[Important Information for Employees] Professor Emeritus James Coffey Named to College Council

[Office of the President]

Attorney and professor emeritus of accounting James Coffey has been
appointed to the SUNY Plattsburgh College Council by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Coffey, a 1967 grad in liberal arts, fills a vacant position on the 10-seat
council.

The Plattsburgh native and married father of two earned his MBA from the
University of Connecticut in 1969, followed by his law degree from Suffolk
University Law School in 1974.

He joined the faculty of the School of Business and Economics in 1981 as an
associate professor in accounting, retiring a full professor January 2020.
He has practiced law in Clinton County since October 1974. He currently
serves as attorney to the towns of Plattsburgh and Ellenburg and previously
served as county attorney during his nearly 50-year career.

Coffey also served from 2011-2019 as attorney for the SUNY Plattsburgh
Student Association Legal Consultation Program, providing consultations to
students in need of legal assistance.

His family has long ties to the college: His mother graduated from
Plattsburgh Normal School in 1930, having finished her degree at Plattsburgh
City Hall following the 1929 fire that gutted what is now Hawkins Hall, and
his sister is a 1964 graduate of the college.

Coffey’s appointment runs through June 30, 2028.


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