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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Governor Eliot Spitzer has announced the
appointment of Patrick E. Brown of Feura Bush, New York, to the College Council of the SUNY
College at Oneonta. Brown, a founding member of the Albany law firm of Brown
McMahon & Weinraub LLC, graduated from the College at Oneonta in 1978 with a
bachelor's degree in Political Science. He replaces Maria Kelso, who served
on the Council since 2006.
After his graduation from the Pace University School of Law in 1983,
Brown served as Law Assistant and later Chief Law Assistant to the New York
State Court of Appeals in Albany. In 1987, he joined the office of Governor
Mario Cuomo as Assistant Counsel to the Governor and later served as First
Assistant Counsel to the Governor.
Brown served as Director of the Office of Industry and Community
Relations for the New York State Department of Economic Development in 1994
before joining the law firm of Plunkett & Jaffe, PC, in 1995.
Each state-operated campus in the SUNY system has its own College
Council. College Councils have specific statutory powers, such as naming
buildings and making regulations regarding student conduct. The members of
each council are appointed by the governor with the exception of the student
representative, who is elected by the student body.
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