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Class of 1959
“
Don’t – as you graduate – carry away the notion that your education is finished,” wrote
President Buell G. Gallagher to the Class of ‘59 as part of his message in Microcosm.
The Class of ’59 entered CCNY as its campus experienced a major growth spurt in
September, 1955: The new South Campus opened, transforming the College from “a spacious
court surrounded by stately buildings of Medieval design,” as described by Mark Twain in
1906, to an eighteen and a half acre tree-spotted patch of greenery in the middle of the
bustling metropolis of New York.
Lists and affiliations were recurring issues during the Class of ’59's four years, as compulsory
membership lists, initiated the term before the class arrived, were required of every student
organization, drawing strong protests. Reflecting the tensions of the times, an invitation to
Paul Robeson to appear at the annual Academic Freedom Week ceremonies was revoked, as
Student Government President Jared Jussim expressed the fear that Robeson’s visit might
make the College look bad in the eyes of outsiders. Eleanor Roosevelt subsequently spoke on
campus about conformity in Russia, while Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Peoples Rights candidate
for the City Council, was banned by President Gallagher on the grounds that she had been
convicted under the Smith Act.
The campus continued its transformation process. The Morris Raphael Cohen Library
opened, and Drill Hall was torn down to make way for the new Tech building. With the
cooperation of the Atomic Energy Commission, an atomic reactor was installed under
Lewisohn Stadium.
The last Friday Night Dance, a College tradition since 1943, took place at the end of the
1957-58 school year. A lack of funds was blamed for its unfortunate demise.
Senior year, “Benny the Beaver,” a 5.5 ton sculpture by CCNY alumnus Robert Russin, took
up residence behind the Finley Center, facing the new library. A sportscaster named Bill Stern
labeled City College, NYU, the University of Chicago and Harvard as “hotbeds of
Communism” because they didn’t have football teams (though, in fact, Harvard did have
one). His observation was met with laughter by the student body. The Senior Prom was held
at Tavern-on-the-Green, and a good time was had by all. The Farewell Ball, which took place
just before Commencement, was a smashing success. Then came life after City College, with
the hope, again expressed by President Gallagher, that graduates would “continue a life-long
self-education,” thereby giving their alma mater “good reason to rejoice.”
Class notes are excerpted from the 1959 Microcosm,
Editor-in-Chief, Robert Steinberg.
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Dr. Ruth R. Adams
140 Hepburn Road #8H
Clifton, NJ 07012
[email protected]
“
I believe that the most important aspect in my life has been my relationships. My religious
education at Har Sinai Temple in Trenton, NJ had a great influence on me. Rabbi Holzberg
taught us that “religion is the relationship of person to person, and through that relationship
one finds God.” I had wonderful parents, Evelyn and Israel Richmond, who lived this belief and
who also helped me to see the necessity of caring about the needs of others. My parents were
instrumental in starting the Council of Human Relations in Trenton, NJ during the depression
and they helped many people of all races to find jobs. They were active in Zionist causes and
raised money for the Youth Aliyah project of Hadassah to rescue children from Germany and
relocate them to what was then called Palestine. My sister, Estelle, and her husband, Irving
Robinson, carried on this work in the name of our parents. They upheld the same traditions.
Both of our children went into “caring/helping” professions. Our daughter, Judith, became a
teacher and our son, David, a doctor.
My father believed in education and saw to it that I applied to Radcliffe College, which, he was
informed, was “the finest college in the land.” That experience gave me a great start. I went on to
get my master’s degree at City College of NYC and my Ph.D. at New York University. My
Radcliffe College friends are still some of my closest. We write and try to see each other in
between reunions. Certainly the most important relationship I formed in college was with my
husband, Jim Adams. At the time, he was studying at Harvard Law School and we met and fell
in love.
When we were first married, we lived in NYC. I was a teacher at the Dalton School and later at
Friends Academy in Locust Valley, NY. World War II intervened and I joined Jim at the Navy
Language School in Boulder, Colorado. I lived with my parents in Trenton, NJ while Jim was
overseas. Our son, David, was born there. Later we moved to Stuyvesant Town in NYC, where
our daughter, Judy, was born. Judy is a gifted teacher of young children, who has had a long,
successful career on the faculty of Friends Seminary in NYC. She is married to Daniel Anderson,
whom she met at Northwestern University and he is a wonderful elementary vocal music teacher
as well as an accomplished musician. Their son, Evan received a Business degree from
Washington University in St. Louis and is now working as a manager for Allway Tools in the
Bronx. Our son, David, has recently relocated and is Professor of Clinical Neurology and
Director, Division of General Neurology at the University of Miami Medical School and Hospital.
He and his wife, Stephanie, who was a practicing nurse for many years, have two sons - Scott
and Keith. Scott graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Communications and is a
writer and actor. Keith received his degree in Communications from the University of Miami.
He is active in the film industry and also writes screen plays.
While teaching at City College, I had the good fortune to have Professor Florence Roswell as my
mentor. She inspired me. Dean Bortner chose me to be Associate Dean of the School of
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Education. Prior to that, I was Chairperson of the Department of Elementary Education, which
included Bilingual and Early Childhood Programs as well as some courses in Special Education
and School Psychology. I was active in the Education Alumni Association and was awarded a
plaque and recognition for my work by my colleagues and by the CCNY Alumni Association.
While I was Chairperson, we received a number of grants, such as The Right to Read and several
others in Bilingual Education. During my tenure, Professor Lillian Weber established The
Workshop Center for Early Childhood Education. This center had international prestige.
Professor Gilbert Voyat of the Psychology Department was a frequent contributor. He was a student of the distinguished epistemologist and author, Jean Piaget, whom we had the good fortune
to meet at a meeting of the Piaget Society.
Jim and I built our home on Long Beach Island, New Jersey in 1968 and moved down permanently in 1982 when I retired from City College and Jim retired as Regional Counsel for the
Navy Office of the General Counsel in the Northeast region. I found I did not enjoy retirement,
so I became a School Psychologist, Learning Consultant, and Guidance Counselor for many
years at the schools on LBI and the mainland. We loved our lives on LBI and had many friends
and activities to keep us busy: AAUW, the Jewish Community Center, and social groups such as
my retiree friends and my Healthy Bones Group. Our children and grandchildren enjoyed many
summers at our home in Beach Haven. During these years we traveled a great deal. On one trip
to Israel I had the opportunity to see a Youth Aliyah village.
