Susan M. Merritt, dean emeritus, was the founding dean of Pace University's Ivan G. Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems in 1983, where she is currently a professor of computer science. Dr. Merritt received the PhD and the MS in computer science from New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. She received the BA from the Catholic University of America where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated summa cum laude. She has published more than 100 contributions to the computing literature in computer science as well as in the social and educational issues related to information technology. She is the recipient of an IEEE Computing Society Service Award, the Carol S. Russett Award for Distinguished Service conferred by the American Council in Education (ACE) National Women's Leadership Network and was on the cover and author of the cover story “Women in Computing,” in Westchester Women's News.