A Tradition of Excellence
History of A Tradition of Excellence
The university commissioned a history to celebrate its 150th anniversary in 1994. A Tradition of Excellence was researched and written by history professor Kendall Birr and edited by Vincent Reda.
Scope and Contents
Contains all chapters of the published book as well as most of the photographs that it featured.
Online Content
This lists only items that are available online. To see all materials, visit A Tradition of Excellence Collection Page.
1840s
1880s
Page 36 A-Left: Cover of the Program for the Closing Exercises of the Philomathean Society,
1882 June 7
Page 9: President-elect Cleveland at the Closing Exercises of the State Normal School,
1885 January 27
1900s
Page 52: Delta Omega Sorority,
1900
Page 55 A-Top: State Normal College Varsity Baseball Team,
1900
Page 44: The Echo Editorial Board,
1904
Page 48: Ruins of the Willett Street Building after it was gutted by fire.,
1906 January 9
Page 45: Front Cover of Vol. 16 No. 2 of The Echo,
1907 October
Page 56: Illustration of the Husted, Draper and Hawley buildings on the downtown campus,
1909
1910s
Page 57 B-Bottom: State Normal College Women's Basketball Team,
1911
Page 57 A-Top: State Normal College Men's Basketball Team,
1911
Page 58: Student cast from the 1911 production of The Rivals,
1911
Page 51: Drawing class on the new campus,
1911
Page 68 A-Top: Students in the Industrial Arts Program.,
1915
Page 68 B-Bottom: Women's Gymnastics Class.,
1915
Page 69 A-Top: Leanard Anderson Blue, first Dean of the College.,
1916
Page 61: Members of the Class of 1911 at their fifth reunion in 1916,
1916
Page 66 A-Top: Myskania, which founded the Student Association in 1921. Myskania continued to exist as the Student Judiciary until the 1970s.,
1918
Page 62: The Faculty in 1919. The front row (l to r): David Hutchinson (Government), Leonard Wood Richardson (Greek and Latin), Dean Anna E. Pierce, Dean Harland Hoyt Horner, President Abram Brubacher, John Sayles (principal of Milne), Adna Wood Risley (History), Clifford Ambrose Woodward (Biology).,
1919
1920s
Page 71 B-Bottom: Class of 1920 and 1922 at a Halloween Party.,
1920
Page 73 A-Top: Men's Varsity Football Team.,
1922
Page 72: Women's Horseback Riding Team.,
1923
Page 76 A-Top: The Menorah Society, a Jewish religious group founded in 1923.,
1924
Page 77 B-Bottom: "Dean Pierce's Idea of Sigma Nu Kappa House," a cartoon from the Psi Gamma Sorority publication The Pretzel.,
1924
Page 78 A-Top: The Class of 1931 during their freshman year.,
1928
Page 73 B-Bottom: Men's Tennis Team.,
1929
1930s
Page 80: Members of the Class of 1933 at their first reunion June 16, 1934.,
1934 June 16
Page 69 B-Bottom: Edna Merrit, '18, was one of many Albany graduates who became missionaries. She is pictured here in 1936 with the junior high graduating class at Sienyu in Fukien, China.,
1936
1940s
Page 92: Hawley Library Reading Room.,
1940
Page 110 A-Top: The Boulevard Café was the meeting place for the Philosophy Club.,
1940
Page 91: College centennial observation. From left to right: author John Erksine; Regent Leland Thompson; U.S. Commissioner of Education George Stoddard; Judge Newton B. VanDerzee; President John Sayles.,
1944
Page 35 B-Bottom: Edward B. Horton, '86,
1944
Page 87 B-Right: John Sayles, who succeeded Brubacher as Acting President in 1939 and President in 1941.,
1944
Page 90: Kappa Beta reunion dinner to commemorate the final State College servicemen having been discharged from war service.,
1946 May
Page 109 A-Top: Women's gym class in the Page Gym.,
1946
Page 110 B-Bottom: Christmas Formal dance, sponsored by the Inter-Sorority and Inter-Fraternity Councils,
1947
Page 112 A-Top: Hillel member Marvin Wayne, '49 and group advisor Rabbi Moseson,
1948
Page 114 B-Bottom: Campus Day 1948: John Jennings, '49 (center) the first African-American student elected president of the Student Association (1948-1949) presents Donald Ely, '51, leader of the victorious Green Gremlins with the Campus Day Cup as Harold "Sparky" Vaugh, '50, leader of the Yellow Jackets, looks on.,
1948
Page 109 B-Bottom: Women's softball game.,
1948
1950s
Page 99 B-Top Right: Governor Thomas E. Dewey speaking from the steps of Page Hall.,
1950
Page 138 C-Bottom Left: Mathematics professor Violet Larney began teaching at Albany in 1952 and saw the transition of mathematics from an undergraduate teaching department to a graduate and research-oriented unit.,
1952
Page 114 A-Top: Louis Wolner, '30 and Leonard E. Friedlander, '39, president of the Alumni Association, pass the torch to Sigmund Smith, president of the Class of 1956 in the annual Torchlight Ceremony.,
1956
Page 106: Naoshi Koriyama, '54; A noted English language poet and professor at Toyo University in Japan, Koriyama was one of the first international students at Albany since the 19th Century.,
