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'''Lois B. DeFleur''' (born June 25, 1936) was president of [[Binghamton University]] from 1990 to 2010. She came to the university after being [[provost (education)|provost]] at the [[University of Missouri]]. Before that she had served as a [[sociology]] [[professor]] at [[Missouri State University]] and [[Washington State University]]. She has a [[doctorate]] in sociology from the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]]. She studied [[juvenile delinquency]] in Latin America and has done extensive work in the fields of deviant behavior and occupational socialization.
'''Lois B. DeFleur''' (born June 25, 1936) was president of [[Binghamton University]] from 1990 to 2010. She came to the university after being [[provost (education)|provost]] at the [[University of Missouri]]. Before that she had served as a [[sociology]] [[professor]] at [[Missouri State University]] and [[Washington State University]]. She has a [[doctorate]] in sociology from the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]]. She studied [[juvenile delinquency]] in Latin America and has done extensive work in the fields of deviant behavior and occupational socialization.


DeFleur became the president at [[Binghamton University]] in 1990, making her the longest serving president of the university to date. She retired at the end of July 2010 [http://b-line.binghamton.edu/news.cgi?id=257].
DeFleur became the president at [[Binghamton University]] in 1990, making her the longest serving president of the university to date. She resigned in disgrace at the end of July 2010 [http://b-line.binghamton.edu/news.cgi?id=257] after being implicated in the [[Binghamton University basketball scandal]].


== DeFleur at Binghamton ==
== DeFleur at Binghamton ==
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* Announced retirement weeks before major scandal involving the basketball team was revealed to the public.<ref>[[Binghamton University basketball scandal]]</ref>
* Announced retirement weeks before major scandal involving the basketball team was revealed to the public.<ref>[[Binghamton University basketball scandal]]</ref>
*University was not included in rankings and lists of most competitive colleges (such as BARRON'S GUIDE TO THE MOST COMPETITIVE COLLEGES) but included as a Best Buy.;<ref>Barron's Educational Series; 4 edition (August 1, 2005)</ref>
*University was not included in rankings and lists of most competitive colleges (such as BARRON'S GUIDE TO THE MOST COMPETITIVE COLLEGES) but included as a Best Buy.;<ref>Barron's Educational Series; 4 edition (August 1, 2005)</ref>
* Implicated for ethical violations that had been hinted at throughout her tenure as university president but which were clearly described in the Kaye Report;<ref>http://www.suny.edu/Files/sunynewsFiles/Pdf/KayeReport.PDF/ref></ref>
* Implicated for ethical violations that had been hinted at throughout her tenure as university president but which were clearly described in the Kaye Report;<ref>http://www.suny.edu/Files/sunynewsFiles/Pdf/KayeReport.PDF/ref{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}></ref>


== Retirement ==
== Retirement ==
DeFleur resigned in July 2010 to focus on her personal life.
DeFleur resigned after being implicated in the [[Binghamton University basketball scandal]] in July 2010 to focus on her personal life.


== Criticisms ==
== Criticisms ==


* Although the state ethics commission has never accused DeFleur of wrongdoing, some question the propriety of DeFleur sitting on boards of companies that do millions of dollars in business with the university that she oversees. For years, she was on the board of Energy East, in which she had held more than half a million dollars in stock. She is also a paid adviser to M&T Bank, a financial institution that has long had sole rights to operate on the Binghamton campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bupipedream.com/Articles/DeFleurs-position-on-several-boards-may-violate-spirit-of-ethics-guidelines/5240|title=DeFleur's position on several board may violate spirit of ethics guidelines}}</ref>
* Although the state ethics commission has never accused DeFleur of wrongdoing, some question the propriety of DeFleur sitting on boards of companies that do millions of dollars in business with the university that she oversees. For years, she was on the board of Energy East, in which she had held more than half a million dollars in stock. She is also a paid adviser to M&T Bank, a financial institution that has long had sole rights to operate on the Binghamton campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bupipedream.com/Articles/DeFleurs-position-on-several-boards-may-violate-spirit-of-ethics-guidelines/5240|title=DeFleur's position on several board may violate spirit of ethics guidelines|date=3 May 2011 }}</ref>

