Rockland Community College President and Wife Honored by NJ AIDS Services

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: October 22, 2014
CONTACT: Maralin Roffino
845 -574-4244
mroffino@sunyrockland.edu

Rockland Community College President and Wife
Honored by NJ AIDS Services

RAMAPO - Rockland Community College President Dr. Cliff L. Wood and his wife, Wylene Branton Wood, were honored by New Jersey AIDS Services (NJAS) at the organization’s 20th Anniversary Gala (October 17, Morris County, NJ).

NJAS manages the Eric Johnson House, a residence for persons living with AIDS/HIV. The residence is the former rectory of the Church of the Redeemer (Episcopal) in Morristown, NJ. Dr. Wood was the parish’s Senior Warden when the vestry decided to convert the rectory and raise funds for the facility.

Mrs. Wood was a long-time member of the NJAS board and served as vice president from 1998-2004. She is now president of the boards of VCS Inc. and of the African American Historical Society of Rockland County, and a 2014 inductee into the Rockland County Civil Rights Hall of Fame.

Also honored with the Woods were Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen and Reverend Phillip Wilson, Rector Emeritus of the Church of the Redeemer.

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Photo caption: RCC President, Dr. Cliff L. Wood, and his wife, Wylene Branton Wood.