Albert Joseph Simone (born December, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a former president of
Rochester Institute of Technology
The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in Henrietta, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York, Rochester. It was founded in 1829. It is one of only two institute of technology, institut ...
(RIT) and the
University of Hawaiʻi System.
Simone earned his Bachelor of Arts in economics from
Tufts in 1957, and his PhD in economics from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...
in 1962.
He served as dean of the College of Business Administration at the
University of Cincinnati
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from 1972 to 1983.
After the retirement of
Fujio Matsuda, Simone was both Chancellor of the
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi system and houses the main offic ...
and President of the
University of Hawaiʻi System from 1984 to 1992. As President at Mānoa, Simone lobbied for greater independence from the Hawaiian legislature's control in order to retain accreditation. During his tenure, the university consolidated departments, research institutes and federal cooperative programs from different parts of campus into the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology, a leading education and research resource.
He became president of Rochester Institute of Technology on September 1, 1992, succeeding
Thomas R. Plough. His tenure at RIT saw additional PhD programs (in microsystems engineering, computing and information sciences, and color science) inaugurated and improvements made to RIT's athletic program (such as the construction of the Gordon Field House and Activities Center and the elevation of the
men's hockey team to
Division I).
He retired from Rochester Institute of Technology on July 1, 2007, succeeded by
William W. Destler.
June 15, 2007 was proclaimed Albert J. Simone Day in
Rochester and
Monroe County.
Simone served as a Class C director of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is one of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks of the United States. It is responsible for the Second District of the Federal Reserve System, which encompasses the New York (state), State of New York, the 12 norther ...
from January 2000 to January 2003.
Author
From 1965 to 1969 Simone authored five books.
References
External links
The Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship
1935 births
Living people
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences alumni
Writers from Boston
Presidents of Rochester Institute of Technology
Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences alumni
University of Cincinnati faculty
Presidents of the University of Hawaii System
Leaders of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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