Appointment of Executive Director of Rutgers Parents Association

March 13, 2007

Dear Colleagues:

I am pleased to announce that Lee Schneider, a three-time Rutgers alumnus who has had a long and distinguished career at the university, has been appointed to the position of executive director of the Rutgers Parents Association and senior advisor to the vice president for student affairs on student life issues.

As executive director, Dr. Schneider will serve as an advocate for parents and the university, both internally and externally, by facilitating communication and creating a climate that fosters mutual understanding. The Rutgers Parents Association will implement programs and services that inform parents and families about valuable resources, critical issues, and topics relevant to student success. Additionally, the association will design and sponsor programs that promote parent and family involvement in the life of the university and create opportunities for participation in their student's experience.

Dr. Schneider received his three academic degrees from Rutgers: a B.S. from the College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, an M.S. from the Graduate School, and an Ed.D. from the Graduate School of Education. For the past 37 years, Lee has served Rutgers in a variety of roles. He has been an academic instructor, a Rutgers football coach, a dean of academic and student programs, and, for the past 19 years, the dean of students at Cook College. Lee's accomplishments as dean of students include the development of the Cook College Leadership Development Program and the Cook College Parents Association. Just as important, he has been a mentor and friend to thousands of Cook students.

While an undergraduate, Lee was captain of the 1969 Centennial Football Team and a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Dr. Schneider is active in several Rutgers alumni associations and the Cook College Parents Association, and he is vice president of the Rutgers Football Letter Winners Association. He has been inducted into the Rutgers Football Hall of Fame, twice was the Cook College baccalaureate speaker, earned the George Hammell Cook Distinguished Alumni Award, and in 2005 received the Rutgers University Alumni Federation Meritorious Service Award.

Please join me in congratulating Lee Schneider and in wishing him every success in his new position.
 

Richard L. McCormick
President
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey