Sad Day For SUNY
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- August
- 15
I was saddened to hear of the death of Kermit Hall, the president of Albany University, SUNY.
Hall’s age was given as 61 which surprised me because his vitality and trim profile made him seem younger than that. He died while swimming off the coast of South Carolina where he was vacationing with his wife on Hilton Head Island. Some accounts hinted that he may have had a heart attack.
His tenure at Albany had been brief, less than two years. But even in that short period of time, Hall made a significant impact as an educator, administrator and leader.
He championed that school, and pushed its undergraduate students to excel. I know this because my oldest son is a senior at Albany (another son is entering as a freshman this fall) and so, with self-interest in mind, I had keenly observed the university’s progress over the years.
Albany has a reputation of being a party school, but Hall was working hard to change that image. From my perspective he was doing an excellent job of restoring Albany’s pride while raising its academic standards.This is a tough loss.
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