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124-654: Queensborough opened in 1959 as a campus of the State University of New York and in 1965 transferred to CUNY. The college offers more than 50 associate degree programs as well as certificate and continuing education programs. Queensborough is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education . The 37-acre campus was constructed on the site of the former Oakland Country Club golf course. It comprises ten major buildings used for instruction and extracurricular activities. Among them are

248-648: A Long Island Sound bridge from Rye, New York , to Oyster Bay, New York , in 1973 due to environmental opposition. In the area of public assistance the Rockefeller administration carried out the largest state medical care program for the needy in the United States under Medicaid ; achieved the first major decline in New York State's welfare rolls since World War II; required employable welfare recipients to take available jobs or job training; began

372-504: A ban that lasted until 1977. The resolution was passed as an attempt to combat discrimination based on race or religion in many national organizations at the time. Various fraternities challenged this rule in court since it did not distinguish between those with discriminatory clauses in their by-laws and those who did not. The SUNY resolution was upheld in court as being within a state's authority to supervise and control its educational institutions. In 1986, L. Eudora Pettigrew became

496-453: A bill in 1965 to abolish the death penalty except in cases involving the murder of police officers. Rockefeller was also a supporter of the " law and order " platform. On September 9, 1971, prisoners at the state penitentiary at Attica, New York, took control of a cell block and seized thirty-nine correctional officers as hostages. After four days of negotiations, Department of Correctional Services Commissioner Russell Oswald agreed to most of

620-754: A brawl in the Ioro Gymnasium at SUNY Cobleskill on Wednesday February 4, 2004. SUNY Oneonta has developed a rivalry in almost every sport with SUNY Cortland. They share the red dragon as a team nickname, and their matchups are known as the "Battle of the Red Dragons". There is an unusual sports rivalry between SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Finger Lakes Community College , with both campuses sponsoring nationally ranked teams in woodsman competitions. The SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence are conferred to acknowledge and provide recognition for superior achievement and to encourage

744-574: A career with a grounding in general education, with many graduates entering jobs in business, health sciences, industry, or government. Although career curricula are not primarily designed to prepare students for transfer to senior institutions, many career graduates decide to continue their studies and earn the baccalaureate. Queensborough Community College teams participate as a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). The Tigers are

868-780: A contract with the Warren-Forest Higher Education Council and the center is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education . The Warren Center is 25 miles south of Jamestown, New York on the grounds of Warren State Hospital , in North Warren, Pennsylvania . SUNY Korea was opened by the government of South Korea in Incheon , South Korea in 2012, in conjunction with SUNY. As of 2023, it offers undergraduate and graduate programs, with faculty from Stony Brook University and

992-702: A corporation to hold a liquor license, so to allow Cornell to retain its license, the legislature had to go back to amend NYS Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 126(4) to require half the board must be 21. In 1975, the legislature added a non-voting student seat to the boards of all SUNY units. Two Attorney General of the State of New York opinion letters reduced the parliamentary rights of the student members to participate at meetings and indicated they were not in fact Public Officers, and arguably subject to personal liability from lawsuits. In 1977, another statutory amendment made student members of SUNY councils and boards subject to

1116-705: A grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller , he was a noted art collector and served as an administrator of the Rockefeller Center in New York City. Rockefeller was often considered to be liberal, progressive, or moderate. In an agreement that was termed the Treaty of Fifth Avenue , he persuaded Richard Nixon to alter the Republican Party platform just before the 1960 Republican National Convention . In his time, liberals in

1240-738: A long history of supporting higher education before the creation of the SUNY system. The oldest college that is part of the SUNY System is SUNY Potsdam , established in 1816 as the St. Lawrence Academy. In 1835, the State Legislature acted to establish stronger programs for public school teacher preparation and designated one academy in each senatorial district to receive money for a special teacher-training department. St. Lawrence Academy received this distinction, and it later designated Potsdam as

1364-610: A member of the community college section of the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, swimming and track & field; women's sports include basketball, cross country, swimming, track & field and volleyball. 40°45′20″N 73°45′24″W  /  40.75556°N 73.75667°W  / 40.75556; -73.75667 State University of New York The State University of New York ( SUNY , / ˈ s uː n i / , SOO -nee )

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1488-740: A number of family-related businesses, including Chase National Bank ; Rockefeller Center , Inc., joining the board of directors in 1931, serving as president, 1938–1945 and 1948–1951, and as chairman, 1945–1953 and 1956–1958; and Creole Petroleum Corporation , the Venezuelan subsidiary of Standard Oil of New Jersey , 1935–1940. Rockefeller served as a member of the Westchester County Board of Health from 1933 to 1953. His service with Creole Petroleum led to his deep, lifelong interest in Latin America and he became fluent in

1612-424: A personally funded part-time consultant, principally on foreign policy issues, until the appointment to his staff became full-time in late 1968. In 1969, when Kissinger entered Richard Nixon 's administration, Rockefeller paid him $ 50,000 as a severance payment. Rockefeller resigned from the federal government in 1956 to focus on New York State and on national politics. From September 1956 to April 1958, he chaired

1736-453: A program of voluntary rehabilitation for addicted convicts rather than prison time. This was approved by the legislature but by 1966 it was evident that this program was not working, as most addicts chose short prison terms rather than three years of treatment. Rockefeller then turned to a program of compulsory treatment, rehabilitation, and aftercare for three years. While this program saw success in rehabilitating addicts, it did little to reduce

