SHERMAN H. MASTEN ’42

SHERMAN H. MASTEN, the founding president of the County College of Morris, a community college in Randolph, N.J., died Apr. 24, 2007, at age 86. He was a member of Sigma Nu and was the brother of the late Gedney Masten ’39. After receiving his degree with distinction in psychology, he served in the US Air Force during World War II and then received a master’s degree from Wesleyan. He received a PhD from New York University. He began his long career in higher education as an administrator at Hofstra University and later became dean at Ulster County (N.Y.) Community College. In 1966 he became the founding president of CCM, which grew into a community college of more than 15,000 students and 475 full-time faculty and staff, which offers studies in more than 70 areas. Among those who survive are his wife, Dorothy Miller Masten; two sons, including Stephen B. Masten ’70; four grandchildren; and a niece, Laurel Masten Cantor ’76, MALS ’79.