POTSDAM -- Retired Clarkson professor and administrator, Dr. Herman Shulman, 98, died on April 28, 2020 in Houston, Texas after falling ill with COVID-19.

Dr. Shulman joined Clarkson College of Technology in 1948 starting as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Over an illustrious career at Clarkson that spanned the next 40 years, he accepted leadership positions in his department, the school of Engineering and the University before he retired in 1988 as Executive Vice President. In 1966, he served as Acting President during the transition from President William Whitson to President John Graham, Jr.

“With our condolences to the Shulman family, we mourn the passing of Dr. Herman Shulman. He was a tremendous leader for decades at Clarkson, and his impact is still being felt here to this day,” said President Tony Collins. “His legacy will live on for years to come.

”The Wallace H. Coulter Foundation honored his service to the University by endowing a chair in his honor in 2003, currently held by Prof. Charlie Robinson in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Due to COVID-19, all memorial services will be private. His family has asked that memorials be made to Clarkson’s Student Emergency Relief Fund in his honor. Clarkson will forward personal messages of condolences to his family.

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