After many years, when Jim had a bad fall, broke his hip, and was having difficulty navigating in
our two-level home, it was time to move on. We sold our home and moved to Clifton, NJ to be
nearer our children. We are now living in Country Club Towers in a beautiful, spacious apartment which Judy and Dan found and set up for us. When we first walked in, everything was in
place as though we had lived there for many years. It is a short distance from their home in
Bloomfield.
As soon as I was settled in Clifton, I became a member of the Sequoia Program at the YMHA
and attend lectures, discussions, shows, concerts, and luncheons with my new friends. I also
enjoy services at Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield where Judy and Dan are members, and Judy
sings in the choir.”
In closing, I would like to say that my years at City College will never be forgotten. At the time
when I was a student, the master’s degree was free and I received a splendid education! I would
love to hear from colleagues and former students.
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Mrs. Rose Anderson
14 The Rise
Woodbury, NY 11797
516-367-9684
R
ose Camille Anderson (née De Cicco) majored in Mathematics, earning her BS degree from CCNY’s School of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
At City, she was a member of the Newman Club and the Education
Society. She is a retired Math teacher who worked in the New York City
school system. She is the widow of Henry Joseph Anderson, who was an
actuary and fellow CCNY alumnus. Rose’s fondest CCNY memories: “The
time I met my future husband at the Newman Club and also our times
together at Shepard Hall.” Rose has four children: Carl and Joseph, both
medical doctors; Sally, a social worker; and Michael, an investment banker.
She also has 7 grandchildren.
Mr. George Appel
304 Midland Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63043
[email protected]
“
I grew up in the North Bronx on Commonwealth Avenue and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City. While attending
CCNY, I belonged to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(ASME) and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). After graduating
CCNY in 1959, I married in 1965 and moved to Lindenhurst, Long Island.
I joined the Babylon Masonic Lodge #793 (Long Island, New York) and
then eventually joined the Bridgeton Masonic Lodge #80 after moving to St.
Louis, Missouri. I am married for 43 years to my wife, Jeanne, and we have
5 children: Pamela, Jennifer, Laura, Carl, and Erica. Our four lovely grandchildren are: Ian, Sarah, Katie, and Anna. My Hobby since I was a young
boy was building model airplanes and flying U-Control airplanes and then eventually Remote
Control (RC). I have worked at Grumman Aircraft in New York and then McDonnell-Douglas
Aircraft and Boeing, in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1999, I retired from McDonnell-Douglas/Boeing
Aircraft. I am a current member of the Boeing Aircraft Phantom Flyers RC Club and the
Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA).”
Mrs. Carolyn Sanders Bacher
56 Cypress Place
Newtown, PA 18940
(215) 860-3565 / [email protected]
“
I was 16 when I entered CCNY, a girl from a three-room apartment
in the Bronx, just beginning to bloom. My parents were first generation Americans, intelligent, cultured and self-educated. They had
grown up in poverty, my father raised in an orphanage. We were thrilled
that I had the opportunity to attend CCNY as a full-time student.
I changed majors twice, so I experienced the math and science track, the
social science track, and graduated with a B.S in Education. It was practical for the daughter of a great depression family to become a teacher.
There was an attitude among some professors, especially my biology
professor that girls should not be taking up space at CCNY. Girls would end up “only as housewives” whereas the boys, who were not admitted to CCNY because a girl took their space,
would have been a “credit to society”. The challenge of disproving this sexist attitude and making use of my wonderful free education remained in the back of my mind as a motivating factor.
My intellect blossomed at CCNY. Never had I been surrounded by so many intelligent, thinking
people. I loved the classes and the cafeteria conversations. I felt totally alive, though overworked. I felt like a member of the elite. My friends and I would make a better world.
My most life changing experience was meeting my husband at CCNY. We have been married 51
years; have 2 children and 5 grandchildren.
I began my career as a first grade teacher in a very poor area of Manhattan. I was horrified by
the racism, lack of health care, accidental injuries, physical abuse, poor housing, rats, and lack
of supervision these children experienced in their every day lives. “A rat bit my baby brother last
night.” “My cousin got hit by a car.” “Every day on my way to school a man tries to get me to go
into the basement with him.” I felt a calling to go into social work.
In 1971 I returned to school and earned a Masters of Social Work at Rutgers University. I had a
fulfilling and successful career in social work for the next 35 years. I completed a two year training program in Family Therapy, enhancing my skills. My present certifications include New
Jersey Licensed Clinical Social Worker, ACSW, Permanently Certified School Social Worker, and
Diplomate in Clinical Social Work.
As a school social worker I came in contact with many of the problems of society; disabilities,
drug abuse, family problems, poverty, suicide, death, mental illness, etc. I was chosen to work
on a pilot project with families where there were persistent school problems. This project
involved training social workers and psychologists to work with these families in a new way.
Meanwhile, I had a private practice in family therapy.
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I worked as a field instructor for graduate students in social work for Rutgers, Yeshiva
University, University of Pennsylvania and Widener University. I taught social work at Rutgers
Graduate School of Social Work, and counseling techniques for graduate students at Trenton
State University.
I was chosen to participate in tri-state symposium on the state of school social work, which
resulted in a published paper. Additionally, two of my school social work papers were published
in social work journals. I was an active leader in the New Jersey Association of School Social
Workers.
In 1987 I became a program administrator and clinical supervisor at a child welfare agency. I
was promoted to Director of Operations, and in that position grew the agency from 6 programs
to 43 programs. My responsibilities included grant writing, program development and implementation, program evaluation, agency accreditation, interfacing with the state, training of staff,
clinical supervision, and general problem solving. I became known as an expert in foster care
and adoption. I was chosen to become a member of the Child Welfare League of America
National Adoption Standards Committee, and the New Jersey Adoption Services Advisory
Council. I presented papers statewide and nationally on Public-Private Partnerships in Child
Welfare, and was chosen as a trainer for staff and parents on issues concerning adoption and
parenting.
In 1994 I developed, implemented and supervised an agency international adoption program.
My social work view became global. The highlight of my career was forming families with children from around the world who would have spent their lives in orphanages, had it not been for
our work. Our families still keep in touch, and it is such a pleasure to see the children grow and
flourish as Americans.
I officially retired in 2003, although I still work sporadically as a consultant and clinical supervisor. After retirement I became certified as an ethics trainer, and have provided ethics training to
child welfare and mental health agencies in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
In retirement I have been doing what I love. I take classical piano lessons and piano master
classes, sing folk music with my husband, meet friends for lunch, read, and play with my grandchildren. I raised my two children and am raising my two grandsons. It is an honor to raise children. It has been a good life.”
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Hon. Harold Bauman
45 Delaware Ave.
Liberty, NY 12754
“
Having grown up in the Bronx, I attended the Bronx High School of
Science (aka CCNY Prep). I chose to attend CCNY because my family
could ill afford tuition at other schools. In addition to financial considerations, I chose CCNY because of its renowned Engineering School. While
attending CCNY I was on the Freshman basketball team as well as the
Varsity basketball team for three years. The most significant honor I
received was a diploma at graduation. In retrospect, Professors David
Polansky and Nat Holman (who were my basketball coaches) made the
greatest impression on me and helped instill values that served me well to
this day.
After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1959, I earned a master’s from CCNY in 1964.
While working as an engineer I was involved in the Apollo 11 Lunar landing and the F-14
Supersonic fighter. As an engineer I was a member of the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers and was also published in their periodicals. From 1967 through 1971 I attended Law
School and thereafter have served as a trial attorney specializing in products liability cases. As
an attorney I am past president of the Sullivan County Bar Association, a past member of the
House of Delegates to the New York State Bar Association, and a Fellow in the New York Bar
Foundation. In 2003 I was elected a Village Justice and am a member of the New York State
Magistrates Association.
The turning point in my life was meeting and marrying my wife, Lori Baum. We have two children. My son and daughter are attorneys in Los Angeles and Houston respectively. Each child
has enhanced the Bauman family with two grandchildren.
In retrospect, my fondest memories of college life center around my teammates, my coaches,
and games that I played more than 50 years ago.”
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Dr. Phoebe Lee Bauman
12508 Stable House Court
Potomac, MD 20854
[email protected]
P
hoebe Hillman Bauman majored in elementary education, graduating
with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from CCNY's
School of Education. At City, she was Vice President of the Education
Society and a member of the History Society and Sis Parks. She was elected to Kappa Delta Pi and received the Tremain Scholarship and the YWHA
Scholarship.
Upon graduation, she took a position as an elementary school teacher in
the Washington, D.C. Public Schools. She earned her Master of Arts in
Education from George Washington University (1962). After two years,
she took a position as an elementary school teacher in Montgomery County (Maryland) Public
Schools. She took leave from her teaching position to raise a family. She returned to education,
first at a private school and then with Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) where she
specialized in programming for gifted and talented children. While with MCPS, she received a
PhD in Education Supervision and Administration from the University of Maryland (1987). Her
career at MCPS progressed from program coordination and development to school administration. She retired as a public school administrator in 2001.
She and her husband, Alvin, reside in Potomac, MD. They have three children and five grandchildren. She enjoys spending time with her family, participating in many cultural events, and
traveling with her husband of 51 years. She is especially proud of having visited all 50 States
and many foreign countries.
Dr. Bauman still values the excellent education she received at CCNY and has fond memories of
the outstanding faculty, beautiful campus, and her fellow students.
If you have a copy of Microcosm, 1959, you can find Dr. Bauman in the group photo on page 9.
She is seated lower left, facing the camera.
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Mr. Simon B. Bennett
6351 Brampton Court
Alexandria, VA 22304
“
I was born in Paris, and grew up in France for 7 years, in Haiti for 2
years, in Cuba for 5 years and the rest in NYC. Graduated from
Seward Park HS in Manhattan. I chose CCNY because of no tuition
charges. Started college at night as I had to work for a living. After four
years of service in the U.S. Air Force, enrolled again in City College in 1956
to finish my BSEE degree.
After CCNY graduation in 1959, I received the degree of MSEE from NYU
in 1961, while working at Bell Telephone Labs in NJ.
I am or have been a member of IEEE, AIAA, and SSPI (Society of Satellite Professionals)
My entire career has been devoted to commercial communications satellites, starting
with the first one, TELSTAR, built by Bell
Labs for AT&T. I then was recruited in 1963
by COMSAT Corporation, shortly after its
creation. Similarly I was sought out by
INTELSAT in 1973 as one of its very early
employees. I participated in the specification, design, testing and on-orbit operation of
these companies' satellites and ground stations until my retirement from INTELSAT in
1992. I then continued to do consulting for
clients from all over the world.
I have three children and six grandchildren.
All reside in Israel except my youngest
daughter who is in California. I love to do
photography and hunting for morel mushrooms in the woods.
I always enjoyed my time at CCNY and made
many good friends there.”
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Mr. Burton M. Bernstein
626 Carlo Drive
Goleta, CA 93117-1748
[email protected]
“
I grew up in Washington Heights and graduated from Jamaica High
after my parents moved to Queens. I started City in 54 as an engineering student but switched my major to Pre law which delayed my graduation by 6 months. I participated in Student Government as Secretary, but
the highlight of my City College years were my activities in the debating
society. I was captain of the debate team and president of the society. The
experience significantly prepared me for a career in both business and law.
I received the Kelly debate medal at graduation.
I relocated from N.Y. in 1965 to California and affiliated with a small insurance company called
|Sovereign Life. In 1968 the company moved from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara where I still
reside with my wife Judy (a Queens College graduate). We have two daughters and 4 grandchildren. I retired in 1995 as Vice President of the claims department after obtaining a law degree in
1988.
I am currently in business for myself, working as a consultant and expert witness for attorneys
involved in insurance cases . This is a new career for me and it takes me around the country
handling cases from Alaska to Florida. Because this work is completed on a part time basis it
allows me time to travel the world and to date I have visited more than 70 countries.
I remain eternally indebted to CCNY for the opportunity to obtain a truly fine education that
was not available to me on any other basis. The friends and knowledge I acquired at City have
enabled me to achieve a degree of success that was beyond my very modest expectations.
I regret I will not be able to attend the ’59 class reunion, but my thanks and best wishes are with
you all.”