1860-655: A proposal called "open skies" wherein the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) would exchange blueprints of military installations and agree to mutual aerial reconnaissance. Thus, military buildups would be revealed, and the danger of surprise attacks minimized. It was a counter proposal to the Soviet proposal of universal disarmament. The feeling was that the Soviets could not refuse the proposal if they were serious about disarmament. In March 1955, Rockefeller proposed

1984-651: A rivalry in basketball with two private colleges in the same geographical area. Canisius College and Buffalo's South Campus are 2.5 miles apart on Main St. in Buffalo . Their other rival is Niagara University in Lewiston, NY . All three share rivalries with Saint Bonaventure University , another private college 70 miles south of Buffalo. SUNY Oswego and SUNY Plattsburgh also share a notable rivalry in Division III Hockey, with that game almost always having

2108-573: A study to assess the state of Latin America. Nixon appointed Rockefeller to direct the study. The poor relationship between the two politicians suggested that Nixon would not be that interested in the results of the study. There was a lack of interest for the region in the late 1960s to early 1970s. In April and May 1969, at the request of President Nixon, Rockefeller and a team of 23 advisors visited 20 American republics during four trips to solicit opinions of their inter-American policies and to determine

2232-553: A two-stage trial for murder cases with punishment determined in the second stage. Rockefeller was a supporter of capital punishment and oversaw 14 executions by electrocution as governor. The last execution, that of Eddie Mays in 1963, remains to date the last execution in New York and was the last execution before Furman v. Georgia in the Northeast. Despite his personal support for capital punishment, Rockefeller signed

2356-631: A week-long meeting of experts from various disciplines to assess the United States position in the psychological aspects of the Cold War and develop proposals that could give the United States the initiative at the upcoming Summit Conference in Geneva . The meeting was held at the Marine Corps school at Quantico, Virginia , and became known as the Quantico Study. The Quantico panel developed

2480-553: Is a system of public colleges and universities in the State of New York . It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States. Led by chancellor John B. King , the SUNY system has 91,182 employees, including 32,496 faculty members, and some 7,660 degree and certificate programs overall and a $ 13.37 billion budget. Its flagship universities are SUNY Stony Brook on Long Island in southeastern New York and SUNY Buffalo in

2604-640: Is also home to the College of Optometry in New York City, which maintains its own eye clinic. Each medical center serves as the primary teaching site for that campus's medical school . SUNY medical programs have consistently ranked in the top 90 in both research and primary care categories, according to annual rankings published by U.S. News & World Report . The teaching hospitals affiliated with each school are also highly regarded and in 2022 all three medical centers generated US$ 3.86 billion through patient care accounting for 29% of total SUNY revenue. In

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2728-585: Is higher for these students. Although tuition is higher for these non-resident students, their tuition is subsidized by New York State taxpayers. There is a large variety of colleges in the SUNY system with some overlap in specialties between sites. SUNY divides its campuses into four distinct categories: university centers/doctoral-granting institutions, comprehensive colleges, technology colleges, and community colleges. SUNY also includes statutory colleges , state-funded colleges within other institutions such as Cornell University and Alfred University . Students at

2852-649: Is the governmental umbrella organization for most education-related institutions and many education-related personnel (both public and private) in New York State, and which includes, as components, the New York State Education Department and the New York State University Police . The SUNY Board of Trustees has a voting student member on the board. The student trustee serves a dual role as the President of

2976-470: The 1960 Republican Party presidential primaries ended early when then-Vice President Richard Nixon surged ahead in the polls. After quitting the campaign, Rockefeller backed Nixon and concentrated his efforts on introducing more moderate planks into Nixon's platform, partially succeeding in the Treaty of Fifth Avenue . Rockefeller, as the leader of the Republicans' Eastern Establishment , began as

3100-518: The 25th Amendment , following Ford himself. Rockefeller did not seek a full term on the 1976 Republican ticket with Ford. He retired from politics in 1977 and died two years later. As a businessman, Rockefeller was president and later chair of Rockefeller Center, Inc., and he formed the International Basic Economy Corporation in 1947. Rockefeller assembled a significant art collection and promoted public access to

3224-495: The Commission on Critical Choices for Americans . Rockefeller supported reform of New York's abortion laws beginning around 1968. The proposals supported by his administration would not have repealed the long-standing prohibition but would have expanded the exceptions allowed for the protection of the mother's health, or in circumstances of fetal abnormality . The reform bills did not pass; however, when an outright repeal of

3348-472: The Democratic Party ticket in 1968 but the latter refused to switch parties. Upon President Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, Vice President Gerald Ford assumed the presidency. On August 20, Ford nominated Rockefeller to be the next vice president of the United States . In considering potential nominees, Rockefeller was one of three primary candidates. The other two were Donald Rumsfeld ,

3472-554: The Lincoln School in Manhattan, an experimental school administered by Teachers College of Columbia University and funded by the Rockefeller family. Nelson was known to disappear on the way to school and was once found exploring the city's sewer system. As a child, he was the "indisputable leader" of his brothers, becoming particularly close to Laurance. Although his parents saw potential for Nelson to succeed in life, he

3596-760: The New Hampshire primary in March, behind write-in Henry Cabot Lodge II (from neighboring Massachusetts) and Goldwater. He then endured poor showings in several more of the party primaries before winning an upset in Oregon in May. Rockefeller took a strong lead in the California primary, and his team seemed so assured of his victory that it cut advertising funds in the last days of his campaign; however,

3720-694: The New York State College of Forestry , until the governor vetoed its annual appropriation. The school was moved to Syracuse University in Syracuse in 1911, where it is now the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry . In 1908, the State legislature began the New York State College of Agriculture at Alfred University . Between 1946 and 1948, the Temporary Commission on

