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March 4, 2010, Thursday

Ronald G. Ehrenberg Joins State University of New York Board of Trustees

ALBANY, N.Y., March 3 -- The State University of New York issued the following news release:
Ronald G. Ehrenberg, the Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics at Cornell University, has joined the State University of New York Board of Trustees.

A nationally-known labor economist, Ehrenberg is the director of the Cornell University Higher Education Re-search Institute. He has served as a consultant to faculty and administrative groups and trustees at a number of colleges and universities on issues relating to tuition and financial aid policies, faculty compensation policies, faculty retirement policies, and other budgetary and planning issues.

"Ronald Ehrenberg's training and experience as an economist, his many years of service as a member of the Cornell faculty and administration, and his research on higher education will be an invaluable asset to SUNY," said Board Chairman Carl T. Hayden. "I welcome Ron to the Board and look forward to the benefit of his wise counsel."

"Ronald Ehrenberg has already been hard at work for SUNY as a member of the group helping to develop SUNY's strategic plan," said Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher. "I appreciate Ron's commitment and dedication and look forward to working with him in his new role as a trustee."
"I am grateful to the Governor for his appointment and the state Senate for their consent," said Ehrenberg. "Participating in SUNY's strategic planning process has been a great experience and has well-prepared me for my new role as a trustee. I am eager to work with the Chairman, Chancellor Zimpher and my colleagues on the Board in advancing SUNY. My wife, my two sisters, my three nieces, one of my sons and I all were educated at SUNY and I am delighted to help repay my debt through my service on the SUNY Board."

The state Senate confirmed Governor David A. Paterson's appointment Tuesday afternoon March 2, 2010.

The Board of Trustees is the governing body of SUNY and consists of 17 members, 15 of whom are appointed by the Governor, by and with consent of the New York State Senate.

The president of the Student Assembly serves as student trustee and the president of the University Faculty Senate serves as an ex-officio and non-voting trustee.

SUNY Trustees serve on a voluntary basis without compensation for terms of seven years.

About Ronald G. Ehrenberg

Ehrenberg is a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow and an elected member of the Cornell Board of Trustees.

From July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1998 he served as Cornell's Vice President for Academic Programs, Planning and Budgeting. In this role, he supervised the office of Institutional Planning and Research, the office of Statutory College Affairs, the office of Space Planning & Utilization, and the office of Academic Programs and Special Projects.

He integrated academic planning across the colleges in Ithaca (with an emphasis on strengthening Cornell's social sciences) and between the Ithaca and Medical College campuses.
Ehrenberg received a B.A. in mathematics from Harpur College, now the State University of New York at Bing-hamton, in 1966, M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern University in 1970, and an Honorary Doctor of Science from SUNY in 2008.

A member of the Cornell faculty for 33 years, he has authored or co-authored over 120 papers and authored or edited 21 books. He was the founding editor of Research in Labor Economics, and served a ten-year term as co-editor of the Journal of Human Resources. He has served, or is serving, on several editorial boards and as a consultant to numerous governmental agencies and commissions and university and private research corporations.For more information please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar, Email:- htsyndication@hindustantimes.com

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