President's Biography
Vice Admiral John W. Craine, Jr., USN (Ret.)
Vice Admiral Craine was appointed president of the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College on May 27, 2006, after serving as the acting president since June, 2005. He joined SUNY in October, 2001, and served as the interim president of SUNY Maritime College until July, 2002, when he became the founding president of the State University’s Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute of International Relations and Commerce. In January, 2003, he served as chairman of the SUNY Board of Trustees Task Force on Efficiency and Effectiveness of the State University. From March, 2004, until July, 2006, he served as senior vice president of the Research Foundation, State University of New York.
In addition to his current assignment as president at SUNY Maritime College, he is also chairman of the State Maritime Academy Consortium of the six state maritime academies. He serves on the International Executive Board of the International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU), is chairman of its International Maritime Organization (IMO) liaison committee and is a delegate to the IMO. He has been appointed and serves as a Vice Admiral in the United States Merchant Marine Service.
During his thirty-three-year career in the U.S. Navy, Admiral Craine held several senior leadership positions, including command of a fighter squadron and a naval air station. Upon selection as an admiral, he commanded 26 naval bases and air stations in the Atlantic Fleet and served as Director of Assessment, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. He culminated his naval service in the grade of Vice Admiral as Director, Naval Training, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and Chief of Naval Education and Training, overseeing 168 training activities that provided training for 440,000 officers, soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines each year, in programs ranging from enlisted and officer basic and technical training to naval flight training.
Admiral Craine is a graduate of Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, and is a distinguished graduate of the Air Command and Staff College, Montgomery, Alabama. He and his spouse, Wendy, reside on campus. They have two grown sons.