1958
1960s
Page 138 B-Top Right: Helen Horowitz came to Albany in 1960 in economics and became one of the most respected undergraduate teachers in the University.,
1960
Page 122 B-Bottom: Dr. Arthur Collins, '48 presents Robert Steinhauer, '62 with the Agnes Futterer Award.,
1962
Page 118: Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller throws a shovelful of dirt on the Albany Country Club's 16th fairway to mark the ground-breaking of the new campus.,
1962 August 24
Page 122 A-Top: Quarter Century Club members Henrietta Brett, '15, Jacob Epstein, '15 and Florence Linindoll Hilton, '31 on Alumni Day.,
1962
Page 120: Students protest at the State Capitol over the imposition of tuition.,
1962
Page 116 B-Right: Cover of the Saturday Review with a glowing endorsement of the College.,
1962 January 20
Page 144: Page 1 of the student publication Suppression,
1962
Page 121: Rivalry Week.,
1962
Page 115 D-Bottom Right: Betty Duda, '59,
1963
Page 132: Dutch Quad Dining Hall.,
1964
Page 125 B-Top Right: A section of pre-cast concrete is hoisted onto the Education Building.,
1965 February 11
Page 128 B-Bottom: Homecoming Queen Harriet Tucker.,
1965
Page 142: "The Cave" in Husted Cafeteria.,
1965-1966
Page 135: State University of New York at Albany's first G.E. College Bowl team.,
1966 January
Page 125 C-Bottom: The Main Fountain Area and Lecture Centers under construction.,
1966 March 21
Page 143: U.N. Secretary General U Thant visited the campus in 1966 as part of a University Seminar Series on Peaceful Change.,
1966
Page 130: Torch Night.,
1966
Page 153 A-Left: Alice Hastings Murphy, MLS '40, speaking at the dedication of the libraries.,
1968
Page 149 B-Bottom: Students outdoors with a keg.,
1968 May 12
Page 133: Sigma Tau Beta rush.,
1968
Page 147 A-Top: Group photo of the women's softball team.,
1968-1969
Page 152: Sigma Tau Beta, winners of the prize for best float in the 1969 Homecoming Parade.,
1969
Page 139 A-Top: Randolph Gardner and Richard Teevan.,
1969
Page 156: Congressman Ogden Reid address a Vietnam Moratorium on the Podium.,
1969 October 15
Page 145: Janis Joplin performing on campus.,
1969
Page 153 B-Right: President Evan R. Collins at the formal dedication of the new campus.,
1969 May 17
1970s
Page 158: A protest in support of the Black Panthers at the State Capitol.,
1970 March
Page 157: Attorney William Kunstler speaking to a crowd of 6,000 on campus.,
1970 March 5
Page 154: Dialogue Days: Acting President Allan Kuusisto canceled classes following student demonstrations.,
1970 March
Page 148: 1971 Telethon participants.,
1971
Page 159: A protest on Alumni Quad against the state's action during the Attica Prison uprising.,
1971 September
Page 175 B-Bottom: Community-University Day: President Benezet and University Council Chairman J. Vanderbil Straub present a Key to the University to Mayor Erastus Corning 2 and Schenectady Mayor Frank Duci.,
1972
Page 175 A-Top: A performance of Marat Sade in 1972 was directed by faculty member Jarka Burian.,
1972
Page 161: Graduates of the Educational Opportunities Program from the Class of 1974,
1974
Page 174 B-Top Right: Fred Brewington '79 and Ray Gay, Co-captains of the 1977 football team.,
1977
Page 174 A-Left: Michael Lampert, '73, became a prominent litigator in New York and New Jersey.,
1979 June 5
1980s
Page 181 B-Bottom: Kris Kristofferson and Jane Fonda in the Campus Center's Assembly Hall, which was converted for the filming of the movie Rollover.,
1980
Page 184 A-Top: The Center for Women in Government: Ronnie Steiberg, director of research and implementation for the Center, Executive Director Nancy Perlman and State Commissioner of Public Service Karen Burnstein announce the findings of a study.,
1983
Page 180: Convocation and Procession for the Opening of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. Grand Marshal Eugene McLaren of Chemistry leads, followed by Provost Warren and Commencement Speaker Alice Rivlin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office.,
1983
Page 187: Michael Corso, '83, '84, was elected President of the Student Association in 1982-1983,
1983
Page 186 B-Bottom: Students and Faculty set a Guinness World Record for largest game of musical chairs.,
1985 April
Page 188: Richard "Doc" Sauers, Albany's basketball coach and faculty member in Physical Education since 1956, marked his 600th career victory in 1992, making him the winningest coach in NCAA Division III history.,
1985
Page 184 B-Bottom: David Barlow and Edward Blanchard, co-directors of the Center for Stress and Anxiety Disorders.,
1985 December
Page 195: Governor Mario Cuomo chatting with student members of Purple and Gold following Commencement.,
1986
Page 181 A-Top: Groundbreaking for the Freedom Quad. Albany Mayor Thomas M. Whalen is at the podium, with President O'Leary and University Council Chair Alan V. Iselin seated.,
