Port News
6/16/2010 - Executive Director, Jonathan Daniels commented that, “the new trend at the Port of Oswego is that not only are we a bulk aluminum shipment point for Novelis but, we have become a distribution center.”
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6/7/2010 - Executive Director Jonathan Daniels announced today that the Oswego Port Authority finished the season’s first major barge grain movement with the
6/3/2010 - The Board of Directors of the Port of Oswego Authority has awarded Scriba Electric the contract for furnishing and installing marina sanitary pump-out systems at both the International Marina West and Oswego East Marina. click here
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Board of Directors
Terrence Hammill - Chairman of the Board
Al Archer - Vice Chairman - Executive Committee
Thomas Gillen - Secretary/Treasurer - Executive Committee
Thomas W. Schneider - Executive Committee
David Buske
John Kares Smith
Gerald Brown
W. David Schermerhorn
Terrence Hammill – Chairman of the Board
Dr. Terrence M. Hammill taught biology at SUNY-Oswego (1971-2002), chairing its Biology Department for seven years (1990-1996). At his retirement, he held the rank, Distinguished Teaching Professor. Prior to his employment at SUNY-Oswego, Hammill earned degrees at SUNY-Potsdam (B.S., 1963), the University of Georgia (M.Ed., 1968), SUNY College of Forestry and Syracuse University (Ph.D., 1971). During his academic career, Dr. Hammill was the recipient of numerous National Science Foundation scholarships and research grants, and several research and teaching awards. While a faculty member at SUNY-Oswego, Hammill was twice elected Mayor of Oswego, and served eight years (1992-1999). While mayor, Hammill also served on the NYS Fire Prevention and Building Codes Council (1994-1999), the NYS Canal Recreationway Commission (1993-1998), and on various panels/committees for the NYS Conference of Mayors. Hammill has also served on many community organizations, including Oswego Zoning Board of Appeals, Oswego City Planning Board (Chair), Oswego Economic Development Zone (EDZ) Board of Directors (Chair), Oswego Hospital Planning Committee, Oswego County Opportunities Board of Directors, Oswego Hot Stove Association (Little League), Oswego Maritime Foundation, Success by Six Advisory Board and Policy Council, and more. Dr. Hammill has traveled widely for professional reasons, giving lectures in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, the United States and Canada. While Mayor of Oswego, Hammill traveled and spoke widely in the United States, Canada, France, and three times in Russia. Dr. Hammill is married to Martha Trembley Hammill, who retired after nearly thirty years as a teacher at Leighton Elementary School and, for several semesters as a Supervisor of Student Teachers for SUNY-Oswego. Martha Hammill has also been very active in the Oswego community, and was named Oswego City School District Teacher of the Year in 1983. They have two sons and four grandchildren.
Al Archer – Vice Chairman – Executive Committee
An Oswego native, Al is employed by Constellation Energy and has worked in the Nuclear Industry for 25 years. He has served as the Vice President and President of the Oswego Softball Association, is a member of the Oswego Elks Lodge, volunteer for Oswego County Special Olympics, and assistant basketball coach at Oswego High school and SUNY Oswego. Al was elected to the Oswego Common Council in 1998 and served as Chairman of the Physical Services Committee while also being a member of the Audit/Budget Committees and the Planning/Development Committees. Al is a committee member for Planning and Development and Governance at the Port. He is the father of two sons, Al and Brandon.
Thomas Gillen – Secretary/Treasurer – Executive Committee
Thomas Schneider – Executive Committee
Tom Schneider has served as President and CEO of Pathfinder Bank since January 2000. Mr. Schneider has been employed by Pathfinder Bank since April 1988 and previously served as Chief Financial Officer and as Controller. Mr. Schneider has spent his entire 23-year career in the Financial Services industry being previously employed by Merrill Lynch & Co. and J. Henry Schroeder Bank and Trust. Mr. Schneider received his Masters in Business Administration from Fairfield University in May 2002 and his Batchelor of Arts in Economics from the SUNY Cortland May 1983. Mr. Schneider has been involved in numerous professional, trade and civic organizations throughout his career. He is Board President for Springside at Seneca Hill, an independent adult congregative living facility, a board member and Audit Committee Chairman of the Port of Oswego Authority and is a board member of Oswego Health. He is a board member of the New York Bankers Association, and was Chairman of the 2006 Smaller Member Bankers Conference. He served on the board and as officer for the Community Bankers Forum, including Chairman in 2001. Mr. Schneider has also served on the boards of Home Aides of Central New York, the Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Small Business Program, the Greater Oswego Chamber of Commerce, the United Way of Oswego County and the Oswego YMCA.
Bio coming soon.
David W. Buske is a resident of Oswego and has been a member of the Port Authority Board of Directors since 2001.Currently the Traffic Administrator with Novelis, Dave has been with the company for more than a decade. Prior to his employment with Novelis, Dave was the Warehouse Coordinator for Lakeshore Warehousing. Dave has served as the Chairman of the Oswego County Board of Appeals and also served as Board member of the Oswego County Energy Utilization Board. Dave and his wife Jean are the parents of three boys, David, Brian and Jonathan.Dr. John Kares Smith has over thirty years experience serving the faculty of SUNY-Oswego and the Oswego community. He is a recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service award, presented by the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity "for dedication and service to the college and Oswego
community." He is also a Recipient of the International Awareness and Peace Award, presented by The Coalition for Peace Education for Outstanding Dedication to Peace Education and Leadership in 2000. Dr. Smith has earned the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching bestowed by the Chancellor of the State University of New York, "in recognition of superb performance as a classroom teacher." He is also a recipient of the State of New York and United University Professions Excellence Award for Professional Service, given to "exemplary faculty and professionals in the Professional Services Negotiating Unit in recognition of sustained, outstanding performance and superior service to the State University and to the State of New York." Since 2000, he has been included in Who's Who Among American Teachers and has been profiled in the Directory of American Scholars. No stranger to community service, Dr. Smith has served as a member of the Board of Assessment Review for the city of Oswego and as a member and Vice-Chairman of the Oswego Zoning Board of Appeal. He and his spouse, Dr. Jean Troy-Smith have lived on Oswego’s West 6th Street for the past thirty four years.
W. David Schermerhorn
Bio coming soon.