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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Members of Our Campus Community,</p><p class="MsoNormal">We are saddened to learn of the death of Cindy Clifford, retired clinic director of the Speech and Hearing Center, who died Friday, March 26, 2021. She was 63.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Ms. Clifford was a 1980 speech and hearing handicapped education graduate, earning her master’s in the same in 1985. She became a speech and language pathologist at the Board of Cooperative Educational Services in Clinton County from 1981 through 1986. She joined the faculty as a lecturer in the School of Education, Health and Human Services in 1988. In 1993, she became director of speech and hearing. Six years later, she became clinic director in communication disorders and sciences. In 1999, she became clinic director of the speech and hearing center, retiring in December 2013.</p><p class="MsoNormal">In her early years, she worked directly with children in the public schools as well as in the Speech and Hearing Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Calling hours will be held 4-5:30 Friday, April 2 at the Brown Funeral Home, 29 Broad St., Plattsburgh. A funeral service will follow in the funeral home chapel. A private graveside service will be held at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to Brown Funeral Home, 518-561-3980, <a href="http://www.brownfuneralhomeinc.com">www.brownfuneralhomeinc.com</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal">A full obituary for Ms. Clifford can be found here: <a href="https://www.brownfuneralhomeinc.com/memorials/cindy-clifford/4571194/index.php?fbclid=IwAR02KRBEk2Fmm-nvyvjpInVTGCjL84lB-rJkwbtn6EtWJSrwsvZ77u31ojk">https://www.brownfuneralhomeinc.com/memorials/cindy-clifford/4571194/index.php?fbclid=IwAR02KRBEk2Fmm-nvyvjpInVTGCjL84lB-rJkwbtn6EtWJSrwsvZ77u31ojk</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Our condolences to all who knew and loved her.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Be well and stay safe,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Gerianne</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">GERIANNE WRIGHT DOWNS</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Assistant Director of Communications</p><p class="MsoNormal">Office of the President</p><p class="MsoNormal">113E Hawkins Hall</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">101 Broad Street</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Plattsburgh, N.Y. 12901</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(o) 518-564-3094</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(f) 518-564-2094</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://plattsburgh.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">plattsburgh.edu</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><img border="0" width="180" height="279" style="width:1.875in;height:2.9062in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D7254D.0BE0F280" alt="Cardinal Pledge"></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>