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HISTORY
June 1964
State College at Albany has chosen a former United Nations advisor on family and child welfare, Richardson L. Rice, as dean of its new School of Social Welfare.
Dr. Rice hunts for faculty members in Los Angeles at the National Conference of Social Welfare
November 1964
Plea for more trained professional personnel in the field of social work issued by new dean of social welfare education. Dr. Rice states, "The ills of our communities are many and the treatment of them requires trained skills and a sense of commitment by those who practice them. Schools of social welfare are being crowded by people demanding such training and yet the number graduated is still far short of the requirements."
December 1964
Dr. Jane K. Ives has been working since August on the development of field work placements for the new School of Social Welfare. One-half of a graduate student's time in the social welfare program is spent doing field work.
February 1965
Initial class of thirty students are expected to enroll for the fall session in the new School of Social Welfare. A Bachelor of Arts Degree in any field is the only prerequisite for enrollment.
Tuition and fees for the new School of Social Welfare will be about $650 a year. The School's emphasis will be on casework. Applications are being sought by April 1 for the two-year social welfare graduate course.
December 1965
The first class was admitted to the newly established School of Social Welfare in September. The class consists of thirty students, eighteen of whom have had some experience in a social agency. The following faculty members have been appointed to implement the School's program: Jane K. Ives, Professor; William S. Rooney, Professor; Bernard J. Clifford, Assistant Professor; and Harmon Putter, Visiting Lecturer.
March 1966
The first class of social welfare students are a close-knit, friendly group. Classes are held every Monday and Tuesday in the old Air Force Reserve Training Center on North Main Avenue. For the rest of the week, members scatter to an assortment of social agencies in the Albany area for field work.
August 1966
Social Welfare School receives grant for $25,000 from the National Institute of mental Health for a training unit to be established in the psychiatric clinic at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady.
State University Moving!!! Two dorms I the Alumni Quadrangle, two blocks from the downtown campus are being purchased from the University's Alumni Association and will be converted into quarters from the Graduate School of Public Affairs and the school of Social Welfare.
May 1967
Cupid makes his 1st play at the School of Social Welfare. Two graduates, Ann Sheila Bayly and Daniel Hedges Cook, Jr., of the first class of Social Welfare announce their plans for a June wedding.
June 11, 1967
Twenty-five students receive first master of Social Work degree awarded at new Albany University School of Social Welfare.
| Ann Sheila Bayly |
James Arthur Hanson |
| Shirley Muraven Cohen |
Irma A. Johnson |
| Daniel Hedges Cook, Jr. |
Patricia M. Murphy |
| Edward L. DelMonte |
William Francis Rosenthal |
| Belle Drew |
Doris E. Roskin |
| Reverend Clinton George Dugger |
William Joseph Serafin, Jr. |
| Rose Marie Dunham |
Florence Slepian |
| Michael John Firoillo |
John Paul Smith |
| William Henry Frueh |
Gabriel Viada |
| Holly Allen Fuhrer |
Barbara S. Wellman |
| James Edward Girzone |
Arlen R. Westbrook |
| Judith Adrienne Glenn |
Jane Doris Whamer |
| John Joseph Hanlon |
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July 1967
Accreditation deferred for School of Social Welfare. Relative short existence of the School cited as the primary reason for deferment.
September 1967
School of Social Welfare gets approval from State Education Department.
October 1967
Dr. Seth W. Spellman joins the faculty of the School of Social Welfare. Dr. Spellman recently retired from the U.S. Army where he served for many years as clinical social worker and administrator.
November 1967
Dr. Maureen C. Didier joins the faculty of the School of Social Welfare. Dr. Didier has served as a consultant to a variety of related professions and community planning agencies.
Richardson L. Rice has resigned as dean of the School of Social Welfare, effective next September. He will continue as a professor on the faculty and will participate in university and international social welfare activities.
September 1968
The School of Social Welfare at Albany State University opened to its fourth year of classes with a new, youthful looking dean, Dr. Charles T. O'Reilly, at the helm. As a student of gerontology, the former University of Wisconsin professor believes that age listed on application forms and elsewhere often can be a basis for discrimination. Dr. O'Reilly has sought to have the requirement stricken from job applications.
September 1969
The School of Social Welfare has been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Social Work Education. The commission commended the School on its progress, particularly in the recruitment of faculty of "recognized stature and competence". Dean Charles T. O'Reilly said that accreditation will help the School attract more students from a wider area. About 110 students are expected this fall. |
