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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Campus Colleagues,</p><p class="MsoNormal">We were saddened to have just learned of the death of Dr. Charles Simpson, professor emeritus of sociology and criminal justice, May 3, 2021 at his home in Burlington, Vt. He was 79.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Simpson joined the faculty as an assistant professor in September 1978. He was promoted to associate professor in 1984 and attained full professorship in September 1993. He retired in September 2012.</p><p class="MsoNormal">He remained active on campus and United University Professions even in retirement. As recent as February he discussed food insecurity during an Institute for Ethics in Public Life via Zoom.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#3c4043;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white">Dr. Simpson had written extensively about environmental responsibility and threats to agricultural systems. During his 34 years on the SUNY Plattsburgh faculty, Simpson co-directed the college's Southern Mexico Program, a semester-long study abroad experience for liberal arts, nursing, and education students. He recently had his first novel, "Uncertain Harvest," published by Fomite. The work leads the reader on a global chase after “a reporter stumbles on a plot by an international corporation to use genetic technology to monopolize the world's food production and destroy ecosystems.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">A formal obituary and details on a memorial are pending and will be published in the Burlington Free Press.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Our condolences to Dr. Anita Rapone, SUNY Plattsburgh professor emerita of history and Latin American studies, and to all who knew and loved him.</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:image003.jpg@01D7611B.C3B7C190" 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>