3844-513: The New York State Parks system and improvement of park facilities. He persuaded voters to approve three major bond acts to raise more than $ 300 million for acquisition of park and forest preserve land, and he built or started 55 new state parks. Rockefeller initiated studies of environmental issues, such as loss of agricultural land through development—an issue now characterized as " sprawl ". In September 1968, Rockefeller appointed

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3968-637: The Office of Parks and Recreation . During his 15 years as governor, Rockefeller doubled the size of the state police, established the New York State Police Academy, adopted the " stop and frisk " and " no-knock " laws to strengthen police powers, and authorized 228 additional state judgeships to reduce court congestion. New York was the last state to have a mandatory death penalty for premeditated first degree murder. In 1963, Rockefeller signed legislation abandoning that and establishing

4092-539: The Student Assembly of the State University of New York (SUNYSA). SUNYSA is the recognized student government of the SUNY system. In the 1970s, students pressed for voting representation on the governing board of SUNY colleges. In 1971, the State Legislature added five student voting members to Cornell's board of trustees. However, at that time, all members of a board must be over the age of 21 for

4216-608: The United States Congress . Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1908, in Bar Harbor, Maine . Named Nelson Aldrich after his maternal grandfather Nelson W. Aldrich , he was the second son and third child of financier and philanthropist John Davison Rockefeller Jr. and philanthropist and socialite Abigail "Abby" Aldrich . He had two older siblings— Abby and John III —as well as three younger brothers: Laurance , Winthrop , and David . Their father, John Jr.,

4340-691: The Eastern Establishment. 'You are looking at it, buddy,' Rockefeller told Spencer, 'I am all that is left. ' " Although Rockefeller exaggerated, the collapse of his wing of the party was underway. At the Republican National Convention in San Francisco in July, Rockefeller was given five minutes to speak before the convention in defense of five amendments to the party platform put forth by the moderate wing of

4464-712: The Empire State Plaza, in 1966 Rockefeller proposed the construction of the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building in Harlem. The building was ultimately completed in 1973. While in office he supported the construction of the World Trade Center . Rockefeller achieved virtual total prohibition of discrimination in housing and places of public accommodation. He outlawed job discrimination based on sex or age; increased by nearly 50%

4588-633: The Fashion Institute of Technology. SUNY's sole law school is the University at Buffalo School of Law . The State University of New York operates three comprehensive academic medical centers , which integrate a medical school with a university hospital: A fourth medical school, the Jacobs School of Medicine in Buffalo , does not have its own hospital, and instead affiliates with several Buffalo-area hospitals. The SUNY system

4712-652: The Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace in 1945. The conference produced the Act of Chapultepec , which provided the framework for economic, social and defense cooperation among the nations of the Americas and set the principle that an attack on one of these nations would be regarded as an attack on all and jointly resisted. Rockefeller signed the Act on behalf of the United States. Rockefeller

4836-603: The Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, Queensborough Performing Arts Center, the QCC Art Gallery, and an astronomy observatory. Queensborough offers the following degrees: Transfer curricula are designed for students who plan to continue their studies at a four-year college or professional school. These curricula are equivalent to the first two years of study at a senior college. Career curricula combine preparation for

4960-573: The NYS Public Officers Law or NYS General Municipal Law and granted student representatives parliamentary powers of moving or seconding motions and of placing items on the agendas of the bodies. Finally, the legislature gave full voting rights to the student members in 1979, resulting in the students of all SUNY units having voting representatives, except for the NYS College of Environmental Science and Forestry . Finally, in 1986,

5084-588: The National Commission on Water Quality. The commission was charged with determining the technological, economic, social and environmental implications of meeting water quality standards mandated by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972. The commission issued its report in March 1976 and he testified before Congress on its findings. On February 17, 1969, President Nixon commissioned

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5208-461: The Need for a State University, chaired by Owen D. Young, chairman of General Electric Company , studied New York's existing higher education institutions. It was known New York's private institutions of higher education were highly discriminatory and failed to provide for many New Yorkers. Noting this need, the commission recommended the creation of a public state university system. In 1948, legislation

5332-549: The President's Advisory Committee on Government Organization to recommend ways of improving efficiency and effectiveness of the executive branch of the federal government. Rockefeller recommended thirteen reorganization plans, all of which were implemented. The plans implemented organizational changes in the Department of Defense, the Office of Defense Mobilization and the Department of Agriculture. His recommendations also led to

5456-525: The Republican presidential nomination in 1960 , 1964 , and 1968 , Rockefeller was appointed vice president of the United States under President Gerald Ford , who was appointed Vice President by President Nixon after the resignation of Spiro Agnew , and who ascended to the presidency following Nixon's resignation in August 1974. Rockefeller was the second vice president appointed to the position under

5580-484: The Republican Party , and to counter the Goldwater plank. He was booed and heckled for sixteen minutes while he stood firmly at the podium insisting on his right to speak. Goldwater supporters claimed that the booing was from not the convention floor but the gallery. Rockefeller was reluctant to support Goldwater in the general election. Rockefeller's stump speeches often used the phrase "the brotherhood of man, under

5704-685: The Republican Party were called " Rockefeller Republicans ". As governor of New York from 1959 to 1973, Rockefeller's achievements included the expansion of the State University of New York (SUNY), efforts to protect the environment, the construction of the Empire State Plaza in Albany , increased facilities and personnel for medical care, and the creation of the New York State Council on the Arts . After unsuccessfully seeking