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Mr. Harold Brown
13335 Purple Finch Circle
Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202
[email protected]
H
arold Brown majored in Accounting, earning his B.B.A. degree
from the Business School. He was a member of the Alpha Phi
Alpha fraternity. He later attended the General Electric-Financial
Management Program (FMP) in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1970. He was
Financial Manager at General Electric from 1968 to 1986; stockbroker for
Merrill Lynch, Inc. from 1986 to 1989; and Financial Consultant at Moors
& Cabot, Inc. in Boston from 1989 to 2002. He continued as a Financial
Consultant in Sarasota, Florida from 2002 to 2008, and is now semiretired. His past memberships include ASALH (Association for Study of
African American Life and History), 2002-2008; and Howard Club of
Southwest Florida, Inc., 2005-2008. His wife is Dr. Brenda B. Brown, CCNY Class of 1961; his
children are Gordon A. Brown and Bruce A. Brown. He has three grandchildren.
Ms. Carol (Schechter) Buchalter
[email protected]
C
arol Buchalter majored in Industrial Psychology, taking a BBA degree
from the CCNY’s Business School. She earned her MSc degree from
the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, now a part of Long Island
University, in 1972. She is the co-founder of Parker Laboratories, Inc., a
New Jersey manufacturer of medical supplies. She has three children and
lives in New York.
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Ms. Rosalie Calabrese (Hochman)
700 Columbus Avenue, #16D
New York, NY 10025-6680
R
osalie Calabrese (née Rosalie Sue Hochman) received a BA in English
from the school of Liberal Arts. She married Anthony (Tony)
Calabrese a year after they graduated; they divorced ten years later.
Tony died in 1966, and their only child, a son, died in 2007. Rosalie has
one grandchild, Katharine Antonia Calabrese, age 12.
Rosalie has been a management consultant for the arts since 1983. From
1962-1994 she was also a member of the administrative staff of American
Composers Alliance (ACA) where for several years she held the dual title of
General Manager and Executive Director.
In addition to her business experience, Rosalie Calabrese writes poetry and short stories as well
as books and lyrics for musicals. Her poems have appeared in anthologies published by
Random House, Center Street/Hachette, and Quill Books, among other presses, along with magazines ranging from Cosmopolitan and Poetry New Zealand to Jewish Currents and Poetica.
Rosalie has also given readings of her poems and stories throughout the United States. She has
been co-host of St. Agnes Poetry Unit, coordinator of The Poetry Collective of The Writer’s Voice
at The West Side Y, and a proof reader for the literary journal, And Then.
Several of Rosalie’s poems have been set to music, Yellow Cabs alone by three different composers. In theatre she has worked on production teams for shows in New York and elsewhere.
Along with composer-director Anthony Calabrese, she has owned and operated a national touring company, a repertory company, and a summer stock company. Their musical Not In Earnest,
based on Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest,” was seen most recently in Los
Angeles. Rosalie herself has directed a cabaret act and tryout performances of a new play. She
has also served as assistant to a theatrical agent, a Broadway producer, a press agent, and a news
editor.
Rosalie’s professional affiliations include membership or associate membership in The Dramatist’s
Guild, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), PEN, and several poetry societies. She has served on the
Board of Directors of American Composers Orchestra, First Avenue Ensemble, Joan Miller Dance
Players, Downtown Music Productions, Golden Fleece Ltd., and The Aviva Players. She has
been a member of the Music Advisory Committee of The Estate Project For Artists With AIDS.
She has acted as Music Advisor to the Phyllis Rose Dance Company and was an advisor for the
first edition of Who’s Who in Entertainment. Her own biography appears in various versions of
Who’s Who, and she is listed in the Poets & Writers publication, A Directory of American Poets
and Fiction Writers.
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Ms. Elaine Leah Camhi (Burstiner)
30 Round Hill Road
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
“
I grew up in the Bronx, graduated from Evander Childs and chose City
College because my sister-in-law had gone there and it was coed. I
became a business librarian, earned a master’s at Queens College,
enjoyed employment at a leading accounting firm and a leading sales and
marketing publication.
I am married to a City College graduate and privileged to have raised our
son in this great metropolitan area.
City College was a special time in my life, a time of much learning, coffee drinking, laughter and
the meeting of people that I will forever cherish.”
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Dr. Charles Cintron
40 Whalen Road
Randolph Center, VT 05061
B
orn on December 25, 1936, to immigrant parents from Puerto Rico,
Charles Cintron was schooled in the public school system in New
York City and raised in the south-east Bronx. He attended Benjamin
Franklin High School and graduated from City College in 1959 with a BS in
Biology. He married soon after graduation.
Charles subsequently attended the University of Colorado for an MS in
Zoology. He returned to the east coast to attend Yale University for two
years in the Botany Department. He left without a degree and took a position in the Physiology Department at the Medical School. In 1965 he attended the University of
Connecticut and obtained a PhD in Cell Biology in 1970. He then moved on to a faculty position at the Retina Foundation (now called The Schepens Eye Research Institute) and Harvard
Medical School. With his federal and private funding he conducted biomedical research in
corneal wound healing resulting in numerous publications in peer reviewed journals
and honors. He retired in 1999.
He moved to Vermont and attended the
New England Culinary Institute in
Montpelier, VT. He obtained an Associate’s
degree in Culinary Arts and started a business (Cocina Juanita) preparing vegetarian
Puerto Rican entrees, sold at local food coops. After five years, he retired again.
“In the course of my cooking career I
worked in a restaurant, food co-op, bread
baking business, school cafeteria, and farm
stand. I’m currently cooking for friends and
family and enjoying my retirement on my
beautiful 84 acres in central Vermont. I
have been married twice and have two children.
“My fondest memory is buying salted pretzels as I went from one class to another.
The vendor would call out: ‘Get your cerebral salts here.’”
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Joyce Zaretsky Clateman
140 E 81st Street
New York, NY 10028-1805
“
I grew up in the Bronx and attended Walton High School. I chose City
College because of its diverse student body and reputation for academic excellence – and, it was free. I was a member of The Musical
Comedy Society, Dramsoc, and “Sis Gibbs” House Plan. I planned to be an
actress. I remember Professor Pennington, an elegant gentleman who
inspired me to speak clearly and think about helping others to overcome
speech problems. A turning point in my life came the next year, when I
was a counselor at a summer camp. I was directing and appearing as
“Anna” in “The King and I.” The younger sister of one of the children in
the show begged to be in the show, too. She had had cleft palate surgery
but refused to do her speech therapy exercises. She was difficult to understand. I told her that
she could be in the show only if she improved her speech. She worked hard and was in the
show! I realized how worthwhile it was to have helped that little girl. In 1962, I received an
M.A. in Speech Pathology and Rehabilitation from Teachers College, Columbia.
I worked in personnel, public relations, and as a Speech Improvement Teacher for the NYC
Board of Ed and at a private school. In 1964, I married Saul Clateman, a Brooklyn-born lawyer
and real-estate investment broker and moved to Manhattan. We love to travel and have been
fortunate enough to have been many places a young girl from the Bronx sang about in “Far
Away Places.” Remember that song? We skied and biked and still snorkel and hike. We have
two sons. Andrew is completing his M.F.A. in acting and is engaged to Josine, his high school
sweetheart. Peter is a lawyer in Moscow and married to Lena, from Kazakhstan. They presented
us with our first grandchild, a girl, in March. Nahkonyetstoe.
For 25 years, I read on “In Touch,” a radio station for the blind and I recorded over 25 books for
The Jewish Guild for the Blind. I ran an accent-reduction clinic at Mount Sinai Medical Center,
worked with a literacy group and have been honored for my volunteer work. I performed with
“The Open Book,” an acting group, and have been active on committees at my temple and at a
J.C.C. in Connecticut, where we have a second home. We attend the theater, concerts, the ballet
and love New York City. I enjoy photography, arts and crafts, trying to learn Spanish and
Russian, and fast-walking around the reservoir in Central Park. I take an aerobic dance class
and have been doing Yoga since it was regarded as “weird.”
Two of my fondest memories of City College: performing condensed highlights from
Shakespeare in front of hundreds of engineering students, all male, to give them a sample of
“liberal arts culture” – and meeting Barbara Y. T., ’60 who has been a dear friend since we met in
French class and did homework together while listening to Johnny Mathis and Perry
Como…Ah…Thank you, City College.”
Mr. Robert A. Cohen
One Horizon Road 1420
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
R
obert A. Cohen majored in Insurance, earning his BBA degree from
CCNY’s Business School. As a student, he was Vice President of the
Class of 1959, a member of House Plan (Jolson ’58), and a member
of the Wrestling Team. He worked for 35 years on Wall Street, retiring in
1998 as Senior Vice President at Tucker Anthony Inc. His previous positions included Principal at LF Rothchild Unterberg Towbin (1982-1993)
and Vice President at Bache & Co. (1967-1978). He is currently an active
member of the Baruch College Reunion Committee. He and his wife, Joan,
have two children, Scott Cohen and Jodi Carter, and 5 grandchildren. His
fondest CCNY memory: “Being honored at graduation while on a pass from
the U.S. Army.”
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Mrs. Iris Gooze Cook
7 Devonshire Court
Plainview, NY 11803
“
I loved City College! I had graduated from the Bronx High School of
Science and most of my friends went on to private schools, so I arrived
at City not knowing anyone, somewhat timid and insecure. But, at
City I suddenly felt at home. The chaotic House Plan organizing somehow
worked and from it Sis Compton ’59 emerged - we stayed together for four
years - and I had a new group of wonderful friends. We had “our” table at
the South Campus cafeteria and any day at any time there would be someone from the House Plan plus friends of friends, boyfriends, etc. I met my
future husband, Michael Cook ’57, at a House Plan party and he became
an honorary member of Sis Compton.
I majored in English, minored in Ed and became an English teacher. Does anyone remember
Professor Burt who taught Shakespeare? He seemed very “British” to us. He would walk into
the classroom as the bell rang, lecture for the allotted time, never once looking at the mass of
students in front of him and walk out, practically in mid-sentence when the bell rang.
I taught in New York City public schools for a number of years while my husband, Michael,
went to law school. Once he was established we did the usual thing and moved to the suburbs.
During the 70's I started looking to return to work and had a variety of part-time jobs. I was an
educational researcher for a CUNY professor for a time and a Title One reading teacher at a
teenage drug treatment center. Then, on an impulse, I registered at C.W. Post for a Master’s in
Library Science. Sometimes, you stumble into the best possible thing for you. I had a wonderful career, a career I loved, as a high school librarian in the Syosset, Long Island school system
and retired in 2004.
Michael and I had two children and four grandchildren. Our daughter, Julie Schuster, is an
attorney for Pitney Bowes, and our son, Steven Adam Cook, is a Senior Fellow for the Middle
East at the Council on Foreign Relations. Michael and I traveled extensively over the years,
raised wonderful children, enjoyed our grandchildren and had dear close friends. So while I
have no awards to announce these were our rewards.
Sadly, Michael died in 2008, barely missing our 50th anniversary. Now, I’m still traveling,
spending time with the children, grandchildren and friends, going to the theatre, playing bridge
and reading. I’m thrilled to be here at our 50th reunion.”
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Mr. Gerald C. Crane
46 Gentry Drive
Englewood, NJ 07631
(201) 871 7865 (home) / (201) 658-9449 (office)
[email protected]
“
I was born in the Bronx. I attended Morris High School. I was accepted at NYU, but could
not afford the tuition. I was a member of Scabbard & Blade. I was designated a
Distinguished Military Graduate. The professors that had the greatest impact on my life
were Pennington of the Speech Department and Col. Brookhart of the Military Science
Department. I received my MA from NYU specializing in Legal History.
My community organizations include the Englewood Public Library (President for two years), a
member of the board of the Defining Moment Foundation and The Cross Creek Association. My
post-CCNY awards include: Time-Life Award for Direct Mail, Bonds for Israel Leadership Award,
and The NJ Legislative Award for his work with the Englewood Public Library. My publications
include: Law Library Fund Raising: A Primer (Granville Press 1982) and Project Editor for Law
and Television in the 80s (Oceana Press 1981).
The highlights of my career included being appointed by President Carter to The President’s
Committee for the Handicapped, and leading a team of NYU Law Professors to the Middle East
to develop a series of programs between Israel and its Arab neighbors after the peace treaty was
signed between Israel and Egypt. The project was coordinated with the Reagan White House. I
also participated in drafting legislation establishing the New York State Department for the
Handicapped. In addition, being promoted to the rank of Captain in the USAR.
I am married to Beverly Weiss ’61. We have four children and nine grandchildren.
The turning point in my life was being named an Assistant Dean for External Affairs for NYU
Law. My hobbies include reading and listening to Old Time Radio Programs. My fondest memories at CCNY involve my time with the R.O.T.C.”
