classical music, "when I have time", She added, "I thought that wha I came
here that this university would be only for theater and television and movies but I was
surprised to find that it's very large and very new and very nice, I like it so much,
and I'm looking forward to attending plays in this area. Also, I hope to visit
New York and to see more plays, and television productions especially',
Miss Batok's current semester program includes courses in English
language, acting, and directing.
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For further information contact
Robert H. Rice, Jr.
Director of Sports Information
Office : 518-472-7402
Home : 518-439-3670
138 WESTERN AVENUE, ALBANY, NEW YORK 12203
IMMEDIATE
The Albany State University soccer team will seek its first victory of the
young season Saturday when it plays host to Bridgeport at 2 p.m, on the University
field at the new campus,
The State cross-county team, victorious in its opening meet at Montclair,
travels to Syracuse for Saturday's LeMoyne Invitational, Coach Bob Munsey's
harriers are young - there isn't a senior on the roster - but have shown great
potential and are shooting for a banner season.
The Great Dane booters dropped their road opener last week to Quinnipiac and
will be making their first regular season appearance on the new field,
© Coach Joe Garcia, with only six seniors on his squad, stressed that the club
must make a solidteameffort rather than depend on a few stars to lead the attack.
Co-captains Dick Szymanski of Wayland, New York, and Tim Jursak of Utica
lead the team at their respective positions of halfback and center forward.
Maurice Tsododo, the scoring leader last season with 9 goals, also is among
13 returning lettermen,
A sophomore and a transfer student also figure prominently in the Dane's
plans. Phil Kamm, who played on the State frosh club last year, has shown vast
improvement since the start of practice and the Elmont, N.Y. soph will see
plenty of action at wing.
Henry Sadi of Chappaqua played forward at Westchester C,C. before transferring
C) to State. Gercia has switched him to a Halfback spot and is pleased with the result,
Bridgeport, making its first start of the season, features two men who have
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gained All-American honors in John Verfaille, inside right, and Alex Popavich, inside
left,
The visitors were 6-4 last year and are returning to the State schedule after
a brief absence, In two pre-season scrimmages, Bridgeport lost to Brown, 4-2, and
was defeated by a strong Alumni team, 10-3.
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Public Information Office Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518 472-7402 472-7877
IMMEDIATE
REGISTRATION FOR SEMINAR EXTENDED
Registration for the Seminar on Government Contract Administration
offered by the School of Business, State University of New York at Albany,
will be accepted up through October 5. The first session of the seminar was
held on September 28 with representatives from a dozen area manufacturers
in attendance, The seven-week course is offered in cooperation with the
Small Business Administration.
Speaker at the next session of the seminar on October 5 will be
Maurice Washer from the Office of the Solicitor, Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C., who will speak on ''The Negotiation of Government Contracts. "'
Subsequent speakers from various federal governmental departments in
Washington, D.G., will cover other subjects in the area of government contracts
administration. Dr. Milton C. Olson, vice president of theuniversity, announced
that the purpose of the course is to give small business owners, purchasing agents,
and contract administrators a better understanding of how to obtain and efficiently
and profitably administer contracts with various federal government agencies
and military establishments.
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Sessions will be held at Brubacher Hall, 750 State Street, on
consecutive Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30. Certificates will be
awarded at the final meeting on November 16. Course registration is under
the direction of Reno 8. Knouse, professor of business, SUNYA. The
registration fee of $75 for the seminar, one of a series of non-credit programs
for area business executives, includes all materials and services furnished
by the university.
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Public Information Office ; Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518 472-7402 472-7877 IMMEDIATE
Dr. Clifton C. Thorne, vice president for student affairs
at State University at Albany, will give the opening address at the
second annual fall conference of the Mid-Atlantic Association for
School, College, and University Staffing on Sunday (Oct. 2) in
Philadelphia. Dr. Thorne's remarks will be concerned with the role
of placement officers in relation. to the status of educational
institutions today and in relation to projected changes.
The weekend conference will mark the completion of the
second year for the new association of which Dr. Clinton J. Roberts,
director of the University Placement Office at SUNYA, is president.
