Troy Banker, Albany Physician Named 1998 Citizen Laureates

By Sullin Jose

Daniel J. Hogarty, Jr., president and chief executive officer of The Troy Savings Bank, and Dr. Anthony P. Tartaglia, professor of medicine and former dean of Albany Medical College, were named as the 1998 winners of the University at Albany Foundation Citizen Laureate Awards.

The awards, which recognize individuals for significant contributions to the community and academic world, will be held on Thursday, April 23, at 6 p.m. at Franklin Plaza in Troy. Tartaglia will receive the Academic Laureate Award and Hogarty will receive the Community Laureate Award.

Hogarty, who began his banking career at First Trust (now Bankers Trust) Company of Albany in 1964, was elected president and a trustee of the Troy Savings Bank in 1985 and became its CEO in 1987. He has been recognized for decades of dedication and service to the community, receiving the Executive of the Year award from the Capital District Business Review in 1994 and the 1995 Tree of Life Award from the Jewish National Fund.

Hogarty also presently serves as trustee for LaSalle Institute in Troy, Maria College, and The Sage Colleges. An honorary director of Samaritan Hospital as well as director, treasurer and chairman of the Finance Committee of The University at Albany Foundation, he is also the director of the region�s Center for Economic Growth and The Community Hospice, and chairman and director of the Rensselaer County Gateway Development Corporation.

"I have personally had the pleasure to work with Dan as a member of the University at Albany Foundation board and as a member of the Finance Committee which Dan chairs," said George M. Philip, executive director of the NYS Teachers� Retirement System and chair of the University Council. "His leadership was instrumental in the acquisition of the Sterling property [now the East Campus], as well as in numerous other activities of the Foundation."

Governor George Pataki appointed Hogarty as a trustee of the Savings Banks Life Insurance Fund in 1997, and as a member of the board of directors of the New York Business Development Corporation in 1996. In 1992 he was appointed a member of the State�s Banking Board by former Gov. Mario Cuomo and served on it until 1997. He has also been on the board of trustees of Hudson Valley Community College since 1994, and serves as chairman of its finance committee. He was appointed a member of the Troy Municipal Assistance Corporation (MAC) in 1995.

Anthony P. Tartaglia was appointed the 15th dean of the Albany Medical College and executive vice president for academic affairs of Albany Medical Center in 1990, and held the positions until he retired in 1995. He began his association with the Albany Medical Center in 1959 as a resident physician and later a fellow in hematology. He became a full professor of medicine at AMC in 1980, and from 1984-90 also served as the College�s associate dean for clinical affairs.

From 1970-1975 Tartaglia was hematologist-in-chief at AMC Hospital, leaving that post in 1975 to join the staff of St. Peter�s Hospital in Albany as its chief of medicine. He rejoined the staff of AMC Hospital as senior vice president for patient care in 1984, and was named its executive director in 1987, a position he served in through 1990.

Throughout the years, he retained important medical appointments at several of the area�s medical facilities, serving as a consulting physician at the Veteran�s Administration Hospital from 1970-75 and again from 1994 to the present; as a consulting hematologist at Child�s Hospital and Samaritan Hospital from 1975 to 1991 and at St. Peter�s from 1984 to the present; and as an attending physician and hematologist at AMC Hospital from 1975 to the present. He has also authored numerous research papers in the field of hematology.

"Tony Tartaglia is the quintessential physician," said Donald D. Bourque, dean of the School of Business. "In his career and in his role as dean of Albany Medical College, he has given selflessly to his patients, his students and the community."

Tartaglia has served as a director on a number of both private and philanthropic boards. Currently a member of the board of directors of Albank Finan-cial Corporation in Albany and of Albany Molecular Research, he is a director of the Hole in the Woods Camp for children with malignancies, hematological and immunologic diseases, and of Northeast Health Incorporated, a corporation including Samaritan Hospital and the Eddy Foundation.

A member of the State Board of Medicine in New York State and the State Hospital Review and Planning Council, Tartaglia has been on a number of New York State Health Department advisory panels, including the Council on Graduate Medical Education. He also served as a member of the advisory panel on the Organization and Mission of Medical Schools, a major planning effort of the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Past recipients of the Foundation�s Laureate awards include Gary Allen �70, Charlotte Buchanan, Sara Chapman, John Holt-Harris, Howard Hubbard, Peter Kiernan, the Picotte family, Roland Schmitt, Louis Vaccaro, and University professors Alain Kaloyeros, William Kennedy, and Douglas Windham.

Bayley Named SUNY Distinguished Professor

By Sullin Jose

One of the most prominent American scholars in the field of criminal justice, David H. Bayley, dean of the School of Criminal Justice, has been appointed a Distinguished Professor by the State University of New York�s Board of Trustees.