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Dr. Stan B.B. Dawkins
[email protected]
D
r. Stan B. B. Dawkins began his secondary school studies at Bodmin
College in Jamaica, West Indies, 1947-49, and earned his diploma
from Haaren High School in 1951. He completed his BS degree at
CCNY in 1959, his DDS degree at New York University College of Dentistry
(NYUCD) in 1963, did post-graduate prosthodontics work at NYU, 19701974; and was an MSD Fellow at NYUCD in 1979. He has held a range of
faculty positions at NYUCD from 1968 forward, including Assistant Professor
(1989-1996) and Associate Professor (1996-present). He has also served as
Director of the Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) at NYUCD.
At CCNY, Dr. Dawkins won the Ben Wallach Memorial Award, the Pincus Sober Award, and the
John D. Lasak Award, and he was elected into the City College Hall of Fame in 1976. His professional honors and memberships include: Omicron Kappa Upsilon (President - 1996; Vice
President - 1994); Fellow, The American College of Dentists, 1991-present; The American
College of Prosthodontics, 1990-present; and The New York Academy of Dentistry, 1984-present, among many others. He was also a co-investigator in numerous research activities at
NYUCD, and served on a range of faculty boards and committees. His other activities include
serving as an Alternate Head Judge at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta; as Head Horizontal
Jump Judge for the New York Relays (1989-present); Head Judge, Horizontal Jumps at the
Millrose Games, 1989-present); Head Judge, Horizontal Jumps and Chief Judge, Long and Triple
Jumps at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
“I have so many fond memories of my days at CCNY that it is quite difficult to isolate any single
one because as soon as I do, my thoughts become clouded with so many others.
My experiences with Professor Farquhar in comparative anatomy are very much alive and I can
still hear his booming voice across the laboratory proclaiming “now here’s a man__________
etc.” in the middle of a dissection.
Track workouts with Ralph Taylor, George Best and Josue Delgado were physically tough but
never a drudgery and left me with a clear mind and firm resolve.
I truly loved Lewisohn Stadium. I loved running up and down the steps and the odd “D”
shaped track that confused many opponents. Kicking a soccer ball into the very heart of a
ROTC formation when they were late relinquishing the field gave me perverse joy and trying to
learn to play lacrosse by banging the ball off the wall and then trying in vain to retrieve it are
still very pleasant reflections.”
My first ever outdoor concert was at Lewisohn while I was in High School.”
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Mr. Joseph J. DePaolo
16 Chester Avenue
Stewart Manor, NY 11530
“
I attended Benjamin Franklin High School in East Harlem, NY.
After being discharged from the Army, I attended Bernard M.
Baruch School of Business Administration on 23rd Street and
Lexington Avenue in NYC under the GI Bill. I attended evening classes
as I worked in order to pay tuition, which was eventually reimbursed
under the GI Bill as I did maintain an A average. I graduated in six
years, which according to Florence Marks, Ass’t. Dean of Students at
that time, was well below average. I chose CCNY because it had an
excellent reputation and the transportation was convenient. I didn’t
have the luxury of joining clubs and associations as I had to work, but I did win an essay contest in 1960, “Imports - Their Contribution to the American Economy”, and won a trip to
Venezuela, all expenses paid. What a treat that was!
International Finance was the most significant class to me. In 1964 I wrote a thesis for the
Graduate School of Business Administration, NYU MBA, Bankers Acceptances-Dollar Exchange,
which was later accepted by the FRBNY for their library. In 1977 (evening session) I received
the Advanced Professional Certificate from GBA at NYU.
My career started at The Bank of America. I then joined the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
and became a Senior Bank Examiner. In 1968 I joined Chemical Bank and retired in 1992 as a
Vice President. I then returned to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as a Supervising
Examiner, finally retiring from there in 1998. During my career some of my most rewarding
experiences were special assignments for the Division of Examinations at the Federal Reserve
Board in Washington, DC, and overseas, conducting foreign department seminars, Inter-Agency
School for Bank Examiners in Washington, DC, and lecturing at Correspondent Bank seminars
on “Edge Acts”.
Over the years I’ve been active in various clubs and organizations, the most significant ones
being The Boys Club of America, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, and being President of The Holy
Name Society at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in NYC.
I’ve always enjoyed all sports, but my biggest enjoyment in life has been my three sons, William,
Joseph, Jr. and David, and now their lovely wives and our grandchildren.”
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Carl L. DeVito, Ph.D.
[email protected]
“
I grew up in the East New York section of Brooklyn and attended
Franklyn K. Lane high school. I wasn't very sure of what I wanted to do
with my future and entered the engineering program at CCNY because
that seemed to offer classes that interested me. The atmosphere at CCNY
then was exciting and a little intimidating, but there was a sense of camaraderie, a sense that we were involved in an intellectual adventure. I especially remember professor Yohannan (English), professor Errante (Italian),
and professors H.J.Cohen and Fritz Steinhardt (mathematics). With their
encouragement I went on to graduate school and earned a Ph.D. in pure
mathematics from Northwestern University. I have been active in mathematical research and have written three books. My career took me to many universities and colleges
and I learned to appreciate, more and more, just what an excellent education I received at City
College. This education changed my life as it did for so many others. My grandparents were
Italian peasants, one worked in a sulphur mine, had no education and no opportunities. I had
City College and the college gave me the basis for a rewarding profession.
There were a great number of fraternities active when I was at City College. I joined Alpha Phi
Delta and I am still in touch with many of my college brothers.”
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Miss Rosalie P. Ditta
249 Classon Avenue, Apt. 40
Brooklyn, NY 11205
(718) 636-4760
R
osalie Ditta graduated with a BBA degree in Secretarial Studies at the
Business School. She was a member of House Plan, the Education
Club, and the Newman Club, where she was on the jewelry committee. She later earned her Master of Arts degree in Business Education at
New York University (1970). She is semi-retired as a professional teacher.
