Dr. Anthony
J. Polemeni has more than 40 years of combined experience in education
and industry.
Dr. Polemeni
has been a leader in both the business world and education. Born in Brooklyn,
he received a baccalaureate degree (Summa Cum Laude) from St. Francis
College. He received his Master's in Romance Philology from Columbia
University and the Doctoral degree from St. John's University.
Dr. Polemeni began as a teacher of French and very quickly rose to become
Director of Foreign Languages, In 1971 he was hired by the New York State
Division of Evaluation to oversee the New York City Schools and thereafter
became Director of Research and Evaluation for the New York City Central
Board of Education. Under his leadership the first aid only secure
standardized New York City Test was developed as well the Language Assessment
Battery for Bilingual Children.
In 1978, because of family obligations, Dr. Polemeni left the New York
City Board of Education and joined the international business world as
a Director of Creusot Loire Corporation, a French importing company
of specialty steel, In 1981, he became Vice President and eventually
President of an international export company which dealt with Africa,
Asia, Caribbean, and Latin America.
In 1997, he retuned to education as Director of Mercy College's Bronx
Graduate School of Education.
In June of 2001, Dr. Polemeni became Dean of the Touro Graduate
School of Education and School Psychology. Under his leadership, combined
with an outstanding staff, Touro has developed Masters Programs in Birth
through 2, 1-6, 5-9, Special Education, Literacy, Tesol, Instructional
Technology, and on-line distance Learning. Touro College has become a
leading educational institution in New York State.
