Albert J. Simone Fact Sheet

• Eighth president, Rochester Institute of Technology, Sept. 1, 1992 - present
  
• President, University of Hawaii System and chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1984 -1992
  
• Vice president, Academic Affairs, University of Hawaii, 1983 - 1984
  
• Dean, College of Business Administration, University of Cincinnati, 1972 - 1983
  
• Previous teaching experience: Tufts University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, Boston College, Boston University
  
• Ph.D. in economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962
  
• B.A. in economics, Tufts University, 1957

Recent awards:

• Entrepreneurial American Leadership Award from Partners for Livable Communities, Washington, D.C., 2006
  
• YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County Racial Justice Award, 2005
  
• Rochester Rotary Award, 2004
  
• Catholic Family Center Award, 2004
  
• Rochester International Council International Citizen Award, 2004
  
• Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Citizen of the Year Award, 2003
  
• National Association of Student Affairs Professionals (NASAP) President’s Award, 2001
  
• Henrietta Area Community Outstanding Citizen Award, 2000
  
• Jewish National Fund’s Tree of Life Award, the organization’s highest honor, 1996

Community affiliations:

• High Technology of Rochester (Board of Directors)
  
• Rochester Business Alliance (Board Member)
  
• Hillside Children’s Center (Corporate Member)
  
• Center for Governmental Research (Board Member)
  
• Executive Committee of Upstate Partners, a partnership to strengthen relationships among Upstate colleges, communities and business
  
• Council on Competitiveness
  
• RIT High Technology Incubator (Chairperson, Bd. of Directors)
  
• New York State Business Council, Public Policy Institute (Board Member)
  
• Excellus Blue Cross/Blue Shield (Board Member)
  
• M&T Bank Advisory Board (Director)
  
• Wilson Community Center (Member)
  
• New York State Education Commissioner’s Advisory Board on Higher Education (Member)

Professional activities:

• Past chair, Board of Trustees of the New York Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities
  
• National Commission for Cooperative Education (Trustee)
  
• Association of Independent Technological Universities
  
• Rochester Area College Consortium, current chairman
  
• Member, National Collegiate Athletics Association Division 1 Presidents Commission

Personal:

• President Simone and his wife, Carolie, have four grown children and five grandchildren.