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LIU names Cline as first woman president

Left, the admissions building at LIU-Post, one of

Photo credit: Newsday / Karen Wiles Stabile, Handout | Left, the admissions building at LIU-Post, one of six campuses in the Long Island University system, which named Kimberly Cline, right, its first female president. (Feb. 7, 2013, March 7, 2013)

Long Island University named a new president -- the first woman to lead the private, six-campus institution.

Kimberly R. Cline, 54, president of Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry and a former SUNY vice chancellor, will succeed David J. Steinberg, who is retiring this summer after 27 years as LIU's chief.

Cline, a graduate of Hofstra University's law, business and education schools and of...

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