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Public Information Office Release:
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518 472-7402 472-7877
IMMEDIATE
Professor J, Woodrow Sayre, executive director of the New York
State Council on Economic Education and director of the Center for Economic
Education at State University of New York at Albany has joined other economic
education leaders from all parts of the country in New Orleans for the National
Meeting of Council Directors held each year by the Joint Council on Economic
Education. The New York State Council on Economic Education has its offices at
State University of New York at Albany.
At the meeting, Professor Sayre will report on the broad program
being carried out by the council and receive reports on major gains being made by
the forty-three other state councils on economic education,
The New York State Council on Economic Education with its five area
councils and three centers on economic education is a non-profit organization whose
trustees are active in business, industry, labor, agriculture, research and education.
It works closely with local schools and colleges to develop economic education at all
levels of instruction. Financial support is contributed by foundations, business, labor,
and agriculture. Leadership, planning, and development of programs are handled by
the teaching profession.
Albany area members of the council's board of directors are
Don Wickham, New York State Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets; Dr, Allan
P. Bradley, executive assistant to Commissioner of Education, State Education
Department; Dr. Evan R, Collins, president, State University of New York at Albany;
Dr. Donald H. Davenport, executive secretary, N.Y.S. Science and Technology
Foundation, Millard L. Levy, manager, plant employee relations, General Electric
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Company, Schenectady; Mildred McChesney, chief, Bureau of Social Studies,
State Education Department; Dr, Harry W. Porter, Provost, State University of
New York; Everett C. Reed, president, Albany Felt Company; Dr. Louis R. Salkever,
chairman of the Department of Economics, SUNYA, Dr. Gordon E, Van Hooft,
chief, Bureau of Secondary Curriculum Development, State Education Department;
and John R, Slattery, State Bank of Albany.
Hollis E, Harrington, president of the State Bank of Albany, recently
was elected treasurer of the council.
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Publie Information Office Release:
H. David’ Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
rea Code 518 472-7402 472-7877
IMMEDIATE
At State University of New York at Albany this month, the annual
Homecoming will be marked by a program of comment and conversation with
faculty and alumni participating. ''Perceptive Parleys'', to take place at the
session, October 15, will be concerned with theater, space science, education,
and government.
Homecoming events will begin Friday, October 14, with the judging of
Homecoming Queen finalists in Page Hall. In the evening there will be two
performances by Stan Getz and Trio. The saxaphonist, noted for introducing
the Bosa Nova with his rendition of 'Desafinado"', and his musical ensemble
will play at 8 o'clock in Page Hall and again at 10 o'clock.
On Saturday registration and coffee hour will take place in the
Flag Room of the Dutch Quadrangle on the university's uptown campus.
Concurrently, the Alumni Council will hold its regular fall meeting.
Three sessions of ''Perceptive Parleys', arranged by Charles W. Bowler,
director of the university's Office of Alumni Affairs, will be held from 11 o'clock
until noon. A one-act drama, ''Play for Living, '' will be presented by university
students under the direction of Dr. Paul B. Pettit, chairman of the speech
and dramatic art department. At another session, Dr. Curtis L. Hemenway,
professor of astronomy and space sciences, and director of Dudley Observatory,
will talx about "Astronauts, Atmospheric Science and You." At the third session,
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Dr. Randolph S. Gardner, Dean of the School of Education, will speak on
"The School of Education Now."
Dr. Kenneth Doran, president of the Alumni Association, will welcome
Homecoming participants at the luncheon meeting and Dr. Clifton C. Thorne,
vice president for student affairs, also will speak.
When "'Perceptive Parleys'' continues in the afternoon, Miss Peggy Wood,
professor of dramatic art and Agnes E. Futterer, will discuss ''Plays for Living."
At another session Dr. Eugene H. McLaren, chairman of the division of science
and mathematics, will talk about ''Modern Science in the University. '' At yet
another session, Dr. Robert Rienow, professor of political science and author
of ''The Lonely Quest", will speak on ''Constitution-Making under Pressure",
a discussion of the coming New York Constitutional Convention.
