ics , ▁and ▁later ▁Associ ate ▁Dean ▁of ▁Academ ic ▁Affairs . ▁ ▁She ▁left ▁York ▁to ▁become ▁President ▁of ▁Metropolitan ▁State ▁University ▁in ▁Minnesota ▁( 1 9 7 7 – 1 9 8 8 ). ▁ ▁Mark ▁Rud man , ▁was ▁Associ ate ▁Professor ▁of ▁English ▁and ▁Po et - in - Res idence , ▁ 1 9 8 4 – 1 9 8 8 . ▁ ▁E ile en ▁Southern , ▁Ph D , ▁eth nom us ic ologist , ▁was ▁Professor ▁of ▁Music , ▁ 1 9 6 8 – 1 9 7 4 , ▁before ▁joining ▁the ▁fac ulty ▁of ▁Harvard ▁University , ▁where ▁she ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁African ▁American ▁woman ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁ten ured ▁professor ▁there . ▁ ▁Notable ▁al umn i ▁Sal ▁F . ▁Alban ese ▁(' 7 2 ), ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁Democratic ▁candidate ▁for ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁mayor ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁He ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁Council ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁and ▁served ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁representing ▁part ▁of ▁Brook lyn . ▁After ▁leaving ▁the ▁City ▁Council , ▁Alban ese ▁became ▁Mark eting ▁Director ▁for ▁IN V ES CO ▁and ▁then ▁Man aging ▁Director , ▁Institution al ▁Sales ▁& ▁Mark eting , ▁at ▁M esi row ▁Fin an cial . ▁Deb or ah ▁Pers aud , ▁M . D . ▁(' 8 1 ), ▁a ▁v iro log ist ▁and ▁associate ▁professor ▁of ▁ped iat