50 YEARS AGO

Saint Rose president resigns

Alphonse R. Miele resigned as president of The College of Saint Rose saying, “In the past several months, there have arisen serious philosophical differences between the faculty leaders and the president of the college causing considerable unrest in the academic community” and he was resigning due to “irreconcible differences.” Miele was the target of faculty and student dissent after he called for the firing of two priest-teachers. Faculty leaders repeatedly called for his resignation charging a loss of confidence in his administration, since becoming president in July 1970. When the board of trustees twice rejected urging Miele’s resignation, several teachers, chaplain and academic dean said they would resign and 70 teachers signed another petition stating they might resign unless they could be assured of changes in the college administration.

—Times Union, Jan. 30, 1972

▶ Compiled by C.J. Lais Jr. and Azra Haqqie.