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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">Dr. Alfred “Al” Light, second president of Clinton Community College, Class of 1950 alumnus, and former Campus School teacher, psychology department member, and father of Dr. Stephen Light, professor of sociology at the college, died Monday, July 5, 2021. He was 96.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Light served with Gen. George Patton’s 3<sup>rd</sup> Army, 4<sup>th</sup> Armored Division in Europe and Northern Africa during World War II, receiving the Bronze Star for his service. Upon returning to the United States, he earned his degree at SUNY Plattsburgh in education, a master’s in education at the University of Pennsylvania and his doctorate at Penn State.</p><p class="MsoNormal">He joined the faculty in the early 1950s, initially teaching at the Campus School, which is now Sibley Hall, and later joined the faculty of psychology, serving until 1969 at which time he became vice president of Adirondack Community College, where SUNY Plattsburgh’s branch campus now resides.</p><p class="MsoNormal">In 1971, Dr. Light returned to the North Country when he took over as the second president of Clinton Community College, presiding over its first commencement. He retired from CCC in 1986.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Light was active in the local community where he was a member of the Plattsburgh Kiwanis Club for nearly 50 years, and in 1981 he became the 23<sup>rd</sup> holder of the title “Irishman of the Year,” bestowed by the Chamber of Commerce yearly March 17.</p><p class="MsoNormal">A remembrance service was held July 12 in Burlington, Vt., where he had lived at Harborview Senior Communities with his wife of 67 years, Ella, whom he met at SUNY Plattsburgh during their junior year. She is a member of the same graduating class.</p><p class="MsoNormal">A full obituary can be seen at <a href="https://www.readyfuneral.com/obituaries/Alfred--B-Light?obId=21634895#/celebrationWall">https://www.readyfuneral.com/obituaries/Alfred--B-Light?obId=21634895#/celebrationWall</a>. Arrangements have been entrusted to Ready Funeral Home, 261 Shelburne Road, Burlington, Vt., 802-862-0991. <a href="http://www.readyfuneral.com">www.readyfuneral.com</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Our condolences 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:image002.jpg@01D777D5.A1B3BF10" 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>