5828-509: The Republican convention, Rockefeller finally let it be known that he was available to be the nominee, and he sought to round up uncommitted delegates and woo reluctant Nixon delegates to his banner, armed with public opinion polls that showed him doing better among voters than either Nixon or Reagan against Democrat Hubert Humphrey . Despite Rockefeller's efforts, Nixon won the nomination on the first ballot. Humphrey revealed in 1976 that he tried to convince Rockefeller to be his running mate in

5952-545: The Rockefeller administration had completed or started over 88,000 units of housing for limited income families and the aging. Rockefeller worked with the legislature and unions to create generous pension programs for many public workers, such as teachers, professors, firefighters, police officers, and prison guards. He proposed the first statewide minimum wage law in the country; it was increased five times during his administration. Additional accomplishments of Rockefeller's fifteen years as governor of New York include initiating

6076-408: The SUNY system with over 10,959 employees. The State University of New York was established in 1948 by Governor Thomas E. Dewey , through legislative implementation of recommendations made by the Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University (1946–1948). The commission was chaired by Owen D. Young , who was at the time Chairman of General Electric . The system was greatly expanded during

6200-539: The SUNYAC regular season title up for grabs. SUNY Cobleskill and SUNY Delhi rivalry focuses on basketball, cross country, and previously track, although Cobleskill track and field started competing at the NCAA Division III level in spring 2009. The SUNY Delhi 2003-2004 basketball season was canceled after a basketball game was called with 48 seconds left after several SUNY Delhi basketball players nearly started

6324-611: The Spanish language. In 1940, after he expressed his concern to President Franklin D. Roosevelt over Nazi influence in Latin America, the President appointed Rockfeller to the new position of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (CIAA) in the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (OCIAA). Rockefeller was charged with overseeing a program of U.S. cooperation with the nations of Latin America to help raise

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6448-637: The Special Studies Project he led 15 years earlier. It was made up of a nationally representative, bipartisan group of 42 prominent Americans drawn from far-ranging fields of interest who served on a voluntary basis. Members included the majority and minority leaders of both houses of Congress. Rockefeller resigned as New York's governor in December 1973 in order to devote himself full-time to the commission's work as its chairman. He continued in that position after being sworn in as vice president, serving until February 28, 1975. Consistent with his personal interest in design and planning, Rockefeller began expansion of

6572-400: The State University of New York at Buffalo, which was founded by U.S President and Vice President Millard Fillmore . Buffalo has an enrollment total of approximately 32,000 students and receives the most applications out of all SUNY schools. For the 2017–2018 academic year, tuition costs at SUNY schools for an undergraduate degree are less than two-thirds the cost of most public colleges in

6696-402: The Temporary State Commission on the Constitutional Convention. That was followed by his chairmanship of the Special Legislative Committee on the Revision and Simplification of the Constitution. In the 1958 New York state election , he was elected governor of New York by over 570,000 votes, defeating incumbent W. Averell Harriman , even though 1958 was a banner year for Democrats elsewhere in

6820-473: The Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks . This led to his introduction to the Legislature in 1971 of a bill to create the controversial Adirondack Park Agency , which was designed to protect the Adirondack State Park from encroaching development. He also launched the Pure Waters Program, the first state bond issue to end water pollution; created the Department of Environmental Conservation; banned DDT and other pesticides ; and established

6944-410: The U.S. Constitution. He outlawed " block-busting " as a means of artificially depressing housing values and banned discrimination in the sale of all forms of insurance. In 1973, Rockefeller worked with former Delaware Governor Russell W. Peterson to establish the Commission on Critical Choices for Americans . The commission was a private study project on national and international policy similar to

7068-545: The U.S. State Department, establishing the Junior Chamber International after its first Inter-American Congress in December 1944 at Mexico City. After coming back from the Inter-American Congress, Rockefeller convinced his father, John D. Rockefeller Jr., to donate the land to the city of New York to build the foundations of what would later become the United Nations Headquarters. In 1944, President Roosevelt appointed Rockefeller Assistant Secretary of State for American Republic Affairs. As assistant secretary of state, he initiated

7192-759: The Undersecretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the director of the Foreign Operations Administration, and the Central Intelligence Agency director. The OCB's purpose was to oversee coordinated execution of security policy and plans, including clandestine operations. Rockefeller broadly interpreted his directive and became an advocate for foreign economic aid as indispensable to national security. Most of Rockefeller's initiatives were blocked by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and his Under Secretary, Herbert Hoover Jr. , both traditionalists who resented what they perceived as outside interference from Rockefeller, and by Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey for financial reasons. In June 1955, Rockefeller convened

7316-510: The United States. For example, tuition at the University at Buffalo for an undergraduate degree is $ 9,828 per semester or $ 27,068 per year for non-resident students. Undergraduate tuition for non-resident students at the University of Maryland is $ 35,216 per year. Non-resident tuition and fees at University of Oregon are $ 32,535 per year. New York State also offers free tuition for all public college and universities for families who have an income of lower than $ 125,000 and are residents of

7440-419: The administration and broaden the ticket's appeal if they ran in 1976, given Rockefeller's ability to attract support from constituencies that did not typically support Republicans, including organized labor, African Americans, Hispanics, and city dwellers. Ford also felt he could demonstrate his own self-confidence by selecting a strong personality like Rockefeller for the number two spot. Although he had said he

7564-519: The administration of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller , who took a personal interest in design and construction of new SUNY facilities across the state. Apart from units of the institutionally separate City University of New York (CUNY), SUNY comprises all New York state-supported institutions of higher education. New York was one of the last states to set up a state college and university system. The first colleges were established privately, with some arising from local seminaries, and New York State had

