Alumni & Supporters

Our Past : Our Progress : Our Promise

SUNY's 'Steady-State' Years

1970 | 1971 | 1975 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980

1970

• Pace of progress is forced to slow because declining economy shrinks New York State budget support.
  
  
• Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) established SUNY wide.

1971

• The last two institutions created in the State University are Empire State College and the College of Optometry.

1975

• State University becomes a system of 64 campuses, a number that continues today, when eight community colleges become part of the City University of New York system.

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1977

• First human images using magnetic resonance imaging produced at Downstate Medical Center.

1978

• SUNY Board of Trustees adopts new motto - To Learn - To Search - To Serve - to emphasize the University's comprehensive threefold mission of education, research and public service.

1979

• The Research Foundation of SUNY establishes the Office of Inventions and Licenses, later named Technology Transfer Office, to handle invention disclosures, licensing agreements, patents and partnerships with industry.

1980

• Health Science Center at Stony Brook's University Hospital and Medical Center opens.

The State University of New York Office of Philanthropy and Alumni Affairs, philanthropy@suny.edu primary focus is to sustain the $3 Billion Challenge by providing support and services to the 64 campuses planning to conduct capital campaigns.

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