Contact: St. Lawrence, Macreena Doyle, (315) 379-5587
Allegheny, Ed Blaguszewski, (814) 332-6755
Special 11/20/95
DANIEL SULLIVAN CHOSEN AS ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
CANTON, N.Y. -- Daniel F. Sullivan, president of Allegheny
College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, has been named the 17th
president and professor of sociology of St. Lawrence University,
in Canton, New York, it was announced today by the University's
Board of Trustees.
Sullivan will succeed Patti McGill Peterson, who has resigned
as the University's president effective June 30, 1996.
In announcing the appointment of Sullivan, E.B.Wilson,
chairman of the St. Lawrence Board of Trustees, stated, "We
are all extremely pleased to have Daniel Sullivan join us
as the next president of St. Lawrence. He brings a record
of outstanding accomplishment which promises to further enhance
the University's reputation as a distinguished liberal arts
institution."
Sullivan's appointment at St. Lawrence is effective July
1, 1996.
St. Lawrence University, chartered in 1856, is a liberal
arts institution of about 2,000 students, known especially
for its innovative First-Year Program, environmental studies
program and extensive international education program.
Sullivan graduated from St. Lawrence, the oldest continuously
coeducational institution in New York State, with a degree
in mathematics in 1965. He received the Ph.D. in sociology
from Columbia University, where he was an Edward John Noble
Fellow and a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow.
While at Columbia, he also served as an instructor in sociology
and research associate at Barnard College.
From 1971 to 1986, Sullivan was at Carleton College in
Northfield, Minnesota, in a variety of positions, including
assistant professor of sociology (1971-79), dean of academic
development and planning (1979- 81), and vice president for
planning and development, secretary of the college and associate
professor of sociology (1981-86). In 1974-76, Sullivan took
a leave from Carleton to serve as assistant professor of
sociology and senior research associate at Cornell University.
He was appointed president of Allegheny College (and professor
of sociology) in 1986, and implemented programs of long-range
financial planning, facilities planning, faculty-building
and curricular development. The college will conclude its
largest-ever fund-raising effort, the $55-million Building
for New Generations campaign, in December of 1996, with commitments
well above the goal. The campaign helped Allegheny to build
the Hall of Advanced Biology and Doane Hall of Chemistry,
opened in 1993, and a Sport and Fitness Center, scheduled
to open in 1997-98. Allegheny's workstation-based computer
network is the largest available to students at a liberal
arts college, and an aggressive program of plant renovation
is in its fourth year.
Since 1989, Sullivan has been chair of the executive committee
for Project Kaleidoscope, a foundation-funded partnership
of liberal arts college presidents, deans and faculty devoted
to reform and improvement of undergraduate science and mathematics
education. Other professional service includes membership
advisory panels and committees for the National Science Foundation,
the Consortium on Financing Higher Education and The College
Board, among others. He has been chairman or president of
Pennsylvania's Commission for Independent Colleges and Universities,
the North Coast Athletic Conference and Project Kaleidoscope.
Sullivan's nationally known scholarly work is in the fields
of sociology of science and medicine, and the sociology of
organizations. He is a member of the Crawford County Coalition
for Progress and a founder of the College/Schools Collaborative,
a group of Allegheny and local public school officials initiating
cooperative programs in a variety of subjects.
"I received an absolutely first-rate undergraduate education
at St. Lawrence," Sullivan said, "and the University is a
far better place today. I am deeply honored that I will now
have the chance to lead the University that has meant so
much to me personally and professionally."
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