ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Carl T. Hayden, Chairman of the SUNY Board of Trustees and former Chancellor of the Board of Regents, will deliver the 2008 Commencement address at the SUNY College at Oneonta on May 17.
Hayden was appointed Chairman of the SUNY Board of Trustees in October. He was elected to the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York in 1990, elected Chancellor by his colleagues in 1995, and re-elected to that office in 1998 and 2001. He served for 12 years until 2002, when his second term as a Regent expired. He was then voted Chancellor Emeritus by his colleagues. During his tenure, the Board of Regents raised standards for students, schools, entry into the teaching profession, and teacher-preparation programs.
A 1970 graduate of Cornell University School of Law and a practicing attorney in Elmira, Hayden is a former president of the Elmira City School District Board of Education and past chair or president of several community organizations. He was also a founder and president of the Mark Twain Arts Council. From 1963 to 1967, Hayden served in the U.S. Navy as a gunnery officer and legal officer.
Hayden serves as Chairman of the Board of the New York State Health Foundation and Chair of the Chemung County School Readiness Project. From 2003 to 2007, he was a director of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and the Campaign for Fiscal Equity.
Carl Hayden has been awarded honorary degrees by Hamilton College, Elmira
College, the City University of New York, and Excelsior College. He also
received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of
State Boards of Education in recognition of his outstanding service to
public education.
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