[Important Information for Employees] The Death of Julius Archibald Jr.

[Gerianne Downs]

Dear Members of the Campus Community,

We were saddened today to have learned of the death of Professor Emeritus
of Computer Science Julius Archibald Jr. of Plattsburgh, who died Monday,
Aug. 28, 2023. He was 92.

Professor Archibald, who was originally from New York City, joined the
faculty at SUNY Plattsburgh as an associate professor in 1970 after
spending 17 years as a computational scientist in government and industry.
His first assignment was with the U.S. Air Force, where he wrote programs —
in machine language — and analyzed results relative to the simulation of
nose-gear vibration.

The majority of his non-academic career was spent with General Electric in
Schenectady where he was involved in the programming, analysis and
development of computational systems for the simulation of nuclear power
reactors through diffusion theory. During this period, he revamped the
method for solving these problems, with a significant amount of this work
being done in assembly language.

Once at SUNY Plattsburgh, he was promoted to full professor and became
chair of computer science in 1974, a role he performed for 22 years. In
addition to his service in computer science, he served as acting chair of
the math department from 1988 to 1990, as associate dean in arts and
science from 1994 to 1996 at which time he retired but remained active with
the college, participating in numerous roles and events, particularly when
it came to meeting with alumni.

Calling hours will be held Friday, Sept. 15 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the R.W.
Walker Funeral Home, 69 Court St., Plattsburgh. A funeral service will be
held Saturday, Sept. 16 at 1 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 127
Beekman St., Plattsburgh. Burial will be in the Archibald family plot in
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.

Arrangements are entrusted to Walker Funeral Home, 518-563-1760,
info at rwwalkerfh.com. A full obituary can be found at
https://www.rwwalkerfh.com/obituary/julius-archibald-jr.

Our condolences to all who knew and loved him.

Be well, and stay safe.

Gerianne



*GERIANNE DOWNS*

(She/her/hers)

Associate Director of Communications

Office of the President

151 Hawkins Hall

101 Broad Street

Plattsburgh, N.Y. 12901

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(f) 518-564-2094

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