A convicted sex offender who spent a decade behind bars for a heinous attack was able to work as a CCNY athletic director for years because school officials were oblivious to his past.
Dr. Kevin Abdul-Rahman, 64, applied to the school in 1993 after changing his name and failing to disclose his sordid criminal history — which left him a Level 3 sex offender, the most dangerous.
He was hired as a “higher education associate” in City College’s athletic department and rose to become assistant athletic director.
He was promoted to athletic director two years ago at a salary of around $102,000 yearly.
Throughout his tenure at City College, administrators never knew about his conviction under his birth name, Robert Kevin Applegate, in Philadelphia, sources said.
According to a criminal complaint, Abdul-Rahman and two cohorts robbed a man at gunpoint June 20, 1975, and made him “perform sexual acts” on them. A law-enforcement source said there was a second victim — a woman — who was also sexually attacked.
Abdul-Rahman was convicted in November 1976, according to court records. He was paroled Aug. 27, 1986, after spending 10 years at a maximum-security prison.
City College officials found out about his past around a month ago, when a female student spotted him on a Web site that lists sex offenders.
Several weeks later, The Post received a call from a female tipster saying City College had dropped the ball.
Deidra Hill, a spokeswoman for the college, said Thursday that Abdur-Rahman’s past began to unravel in July.
When he “failed to be truthful about past convictions and criminal charges on the CUNY application, Human Resources immediately sent a letter to him communicating that he would be removed from his current position.
“He chose instead to retire from the college,” she said.
Abdul-Rahman will be able to collect a pension, sources say. He did not return messages seeking comment.
Additional reporting by Priscilla DeGregory