Petition for UB Foundation Transparency  updated as of April 13, 2016

American Association of University Professors, UB chapter

The persons listed below have endorsed the petition associated with our document, “The Other Buffalo Billion: Time for Transparency at the UB Foundation,” affirming that “we, the undersigned members of the UB community, and other SUNY donors and owners, the citizens of New York State, urge the UB Foundation and UB leadership to establish transparency for University at Buffalo Foundation revenues, expenditures, and investments—past, present, and future—while maintaining reasonable confidentiality for private donors.”

• For our webpage, go here.
• For a docx copy of “The Other Buffalo Billion,” go here.
• To add your name to the petition, send the following message to UBAAUP@gmail.com: “I join UB-AAUP in urging the UB Foundation and UB leadership to establish transparency for University at Buffalo Foundation revenues, expenditures, and investments—past, present, and future—while maintaining reasonable confidentiality for private donors. I understand that my signature will be public.”

We will periodically update the list of signatures.

1. Ablow, Rachel: Associate Professor of English
2. Atleson, James: Professor of Law, Emeritus
3. Baker, Susan: Professor of Pediatrics
4. Bélanger, Sylvie: Associate Professor of Art
5. Benson, Michelle: Associate Professor of Political Science
6. Bisson, Mary A.: Professor of Biological Sciences
7. Bono, Barbara J.: Associate Professor of English
8. Bramen, Carrie: Associate Professor of English
9. Bromley, Hank: Professor in the Graduate School of Education, Emeritus
10. Brown, Murray: Professor Emeritus of Economics
11. Bruenn, Jeremy: Professor of Biological Sciences, Emeritus
12. Bunn, James: Professor of English Emeritus; former Dean, Faculty of Arts and Letters
13. Cahn, Susan: Professor of History
14. Chang, Winston: Professor of Economics
15. Cohen, Richard: Professor of Philosophy
16. Dauber, Kenneth: Professor of English
17. Dennis, Carl: Professor of English Emeritus, Artist in Residence, Pulitzer Prize Winner for Poetry
18. Des Forges, Roger: Professor of History Emeritus
19. Dewald, Jonathan: UB Distinguished Professor of History
20. Durand, Henry: Clinical Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
21. Edelman, Arthur M.: Associate Professor of Toxicology and Pharmacology
22. Efron, Art: Professor of English Emeritus
23. Ellison, John W.: Associate Professor of LIS Emeritus
24. Fertig, David: Professor of Linguistics
25. Fleischer, Stephan: Associate Professor of English Emeritus
26. French, Rebecca: Professor of Law
27. Gerber, David A.: Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus
28. Gottdeiner, Mark: Professor of Sociology Emeritus.
29. Grinde, Don: Professor of Transnational Studies
30. Halpern, Stephen: C. Professor of Political Science
31. Hawk, Larry: Professor of Psychology
32. Henderson, Adele: Professor of Art
33. Herzberg, David: Associate Professor of History
34. Hildenbrand, Suzanne: Professor Library and Information Studies Emerita
35. Hochfield, George: Professor of English Emeritus; former Chair, Faculty Senate.
36. Hoffman, Steve G.: Assistant Professor of Sociology
37. Holmes, James M.: Professor of Economics
38. Holstun, Jim: Professor of English
39. Hwang, Joyce: Associate Professor of Architecture
40. Iggers, Georg: SUNY Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus
41. Johnson, David E.: Professor of Comparative Literature
42. Katz, Jonathan: Associate Professor and Interim Chair of Art
43. Keane, Damien: Associate Professor of English
44. Korsmeyer, Carolyn: Professor of Philosophy
45. Kristal, Mark B.: Professor of Psychology Emeritus
46. Levine, Murray: Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology Emeritus
47. Linder, Joan: Associate Professor of Art
48. Luce, Paul A.: Professor of Psychology
49. Lyon, Arabella: Professor of English
50. Mack, Ruth: Associate Professor of English
51. Mangold, Susan: Professor of Law, Emerita
52. Marcus, Isabel: Professor of Law
53. Masling, Joe: Professor Emeritus of Psychology
54. Massey, Irving: Professor of English Emeritus
55. Mather, Lynn: SUNY Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Political Science Emerita
56. McCluskey, Martha: Professor of Law
57. McDevitt, Patrick: Associate Professor of History
58. Meier, Scott: Professor of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology
59. Meyerowitz, Ruth: Associate Professor of American Studies Emerita
60. Milles, Jim: Professor of Law
61. Mohan, Satish Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
62. Morgan, Peter B.: Professor of Economics