1986
Page 209 C-Bottom Right: Novelist Toni Morrison receiving the Governor's Arts Award from Governor Mario Cuomo. Morrison joined the University at Albany faculty from 1985 to 1989 as the holder of the Schweitzer Chair in the Humanities. (photograph missing),
1986
Page 190 A-Top: State Sen. Kenneth LaValle, Lisa LaValle, '86, President O'Leary and Governor Mario Cuomo at Commencement,
1986
Page 190 B-Bottom: Madeline Cuomo, '86.,
1986
Page 209 A-Left: William Kennedy, Professor of English at the Albany premiere of the film based on his novel Ironweed.,
1987
Page 196: Sheri Dinkelsohn was Commencement student speaker in 1989.,
1989
1990s
Page 194: Dr. David Axelrod addressing the crowd at Commencement.,
1990
Page 213 B-Bottom: Homecoming 1990: (l to r) President Swygert, Howard Gross, President's Outstanding Young Alumni Service Award Winners Patty E. Salkin, '85 and Frederick Brewington, '79, Adrienne Brewington and Alumni Association President Susan VanHorn Shipherd, '64.,
1990
Page 197: Fountain Day 1991.,
1991
Page 217: Chancellor of the State University of New York D. Bruce Johnstone presents the Presidential Medallion to H. Patrick Swygert at the President's Inauguration.,
1991 April 5
Page 200: President Swygert and Mrs. Sonja Swygert with members of Purple and Gold.,
1991
Page 214 C-Bottom Right: (l to r) President Swygert with Nina and Barry Wagman, national chairs of the Parent's Fund, who were presented with a University Chair at the President's Recognition Dinner.,
1991
Page 213 A-Top: "Campaign for Albany" kickoff: (l to r) Assemblyman Ed Sullivan, President Swygert, Campaign Chairman Gary R. Allen, '70, Assemblyman Anthony Casale, '69; J. Spenser Standish, President of the University at Albany Foundation.,
1991 December 10
Page 204: Fountain Day Festivities,
1992
Page 209 B-Top Right: World Week.,
1992
Page 215 B-Right: William Weitz, '92, Student Association President and Student Trustee to the SUNY Board of Trustees,
1993
Page 205: Spectators on Fountain Day. (photograph missing),
1993
Page 206: The University at Albany's State Legislative Delegation.,
1993 April
Page 207 B-Bottom: The 1993 Alumni(ae) leadership team.,
1993
Page 210 B-Bottom: Shirley Jones, Distinguished Service Professor of Social Welfare.,
1993
Page 198: Ed Lemon, '94 carries the ball against St. Lawrence.,
1993
Page 212: The 1993 Pan-Hellenic Council,
1993
Page 208: The 149th Commencement at Knickerbocker Arena,
1993 May 16
Page 207 A-Top: Members of the University Council,
1993-1994
Chapter III From Normal School to College for Teachers 1890 to 1915, pages 45-61,
1994
Chapter VII: Weathering a Turbulent Era 1969 to 1976, pages 155-175,
1994
Chapter IV: The College for Teachers in Wars and Depression 1915 to 1945, pages 63-87,
1994
Chapter II: The Normal School 1848 to 1890, pages 25-44,
1994
Chapter I: Beginnings 1844 to 1848, pages 11-24,
1994
Chapter V: The Apogee of Teacher Education, pages 93-117,
1994
Chapter VIII: The Emgergence of a Mature Public Research University 1976 to 1994, pages 177-217,
1994
Chapter VI: Creating a University in the 1960s, pages 118-153,
1994
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Page 32 C-Bottom Left: Thompson Barrich, '61; Civil War Solider,
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Page 82 B-Bottom: Dorothy Griffin Griffin, '34. became a businesswoman and president of the Varflex Corporation in Rome, New York.,
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Endsheet: Illustration of the Willett Street Building (photograph missing),
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Page 210 A-Top: Ronald A. Bosco, Distinguished Service Professor of English.,
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Page 12: Gideon Hawley,
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Page 168 B-Bottom: Kevin Burke of the Geological Sciences Department.,
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Page 76 B-Bottom: A homecoming Dormitory Fund float.,
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Page 15: Friend Humphrey; Mayor of Albany 1834-1845, 1849-1850,
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Page 88 A-Left: Political Scientist Robert Rienow served in the Army and later served for many years as an Officer in the New York National Guard.,
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Page 170 B-Bottom: Dean John Schumaker, Director M.E. Grenander and Deputy Director Hugh Maclean of the Institute for Humanistic Studies.,
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Page 211: Fuerza Latina, a student group, celebrates Hispanic heritage and culture with a celebration on the podium.,
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Page 104 A-Top: Faculty member Ralph Tibbets, MA, '42 (education).,
