At SUNY Old Westbury, a new provost

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SUNY Old Westbury named David Lanoue its provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. With 40 years of experience in higher education, Lanoue joined the university July 1.

Lanoue provides leadership in all aspects of the university’s academic mission, as well as its academic programs and services, broader curricular planning and assessment, general education, campus library, faculty and academic staff recruitment and retention.

“I am delighted to be joining the outstanding and dedicated faculty and staff of SUNY Old Westbury,” Lanoue said in a news release about his joining SUNY Old Westbury.

“I strongly support the university’s mission and values and look forward to helping provide our students with a high-quality education that will prepare them for lifelong personal growth, exciting and meaningful careers, and effective local, national, and global citizenship,” Lanoue added.

Lanoue, a political science expert who has worked as a higher education administrator since 1990, most recently served as provost and vice president of academic affairs from Southern Arkansas University.

Prior to that, he served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Hawai‘i Pacific University and, before that, served as dean of the College of Letters and Sciences at Columbus State University in Georgia.  Earlier in his career, he held appointments as professor and department chair at the University of Alabama, Texas Tech University and the University of California, Riverside. Other faculty appointments were with Illinois State University and the University of Texas at El Paso.

“Dr. Lanoue has in every position distinguished himself as a leader who excels at both strategy and execution,” SUNY Old Westbury University President Timothy Sams said in the news release. “I am confident his intellect, authenticity, and dedication will greatly benefit our university and its faculty and students.”

Lanoue earned a Ph.D. and M.A. from Stony Brook University and a B.A. from University of California, San Diego. He resides in Port Washington.

He is the author of “From Camelot to the Teflon President: Economics and Presidential Popularity Since 1960” and co-authored “The Joint Press Conference: The History, Impact, and Prospects of Televised Presidential Debates.” In addition, he wrote two book chapters, 30 refereed articles, and served on part of more than 30 conference papers and panel discussions.

With his political science insights, he has been quoted in The New York Times, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, U.S. News and World Report, Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald and Washington Times.