James C. Dawson | Members at Large
Judicial District IV -- Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren, Washington

166 U.S. Oval
Plattsburgh, NY 12903 | Phone: (518) 324-2401
RegentDawson@mail.nysed.gov
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Regent James C. Dawson was appointed to the Board of Regents in 1993, and reappointed in 2000, 2005 and 2010 to represent the 4th Judicial District (the North Country from the Mohawk River to the Canadian border). During his service on the Board he has chaired the Regents' Cultural Education Committee, the Regents' Administrative Committee, and the Regents' State Aid Subcommittee. He is currently in his second appointment as Chair of the Cultural Education Committee which has oversight over libraries, museums, archives and public television; and he continues as Vice Chair of State Aid. He believes that he is the first Regent in the 220-year history of the Board of Regents to have visited every school district, and every school building, in his judicial district. He has been active in NASBE, the National Association of State Boards of Education that represent the state education boards of the fifty states and has served as their President and as the chair or member of several of their study groups on topics as diverse as school construction, the achievement gap, and arts and foreign language education. Since 1970, Dr. Dawson has served on the faculty at the State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh where he teaches courses in geology as a Distinguished Service Professor in the Center for Earth and Environmental Science. Dr. Dawson's personal interests include classical music, history (especially local history), hiking, and canoeing with Caroline, his spouse.