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  2. Nelson Rockefeller - Wikipedia

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    Rockefeller was the driving force in turning the State University of New York (SUNY) into the largest system of public higher education in the United States. Under his governorship it grew from 29 campuses and 38,000 full-time students to 72 campuses and 232,000 full-time students.

  3. School Construction Systems Development project - Wikipedia

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    The project emerged in response to the post-WWII baby boom, the mainstreaming of progressive education, [2] the industrialization of building materials, and a nationwide search to build schools faster and cheaper. In 1961 Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New

  4. City University of New York - Wikipedia

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    CUNY, established by New York state legislation in 1961 and signed into law by governor Nelson Rockefeller, was an amalgamation of existing institutions and a new graduate school. The system was governed by the Board of Higher Education of the City of New York, created in 1926, and later renamed the Board of Trustees of CUNY in 1979.

  5. General Education Board - Wikipedia

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    Rockefeller eventually gave it $180 million, which was used primarily to support higher education and medical schools in the United States and to improve farming practices in the South. It helped eradicate hookworm and created the county agent system in American agriculture, linking research at state agricultural experiment stations with actual ...

  6. New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic ...

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    The college was granted accreditation by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), and was chartered under New York State law through the efforts of Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller. In 1978, Nelson Rockefeller contributed $250,000 to the college's general endowment fund and in 1979 Laurance Rockefeller contributed the same amount. The friendship ...

  7. State University of New York at Purchase - Wikipedia

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    The School of Liberal Studies & Continuing Education also partners with specific online providers to increase the flexibility and breadth of certificate offerings. Students can take online courses in nonprofit management , paralegal studies , and receive a CEU certificate upon completion of the health coach training program at the Institute for ...

  8. Robert Moses - Wikipedia

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    Robert Moses and his brother Paul attended several schools for their elementary and secondary education, ... Nelson Rockefeller of the ... park system, the state's ...

  9. Category:Nelson Rockefeller - Wikipedia

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