SUNY Board of Trustees Approves the Appointment of Ronald C. Heacock as President of Adirondack Community College

Albany -- The SUNY Board of Trustees today approved the appointment of Ronald C. Heacock as President of Adirondack Community College, effective July 1, 2007. The Board of Trustees at Adirondack Community College adopted a resolution appointing Dr. Heacock as president at its monthly meeting on March 29, 2007.

“Dr. Heacock comes to SUNY with a great deal of experience in higher education and particularly in the community college sector,” said SUNY Chancellor John R. Ryan. “I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Heacock shortly after the search committee recommended him for this important post and I am confident that he will be a strong and effective leader for the campus. I commend the Boards of Trustees at SUNY and Adirondack Community College for recognizing his talents and placing their confidence in him with this appointment.”

“Dr. Heacock’s success and higher education experience in Texas and Maryland will make him a most effective and capable leader of Adirondack Community College,” said State University of New York Board of Trustees Chairman Thomas F. Egan.  “Congratulations are well in order for Dr. Heacock and we look to him to work with the students faculty and staff of the campus to improve all facets of education, administration and student life.”

"I am truly honored to have the SUNY Board of Trustees approve my appointment as

president of Adirondack Community College,” said Dr. Heacock. “I am looking forward with great enthusiasm to serving the residents of ACC's service area and working with ACC's faculty, staff and students to continue the positive impact ACC has been making for nearly 50 years."

Dr. Heacock has 24years of experience in higher education as a faculty member and an administrator.  He has more than 10 years of cabinet level, community college leadership experience, most recently serving for six months as the Interim Vice Chancellor for Instructional Programs and Services at San Jacinto Community College, Pasadena, Texas.  In this capacity, he provided leadership for college instructional programs serving over 30,000 credit/10,000 non-credit students annually, and developed college-wide instructional budgetary priorities for an operating budget of $170 million. 

From 1998 to 2006, Dr. Heacock served as Vice Chancellor for Technology and Planning, and previously as Senior Director Planning/Research/Grants and Information Systems, at the Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland.  In this capacity, Dr. Heacock managed a staff of more than 80 individuals with an annual budget exceeding $9 million.  He led a major college reorganization and restructuring of operations, as well as the delivery of all administrative and academic technology services.  As senior director of planning, Dr. Heacock was responsible for grant renewal and development.

Prior to his work at the Community College of Baltimore, Dr. Heacock held positions in planning and research at Howard Community College, Columbia, Maryland and Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, Maryland.  His teaching career spans over two decades and includes four years as a full-time faculty member at Texas A&M University and the University of Baltimore. 

Dr. Heacock holds a Doctorate and Master of Arts in Political Science from Michigan State University.  The University of Maryland Baltimore County granted Dr. Heacock a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.

Adirondack Community College was founded in 1960 and is a public, comprehensive, accredited unit of the State University of New York (SUNY).  Credit enrollment for the Spring 2006 semester was 3,500 students.  

The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive university system in the United States, educating more than 417,500 students in 7,669 degree and certificate programs on 64 campuses. 

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