SUNY Chancellor John W. Ryan, in recommending the appointment to the board, noted that Bayley had made "significant contributions to the research literature" for pioneering work in comparative police systems which has won him international acclaim.

Ryan added that "Professor Bayley is considered a superlative teacher, setting the highest academic standards for his students. Beyond his scholarship, he has contributed meaningfully and consistently in several notable areas, including extensive and superior service to the profession. An exemplary scholar, he has provided important service at all levels at the University at Albany."

Bayley, who joined the Criminal Justice faculty in 1985 and became the School�s dean in 1995, was among the first criminal justice scholars to spot the trend towards community policing. His subsequent work in that field, as well as in social control theory and comparative policing has helped to define the field and address fundamental questions about how police organizations help to shape modern societies. It has had direct impact on policy development not only in the U.S., but in Japan and India.

His latest book, Police for the Future, was selected and published by Oxford University Press as the lead book for a new series on crime and public policy.

Frank Thompson, acting Provost of Rockefeller College and dean of the Graduate School of Public Affairs, said he was "delighted to hear of this designation," and added: "David Bayley is a leading expert on issues of police behavior, not only in the U.S. but in the world. His work reveals a keen appreciation, not only for the role of the police and their efforts to foster public safety, but the role of police in the degree to which we achieve the ideals of democracy. In this area, he is an unparalleled expert."

Recently, at the invitation of the U.N., Bayley has been advising its Civil Development Group about reconstructing the post-war Bosnian police force. Much of his research has attracted external support from agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Justice, the Japan Foundation, and the Government of Canada. "Professor Bayley�s comparative work on policing stands as the definitive work in the field," said Ryan.

In addition to authoring or co-authoring 12 books and monographs and more than three dozen articles and chapters in scholarly books and professional journals, Bailey serves on the editorial board of Police and Society (published in Great Britain), Justice Quarterly, and the Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency. He has been keynote speaker and invited lecturer at professional conferences in the U.S., India, Australia, Japan, Canada, and Great Britain.

Prominent AIDS Researcher Speaks at School of Public Health

By Christine Hanson McKnight

Robert C. Gallo, M.D., who is credited as a discoverer of the AIDS virus, will discuss "Recent Advances in AIDS Research" on Tuesday, March 31, in the School of Public Health auditorium on the East Campus. His talk, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 2 p.m.

Dr. Gallo, who left the National Institutes of Health in 1995 to start the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland at Baltimore, has spent his career developing cutting-edge research in the biology of blood cells and their disorders, especially leukemia and AIDS. Two of his current major scientific interests are the mechanisms of how HIV causes AIDS and the development of better and safer therapy for HIV-infected people.

Since the 1970s, Gallo�s main focus has been in virology and T-cell biology. He and his co-workers discovered the first human retroviruses and first leukemia viruses, HTLV-1 and HTLV-2, during the early 1980s. In 1984, Gallo and his NIH group identified and isolated the virus that causes AIDS. Researchers at the Pasteur Institute in Paris made the same discovery at the same time, and both groups have been credited with the discovery of the virus.

In 1986, Gallo and his colleagues discovered the first human herpes virus, HHV-6, in more than 25 years, and about the same time their research group began to develop novel laboratory systems for the study of Kaposi�s sarcoma.

During the last two years, Gallo and his colleagues have discovered a new class of HIV inhibitors, the naturally occurring beta chemokines. This work has opened up new areas of human virology. Gallo and his co-workers have also discovered new therapeutic approaches to HIV, by naturally occurring biological products � in this case, peptides derived from the urine of women in early pregnancy. Such peptides, he has found, kill Kaposi�s sarcoma tumor cells, inhibit infection and appear to be without toxic effects.

Gallo received his B.A. from Providence College summa cum laude and his M.D. from the Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine. After an internship at Yale University and a residency at the University of Chicago, he joined NIH in 1965, serving as chief of the Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology until 1995.

Gallo is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has received numerous awards, including the U.S. Albert Lasker Prize for medical research. He was the most referenced scientist in the world between 1980 and 1990 and is the author of more than 1,000 publications.

Search Goes on for Missing Student

The whereabouts of Suzanne l, a 19-year-old computer science major, were still unknown at press time, Monday, March 9. Lyall was last seen on the evening of Monday, March 2, when she got off a CDTA bus at Collins Circle.

More than 100 state troopers have searched campus grounds, and police were also examining Lyall�s Internet contacts and e-mail for clues to her disappearance. There was no evidence as of Monday that any harm had come to the Ballston Spa native, who lived oncampus at Colonial Quadrangle.

Anyone who can provide leads in the case is urged to call University Police at 442-3131. Lyall is 5 feet, 3 inches tall, weighing 165-175 pounds, and has long reddish brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a long black trench coat, blue jeans and a black shirt.

Forums were held on Tuesday afternoon and evening to refresh the University community on existing personal safety programs and policies.