Also part of the day's program is a varsity soccer game with State
University College at Potsdam. At the halftime there will be presentations
of the Homecoming float award and of the 1966 Fraternit;Sorority Scholarship.
Highpoint will be the announcement of Homecoming Queen.
From 3 to 5 o'clock the board of directors of the Alumni Association will
meet and sorority and fraternity alumni receptions will be held from 4:40 to
6:30 o'clock. In the evening, at the alumni dinner to be held at Thruway Motor Inn,
The Statesmen, men's choral group at the university, under the direction of
Karl A. Peters will perform. Members of Myskania, university honor society,
will hold a private dinner.
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The evening's activities will conclude with a Homecoming dance at
the inn and coronation of Homecoming Queen.
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IMMEDIATE
At State University of New York at Albany this month, the annual
Homecoming will be marked by a program of comment and conversation with
faculty and alumni participating. ''Perceptive Parleys'', to take place at the
session, October 15, will be concerned with theater, space science, education,
and government.
Homecoming events will begin Friday, October 14, with the judging of
Homecoming Queen finalists in Page Hall. In the evening there will be two
performances by Stan Getz and Trio. The saxaphonist, noted for introducing
the Bosa Nova with his rendition of ''Desafinado", and his musical ensemble
will play at 8 o'clock in Page Hall and again at 10 o'clock.
On Saturday registration and coffee hour will take place in the
Flag Room of the Dutch Quadrangle on the university's uptown campus.
Concurrently, the Alumni Council will hold its regular fall meeting.
Three sessions of ''Perceptive Parleys", arranged by Charles W. Bowler,
director of the university's Office of Alumni Affairs, will be held from 11 o'clock
until noon. A one-act drama, ''Play for Living," will be presented by university
students under the direction of Dr. Paul B. Pettit, chairman of the speech
and dramatic art department. At another session, Dr. Curtis L. Hemenway,
professor of astronomy and space sciences, and director of Dudley Observatory,
will talk about "Astronauts, Atmospheric Science and You.'' At the third session,
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Dr. Randolph §. Gardner, Dean of the School of Education, will speak on
"The School of Education Now."
Dr. Kenneth Doran, president of the Alumni Association, will welcome
Homecoming participants at the luncheon meeting and Dr. Clifton C. Thorne,
vice president for student affairs, also will speak.
When ''Perceptive Parleys' continues in the afternoon, Miss Peggy Wood,
professor of dramatic art and Agnes E, Futterer, will discuss ''Plays for Living."
At another session Dr. Eugene H. McLaren, chairman of the division of science
and mathematics, will talk about ''Modern Science in the University." At yet
another session, Dr. Robert Rienow, professor of political science and author
of ''The Lonely Quest'', will speak on ''Constitution-Making under Pressure",
a discussion of the coming New York Constitutional Convention.
Also part of the day's program is a varsity soccer game with State
University College at Potsdam. At the halftime there will be presentations
of the Homecoming float award and of the 1966 FraternitySorority Scholarship.
Highpoint will be the announcement of Homecoming Queen.
From 3 to 5 o'clock the board of directors of the Alumni Association will
meet and sorority and fraternity alumni receptions will be held from 4:40 to
6:30 o'clock, In the evening, at the alumni dinner to be held at Thruway Motor Inn,
The Statesmen, men's choral group at the university, under the direction of
Karl A. Peters, will perform. Members of Myskania, university honor society,
will hold a private dinner.
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The evening's activities will conclude with a Homecoming dance at
the inn and coronation of Homecoming Queen.
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H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, News Director
Area Code 518, HO 3-1254 Ext. 58, 472-7402 IMMEDIATE
A seven-week seminar on estate planning and the application of the
Federal Estate and Gift Tax Law will be offered by the School of Business,
State University of New York at Albany, beginning October 3: Dr, Milton C, Olson,
vice president of the university, described the program as designed primarily
for attorneys, bank trust officers, life insurance underwriters, certified
public accountants, public accountants, and others who are engaged in estate
planning. Technical assistance will be provided by the U. S, Internal Revenue
Service, Albany, and the National Commercial Bank and Trust Company, Albany,
Areas of estate planning and the application of the Federal Estate and
Gift Tax Law to be covered include: steps involved in the planning process,
_ estimating the cash requirement and asset distribution of the estate, wills and
trusts, filing requirements, determination of the decedent's property interests,
gross estate, the termination of the taxable estate, credits against tax, and
gift tax,
Serving as instructors will be: Timothy Kove, estate tax examiner, IRS;
Joseph Murphy, estate tax examiner, IRS; James E, Barton, estate planning
officer, National Commercial Bank and Trust Co.