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7688-417: The administration of the largest methadone maintenance program in the United States. Rockefeller was the driving force in turning the State University of New York (SUNY) into the largest system of public higher education in the United States. Under his governorship it grew from 29 campuses and 38,000 full-time students to 72 campuses and 232,000 full-time students. Rockefeller championed the acquisition of

7812-430: The arts. He served as trustee, treasurer, and president of the Museum of Modern Art and founded the Museum of Primitive Art in 1954. In the area of philanthropy, he founded the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in 1940 with his four brothers and established the American International Association for Economic and Social Development in 1946. As of 2024, Rockefeller is the most recent Vice President who did not previously serve in

7936-407: The assault, including ten of the hostages, nine of whom were killed by the State Police and National Guard soldiers. An additional eighty people were wounded in what was called "a turkey shoot " by state prosecutor Malcolm Bell. A later investigation showed all but three of the deaths were caused by the gunfire of the National Guard and police. The other three were inmates killed by other inmates at

8060-406: The beginning of the riot. Opponents blamed Rockefeller for these deaths in part because of his refusal to go to the prison and negotiate with the inmates, while his supporters, including many conservatives who had often vocally differed with him in the past, defended his actions as being necessary to the preservation of law and order. Rockefeller later said: "I was trying to do the best I could to save

8184-464: The birth of Rockefeller's child three days before the California primary put the divorce and remarriage issue back in the minds of voters. On primary election day, Rockefeller narrowly lost the California primary and dropped out of the race. At a discouraging point in the 1964 California primary campaign against Goldwater, his top political aide Stuart Spencer called on Rockefeller to "summon that fabled nexus of money, influence, and condescension known as

8308-418: The construction of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Spa State Park. He supported the bill, enacted in June 1966, which acquired Olana , home of Hudson River School artist Frederic Edwin Church , as a state historic site. Rockefeller engaged in massive building projects that left a profound mark on the state of New York. (Some of his detractors claimed that he had an "Edifice Complex".) He

8432-533: The cost is less than the average cost of medical schools in the United States. Every school within the SUNY system manages its own athletics program, which greatly varies the level of competition at each institution. The most prominent intra-SUNY rivalry is between the Albany Great Danes and Binghamton Bearcats . The two belong to the America East Conference . Frequently referred to as the I-88 Rivalry , Binghamton and Albany sit at either end of Interstate 88 (roughly 2.5 hours apart). Both teams are known to post

8556-412: The creation of a new sort of bond—what came to be called "moral obligation" bonds. They were not backed by the full faith and credit of the state but the quasi-public arrangements were meant to, and did, convey the impression that the state would not let them fail. Rockefeller is criticized in some quarters for having contributed to the " Too big to fail " phenomenon in American finance in general. By 1973,

8680-424: The creation of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare . Rockefeller was appointed Under-Secretary of this new department in 1953. Rockefeller was active in HEW 's legislative program and implemented measures that added ten million people under the Social Security program. In 1954, Rockefeller was appointed special assistant to the president for foreign affairs, sometimes referred to as special assistant to

8804-492: The creation of the Planning Coordination Group , a small high-level group that would plan and develop national security operations, both overt and covert. The group consisted of the Undersecretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the director the CIA , and special assistant Rockefeller as chairman. The group's purpose was to oversee CIA operation and other anti-Communist actions; however, State Department officials and CIA director Allen Dulles refused to cooperate with

8928-467: The failure of their own governments to meet their needs ... demonstrations that began over grievances were taken over and exacerbated by anti-US and subversive elements which sought to weaken the United States, and their own governments in the process. A major part of the Rockefeller report suggested a reduction of American involvement, stating that "we, in the United States, cannot determine the internal political structure of any other nation". Because there

9052-446: The fatherhood of God"; reporters covering his campaign came to abbreviate the expression as BOMFOG. Rockefeller again sought the presidential nomination in the 1968 Republican Party presidential primaries . His opponents were Nixon and Governor Ronald Reagan of California. In the contest, Rockefeller again represented the liberals, Reagan representing the conservatives, and Nixon representing moderates and conservatives. Shortly before

9176-434: The first African-American college president in the SUNY system when she was named president of SUNY Old Westbury . Despite being one of the last states in the nation to establish a state university, the system was quickly expanded during the chancellorship of Samuel B. Gould and the administration of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller , who took a personal interest in the design and construction of new SUNY facilities across

9300-501: The first politician to win such a battle with the master builder Moses in decades. Under the New York MTA, toll revenue collected from the bridges and tunnels, which had previously been used to build more bridges, tunnels, and highways, now went to support mass transportation operations, thus shifting costs from general state funds to the motorist. In one controversial move, Rockefeller abandoned one of Moses's most desired projects,

9424-672: The first state financial support for educational television; and requiring special education for children with disabilities in public schools. To create more low-income housing, Rockefeller created the New York State Urban Development Corporation (UDC), later known as the Empire State Development Corporation , with unprecedented powers to override local zoning , condemn property , and create financing schemes to carry out desired development. The financing involved

9548-603: The first statewide initiative, the Pre-Med Opportunity Program, to help more EOP students get accepted into SUNY's medical schools in February 2021. Later in the year in May, 25 college students in junior/senior standing from 10 SUNY schools were selected to receive academic guidance at the Norton College of Medicine while pursuing their medical degrees. The SUNY system will cover all costs for

