A chat as Stony Brook's new president takes the helm
Photo credit: John Paraskevas/ File | Dr. Samuel Stanley listens as he's introduced as the next president of Stony Brook University on May 5, 2009.
Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr. is to be inaugurated Friday as Stony Brook University's fifth president. On July 1, Dr. Stanley, a medical doctor and researcher who was vice chancellor for research at Washington University in St. Louis, succeeded Shirley Strum Kenny, who retired after 15 years as president. In a wide-ranging interview with Newsday this week, Dr. Stanley talked about his vision for the...
