Samuel "The Hon." 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