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Page 186 A-Top: Political Activism returned in the 1980s, including protests to encourage the State University of New York to adopt a policy of divestment of holdings in companies doing business in South Africa until apartheid was eradicated.,
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Page 59 B-Top Right: Bertha Brimmer, '00,
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Page 134: The two campuses were, and still are, connected by University-operated buses.,
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Page 17: William Franklin Phelps, '45; Founder of Model School,
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Page 100 A-Top: Students in a Sayles Hall dorm room.,
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Page 137 A-Top: Clifton C. Thorne, Vice President for Student Affairs.,
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Page 202: The Authors and Editors Recognition Program.,
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Page 116 A-Left: Edith O. Wallace, '17 and first chairperson of the Division of Humanities.,
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Page 37: Autograph Books and Photo Albums from the 1850s through the 1870s,
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Page 171 C-Bottom: Ted Fossick served as principal of the Milne School from 1947-1973.,
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Page 22: David Perkins Page search itinerary for potential students, 1845,
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Page 105 A-Top: Faculty member Paul Pettit (English and comparative literature).,
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Page 183 B-Bottom Left: R. Findlay Cockrell of the Music Department.,
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Page 97: Oscar Lanford, member of the Chemistry Faculty and later Dean of the College (1952-1961).,
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Page 171 A-Top Left: Bernard K. Johnpoll of the Political Science department.,
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Page 28 B-Bottom: David A. Cochran, Principal 1856-1864,
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Page 99 C-Bottom: Exterior of Pierce Hall and Alumni Quad Courtyard.,
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Page 46: Principal Anna Pierce, '84 and Aurelia Hyde, '95 with Model Primary School Students in Washington Park,
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Dustjacket Back Cover: The Belltower.,
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Page 94: Vanderzee Hall.,
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Page 168 A-Top: Biology professor John Mackiewicz was the first Albany faculty member promoted to "Distinguished" rank by the State University Board of Trustees in 1973.,
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Page 43 B-Bottom: Jenny Wornham Wickham, '86,
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Page 71 A-Top: Panoramic view of campus highlighting 1929 addition of (l-r) Milne, Page and Richardson Halls.,
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Page 98 B-Bottom: Ellen Stokes, Dean of Women.,
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Page 31: Kate Stoneman, '66; New York suffragist and first women to pass the bar exam in New York State,
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Page 126: Walter Tisdale, a retired U.S. Army Engineer, served as the University's liaison with the architect and successfully influenced the final design of the campus.,
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Page 32 E-Bottom Right: Andress B. Hull, '62 Civil War Captain,
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Page 138 A-Top Left: Merlin Hathaway joined the staff in 1944 and oversaw the rapid expansion of physical education and intercollegiate athletics in the 1960s.,
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Page 89 B-Bottom Left: Jack Smith, '43, later a long-time physics professor at Albany, was present at the explosion of the first atomic bomb in New Mexico in 1945.,
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Page 104 B-Bottom: Faculty member Vivian Hopkins (English and comparative literature).,
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Page 183 A-Top: Collins Fellow and Psychology Professor Shirley C. Brown.,
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Page 85 E-Middle Right: Faculty member Mattie Green (physician),
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Page 59 C-Bottom Right: Anna Boocheever de Beer, '12,
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Page 50: Professor Wetmore's Natural Sciences Laboratory in the Willett Street Building,
