Stony Brook : State University of New York

by Nyitray, Kristen J.; Becker, Ann M.

• ISBN13: 9780738510729
• ISBN10: 0738510726
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Arcadia Pub

Summary

Amidst the idyllic grounds of Planting Fields, William Robertson Coe#xE2;#xAC;a's arboretumestate in Oyster Bay, the State University College on Long Island opened in 1957 to prepare students for careers as science and mathematics teachers. A permanent campus was later established in historic Stony Brook on a four-hundred-eightyacre site donated by philanthropist Ward Melville. The images presented in Stony Brook: State University of New York chronicle the evolution of a teacher preparatory college into a world-renowned university that has made significant scientific, technological, academic, and artistic contributions in its forty-year history. Each photograph in Stony Brook: State University of New York is accompanied by descriptive narrative that illustrates the defining events in the history of the campus, including the university#xE2;#xAC;a's founding at Planting Fields, the creation of the Stony Brook campus, Pres. John S. Toll#xE2;#xAC;a's recruitment of top faculty, Pres. John Marburger III#xE2;#xAC;a's expansion of the university#xE2;#xAC;a's vision, and current president Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny#xE2;#xAC;a's commitment to the state#xE2;#xAC;a's original mandate #xE2;#xAC;a"to stand with the finest in the country.#xE2;#xAC;a"

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	6	(1)
Introduction	7	(2)
The ``Nation's Most Beautiful College Campus''	9	(26)
A Visionary's Gift	35	(20)
Unprecedented Growth and Expansion	55	(20)
A Research University Emerges	75	(20)
Innovation and Excellence	95	(20)
Community, Commitment, and Character	115