63. Murray, Sandra L.: Professor of Psychology
64. Nightingale, Carl: Professor of Transnational Studies
65. Nikolopoulou, Kalliopi: Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
66. O’Brien, Michael R.: Clinical Instructor of Medicine, 2010-2014; now Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
67. Park, Lora: Instructor in Psychology
68. Penniman, W. David: Professor Emeritus, Former Dean of UB School of Informatics
69. Peterson, Lorna: Associate Professor Library and Information Studies Emerita
70. Radford, Gail: Professor of History
71. Reitzenstein, Reinhard: Associate Professor of Art
72. Ross, Gary Earl: UB/EEOC, Professor Emeritus
73. Rothenberg, Stephanie: Associate Professor of Art
74. Scheider, William: Assistant Research Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology and Environmental Health
75. Schindler, Melissa: Adjunct faculty and Ph.D. candidate in English
76. Schmid, David: Associate Professor of English
77. Schmitz, Neil: Professor of English Emeritus
78. Seeman, Erik R.: Professor of History
79. Seery, Mark: Associate Professor of Psychology
80. Shucard, David: Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Psychology
81. Shucard, Janet: Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
82. Silverman, Robert: Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
83. Slaughter, Malcolm: Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
84. Soergel, Dagobert: Professor of Library and Information Studies
85. Steinfeld, Robert: Professor of Law
86. Stevens, Philip: Associate Professor of Anthropology
87. Taussig-Rubbo, Mateo: Professor of Law
88. Taylor, Henry: Professor, Center for Urban Studies
89. Thornton, Tamara: Professor of History
90. Tomkins, Suzanne: Clinical Professor of Law, Emerita
91. Udin, Susan: Professor of Physiology
92. Vanouse, Paul: Professor of Art
93. Vardi, Liana: Professor of History
94. Vargas, Margarita: Professor of Romance Languages
95. Watrous, Livingston V.: Professor of Art
96. Welch, Claude: SUNY Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science
97. Wolcott, Victoria: Professor of History
98. Wolf, Howard: Professor of English Emeritus
99. Wu, Cynthia: Associate Professor of Transnational Studies
100. Zagare, Frank C.: UB Distinguished Professor of Political Science
101. Zarembka, Paul: Professor of Economics
102. Garite, Matthew: Ph.D. in English
103. Geer, Judy: MLS
104. Harlow, Dennis: UB Law; Attorney, Lipsitz Ponterio
105. Hogan, Sarah: Ph.D. in English, Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University
106. Morrison, Irene: M.A. in English
107. Lipsitz, John: UB Law; Founding Attorney, Lipsitz Ponterio
108. Devinney, Gemma: Associate Librarian Emerita
109. Dickson, Jean: Associate Librarian Emerita
110. Finnegan, Shonnie: Librarian Emerita
111. Bard, Jessica: NYS Citizen
112. Bertland, Alexander: NYS Citizen, Professor at Niagara University
113. Delaney, Michael: NYS Citizen, ECC faculty
114. Giacalone, Art: NYS Citizen, Attorney
115. Hemphill-Nichols, Veronica: NYS Citizen, Community Activist
116. Liu, Lydia: NYS Citizen, Student at UC Berkeley
117. Peterson, Sybil: NYS Citizen, Buffalo public school teacher, retired
118. Tinker, Joanna: NYS Citizen
119. Welch, Jon: NYS Citizen, Manager, Talking Leaves Bookstore
120. Zanolli, Paul: NYS Citizen, Professor at ECC
121. Donovan, Patricia: Office of University Communications, retired
122. McCarthy, Timothy: NYS Citizen, Technical Services Librarian
123. Acquario, Stephanie: NYS Citizen, Undergraduate, Communication
124. Bard, Nicole: Undergraduate, Communication
125. Cardon, Allison: Ph.D. candidate in English
126. Dwyer, Vanessa: J. Undergraduate, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
127. Eager, Colin: Ph.D. candidate in History
128. Ebbing, Melissa: Undergraduate, Biological Sciences
129. Ege, Elif: Ph.D. candidate in Transnational Studies
130. Flaccavento, Joshua: Ph.D. candidate in English
131. Goffeney, Martin: Ph.D. candidate in English
132. Gould, Declan: Ph.D. candidate in English
133. Greer, Amy: Ph.D. candidate in English
134. Grujic, Ana: Ph.D. candidate in English
135. Hall, Joseph: Ph.D. candidate in English
136. Hawkins, Cynthia: Ph.D. candidate in Transnational Studies
137. Hossenlopp, Andrew: Undergraduate, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
138. Martin, Craig: Undergraduate, School of Management
139. Poulin, Adam R.: Undergraduate, Psychology
140. Purdy, Nicole M.: Undergraduate, Accounting
141. Rinaldo, Lenore: Undergraduate, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
142. Tatar, Doruk: Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature
143. Young, Alexander: Undergraduate, Environmental Engineering