9672-556: The front-runner for the 1964 Republican Party presidential primaries against conservative Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, who led the conservative wing of the Republican Party . In 1963, a year after Rockefeller's divorce from his first wife, he married Margaretta "Happy" Murphy , a divorcee with four children, which alienated many Republican married women. The divorce was widely condemned by politicians, including Senator Prescott Bush of Connecticut, who condemned his infidelity, divorce, and remarriage. Rockefeller finished third in

9796-674: The group and its initiatives were stymied or ignored. In September 1955, Rockefeller recommended the abolishment of the PCG, and in December of the same year he resigned as special assistant to the president. In 1956, Rockefeller created the Special Studies Project , a major seven-panel planning group directed by Henry Kissinger and funded by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, of which he was then president. It

9920-745: The highest visitor attendance at either school's athletic events. Both schools also have less intense rivalries with a former America East member, the Stony Brook Seawolves. In football, a sport not sponsored by the America East, Albany and Stony Brook have a rivalry in the Coastal Athletic Association , and play each other annually in the Battle for the Golden Apple . The University at Buffalo tends to have

10044-469: The hostages, save the prisoners, restore order, and preserve our system without undertaking actions which could set a precedent which would go across this country like wildfire." In a telephone call with President Nixon, Rockefeller explained the deaths by saying "that's life". What became known as the " Rockefeller drug laws " were a product of Rockefeller's attempt to deal with the rapid increase in narcotics addiction and related crime. In 1962, he proposed

10168-408: The inmates' demands for various reforms but refused to grant complete amnesty to the rioters, with passage out of the country and removal of the prison's superintendent. When negotiations stalled and the hostages appeared to be in imminent danger, Rockefeller ordered New York State Police and National Guard troops to restore order and take back the prison on September 13. Thirty-nine people died in

10292-656: The largest state bond issue at the time ($ 2.5 billion) for the coordinated development of mass transportation, highways, and airports. He initiated the creation or expansion of over 22,000 miles (35,000 km) of highway, including the Long Island Expressway , the Southern Tier Expressway , the Adirondack Northway , and Interstate 81 , which vastly improved road transportation in the state of New York. Rockefeller introduced

10416-700: The latter half of the 20th century, the SUNY hospitals became the cores of full-fledged regional health systems; they were gradually supplemented by many outpatient clinics, offices, and institutes. SUNY medical centers currently play a major role in providing healthcare to the most-needy and marginalized populations and serve large numbers of patients who are uninsured, under-insured or covered by Medicare and Medicaid programs. In 2020, medical school applications increased by 20.4% at SUNY medical schools systemwide, with schools receiving over 24,118 applications from students for only 685 seats. With rising interest in medicine, former SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras announced

10540-473: The legislature gave the student representative of that college voting rights as well. The SUNY Libraries Consortium (SLC) is an independent organisation which supports its members, the libraries of SUNY. All SUNY colleges are in New York State, except for one extension center of Jamestown Community College and SUNY Korea. Jamestown Community College operates its Warren Center in Pennsylvania under

10664-500: The legislature in 1973, the new drug laws included mandatory life sentences without the possibility of plea-bargaining or parole for all drug users, dealers, and those convicted of drug-related violent crimes; a $ 1,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of drug pushers; and removing less harsh penalties for youthful offenders. Public support for the measures was mixed, as were the results. They did not lead more addicts to seek rehabilitation as hoped, and ultimately did not solve

10788-739: The local economy. Rockefeller established model farms in Venezuela , Ecuador , and Brazil . He maintained a home at Monte Sacro, the farm in Venezuela. Rockefeller returned to public service in 1950 when President Harry S. Truman appointed him chairman of the International Development Advisory Board. The Board was charged with developing a plan for implementing the President's Point IV program of providing foreign technical assistance. In 1952, President-Elect Dwight D. Eisenhower asked Rockefeller to chair

10912-520: The movie Down Argentine Way (1940) because it was considered offensive to Argentines. It was much more popular in the United States than in Latin America. Charlie Chaplin 's satirical The Great Dictator (1940) was banned in several countries. In the spring of 1943, Rockefeller supported extensive negotiations and mission of North American members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce to Latin America as Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs of

11036-401: The narcotics trade and associated crime. Rockefeller was also frustrated by his belief that the federal government was not doing anything significant to address the problem. Feeling that existing laws and the way they were being implemented did not solve the problem of the "drug pusher", and pressured by voters angry about the drug problem, Rockefeller proposed a hard-line approach. As approved by

11160-453: The nation. Rockefeller was re-elected in the three subsequent elections in 1962 , 1966 , and 1970 , increasing the state's role in education, environmental protection, transportation, housing, welfare, medical aid, civil rights, and the arts. To pay for the increased government spending, Rockefeller increased taxation; for example, a sales tax was introduced in New York in 1965. He resigned three years into his fourth term and began to work at

11284-573: The need for regional pacts within the framework of the UN. Rockefeller was also instrumental in persuading the UN to establish its headquarters in New York City. President Truman fired Rockefeller, reversed his policies, and shut down the OCIAA. Reich says that in official Washington, Rockefeller had become "a discredited figure, a pariah". He returned to New York. Rockefeller formed the International Basic Economy Corporation (IBEC) in 1947 to jointly continue

11408-464: The needs and conditions of each country. Most of the trips turned out to be an embarrassment. Among the recommendations in Rockefeller's report to the President were preferential trade agreements with Latin American countries, refinancing the region's foreign debt, and removing bureaucratic impediments that prevented the efficient use of United States aid. The Nixon administration did little to implement

