Siena College
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| President | Fr. Kevin E. Mackin, OFM |
| School type | Private |
| Religious affiliation | Catholic |
| Founded | 1937 |
| Location | Loudonville, New York |
| Enrollment | 2900 undergrad. |
| Campus surroundings | Suburban |
| Campus size | 164 acres (0.66 km²) | Sports teams | Saints |
Siena College is a Catholic liberal arts college situated in the suburban community of Loudonville, New York, two miles north of Albany. Siena College was founded in 1937 by seven Franciscan friars.
The college is home of the Saints, its athletic team, which is competing in MAAC.
Students may participate in the college's radio station (WVCR).
The Siena Research Institute (SRI), which was founded in 1980, conducts opinion polls that are quoted by the national media (New York Times, USAToday, etc.) and well-known authors (e.g. Betty Boyd Caroli in her book First Ladies). In 1982, SRI conducted the world's first Ranking of First Ladies. More recently, SRI has conducted studies on a First Woman President and hosted the First Woman President Symposium in March 2005. SRI is regularly conducting polls concerning New York's consumer index and polls prior to elections.
Notable Siena graduates include:
- Governor George Deukmejian, former governor of California
- William Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize winning author
- Kenneth J. Ringler Jr. , Executive Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- Congressman Jack Quinn
- His Excellency Harry Flynn, Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis
- Raymond Fisher, vice president of Daimler-Chrysler Corp.
- Douglas Colbeth, president and CEO of Kinaxis, former president and CEO of Spyglass, a pioneering Internet developer
- Kathleen Jimino, Rensselaer County Executive, NY
- Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the NRA
- Bob Danzig, The Hearst Corporation, ranking senior executive
- Jeffrey W. Connelly, General Electric Vice President for GE Infrastructure, Water & Process Technologies
- His Excellency Roberto González Nieves, Archbishop of San Juan, Puerto Rico