* While DeFleur was holding the Energy East stock (worth more than $500,000 when she sold it in 2007), the campus purchased Energy East's office building for $6.1 million across from the campus—a transaction dismissed as a sweetheart deal by local real estate experts and state officials. This deal—DeFleur says she recused herself, but her aides kept her informed on the no-bid deal—was at first rejected by the Public Service Commission, the state comptroller's office and the state attorney general. Although it was eventually approved, an assistant attorney general, Henry DeCotis, still objected to the entire transaction, arguing the school will have paid more than $140,000 too much. In addition, he said, the deal allowed Energy East to keep office and parking spaces.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/sports/ncaabasketball/28binghamton.html|title=At Binghamton, Concern That Sports Still a Focus | work=The New York Times | first=Pete|last=Thamel|date=February 28, 2010}}</ref>

*DeFleur's legacy included construction of a $33 million sports arena at a university that now has one of the highest student/faculty ratios (20/1) in the country.<ref>http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2010/02/23/binghamtons-big-scandal</ref> For over a decade, Defleur's focus was to build a sports team at the expense of academic quality and regardless of the extent to which corruption and unethical conduct were required to do so.<ref>http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2010/02/23/binghamtons-big-scandal</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www2.binghamton.edu/about/leadership/profile.html Binghamton profile of DeFleur]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091010035815/http://www2.binghamton.edu/about/leadership/profile.html Binghamton profile of DeFleur]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313224318/http://www.mcgrawprize.com/winners/past/ Past Winners of Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education]


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Lois B. DeFleur, Ph.D.
President, Binghamton University
In office
1990–2010
Preceded byClifford D. Clark
Succeeded byC. Peter Magrath
Personal details
Born (1936-06-25) June 25, 1936 (age 88)
Illinois
ResidenceVestal, NY
Alma materUniversity of Illinois
Indiana University
Blackburn College
ProfessionSociology
Website[1]

Lois B. DeFleur (born June 25, 1936) was president of Binghamton University from 1990 to 2010. She came to the university after being provost at the University of Missouri. Before that she had served as a sociology professor at Missouri State University and Washington State University. She has a doctorate in sociology from the University of Illinois. She studied juvenile delinquency in Latin America and has done extensive work in the fields of deviant behavior and occupational socialization.

DeFleur became the president at Binghamton University in 1990, making her the longest serving president of the university to date. She resigned in disgrace at the end of July 2010 [2] after being implicated in the Binghamton University basketball scandal.

DeFleur at Binghamton

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A few of the events occurring under her administration:

  • Began an aggressive fundraising campaign, more than doubling giving for multiple consecutive years.
  • Moved athletics to Division I from Division III, changing the school's mascot from the Colonial to the Bearcat.
  • Binghamton's publications rankings increased (although some have declined drastically in recent years, such as overall ranking in the Princeton Review).
  • Reorganized schools at Binghamton: the College of Community and Public Affairs and the School of Education were created July 1, 2006, from the former School of Education and Human Development.
  • Funded construction of over more than a dozen new buildings, including a new residence community, university union addition, events center, academic complex and the new Downtown University Center.
  • The University’s endowment has risen from approximately $8 million to $64.5 million.
  • Faculty research awards have increased 60 percent.
  • Binghamton completed its first-ever comprehensive gifts campaign more than a year early, and at 121 percent of its goal.
  • Binghamton was designated a New York State Center of Excellence in 2006.
  • Announced retirement weeks before major scandal involving the basketball team was revealed to the public.[1]
  • University was not included in rankings and lists of most competitive colleges (such as BARRON'S GUIDE TO THE MOST COMPETITIVE COLLEGES) but included as a Best Buy.;[2]
  • Implicated for ethical violations that had been hinted at throughout her tenure as university president but which were clearly described in the Kaye Report;[3]

Retirement

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DeFleur resigned after being implicated in the Binghamton University basketball scandal in July 2010 to focus on her personal life.

Criticisms

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  • Although the state ethics commission has never accused DeFleur of wrongdoing, some question the propriety of DeFleur sitting on boards of companies that do millions of dollars in business with the university that she oversees. For years, she was on the board of Energy East, in which she had held more than half a million dollars in stock. She is also a paid adviser to M&T Bank, a financial institution that has long had sole rights to operate on the Binghamton campus.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Binghamton University basketball scandal
  2. ^ Barron's Educational Series; 4 edition (August 1, 2005)
  3. ^ http://www.suny.edu/Files/sunynewsFiles/Pdf/KayeReport.PDF/ref[permanent dead link‍]>
  4. ^ "DeFleur's position on several board may violate spirit of ethics guidelines". 3 May 2011.
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