She has worked for the New York Board of Education and in Higher
Education, as well as a professional instructor for NYC private schools. She
is currently a member of the National Association for Female Executives
and was previously a member of the Business Education Association, the National Education
Association, and the United Federation of Teachers. Current community affiliations include The
Rosary Society, the local Roman Catholic Church, and The Tenant Council; past organizations
include The Explorers: Subsidiary of Boy Scouts of America with young men and women, where
she was Co-Leader and Secretary; Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, as Volunteer Teacher; and
Girl Scouts of America, Volunteer. She published a magazine article for the Newman Club and
had an art exhibit for a neighborhood agency. She had a 3.9 G.P.A. at Career Blazers Learning
Center in June of 2000; at Bushwick High School, she was a member of both Senior Arista and
Junior Arista. She has a goddaughter, Joanne E. Ditta-Steffens. Her fondest CCNY memories:
“1st dance at House Plan; Newman Club social and religious events; Education Society meetings;
classes with Profs. Adams, Ranhand, Scharf, and Baver; convocation with Eleanor Roosevelt.”
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Mr. William D. Douglass
541 Highland Court @ Waterways
Moriches, NY 11955
(631) 874-9429
W
illiam D. Douglass earned his BSCE degree from CCNY’s School
of Engineering. While a student, he served as president of ASCE
and as president of Chi Epsilon. His fondest memories include,
along with his great teachers/professors, his daily subway round trips from
Flatlands, Brooklyn to CCNY, four hours a day of subway and trolley.
Following graduation, he attended the Brooklyn Polytechnical Institute,
studying Foundation Design, 1960-1962. He spent some forty years in the
Building Construction field, which included building hospitals, office buildings, hotels, and stadiums. He retired from full-time work in 1999, working
part-time thereafter for Douglass Construction Consulting Corporation, an
“S” corporation. He spent 31 years as Vice President, Territory General Manager for Turner
Construction Company and six years as Vice President, Corporate Chief Estimator for Kajima
Construction Services, in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Texas and Georgia. He is a member
of the Board of Directors for Waterways Homeowners Associations and also for Summit at Gore
Mountain Homeowners Association, and a member of the Planning Board for Farmingdale
Village.
He and his wife Barbara have been married for 49 years. They have four children (Cynthia,
William A., Kristen, and Stephen) and nine grandchildren.
Ms. Rhoda Dryer
[email protected]
R
hoda Dryer, née Katroser, majored in Education/Psychology, earning
her BSEd degree from CCNY’s School of Education. She was a
member of Sis Abbe ’59. She graduated from Brooklyn Law School
in June 1966 and was admitted to the practice of law in NY state in
December 1966. She has been practicing Immigration and Nationality
Law for 39 years and was President of the NY Chapter of the American
Immigration Lawyers Association (1983-1984). She was a founding member of the Westchester Women Bar Association and is still practicing principally Immigration Law at 271 North Ave, Suite 1115, New Rochelle, NY
10801 (914-636-5657). She is the widow of the late Howard Dryer, and
has one daughter, Jennifer Gail Dryer. She writes in April that she also has one grandchild on
the way.
Fondest CCNY memories: House Plan activities and Psychology courses with Professor Stahl.
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Mrs. Hanna (Lichtenfeld) Dubin
[email protected]
H
anna Lichtenfeld Dubin majored in music at City College. She was
born in Bayshore, Long Island, and moved to New York City in
1944, living on the Upper West Side. She attended the High School
of the Performing Arts, where she was a dance major for two years and a
music major for two years. She chose City College because it was not costly
and it was nearby. As part of the music department on South Campus, she
studied with Professor Fritz Jahoda, sang in the chorus, and performed
piano.
Hanna subsequently earned her MA degree in Early Childhood Education at
Teachers College, Columbia University. She has been married for 47 years to William Bubin,
Ph.D. She taught at the Henry Street Settlement and at P.S. 72 in Manhattan before moving to
Westchester County. She has been active as a private piano teacher in Larchmont, NY for 37
years. She was President of the Music Teachers Council of Westchester for 8 years. She has
been the Treasurer and part of the Composition Committee of the New York State Music
Teachers Association, district 4 (NUSMTA#4). She continues to be active at this time.
Hanna has two daughters: Melissa Dubin, Ph.D., a psychologist in San Francisco and Petaluma,
California; and Ilana Dubin Spiegel, a reading specialist for schools in Denver and surrounding
counties, Colorado.
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Dr. Martin Edelman
223 Dover Street
Brooklyn, NY 11235
M
artin Edelman is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy of The University at
Albany (N.Y.). Before his retirement in September 2005, he was also
an Affiliate Faculty member of the UAlbany Judaic Studies Department. Since
then, he has been teaching as an adjunct at Kingsborough Community
College (CUNY) in the Department of History, Philosophy and Political
Science.
Professor Edelman is the author of Democratic Theories and the Constitution
(1984), and Courts, Politics, and Culture in Israel (1994), as well as articles
and chapters on American constitutional law and Israeli courts in professional publications. He
was an Associate Editor of the encyclopedia, Governments of the World - A Global Guide to
Individual’s Rights and Responsibilities, and is a contributing editor to the Jewish Law Annual.
Professor Edelman has been a visiting professor at the University of Liverpool (England), Peking
University (China), and at Tel Aviv
University (Israel). From 1991-1997 he
was the chair of the Research Committee
on Comparative Judicial Studies of the
International Political Science Association.
Over the years, Professor Edelman has
received a number of academic honors.
He was a Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum
Laude graduate of CCNY, and was awarded both the Ward Prize and the Bennett
Prize. At the University of California
(Berkeley), he received a Heller Grant and
University Fellowship while earning his
Ph.D. He was named a Danforth Teaching
Associate in 1980, and subsequently
received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for
Excellence in Teaching. Professor
Edelman was a Collins Fellow at the
University at Albany, and, in 2003, The
University at Albany established the
Martin Edelman Award for Excellence in
Teaching Political Science.
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Dr. Marvin Eisenstadt
352 S. Oyster Bay Road
Syosset, NY 11791
(516) 433-9568
D
r. Marvin Eisenstadt is a graduate of the Bronx High School of
Science, Class of 1953. After three and a half years as an
Engineering major at CCNY, he switched majors, graduating in
1959 with his B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Engineering. At CCNY,
he was active in Hillel and Alpha Lambda Sigma. His first non-mandated
class was Beethoven with Professor Mark Brunswick, and he received an
“A” for the course. He earned his PhD in Clinical Psychology at Adelphi
University in 1964. Although he retired from his job as Director of
Psychological Services at Mercy First/St. Mary’s Children & Family Services
in Syosset, NY, where he worked from 1998 to 2007, he maintains a private practice. He has
also worked as a Faculty Associate in Psychology at Hofstra University, Yeshiva University, and
Adelphi University. His professional associations include the Nassau County Psychological
Association, where he served as President, 1987-88, and where he currently serves on the
Executive Board (since 1982) and as Chair of the Hospitals, Clinics and Agencies Committee;
Professional Advisory Board, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program, C.W. Post, Long Island
University (1987-1993); Life Fellow (1993) American Orthopsychiatric Association; American
Psychological Association; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Society for
Personality Assessment; and the Foundation of Thanatology.