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Page 176: Physics Professor Alain Kaloyeros with graduate students.,
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Page 115 B-Top Right: Clarence Rappleyea, '57,
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Page 147 B-Bottom: Action shot of the men's soccer team.,
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Page 127 A-Top: The laying of the cornerstone on Dutch Quad.,
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Page 81: Agnes Futterer,
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Page 167: (l to r) Louis Salkever, Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies; unidentified; John Hartigan, Assistant Vice President for Finance; President Emmett Fields; and John Hartley, Vice President for Business and Finance.,
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Page 140 A-Top: Members of the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center on a field trip to Yellowstone.,
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Page 183 C-Bottom Right: Edward Crowley of the Art Department.,
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Page 105 B-Bottom: Faculty member Josiah Phinney (economics).,
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Page 164: Seth Spellman of the School of Social Welfare led the James E. Allen Collegiate Center.,
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Page 21: Phoebe Ann Barnard, '47,
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Page 83: Members of the Class of '35 clowning around for the camera.,
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Page 136: Webb Fiser, Vice President for Academic Affairs,
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Page 216: Torch night continues as one of the most enduring student traditions at Albany. It was renewed and enlarged in the 1980s.,
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Page 201 A-Top: Distinguished Service Professor Edna Acosta-Belen, '69, Ph.D. '77, is a member of the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies.,
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Page 85 C-Top Right: Faculty member Harry Birchenough (math),
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Page 179 A-Top: Jeanna Gullahorn, Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies.,
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Page 151 B-Bottom: Harriet Dyer Adams, MLS '60 and former head of the University Libraries Special Collections in the 1970s.,
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Page 170 A-Top: Harry Crull, teacher of the astronomy department, lost in the financial crisis of the 1970s,
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Page 173 C-Bottom Left: Eric Clapton,
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Page 165: Dr. Nathan Wright was among the earliest members and the first chair of the Afro-American Studies Department.,
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Page 89 C-Right: Marjorie Bishop, '42 and another alumni serving in the WAVES.,
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Page 192 B-Bottom: Carson Carr Jr., Associate Dean and Director of the Educational Opportunities Program.,
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Page 74: Syddum Hall in its second location in Englewood Place.,
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Page 89 A-Top Left: Lt. Zollie Privett in the cockpit of his Tenth Air Force plane.,
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Page 149 A-Top: Students in a dorm room with a guitar.,
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Dust Jacket: Stained Glass Window,
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Page 75 B-Bottom: The Chi Sigma Theta Sorority House on State Street.,
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Page 166: Philip Sirotkin, Vice President for Academic Affairs.,
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Page 140 B-Bottom: Professor Ray Falconer of the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center.,
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Page 108 A-Top: Rivalry tug-of-war.,
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Page 102: The dining room at Sayles Hall.,
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Page 79 A-Center: Gladys Newell, '30; a social studies teacher for 40 years and the President of the New York State Teachers' Association in 1966.,
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Page 95: Male students playing pool in Vanderzee Hall.,
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Page 150 B-Bottom: Robert Peterkin, '66, MA '76, formerly superintendent of Milwaukee schools.,
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Page 39 B-Bottom: Mary F. Hyde, '69; Teacher of Arithmetic, Geometry and Rhetoric,
