George and Rosie Rich, interviewed by Bruce Leslie

Rosie A. Rich worked at SUNY Brockport for six years from 1958 to 1964. She taught health and served as a faculty advisor for women\u27s bowling, field hockey, swimming, water ballet, and in many more sports in Brockport\u27s athletics and physical education department. George Rich is an alumnus of SUNY Brockport, and was in the Class of 1954 and Class of 1962 for his BS, MS, and his CERT. He attended the Campus School as a child, as he is a Brockport native. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Brockport as well as his Master’s Degree in Education. He was inducted into the Hall of Heritage in 2004. He served as the President of the Brockport Alumni Association from 1998-2004. He has also served on the Board of the Association

Elizabeth Banner, interviewed by Shannon Regelsberger

Elizabeth Banner was raised in the Brockport area, and many of her childhood friends were the children of contemporary Brockport College professors. She attended and graduated from the Brockport Central School District. She earned her Bachelor\u27s degree in music education at Ithaca College, then earned her Master of Arts in Liberal Studies at SUNY Brockport. Since the early nineties, Banner has taught two courses, children\u27s methods class for music and Intro to Music, at SUNY Brockport, while continuing to be involved in the drama department at the Brockport Central School District

Jeanette Banker (Class of \u2753), interviewed by Bruce Leslie

Jeanette Banker was in the SUNY Brockport Class of 1953. She studied in the Elementary Education program. In this program, she was placed at Brockport\u27s campus school as well as Rochester\u27s #35 school. She worked in the Rochester City School District for a short period before taking a position in SUNY Brockport\u27s campus school, and continued to work at SUNY Brockport until her retirement. Jeanette Banker passed away in February 2020

Andrew D. Virgilio, interviewed by Bruce Leslie

Andrew D. Virgilio graduated from SUNY Brockport in 1949. He served in the Air Force in World War Two and was part of the large group of veterans who attended Brockport in the late forties. Virigilio worked in an East Rochester elementary school as a teacher and principal until 1960, and taught at St. John\u27s University for one year before becoming Principal of the Campus School at Brockport. He retained that position until the closure of the Campus School in the late sixties, and then served in an administrative roles at SUNY Brockport until 1987. During this later period he also served in various roles in the New York State Legislature

Kristine Klein, interviewed by Kennedy Platter

Kristine Klein was raised in Greece. She attended Brockport, where she earned a Bachelor\u27s in Music History. She then earned a Master\u27s degree in Library Science at SUNY Geneseo. She then earned a law degree in Georgia. She became politically involved while living in Washington D.C. She has lived in Tennessee, Florida, Maryland, Texas, Washington D.C., and California, and she moved back to New York state in order to spend time with her then dying sister. As of November 2020, she had recently taken archaeology and anthropology courses through the adult education program at SUNY Brockport

William G. Andrews, interviewed by Bruce Leslie

Dr. Bill Andrews attended Cornell University from 1955-1958, where he earned his PhD in Political Science. He served as a Professor of Political Science at the College at Brockport from 1967 to 1996, also serving as the Dean in during the 1970\u27s. He is also a scholar of the history of Brockport, and has written several published books on the town\u27s history and development

Orlo A. Derby, interviewed by Bruce Leslie

Dr. Orlo A. Derby served on the Brockport faculty from 1941 to 1974. He came to Brockport Normal in June 1941 as an Instructor of English. He held that position until June 1942 when he left to serve in the army. In June 1946, after he served as an Infantry Captain, he came back to Brockport, then the Brockport State Teachers College, as an Assistant Professor of Education. In 1948 he received a full professorship position. From 1969 to 1971 he served as Director of Graduate Programs for the Development of Curriculum and Instruction

Haley Johnson, interviewed by Nicole Vazquez

Haley Johnson graduated with a Bachelor\u27s degree in Interdisciplinary Arts for Children and a minor in Studio Arts. She worked as a Residence Assistant throughout her time as an undergraduate student. Since her graduation she has worked as a Residence Hall Director at Bramley, Thompson, and Mortimer Hall. As of November 2019, she currently holds that position at Mortimer Hall

Allison Dentinger, interviewed by Roy Rodriguez

Allison Dentinger earned her bachelor\u27s degree in History and Adolescent Inclusive Education in 2013 and her master\u27s degree in Social Studies Education in 2016. She no longer teaches. As of November, she now works as a case manager at a Medicare/Medicaid clinic in Rochester, and lives and works in a house of hospitality nearby. She also advocates and works toward the implementation of rent stabilization policies in Rochester