BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Dennis Golladay
Vice Chancellor for Community Colleges
On December 1, 2006, Dr. Dennis Golladay, assumed the duties of Vice
Chancellor for Community Colleges at the State University of New York. As Vice
Chancellor for Community Colleges, Dr. Golladay reports directly to the Office of the
Chancellor and is responsible for the oversight and coordination of relations with
SUNY’s 30 community colleges and their related organizations. He serves as staff
liaison to the Board of Trustees Committee on Community Colleges and as a liaison to
the State University Construction Fund and represents the Chancellor at Community
College meetings.
Prior to becoming Vice Chancellor for Community Colleges at SUNY, Dr.
Golladay served as sixth president of Cayuga County Community College, assuming
the post in July 1996 following 24 years’ experience in a community college setting.
Upon his departure, he was honored with the title of President Emeritus. Dr. Golladay
previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Anne Arundel Community
College in Maryland for four years and seven years as Dean of the School of
Humanities at Pensacola Junior College in Florida.
A native of Virginia, Dr. Golladay earned his B.S. degree in social science and
English from Madison College and his master’s and doctorate in American History from
the University of Virginia. In 1985, he was a National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH) Summer Seminar Fellow at Johns Hopkins University where he participated in a
postgraduate seminar on British Colonial North America. He was also an NEH Summer
Fellow in 1981 at the University of Virginia.
Publications to his credit deal with topics including American history, politics, the
law and general education. Among these are “Sidestepping Due Process: Federal
Grand Juries and the Unindicted Co-Conspirator” (Judicature, February 1982) and
“John Nicholas: Virginia Congressman, New York Quid” (New York History, January
1979).
Dr. Golladay was also president of the statewide Association of Presidents of
Public Community Colleges (APPCC) after having served as the group’s vice president
and as secretary. He was also on the SUNY Community College Strategic Plan task
force. At the recommendation of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education,
Dr. Golladay chaired two team visits to member institutions seeking reaccreditation.
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Chair of the Governing Council of the NASA-sponsored Institute for the
Application of GeoSpatial Technology situated on the campus of Cayuga Community
College, Dr. Golladay also serves on the board of the Institute for Community College
Development at Cornell University. In 2004 he was appointed to the Regional Alliance
of The Essential New York Initiative, a forum for spurring economic development in the
twelve-county Central Upstate New York region. In the spring of 2005 he joined the
boards of Auburn Memorial Hospital and the local Schweinfurth Memorial Arts Center.
Dr. Golladay has also a record of wide-ranging community service. He served on
the Board of Directors of the United Way of Cayuga County and was co-chair of its 2003
Campaign. He is a past member/chair of the Board of Directors of the Cayuga County
Chamber of Commerce and an honorary member of the Advisory Board of Leadership
Cayuga County. He completed a term as member of the local Montessori School Board
and has served as a member of the National Judges Panel for the National Women’s
Hall of Fame 2005 Induction. The Auburn-Cayuga Chapter of the NAACP honored him
with a Millennium Award in 2003.
Dr. Golladay is married to Dr. Mamie Howard Golladay, president of Sullivan
County Community College in Loch Sheldrake, New York.