11532-596: The newly created MTA Bus Company, which were purchased by the state from private owners in a massive public bailout of bankrupt railroads and struggling private bus companies located in Queens, New York. He also created the State Department of Transportation. In taking over control of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, Rockefeller shifted power away from Robert Moses , and in doing so became

11656-563: The number of African Americans and Hispanics holding state jobs; appointed women to head the largest number of state agencies in state history; prohibited discrimination against women in education, employment, housing and credit applications; admitted the first women to the State Police; initiated affirmative action programs for women in state government; and backed New York's ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to

11780-912: The ongoing pursuit of academic excellence. The SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence acknowledges students for outstanding achievements and is the highest honor bestowed upon a student by the University. The faculty-staff awards include the Chancellor's Award for Excellence, Distinguished Faculty ranks, Conversations in the Disciplines, the Shared Governance Award, and the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching. Nelson A. Rockefeller Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), sometimes referred to by his nickname Rocky ,

11904-585: The president for psychological warfare. He was tasked with providing the president with advice and assistance in developing programs by which the various departments of the government could counter Soviet foreign policy challenges. As part of this responsibility, he was named as the president's representative on the Operations Coordinating Board , a committee of the National Security Council . The other members were

12028-533: The presidents of the University Faculty Senate and Faculty Council of Community Colleges , both of whom are non-voting. The board of trustees appoints the chancellor who serves as SUNY Chief Executive Officer. The state of New York assists in financing the SUNY system, which, along with CUNY , provides lower-cost college-level education to residents of the state. SUNY students also come from out-of-state and 171 foreign countries, though tuition

12152-454: The private University of Buffalo into the SUNY system, making the State University of New York at Buffalo , now the largest public university in New York. In 1971, he championed the creation of Empire State College to provide higher education to adults by removing impediments to access such as time , location, and institutional processes. Other accomplishments included more than quadrupling state aid to primary and secondary schools; providing

12276-612: The problem of drug trafficking. These were among the toughest drug laws in the United States when they were enacted and are still on the books, albeit in moderated form. To carry out the rehabilitation program, Rockefeller created the State Narcotics Addiction Control Commission, later the State Drug Abuse Control Commission. New York also provided the financial support for research in methadone maintenance and

12400-491: The prohibition managed to pass in 1970, Rockefeller signed it. In 1972, he vetoed another bill that would have restored the abortion ban. He said in his 1972 veto message, "I do not believe it right for one group to impose its vision of morality on an entire society." Rockefeller created the first State Council on the Arts in the country, which became a model for the National Endowment for the Arts. He also oversaw

12524-481: The report's recommendations. In his report preface, Rockefeller wrote: There is general frustration over the failure to achieve a more rapid improvement in standards of living. The United States, because of its identification with the failure of the Alliance for Progress to live up to expectations, is blamed. People in the countries concerned also used our visit as an opportunity to demonstrate their frustrations with

12648-604: The site of the Normal School in 1867. On May 7, 1844, the New York General Assembly voted to establish Normal School in Albany as the first college for teacher education. In 1865, the privately endowed Cornell University , one of eight Ivy League universities in the nation, was designated as New York's land grant college . In 1894, the state began direct financial support of four of Cornell's colleges. Between 1889 and 1903, Cornell operated

12772-581: The standard of living, to achieve better relations among the nations of the western hemisphere, and to counter rising Nazi influence in the region. He facilitated this form of cultural diplomacy by collaborating with the director of Latin American Relations at the CBS radio network Edmund A. Chester . The Roosevelt administration encouraged Hollywood to produce films to encourage positive relations with Latin America. Rockefeller required changes in

12896-439: The state breakfast program for children in low income areas; and established the first state loan fund for nonprofit groups to start day-care centers. A supporter of universal healthcare , Rockefeller served as consultant for Senator Jacob Javits ' "Medicare for All" bill that would expand benefits to every American. Rockefeller described universal healthcare as the wave of the future and as a human right. Rockefeller's bid in

13020-635: The state lottery and off-track betting; adopting modern treatment techniques in state mental hospitals to reduce the number of mentally ill patients by over 50%; creating the State Office of the Aging and constructing nearly 12,000 units of housing for the aging; the first mandatory seatbelt law in the United States; and creating the State Consumer Protection Board. In May 1973, President Nixon appointed Rockefeller chairman of

13144-695: The state's first support for mass transportation. He reformed the governance of New York City 's transportation system, creating the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in 1965. The MTA merged the New York City subway system with the publicly owned Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority , the Long Island Rail Road , Staten Island Rapid Transit , and operation of lines that would later become Metro-North Railroad , along with

13268-618: The state. Rockefeller championed the acquisition of the private University of Buffalo into the SUNY system, making the public State University of New York at Buffalo. SUNY is governed by a State University of New York Board of Trustees, which consists of eighteen members, fifteen of whom are appointed by the Governor , with consent of the New York State Senate . The sixteenth member is the president of The State University of New York Student Assembly . The last two members are

13392-570: The state. Other requirements to qualify for free SUNY education include full-time enrollment and staying in the state for a number of years after graduating. In the 2017-2018 award year, 70,694 SUNY students received the Federal Pell Grant. For the 2019–2020 academic year, medical school tuition costs at the Norton College of Medicine for the M.D. program were: $ 43,670 (in-state) and $ 65,160 (out-of-state). Tuition costs across all SUNY medical schools are similar to those at Norton and

