The New York State Writers Institute mourns the passing of Mario Cuomo, former New York Governor and a very dear friend of the Institute, who signed into law the legislation that created our organization in 1984.
Cuomo came to the Institute to celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2009, his first public appearance in Albany since leaving the Governor's mansion in 1994. On that occasion, he shared the stage at Page Hall with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin (pictured here).
More about his visit here: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/cuomo_goodwin09.html
The New York Times obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/02/nyregion/mario-cuomo-new-york-governor-and-liberal-beacon-dies-at-82.html?_r=0http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/02/nyregion/mario-cuomo-new-york-governor-and-liberal-beacon-dies-at-82.html?_r=0
More photos from the 25th Anniversary here: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/celebrate25.pdf
Friday, January 2, 2015
Mario Cuomo (1932-2015)
