Peter D. Salins named SUNY interim provost

"I am delighted that Dr. Peter Salins, with his impressive academic credentials and teaching experience, will be joining the State University as interim provost," said Thomas F. Egan, chair of the SUNY Board of Trustees, in announcing the appointment Jan. 14. "Dr. Salins brings first-class intellect, recognized leadership skills and a record of achievement in such far-ranging areas as economic development and health care policy to a position of great importance to our (State) University."

In addition to his positions at Hunter College, Salins is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and associate director of the CUNY Institute for Transportation Systems.

SUNY Interim Chancellor John W. Ryan said he was pleased to recommend Salins to the trustees "given his strong credentials, experience in the public university sector and his broad involvement in issues of importance to the State University."

Salins recently served as a member of the Mayor's Advisory Panel for New York City, a role that Ryan said gives him additional experience in an area of vital concern to SUNY. He also serves as director of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council of New York, trustee of the Lavanburg Foundation, trustee of the Village of Baxter Estates and director of the New York City Council on Economic Education. He is project director of the Program for the Public Service under grants from Revson, Booth Ferris and the New York Times Foundation.

Salins was a member of the advisory panel to the White House Domestic Policy Staff on Urban Policy in 1977. He is a member of a number of organizations, including the American Planning Association, American Economic Association and American Society for Public Administration.

Salins is expected to take over as interim provost once his leaves of absence from Hunter College and CUNY are authorized.

He holds an undergraduate degree in architecture, a M.R.P. and a Ph.D. from Syracuse University.