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Page 160: Carl Martin, a counselor in the Educational Opportunities Program meets with a student.,
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Page 96 A-Top: President Evan Revere Collins with his wife and faculty.,
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Page 59 A-Top Middle: Aurelia Hyde, '95; first grade teacher 1895-1907,
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Page 189 A-Top: Albany's club crew team training on the Hudson River.,
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Page 29 A-Top: Oliver Arey, Principal 1864-1867,
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Page 127 B-Bottom: The time capsule placed into the Dutch Quad cornerstone.,
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Page 34 B-Right: Nicholson Henry Parker, Normal School Student and Interpreter for the Iroquois Nation,
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Page 173 A-Top Left: Miles Davis,
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Page 16: Cover of the 1847 Annual Register and Circular of the State Normal School,
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Page 79 B-Top Right: Arvid Burke, '28; served for years as director of studies for the New York State Teachers' Association and completed his career as a faculty member from 1960 to 1971 in Albany's School of Education.,
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Page 129: Old mascot "Pierre the Ped-guin" and a new banner with the Great Dane mascot.,
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Page 85 A-Top Left: Dean Milton Nelson,
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Page 174 C-Bottom Right: Cathy Ladman, '75, a popular standup comic.,
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Page 103: A favorite activity in the 1950s and early 1960s was a visit to the Brubacher Snack Bar.,
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Page 30: William Jones '68, Professor of Mathematics 1869-1890, First Principal of Model School, 1890,
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Page 169: John Dewey of the Geological Sciences Department.,
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Page 47 B-Bottom: Andrew Draper; First New York Commissioner of Education,
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Page 111 A-Top: Agnes Futterer fencing with Arthur Lennig, '55, future faculty member.,
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Page 88 B-Right: Thurston T. Paul, '35, in his service uniform.,
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Page 47 A-Top: William J. Milne; President 1889-1914,
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Page 178: Vincent O'Leary was named President in 1978 after serving for a year as Acting President. He was previously Dean of the School of Criminal Justice.,
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Page 40: Albert N. Husted later in life.,
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Page 139 B-Bottom Left: Collegium Arcanum members (l to r) M.I. Berger, Richard Kendall, Harry Staley, Walter Knotts, Morris Eson, Kendall Birr and Arthur Collins,
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Page 85 B-Top Middle: Faculty member Ruth Hutchins (art),
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Page 32 A-Middle Right: Rodney G. Kimball; Mathematics Professor and 44th NY Volunteers Captain,
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Page 138 D-Bottom Right: Catherine Wolkonsky, a Russian émigré scholar, had retired from Vassar College when she came to Albany and established a tradition of interest in Russian language and literature.,
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Page 182 A-Top: Distinguished Teaching Professor Margaret Stewart of the Biological Sciences Department.,
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Page 28 A-Top: Samuel B. Woolworth, Principal 1852-1856,
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Page 54 B-Bottom: M. Harriet Bishop,
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Page 13 B-Bottom: Horace Mann, Educational Reformer,
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Page 98 A-Top: Edgar Flinton, Dean of Graduate Studies.,
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Page 215 A-Left: Derek Westbrook, '92, president of ASUBA, student assistant in the Educational Opportunities Program and 1992 Commencement student speaker.,
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Page 10: David Perkins Page, First Principal of the Normal School,
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Page 201 B-Bottom: Anthropologist Dean Falk.,
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Page 224: About the Author: Kendall A. Birr, Professor Emeritus of History.,
