Education
Simone earned his Bachelor of Arts in economics from Tufts in 1957, and his Doctor of Philosophy in economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1962.
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Albert Joseph Simone
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He served as dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Cincinnati from 1972 to 1983. He was both Chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Manoa and President of the University of Hawaii System from 1984 to 1992. As President at Manoa, Simone lobbied for greater independence from the Hawaiian legislature’s control in order to retain accreditation.
During his tenure, UH Manoa consolidated departments, research institutes and federal cooperative programs from different parts of campus into the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology, a leading education and research resource.
He became president of Rochester Institute of Technology on September 1, 1992, succeeding M. Richard Rose. His tenure at Rochester Institute of Technology saw additional Doctor of Philosophy programs (in microsystems engineering, computing and information sciences, and color science) inaugurated and improvements made to Rochester Institute of Technology"s athletic program (such as the construction of the Gordon Field House and Activities Center and the elevation of the men"s hockey team to Division I).
He retired from Rochester Institute of Technology July 1, 2007, succeeded by William West. Destler. June 15, 2007 was proclaimed Albert J. Simone Day in Rochester and Monroe County.
Simone served as a Class C director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from January 2000 to January 2003.
