David Paterson
David A. Paterson CC '77 is the lieutenant governor of New York. He could become governor pending the resignation of Eliot Spitzer, in which case he would become the state's first black governor and the first legally blind governor of any state.
Paterson majored in history. As a state senator, he pled with President Bollinger for recognition of the GSEU. Paterson is now also an adjunct professor at SIPA. He won a John Jay Award in 2007
