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    Dr. Richard S. Shineman Professor of Chemistry

    Dr. Arsalan Mirjafari and his students meet with Barbara Shineman in the Richard S. Shineman Science and Engineering Center on SUNY Oswego's campus.

    Dr. Mirjafari serves as the Richard S. Shineman Endowed Chemistry Chair and shared his vision for teaching and engaging students and his upcoming plans for research and programming.

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    Virtual Library

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    Workshops and Professional Development Opportunities

    More than a grant-maker, we offer a range of opportunities for training, networking and capacity building to qualified nonprofit organizations in Oswego County.

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About the Shinemans

Dick Shineman and Barbara Palmer, two middle-aged, respected professors at SUNY Oswego in Upstate New York. A meeting in a church parking lot. A romance. A marriage. Two lives lived generously, despite vastly different backgrounds.

Few knew that Richard Shubert Shineman, a bachelor and founding chair of the college's chemistry department, had a privileged childhood, later inheriting and further building a fortune beyond most people's imaginations.

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