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Page 162: Louis T. Benezet succeeded Evan Collins as President in 1970 after a year-long term by Acting President Kuusisto.,
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Page 171 B-Top Right: Professor Marguerite Warren of the School of Criminal Justice.,
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Page 65 A-Top: Edward Eldred Potter, '18, a member of the Army Air Corps, was another of the College's wartime casualties. He later gave his name to a prominent local fraternity.,
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Page 163: Harry L. Hamilton, professor of atmospheric science, speaks at a Senate meeting. Students focused on gaining membership in the University Senate in 1969.,
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Page 203: Tom Smith, Professor of English and associate director of the New York Writers Institute addresses the Authors and Editors Recognition Program.,
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Page 32 B-Top Right: Albert N. Husted, '55; Mathematics Professor and Lt. and later Cpt. in 44th NY Volunteer Company,
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Page 84: Abram Brubacher,
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Page 191: Students on computers.,
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Page 34 A-Left: Caroline G. Parker; Normal School Student and Sister of Ely S. Parker,
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Page 185: Richard Nathan, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Provost of the Rockefeller College.,
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Page 13 A-Top: Alonzo Potter, Member of the First Executive Committee,
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Page 173 B-Right: Aretha Franklin,
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Page 65 B-Bottom: Students engaged in Red Cross War Work.,
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Page 79 C-Bottom Right: Paul Bulger, '36; became a distinguished educator, serving as an Assistant Commissioner of Education in New York and as President of the State University College at Buffalo.,
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Page 54 A-Top: William B. Aspinwall, '00,
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Page 85 D-Middle Center: Faculty member Robert Frederick (education),
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Page 214 A-Top Left: Mary Anne Croty, MPA '82, Governor Mario Cuomo's Director of State Operations,
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Page 191 A-Top: Sung Bok Kim, Dean of Undergraduate Studies.,
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Page 39 A-Left: Mary McClellan, '68; teacher of English Grammar and History at the Normal School,
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Page 199: H. Patrick Swygert was appointed the fifteenth President of the University in 1990. (photograph missing),
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Page 35 A-Top: Senzaburo Kodzu, '77: First International Student,
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Page 32 D-Bottom Middle: J. Oscar Blakely, '62; Civil War Soldier,
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Page 125 A-Top Left: Aerial view of the completed Dutch Quad.,
ca. 1965
Page 101: Students gathered in the drawing room in Pierce Hall.,
ca. 1947
Page 75 A-Top: Women dancing in the parlor of Newman Hall at 741 Madison Avenue.,
ca. 1942
Page 151 A-Top: Drew Zambelli, Secretary to Governor Mario Cuomo.,
ca. 1994
Page 108 B-Bottom: Freshman Camp.,
ca. 1950
Page 123: Aerial view of the Albany Country Club.,
ca. 1960
Page 214 B-Bottom Left: Susan Molinari, '80, '81, the first Albany graduate ever elected to Congress.,
ca. 1993
Page 99 A-Top Left: Construction of Brubacher Hall.,
ca. 1950
Page 107 B-Bottom: A biology laboratory.,
ca. 1947
Page 70: History Professor Adna Wood Risley in class circa 1922. Professor Risley is said to have owned the first automobile in Albany.,
ca. 1922
Page 86: A field trip in the Pine Bush with Dr. Gertrude Douglas.,
ca. 1941
Page 67 B-Bottom: A group of male students seated on the steps of their boarding house.,
ca. 1917
Page 78 B-Bottom: "A Day at Ken Miller's farm, during which the Potter Club may or may not have been born.",
ca. 1931
Page 107 A-Top: A chemistry laboratory.,
ca. 1957
Page 112 B-Bottom: Dorothy De Cicco, '52, (Gamma Kappa Phi), Joan Reilly, '53 (Chi Sigma Theta), John Stevenson, '51 (Sigma Lambda) and David Wetherby, '51 (Potter Club) follow student tradition and "meet at Minnie" in Draper Hall.,
ca. 1951
Page 67 A-Top: A group of women students have a "Freshman Party at '25," from the scrapbook of Dorothy Graninger, '16.,
ca. 1916