President Emeritus Christopher C. Dahl

Christopher C. Dahl was the president of SUNY Geneseo from 1996 to 2014. He was the 12th person to hold the college presidency, and was preceded by Carol Harter.


Presidential Convocation Addresses

  • 2013 -- Hail and Farewell
  • 2012 -- The Road Less Traveled By 
  • 2011 -- Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast 
  • 2010 -- The Paradoxes and Perils of Excellence 
  • 2009 -- Promise and Peril
  • 2008 -- Sustainability in Difficult Times
  • 2007— Getting It Right
  • 2006— Bringing it All Home: The Honors College
  • 2005 — Advancing Geneseo’s Mission 
  • 2004 — Some Achieve Greatness...
  • 2003 — Claiming Our Place 
  • 2002 — Looking Inward and Outward: The Year Ahead
  • 2001 — Restless on Our Laurels 
  • 2000 — Strategies for Excellence in Interesting Times

The Inaugural Address of Christopher C. Dahl

  • Lessons from the Past and Questions for the Future

A Tribute to President Emeritus Dahl