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The Tenacious President
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The Tenacious President
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Shirley Ann Jackson
Sticks to the Plan
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For Shirley Ann Jackson, the appeal of leaving behind a high-level federal-government job to become president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute lay simply in the institution’s untapped potential.
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As published in The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Board of Trustees
Officers:
  • Samuel F. Heffner, Jr. '56 (Chairman)
  • The Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa '62
    (Vice Chairman)
  • Paula Simon '68 (Secretary)
  • Shirley Jackson (President)
Active Members:
  • Stephen A. Barre ’60
  • Cornelius J. Barton ’58
  • Thomas R. Baruch ’60
  • John H. Broadbent Jr. ’59
  • George Campbell Jr.
  • John W. Carr ’77
  • Gary T. DiCamillo ’73
  • Nicholas M. Donofrio ’67
  • The Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa ’62
  • Arthur F. Golden ’66
  • Samuel F. Heffner Jr. ’56
  • Michael E. Herman ’62
  • David M. Hirsch ’65
  • Thomas N. Iovino ’73
  • Jeffrey L. Kodosky ’70 B.S.
  • Mark M. Little ’82
  • Robin B. Martin ’71
  • Francis L. McKone ’63
  • Nancy S. Mueller
  • Curtis R. Priem ’82
  • Janet C. Rutledge ’83
  • Linda S. Sanford ’75
  • Paul J. Severino ’69
  • Paula L. Simon ’68
  • Jackson P. Tai ’72
  • G. Robert Tod ’61
  • Edward J. Zander ’68
  • Ronald J. Zlatoper USN (Ret.) ’63
  • The Honorable Harry J. Tutunjian (ex officio)
Adjunct Trustees: Honorary Trustees:
  • Howard N. Blitman ’50
  • Robert P. Bozzone ’55
  • Raymond A. Lancaster
  • John J. Nigro
  • Richard A. Spillane, Jr. ’72
  • Richard H. Stowe ’65
  • Robert O. Swanson ’58
  • Harvey L. Zeve ’52
  • Harlan E. Anderson
  • Mary L. Good
  • Edward E. Hood Jr.
  • John T. Horton ’52
  • Howard P. Isermann ’42
  • Jack S. Parker
  • C. Sheldon Roberts ’48
  • Carl J. Thomsen ’38

Staff to the Board:
  • Charles Carletta
    Secretary of the Institute and General Counsel
  • Laban Coblentz
    Chief of Staff and Associate Vice President for Policy/Planning
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