Tom Rathbone

Title: Tom Rathbone
Description: Tom Rathbone was the driving force behind the ongoing facilities transformation on the Oneonta campus for the last 30 years. His vision for his work was "To create the campus with the best darn facilities in the SUNY system." His work - 7/24 - has certainly resulted in that. The discussion ranged over topics from planning (Campus Master Plans), to on going challenges, to infrastructure, to renovation, to new construction. His success was informed by his ability to work with a wide variety of campus constituencies. An illustration of his success was his unique awareness that the changing of pedagogical styles would be a major influence in the renovations to be made in our academic buildings -- an illustration of form following function. He also realized that of all facilities, it was those in their curricular area (major) choice which made the most difference to perspective students.
Contributor (Interviewer): Kitchen Table Conversations
Date of interview: 2018-07-17; 2018 Collection
Duration (Extent): 01H02M14S
Type: Sound
Creator: Alan Donovan