Shirley Strum Kenny is the current President of Stony Brook University, and the first woman to hold that position. She previously served as the president of Queens College. Ms. Kenny sits on the board of directors of numerous corporations including Computer Associates. During her time as president at Stony Brook, she has worked to encourage the quality of undergraduate education at the school, as well as overseeing closer connections with Brookhaven National Laboratory and has overseen vast growth of the University. She is married and has five children.
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Biography from SUNY Research Foundation (http://www.rfsuny.org/about/board_bios/kenny.htm)
ShirleyStrumKenny is the first woman and first humanist to serve as President of Stony Brook University.
After a distinguished career as a literary scholar, teacher, and academic administrator, she came to Stony Brook as its fourth President in 1994.
She launched and chaired the Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University with funding from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
ShirleyStrumKenny is the current President of Stony Brook University, and the first woman to hold that position.
Kenny sits on the board of directors of numerous corporations including Computer Associates.
During her time as president at Stony Brook, she has worked to encourage the quality of undergraduate education at the school, as well as overseeing closer connections with Brookhaven National Laboratory and has overseen vast growth of the University.
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