An Introduction To Doctor Joseph Hankin

An Introduction
It is my great pleasure to introduce Dr. Joseph N. Hankin, President of Westchester Community College of State University of New York. Dr. Hankin has been President of Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York since 1971.

He received a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science from the City College of New York in 1961, a Master of Arts in History from Columbia University in 1962, and a Doctor of Education in Administration of Higher Education from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1967.

He served as President of Harford Community College in Maryland, from 1967 to 1971, and at that time was the youngest president of a college in the nation. Since 1976 he has been adjunct professor at Columbia University Teachers College in the Department of Organization and Leadership, and has served on and chaired numerous doctoral committees and taught courses and advanced seminars.

In 1986, in research funded by the Exxon Foundation, Dr. Hankin was chosen by his peers as one of the nation’s most effective college presidents of two and four-year colleges and universities. Among the others were the presidents of Harvard, Yale, the University of Chicago and Miami-Dade colleges. In 1988, the University of Texas included Dr. Hankin among the 50 best community college presidents in the nation, for which he received the Thomas J. Peters award for leadership excellence. Dr. Hankin served as President of the Middle States association of Colleges and Schools for the 1999 year.

* This introduction was written by a third party and used to introduce Dr. Hankin.

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