Albert J. Simone

Albert Joseph Simone
Albert Joseph Simone
8th President of the; Rochester Institute of Technology
	In office; 1992–2007
Preceded by	M. Richard Rose
Succeeded by	William W. Destler
Personal details
Born	December 16, 1935; Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Carolie
Parents	Edward Simone; Mary DiGiovanni
Alma mater	Tufts University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Profession	Administrator

Albert Joseph Simone (born December, 1935 in Boston, MA) is a former president of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and the University of Hawai'i System.

Simone earned his Bachelor of Arts in economics from Tufts in 1957, and his PhD in economics from MIT in 1962.

He served as dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Cincinnati from 1972 to 1983.

After the retirement of Fujio Matsuda, Simone was both Chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Manoa and President of the University of Hawaii System from 1984 to 1992. As President at Manoa, Simone lobbied for greater independence from the Hawaiian legislature’s control in order to retain accreditation. During his tenure, UH Manoa 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.[1]

He became president of RIT on September 1, 1992, succeeding Thomas R. Plough.[2][3] 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 RIT July 1, 2007, succeeded by William W. Destler.[4]

June 15, 2007 was proclaimed Albert J. Simone Day in Rochester and Monroe County.[5]

Simone served as a Class C director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from January 2000 to January 2003.

Author

From 1965 to 1969 Simone authored five books.

References

Yount, David (1996). Who Runs the University?: The Politics of Higher Education in Hawaii, 1985-1992. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824818210.
"RIT picks its next president". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. May 19, 1992. p. 1A.
"A leadership shuffle at RIT". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. August 3, 1994. p. 1B. He had served as acting president of RIT twice—first, when former President M. Richard Rose took a sabbatical to work for the CIA in 1991, and again when Rose retired in 1992.
"Replacing Simone a tall order". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. May 18, 2006. p. 3B.
RIT - University News

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Academic offices
Preceded by Fujio Matsuda	President of the University of Hawaii 1984–1992	Succeeded by Kenneth P. Mortimer
Preceded by Thomas R. Plough (acting)	President of the Rochester Institute of Technology September 1, 1992 – July 1, 2007	Succeeded by William W. Destler

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[1] Yount, David (1996). Who Runs the University?: The Politics of Higher Education in Hawaii, 1985-1992. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824818210.

[2] "RIT picks its next president". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. May 19, 1992. p. 1A.

[3] "A leadership shuffle at RIT". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. August 3, 1994. p. 1B. He had served as acting president of RIT twice—first, when former President M. Richard Rose took a sabbatical to work for the CIA in 1991, and again when Rose retired in 1992.

[4] "Replacing Simone a tall order". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. May 18, 2006. p. 3B.

[5] RIT - University News

Presidents and Chancellors of the University of Hawaii at Manoa
Presidents	Pope (acting, 1907–1908) Gilmore (1908–1913) Donaghho (acting, 1913–1914) Dean (1914–1927) Crawford (1927–1941) Keller (acting, 1941–1942) Sinclair (1942–1955) Bachman (1955–1957) Wilson (acting, 1957–1958) Snyder (1958–1963) Hamilton (1963–1968) Hiatt (acting, 1968–1969) Takasaki (acting, 1969) Cleveland* (1969–1972)
Chancellors	Gorter (1972–1974) Yamamura (1975–1978) Long (1979–1981) Anderson (1982–1985) Simone (1985–1992) Yuen (acting, 1992–1993) Mortimer (1993–2001) Neubauer (interim, 2001–2002) Englert (2002–2005) Konan (interim, 2005–2007) Hinshaw (2007–2012) Apple (2012–2014) Bley-Vroman (2014–2015) David Lassner (2015– )
Cleveland continued as University of Hawaii System president after 1972. *The chancellor of the University of Hawaii also concurrently served as University of Hawaii System president from 1984 to 2001.