The kick-off event for the Marilyn Gaddis Rose and Stephen David Ross University and Community Project's Fund received a judge's citation in the community relations category. The event was submitted by A. Lee Nesslage, associate for alumni and development programs. University publications earn awards from Binghamton Ad Club Several University publications designed by David Skyrca and Karen Stobnicki were recognized by the Binghamton Ad Club's 1999 Genesis Awards competition. 2 new trustees appointed Governor George E. Pataki has appointed Nelson A. Rockefeller Jr. and Bernard F. Conners to the State University Board of Trustees and re-appointed Board Chairman Thomas F. Egan and Trustee Edward F. Cox to the board. The appointments bring the SUNY Board of Trustees to full strength, filling all 16 seats on the board.
Trustees serve without pay.
A native of Albany and a Loudonville resident, Conners is a Golden Gloves boxing champion, as well as a former FBI agent who received several personal citations for valor. Rockefeller was a domestic policy adviser to former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole after working as a special assistant to the White House Office of Management and Budget between 1990 and 1993. Since 1993, Rockefeller has been chair of Hacienda Campo Alegre Management, Inc., of Raymondville, Texas, and New York City. The company manages cattle and non-native wildlife. Rockefeller is the son of the former governor, the late Nelson A. Rockefeller.