Registration for the course is under the direction of Reno S, Knouse,
professor of business, SUNYA. The $35 registration fee covers the cost of
materials and services provided by the university, Since enrollment is limited,
registrations are requested by September 30,
The sessions will be held at Brubacher Hall, 750 State street, on
consecutive Monday evenings from 7:30 to 9; 30.
September 9, 1966 -30-
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
AT ALBANY
SEMINAR
ON
ESTATE PLANNING
AND THE APPLICATION OF THE
FEDERAL ESTATE AND GIFT TAX LAW
A training program designed primarily
for attorneys, bank trust officers,
life insurance underwriters,
certified public accountants,
public accountants, investment
counselors, and others who are
engaged in estate planning
FALL 1966
BRUBACHER HALL
State University of New York
at Albany
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION
Please enroll the following in the ESTATE PLANNING SEMINAR:
(address)
(company)
(title)
(name)
Home Telephone
Business Telephone
in full payment of this registration.
Attached is a check for §.
Make check payable to Faculty—Student Association, Inc.—Atbany.
Professor Reno S. Knouse
Mail to:
State University of New York at Albany
1223 Western Avenue
Albany, New York 12203
DETACH HERE
DETACH HERE
GENERAL INFORMATION
The School of Business, State University of
New York at Albany, presents a seven-week
seminar dealing with estate planning and the
application of the federal estate and gift tax
laws. Technical assistance is provided by the
U. S. Internal Revenue Service, Albany, and by
the National Commercial Bank and Trust Com-
pany, Albany. The program is designed primarily
for attorneys, bank trust officers, life insurance
underwriters, certified public accountants, public
accountants, investment counselors, and others
who are engaged in estate planning.
REGISTRATION
There are no formal educational requirements.
Registrations by mail are requested by Septem-
ber 30. Enrollment will be limited.
TIME AND PLACE
The sessions will be held in Brubacher Hall
beginning on October 3 from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.
TUITION
A charge of $35 for each enrollee is to be
paid with the request for registration. This fee
covers the cost of materials and services fur-
nished by the State University of New York at
Albany. Checks should be made payable to Fac-
ulty-Student Association, Inc.-—Albany.
PROGRAM
First Session October 3 7:30-9:30 P. M.
Steps Involved in the Planning Process
Instructor: Mr. Barton
Second Session October 10 7:30-9:30 P. M.
Estimating the Cash Requirements and Asset
Distribution of the Estate
Instructor: Mr. Barton
Third Session October 17 7:30-9:30 P. M.
Wills and Trusts
Instructor: Mr. Barton
Fourth Session October 24 7:30-9:30 P. M.
Filing Requirements
Determination of a Decendent’s Property
Interests
Gross Estate
Instructor: Mr. Murphy
Fifth Session October 31 7:30-9:30 P. M.
Gross Estate (continued)
Instructor: Mr. Murphy
Sixth Session November 7 7:30-9:30 P. M.
Determination of Taxable Estate
Credits Against Tax
Instructor: Mr. Kove
Seventh Session November 14 7:30-9:30 P. M.
Gift Tax
Instructor: Mr. Kove
Open Discussion
Mr. Barton
Mr. Kove
Mr. Murphy
Address: Mr. Donald T. Hartley
District Director
U. S. Internal Revenue Service
Awarding of Certificates
Instructors:
Mr. James E. Barton
Estate Planning Officer
National Commercial Bank and Trust
Company
Mr. Timothy Kove
Estate Tax Examiner
U. S. Internal Revenue Service
Mr. Joseph Murphy
Estate Tax Examiner
U. S. Internal Revenue Service
