Albert Joseph Simone (born December, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a former president of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and the University of Hawaiʻi System.
As President at Mānoa, Simone lobbied for greater independence from the Hawaiian legislature's control in order to retain accreditation.
During his tenure, the university consolidated departments, research institutes and federal cooperative programs from different parts of campus into the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology, a leading education and research resource.
[2][3] His tenure at RIT saw additional PhD programs (in microsystems engineering, computing and information sciences, and color science) inaugurated and improvements made to RIT's athletic program (such as the construction of the Gordon Field House and Activities Center and the elevation of the men's hockey team to Division I).
[4] June 15, 2007 was proclaimed Albert J. Simone Day in Rochester and Monroe County.