Island Federal Credit Union in Hauppauge, N.Y., said itslongtime president and CEO, Robert J. Dethlefsen, is retiringeffective Nov. 30.

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“The name Bob Dethlefsen will forever remain synonymous withIsland Federal Credit Union,” the 26,000-member New York CU said ina statement. “Every product, every service, every innovationintroduced over the past 34 years has been the result ofDethlefsen's leadership.”

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Dethlefsen joined Island FCU in 1977 and has been its presidentsince 1980. During that time, it has grown from $17 million and asingle location to $778 million and six branches in Bellmore,Hauppauge, Sayville, Selden and Brooklyn.

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Dethlefsen also has been a nine-year member of the NAFCU board,chairman of NAFCU Services Corp., a founding director for CardServices for Credit Unions and a founder of the advisory board forcore processor XP Systems, now a part of Fiserv Inc., Island FCUsaid.

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