List of University at Albany people

This is a list of notable University of Albany people.

Notable alumni

Arts

Business

Education

Government, law, and public policy

Journalism

  • Tom Junod (1980), journalist and writer for Esquire magazine since 1997
  • Brian Lehrer, host of The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC
  • Gloria Rojas, journalist[25]
  • Bob Ryan (1967), former lead weatherman, WRC-TV (Channel 4, NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C.)
  • Tameka Abraham (2017), journalist and writer for Essence Magazine, Interview Magazine, Greatest Magazine and more.
  • Adrianne Baughns-Wallace, television journalist, WFSB, Channel 3 in Hartford, Connecticut, EssenceTelevision, WPIX-TV in New York City[26]

Literature

Performing arts and broadcasting

Science

Social sciences

Sports

Other

  • Arlene Istar Lev (1986), family therapist and author of Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and their Families
  • Suzanne Lyall, sophomore who disappeared after getting off a bus at Collins Circle in 1998
  • Philip Markoff (2007), deceased, accused "Craigslist Killer"[37]
  • Peter Turkson, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

Notable faculty

University presidents

The followings persons have led the University at Albany:[44][45]

No. Image Executive Term start Term end Ref.
Principals of New York State Normal School (1844–1867)
1 David Perkins Page December 13, 1844 January 1, 1848
2 George R. Perkins January 1, 1848 July 8, 1852
3 Samuel B. Woolworth September 20, 1852 February 1, 1856
4 David Cochran February 25, 1856 December 8, 1864
5 Oliver Avery December 1864 January 8, 1867
Acting Samuel B. Woolworth February 19, 1867 April 3, 1867
Presidents of New York State Normal School (1867–1890)
6 Joseph Alden April 3, 1867 May 23, 1882
7 Edward P. Waterbury June 22, 1882 August 8, 1889
Acting Albert N. Husted September 13, 1889 October 29, 1889
Presidents of New York State Normal College (1890–1914)
8 William J. Milne October 29, 1889 September 4, 1914
Presidents of New York State College for Teachers (1914–1959)
Acting Leonard Blue September 11, 1914 February 1, 1915
9 Abram Roy Brubacher February 1, 1915 August 23, 1939
10 John M. Sayles 1939–1947
Acting Milton Nelson March 1947 July 1949
11 Evan R. Collins July 1949 June 30, 1969
Presidents of the State University of New York at Albany (1962–1986)
Acting Allan A. Kuusisto July 1, 1969 June 30, 1970
12 Louis T. Benezet July 1, 1970 June 30, 1975
13 Emmett B. Fields July 1, 1975 July 1977
14 Vincent O'Leary 1977 June 30, 1990
Presidents of the University at Albany, SUNY (1986–present)
Acting Judith A. Ramaley July 1, 1990 July 31, 1990
15 H. Patrick Swygert August 1, 1990 June 30, 1995
Acting Karen R. Hitchcock July 1, 1995 November 7, 1996
16 November 8, 1996 January 31, 2004 [46]
OIC Carlos E. Santiago February 1, 2004 February 23, 2004
Interim John R. Ryan February 24, 2004 January 31, 2005 [47]
17 Kermit L. Hall February 1, 2005 August 13, 2006[a] [48][49]
OIC Susan Herbst August 14, 2006 October 2, 2007 [50]
OIC George M. Philip October 3, 2007 November 26, 2007 [51]
Interim November 27, 2007 June 16, 2009 [52]
18 June 16, 2009 December 31, 2012 [53][54]
19 Robert J. Jones January 2, 2013 September 23, 2016 [55][56]
Interim James R. Stellar September 24, 2016 September 17, 2017 [57]
20 Havidan Rodriguez September 18, 2017 present [58]

Table notes:

  1. ^ Died in office.

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  27. ^ "A POETIC CALLING"
  28. ^ "Honoring Lyn Lifshin"
  29. ^ "Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Speech; A Pickpocket’s Tale"
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  50. ^ "Susan Herbst Announces Departure". University at Albany. September 2007.
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  57. ^ "James R. Stellar Named Interim President". University at Albany. September 14, 2016.
  58. ^ "SUNY Board Names Havidán Rodríguez 20th President of the University at Albany". University at Albany. June 21, 2017.