13516-467: The statutory colleges who are residents of New York state receive the benefit of state-subsidized tuition while enjoying all of the campus life amenities of the host institutions. SUNY and the City University of New York (CUNY) are different university systems, both receiving funding from New York State. Also, SUNY is not to be confused with the University of the State of New York (USNY), which

13640-464: The summer academic enrichment program and the program will expand over the next few years. SUNY medical, health professions and nursing schools graduate more than 11,000 health professionals annually, including one of three physicians (1 in 33 in the United States), nearly one of three nurses and one of four dentists in the state. New York's largest public university by enrollment is

13764-496: The summer home in Maine, and the two fell in love. They were engaged in autumn 1929. In 1930, he graduated cum laude with an A.B. degree in economics from Dartmouth College, where he was a member of Casque and Gauntlet (a senior society), Phi Beta Kappa , and Psi Upsilon . Rockefeller and Mary were married after he graduated, on June 23, 1930, at Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania . Following his graduation, Rockefeller worked in

13888-417: The then- United States Ambassador to NATO whom Ford eventually chose as his chief of staff and later secretary of defense, and then- Republican National Committee chairman George H. W. Bush , who would eventually become vice president in his own right for two terms and president for one term. While acknowledging that many conservatives opposed Rockefeller, Ford believed he would bring executive expertise to

14012-491: The west. Its research university centers also include SUNY Binghamton and SUNY Albany . SUNY's administrative offices are in Albany , the state's capital, with satellite offices in Manhattan and Washington, D.C. With 25,000 acres of land, SUNY's largest campus is SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry , which neighbors the State University of New York Upstate Medical University —the largest employer in

14136-402: The work he had begun as Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. He intermittently served as president through 1958. IBEC was a for-profit business that established companies that would stimulate underdeveloped economies of certain countries. It was hoped that the success of these companies would encourage investors in those countries to set up competing or supporting businesses and further stimulate

14260-477: Was "just not built for standby equipment", Rockefeller was persuaded by Ford's promise to make him "a full partner" in his presidency, especially in domestic policy. Rockefeller accepted the President's request to serve as vice president. He said: "It was entirely a question of there being a Constitutional crisis and a crisis of confidence on the part of the American people. I felt there was a duty incumbent on any American who could do anything that would contribute to

14384-658: Was a massive military buildup to counter a then-perceived military superiority threat posed by the USSR. The report was released two months after the October 1957 launch of Sputnik , and its recommendations were fully endorsed by Eisenhower in his January 1958 State of the Union address. This initial contact with Kissinger was to develop into a lifelong relationship; Kissinger was later to be described as his closest intellectual associate. From this period Rockefeller employed Kissinger as

14508-587: Was a member of the U.S. delegation at the United Nations (UN) Conference on International Organization at San Francisco in 1945; this gathering marked the UN's founding. At the Conference there was considerable opposition to the idea of permitting, within the UN charter, the formation of regional pacts such as the Act of Chapultepec . Rockefeller, who believed that the inclusion was essential, especially to U.S. policy in Latin America, successfully urged

14632-453: Was a poor student. Generally, in the lower third of his class, he almost failed ninth grade and had undiagnosed dyslexia . Nelson's biographer Joseph E. Persico wrote that as a child he "demonstrated a discipline that throughout life would serve him in lieu of brilliance". Although Nelson was not accepted into Princeton University , he got into Dartmouth College , arriving on campus in 1926. While in college, he met Mary Todhunter Clark at

14756-476: Was an ambitious study created to define the central problems and opportunities facing the United States in the future, and to clarify national purposes and objectives. The reports were published individually as they were released and were republished together in 1961 as Prospect for America: The Rockefeller Panel Reports . The Special Studies Project came into national prominence with the early release of its military subpanel's report, whose principal recommendation

14880-407: Was little the United States should or could do toward changing the political atmosphere in other countries, there was no reason to attempt to use economic aid as a political tool. This was the justification to reduce economic aid in Latin America. The Rockefeller report called for some aid to continue but the report recommended creating more effective aid programs. In 1967 Rockefeller won approval of

15004-481: Was passed establishing SUNY on the foundation of the teacher-training schools established in the 19th century. Most of them had already developed curricula similar to those found at four-year liberal arts schools long before the creation of SUNY, as evidenced by the fact they had become known as "Colleges for Teachers" rather than "Teachers' Colleges." On October 8, 1953, SUNY took a historic step of banning all national fraternities and sororities from its 33 campuses,

15128-606: Was personally interested in the planning, design, and construction of the many projects initiated during his administration, consistent with his interest in architecture. In addition, Rockefeller's construction programs included the US$ 2 billion South Mall in Albany , later renamed the Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza by Gov. Hugh Carey in 1978. It is a 98-acre (40 ha) campus of skyscrapers housing state offices and public plazas punctuated by an egg-shaped arts center. Along with

15252-845: Was the 41st vice president of the United States , serving from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford . He had previously served as the 49th governor of New York from 1959 to 1973, the longest-serving governor of the state since the end of the Revolutionary War. Rockefeller was a member of the Republican Party and the wealthy Rockefeller family . Rockefeller served as assistant secretary of State for American Republic Affairs for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (1944–1945), as well as Undersecretary of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954. A son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller , as well as

15376-606: Was the only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller and schoolteacher Laura Spelman . Their mother, Abby, was a daughter of Senator Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich and Abigail P. Greene. Rockefeller grew up in his family's homes in New York City (mainly at 10 West 54th Street), a country home in Pocantico Hills, New York , and a summer home in Seal Harbor, Maine . The family also travelled widely. He received his elementary, middle, and high school education at

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