Henrik “Hank” N. Dullea

Ithaca, NY 14850-3142

Undergrad college/major: Arts and Science/Government.

Affiliations at Cornell: Zeta Psi, Newman Club.

Advanced degrees: Ph.D. in political science, Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse Univ.

Career/occupation: Senior management positions in New York State government and higher education, including service as Acting President of the State Univ. College at Purchase, Assistant Secretary to Governor Hugh L. Carey, Director of State Operations and Policy Management for Governor Mario M. Cuomo, and Vice President for University Relations at Cornell.

Honors and awards: Nelson A. Rockefeller Award, New York State Academy for Public Administration; honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Cazenovia College; Distinguished Service Medal, State University at Albany.

Important affiliations: President, board of trustees, Tompkins County Public Library; Chair, board of directors, Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT); Member, board of directors, Kendal at Ithaca.

Published work: Charter Revision in the Empire State: The Politics of New York’s 1967 Constitutional Convention, The Rockefeller Institute Press, 1997; Decision 1997: Constitutional Change in New York, Co-editor with Gerald Benjamin, The Rockefeller Institute Press, 1997; “The Budget Process and the New York State Constitution,” Government, Law and Policy Journal (Albany, NY: New York State Bar Association) Spring 2010.

Marital status: Married.

Spouse: Sally Gilligan Dullea ’63.

Children: 2 children: Erik Dullea ’88 and Leslie Dullea; and 3 stepchildren: Christine Ziegler Cestaro ’87, Peter Ziegler Ph.D. ‘08, and Michael Ziegler.

Grandchildren: 11 grandchildren and step-grandchildren.

Outstanding Cornell memory: I will be forever grateful for the support I received in my senior year from two outstanding members of the Government Department faculty: Arch Dotson and Steven Muller.

How has your life differed from what you expected? I had expected to enter a career related to international relations, but the landslide victory of Lyndon Johnson in 1964 set in motion a chain of opportunities and decisions that led to a career in New York State government and higher education.

Cornell activities post-grad: Delegate for Governors Carey and Cuomo on the Cornell University Board of Trustees; Vice President for University Relations, 1991-2003; Cornell Alumni of the Ithaca Area life member.

Personal reflections: I was extraordinarily fortunate to attend Cornell. I arrived by train from my home on Staten Island at the age of 15, the first student from my parochial high school to attend the university. I soon recognized that my future as a chemistry major would be limited, and the transfer to the Government Department was facilitated by my supportive adviser, the famous chemist Robert A. Plane. I had the good fortune to meet other students from throughout the United States and across the world, an experience that would remain with me for the rest of my life. The lectures by Clinton Rossiter, Milton Konvits, Arch Dotson and Walter LaFeber were truly formative in my future life. The warm fellowship of my fraternity brothers in Zeta Psi meant a great deal to me, but the most important event was that I met Sally Gilligan ‘63, the woman who years later would become my wife. I hope that today’s Cornellians and those yet to come will be as lucky as I was, both academically and socially.