The Hon. Samuel Stratton '37

At Rochester:

• Graduated from the University in 1937 with a baccalaureate degree

Post-Graduate:

• Earned an M.A. degree from Haverford College in 1938, and an M.A. degree from Harvard University in 1940
• Member of the Far Eastern Commission and Deputy Secretary General from 1946-1948
• Mayor of the city of Schenectady, NY from 1956-1959
• Elected to Congress from four districts in New York from 1959-1981
• Elected as a U.S. Representative to Congress from Amsterdam, NY in 1981
• Was the third ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee and Chairman of its Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems Subcommittee in 1986
• In 1958, he earned the University's Presidential Citation
• In 1978, he received the University's Hutchinson medal
• Four years later, the National Veterans of Foreign Wars presented him with its Congressional Award for Outstanding Service to the Nation