predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place title birth_date term_start order article_title term_end name
donald tresidder first wallace sterling charles garside -lrb- acting -rrb- may 27 , 1987 bay city , michigan new york , new york president of new york of stanford university president of the state university june 14 , 1902 1948 1949 acting alvin c. eurich
 1948 1951 alvin christian eurich
alvin c. eurich

alvin christian eurich -lrb- june 14 , 1902 -- may 27 , 1987 -rrb- was a 20th century american educator who is most notable for having served as the first president of the state university of new york from 1949 -- 1951 .
