Question: In what year did the university where Scott W. Williams is a professor become part of the State University of New York system?
Context: Rockland Community College is a two-year college in the State University of New York system, located in hamlet of Viola within the Village of Suffern from the Town of Ramapo in Rockland County, New York.  The college, established in 1959, became the 18th community college to join the SUNY system - the year Rockland County was celebrating the 350 anniversary of the Hudson River & Lake Champlain in the former county almshouse.  The college offers 51 programs and offers both associate degrees and certificates.  Additionally, students can earn other degrees, including Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in the arts and sciences, Doctoral Program in Executive Leadership (EdD), technology, and health professions while attending classes at Rockland through articulation programs with four-year schools.  The current enrollment is about 7,500 full and part-time students which includes about 125 International students from more than 50 foreign countries and approximately 800 high school enroll in credit courses.  The main campus is in Suffern, New York, but instructions are also offered at an extension sites in Haverstraw and Orangeburg.  The Spring Valley satellite campus has been discontinued.  It was located in the historic North Main Street School. The State University of New York College at Plattsburgh, also known as SUNY Plattsburgh or Plattsburgh State College is a four-year, public liberal arts college in Plattsburgh, New York, United States.  The college was founded in 1889 and opened in 1890.  The college is part of the State University of New York system and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.  The school is also a member of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.  SUNY Plattsburgh has 6,350 students, of whom 5,822 are undergraduates. The State University of New York Press (or SUNY Press), is a university press and a Center for Scholarly Communication.  The Press is part of the State University of New York system and is located in Albany, New York.  It was founded in 1966, and publishes scholarly works in various fields. The State University of New York at Stony Brook is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York System and has over a hundred buildings in its main campus in Stony Brook, New York and several in Southampton, New York.  The University was founded in 1957 in Oyster Bay and transferred to Stony Brook in 1962.  Since the 1960s the campus has enjoyed rapid growth employing different architectural styles: Brutalist and Modern being among the widely used. The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) is an NCAA Division III athletics conference consisting of schools in the State University of New York system.  It was chartered in 1958 as the New York State Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Neuberger Museum of Art is located in Purchase, New York, United States.  It is affiliated with Purchase College, part of the State University of New York system.  It is the nation's tenth-largest university museum. Sumit Ganguly is a Professor of Political Science at Indiana University and the currently holds that university's Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, focusing on comparative politics in South Asia.  Dr. Ganguly completed his undergraduate degree at Berea College in 1977, his masters degree from Miami University in 1978, and his Ph.D. in political science at the University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign in 1984.  Prior to coming to Indiana University, he taught at Michigan State University, Hunter College in the City University of New York system, Columbia University, and the University of Texas at Austin. The State University of New York College at Old Westbury is a public college that is part of the State University of New York system.  The college is in Old Westbury, New York, with portions in the neighboring town of Jericho, New York.  With nearly 4,500 students, SUNY College at Old Westbury serves as the only public liberal arts college on Long Island. Scott Williams (born April 22, 1943 in Staten Island, New York) is a Professor of Mathematics at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. The State University of New York at Buffalo is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, United States.  It is commonly referred to as the University at Buffalo (UB) or SUNY Buffalo, and was formerly known as the University of Buffalo.  The university was founded in 1846 as a private medical university, but in 1962 merged with the State University of New York (SUNY) system.  By enrollment, UB is the largest in the SUNY system, and also the largest public university in New York.  UB also has the largest endowment and research funding, as a comprehensive university center in the SUNY system.
Answer: 1962