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leadership and trusted role in education, CEC Board of
Directors appointed Steve Lesnik as its interim President and Chief Executive Officer until in 2013, Scott Steffey, former vice chancellor of State University of New York (SUNY) system, took over that role permanently. Also in 2013, a settlement agreement was reached with the New York Attorney General and CEC agreed to establish a $ 9.25 million restitution fund for students who were misled from the 2009 through 2012 school years.
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George W. Brown developed a chain of business schools in the early 1900s. The chain included 29 locations by 1911. In 1920, W.S. Sanford purchased a St. Louis location from Brown's network and renamed it the
Sanford- Brown Business College. In 1972, the College moved from St. Louis to St. Ann,
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owned by George W. Brown (1845-1918). There were 18 private colleges and schools bearing the name
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