University President Dr. Samuel L. Stanley, Jr. 1st year at Stony Brook Chicago ‘76 Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., began his duties as the fifth President of Stony Brook on July 1, 2009, succeeding Shirley Strum Kenny, Ph.D. who retired after 15 years in the position. Prior to his arrival at Stony Brook, Dr. Stanley held the position of Vice Chancellor for Research and Professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. As Vice Chancellor for Research at Wa s h ington University, Dr. Stanley is credited with substantially advancing the research enterprise. In this role, he oversaw a research portfolio of $548 million, including $391 million in NIH funding. His responsibilities encompassed a broad array of activities associated with the management of these extramural research funds, including, but not limited to, the full range of matters related to undergraduate, graduate, and faculty research, and technology transfer. Since 2003, Dr. Stanley has also served as Direc-
Faculty Athletic Representative Dr. Randall Susman Seventh year at Stony Brook U.C. Davis ‘70 Dr. Randall Susman enters his seventh ye as the Faculty Athletic Representative year at Stony Brook University. Susman is Professor of Anatomical Sciences in the School fes of Medicine. His research activities span the fossil evidence of early human evolution in fos Africa, studies of wild apes in central Africa, Af and the comparative anatomy of humans an and our closest relatives, the African apes. an His publications appear appe in numerous professional journals, the popular press, and he is a regular contributor to the World Book Encyclopedia. Susman has taught human anatomy, hu-
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tor of the National Institutes of Health-funded Midwest Regional Center for Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases. Dr. Stanley received his B.A. with honors in biology in 1976 from the University of Chicago and his M.D. in 1980 from Harvard Medical School. After his internship at Massachusetts General Hospital, he was named a Fellow in Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine. The author and co-author of dozens of peer-reviewed articles and scholarly publications, Dr. Stanley is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Burrough’s Welcome Scholar Award in Molecular Parasitology and the Distinguished Service Teaching Award from the Students at Washington University. He sits on a number of community, regional, and national science advisory boards, including the NIH National Advisory Allergy & Infectious Diseases Council; the U.S. Department of Commerce Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee; Research Alliance of Missouri; Saint Louis Academy of Science; and St. Louis Center of Excellence, Missouri Life Sciences Trust Fund, and is an Ambassador for the Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research.. Dr. Stanley is married to Ellen Li, M.D. Ph.D., a world renowned gastroenterologist and researcher who is also a Professor at Washington University’s School of Medicine. Drs. Stanley and Li are the parents of four children.
man evolution, anatomy for artists, and other courses at Stony Brook over the past 28 years. He is a member of the graduate programs in Anthropological Sciences and Ecology and Evolution in addition to the graduate program in Anatomical Sciences in the Health Science Center. He has served as Director of the graduate programs in Anatomical Sciences and the Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences. For the past five years he has served as Stony Brook's Faculty Athletic Representative. Susman received his bachelor of arts degree in biological anthropology from U.C. Davis in 1970. He did his postgraduate work at the University of Chicago where he earned both his masters and Ph.D. in evolutionary anthropology. He earned his law degree from the Jacob Fuchsberg Law Center at Touro College in 1988.
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