Now in his second year as president of Stony Brook University (succeeding Power List Hall of Famer Shirley Strum Kenny), Samuel Stanley is overseeing one of Long Island’s most vital institutions: Stony Brook University is responsible for nearly 4 percent of all economic activity in Nassau and Suffolk counties, and approximately 7.5 percent of total jobs in Suffolk County. And the future suggests bigger things, still. In response to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $35 million “NY SUNY 2020 Challenge Grant,” Stanley recently unveiled a multi-tiered plan to increase student enrollment, create local jobs and enhance healthcare services on LI—including a plan to build a 25,000-square-foot translational medical research building, which would be located at the Stony Brook University Medical Center campus and focus on cancer research, advanced medical imaging and cancer care.
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