May 14, 2001
Claude Rounds Recently Served as Vice President at
Albany Med
Troy, N.Y. — Claude D. Rounds of East Greenbush has been named
vice president for administration at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute effective June 4, 2001.
Rounds recently completed 15 years of service as vice
president for plant management at Albany Medical Center. Prior
to that, he served the hospital for seven years as manager of
plant operations and maintenance.
“Mr. Rounds brings to Rensselaer more than 30 years of
experience in facilities and property management,” said
Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson, in making the
announcement. “He is a skilled engineer, administrator,
communicator, and strategic planner.
”In addition to his professional training and experience, Mr.
Rounds has been a long-time resident and active community
member here in the Capital Region. We are fortunate to have him
join the administration at Rensselaer,“ Dr. Jackson said.
Before joining Albany Medical Center in 1979, Rounds was
director of physical plant and facility planning at Hudson
Valley Community College. Earlier, he served as Rensselaer
County Director of Environmental Health, director of plant
operations at Wilton Developmental Center, and as senior
building construction engineer for the New York State
Department of Mental Hygiene.
A registered professional engineer, Rounds earned a bachelor’s
degree in civil engineering from North Dakota State University,
in Fargo, N.D., and has an associate degree in construction
technology from Hudson Valley Community College.
He is a board member of the Health Resource Conservation
Coalition, past chair and member of the University Hospitals
Consortium Steering Committee for Technology Management and
Facilities Management, and chair of the Hospital Association of
New York State Technical Advisory Group.
Rounds served on a number of national advisory groups
including the Advisory Committee on Healthcare Safety of the
Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations.
Rounds is former chair of the East Greenbush Planning Board
and chair of the Town of East Greenbush Project Review Team. He
has served as project planning consultant for the Town of East
Greenbush and as engineering consultant for the Town of Nassau.
Rounds is president of the Board of Directors of Rouse, RPC,
and an instructor at Hudson Valley Community College, where he
also serves as a member of the Advisory Committee for Plant
Technology.
Contact: Bruce Adams
Phone: (518) 276-6531
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