Deborah Stanley
Chancellor of the State University of New York
Acting
In office
January 14, 2022 – January 9, 2023
Preceded byJim Malatras
Succeeded byJohn King Jr.
10th President of the State University of New York, Oswego
In office
August 1, 1997 – December 31, 2021
Preceded byStephen Weber
Succeeded byMary Toale (acting)
Personal details
Born
Deborah Flemma Stanley

Utica, New York, U.S.
EducationSyracuse University (BA, JD)

Deborah Flemma Stanley is an American lawyer and academic administrator who served as president of the State University of New York at Oswego from August 1, 1997[1] until December 2021. In December 2022, she was awarded the honorary title of President Emeritus.[2]

She also served as Interim Chancellor of the State University of New York from January 2022 to January 2023.

Early life and education

Stanley was born and raised in Utica, New York.[3] She earned a B.A. in English from Syracuse University and a JD from Syracuse University College of Law in 1977.[4][5] She is admitted to the New York State Bar Association.[6]

Career

Stanley was appointed president at SUNY Oswego on August 1, 1997, after serving on an interim basis from 1995 to 1997.[7] She previously served as vice president for Academic Affairs, Provost, and executive assistant to the president.

Stanley served as a commissioner for the American Council on Education, and was a member of American Association of State Colleges and Universities Women Presidents group.

She also sits on the Board of Directors of Alliance Bank and Metropolitan Development Association, and is Vice President of the Metropolitan Development Foundation of Syracuse. In 2019, Stanley was named as a co-chair of the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council, a division of the Empire State Development Corporation.[8]

On December 20, 2021, the State University of New York Board of Trustees appointed Stanley as Interim Chancellor, after the resignation of Jim Malatras.[9] She served in that position from January 2022 to January 2023, until a permanent chancellor could be hired.

Awards

In 2022, she received the Donna Shavlik Award from the American Council on Education.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Biography | President's Office". www.oswego.edu. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "SUNY Board of Trustees adopts resolution honoring Deborah F. Stanley as President Emeritus". SUNY Oswego news + events. December 13, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  3. ^ J, Debra (March 29, 2010). "2010 Post-Standard Achievement Awards: Deborah Stanley helped make SUNY Oswego a top college". syracuse. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  4. ^ DiDomenico, Tammy (January 1, 1999). "Alumni Academic Leaders". Syracuse University Magazine. Vol. 16, no. 2. p. 47. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "Deborah F. Stanley L'77 - Law Alumni Weekend". alumniweekend.law.syr.edu. Syracuse University. September 22, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  6. ^ "SUNY Oswego - Leadership: President's Bio". Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2008.
  7. ^ Groom, Debra J. (March 29, 2010). "2010 Post-Standard Achievement Awards: Deborah Stanley helped make SUNY Oswego a top college". The Post-Standard. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  8. ^ "SUNY Oswego President Deborah Stanley Named as New CNYREDC Co-Chair | Empire State Development". esd.ny.gov. March 5, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  9. ^ "State University of New York Board of Trustees Appoints Deborah F. Stanley as Interim Chancellor". sites.newpaltz.edu/news. December 20, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  10. ^ "Deborah F. Stanley to Receive 2022 ACE Donna Shavlik Award". American Council on Education. February 16, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
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