Publications include the book, Parental Loss and Achievement, published by International
Universities Press in 1989, and more than a score of articles in professional journals including,
most recently, “Reflections on Aging” in Clio’s Psyche in 2008.
Awards and honors include Who’s Who Among Human Services Professionals (1992), Who’s
Who in Science and Engineering (1st Edition), Who’s Who in the East (1983), Community
Leaders and Noteworthy Americans (1977), Men of Achievement (1975), International Who’s
Who in Community Service (1975), and Community Leader of America Award (1969).
Dr. Eisenstadt and his wife Arlene have two children, Ellen Silber and Felicia Eisenstadt.
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Dr. Thomas J. Fararo
[email protected]
T
homas J. Fararo earned his BA in History and Political Science from CCNY’s School of
Liberal Arts and Sciences. He was elected to phi beta kappa and graduated magna cum
laude. He subsequently completed his PhD at Syracuse Univerity in 1963, and spent
three years (1964-67) as a post-doctoral research fellow in pure and applied mathematics for the
Social Sciences at Stanford University. He is currently Emeritus Distinguished Service Professor
of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh, where he joined the faculty in 1967 and taught fulltime until 2006. He served as chair of the Department of Sociology from 1980 to 1985.
Dr. Fararo has been a member of the American Sociological Association from 1963 to the present. He has published more than 100 sociology papers as well as thirteen books, some edited
and others co-authored, all in the area of theoretical sociology, especially employing mathematical models. Honors include the Distinguished Career Award from the American Sociological
Association, Section in Mathematical Sociology in 2004; the Sociological Research Association
(elected 1996); and the “Distinguished Service Professor” title, an honor bestowed on him by the
University of Pittsburgh in 1998.
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Mrs. Harriet Finkelstein (Cohen)
50 E. Hartsdale Avenue, Apt. 5M
Hartsdale, NY 10530
“
I graduated from the Bronx High School of Science as an enthusiastic
Biology major with a strong interest in English Literature. At CCNY I
discovered I was too squeamish for Lab work and changed my major
to English. I also took enough Education courses to reassure my parents
that I would be able to earn a living with my college degree.
Along the way to earning that degree (magna cum laude with election to
Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi and NYS Graduate Fellowship) I received a
wonderful education at the College. I have fond memories of English
classes with Marvin Magalaner and Oscar Sherwin; auditing Philosophy
courses which really opened my eyes to new ways of thinking, taught by Dr. Irani; Economics
with Elliot Zupnick; Psychology courses; and Student Teaching at the High School of Music and
Art.
And of course there was House Plan. Sis Compton brought contacts with women who became
my friends, and the group was the basis for our “Table” in the South Campus cafeteria, which
made a big school a much smaller place.
After graduation, I attended Columbia Graduate Faculties working toward a Ph.D. in English
Literature. At the end of the first year, I took a leave of absence and spent five months traveling
in England, Italy and France. It was truly a voyage of discovery and gave me a lifelong special
perspective on art and culture, and a love of travel.
Upon returning from Europe in 1960, I moved to Manhattan and sought a job in the corporate
world, expecting to hate it, and to soon return to Academia. However, I was hired and trained
by IBM as a Computer Systems Designer in the very early days of computers. It was a truly
exciting job, which combined my math and language interests, and offered the opportunity to
work with a fabulous group of colleagues.
I remained at IBM for eight years. I left when I met and married my husband, Ken, who owned
a business in Monticello, New York (where there were no computers at the time). I spent the
next thirty years living in the Catskills. It was something of a culture shock for a Manhattanite,
but provided many unexpected positive experiences of small town living (and Manhattan was
only an hour and a half away).
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My husband and I have one son, Bradley, who attended Columbia Law School and is now a
partner in a Silicon Valley Law Firm. He lives with his wife and two children in Palo Alto,
California.
In Sullivan County, while raising my son, I taught English in high school for a few years, and
then worked for the local Social Services Agency where I eventually became an Administrator
and Staff Development Coordinator. I was also very active in the local Hospital Auxiliary where
I was honored as “Woman of the Year” in 1978.
About ten years ago, my husband and I both retired, and we moved to Westchester County. We
are enjoying the combination of suburban living and very easy access to the City. I worked parttime at Sotheby’s in New York for a few years, and did a short stint as a travel agent. Currently, I
have become active in a local volunteer organization.
Ken and I are avid readers, movie buffs, theater lovers, and are regulars at museums and art galleries. We also enjoy sampling the city’s restaurants.
I can’t believe it’s been 50 years since I last visited that very special dining spot - “The Table” - in
the CCNY cafeteria!”
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Mr. Barry Freidenreich
6 Tsamarot St. Apt. 124
Herzlia 46424
Israel
phone: 011 972 9957 7250
“
After my halcyon days at CCNY, and graduation in 1959, I joined the
corporate world. I worked for IBM and with that company I was all
over the USA and much of the world. I was in on the very exciting early
days of computers. I worked in a variety of areas, including computer programming, systems design, project management, product development, and
artificial intelligence.
With a convenient "early retirement" package from IBM, my wife (Fradle
Pomerantz, Brooklyn College, New York, and Sir George Williams
University, Montreal) and I relocated to Israel in 1989. In Israel I worked in high-tech for ten
more years, this time in technical communications and again in artificial intelligence, until I
retired for real. We continue to live in Herzlia, a pleasant coastal city just north of Tel Aviv.
Our children and grandchildren and siblings are scattered around the US - in Kansas, North
Carolina, Florida, Illinois, and Arizona. We return to the US once or twice each year to visit family and friends, and to enjoy the constant delights of New York City from our Manhattan pied-àterre, or more southerly delights from our home in Sarasota, Florida.”
Mr. Joseph Furst
2512 Cosmic Dust St.
Henderson, NV 89044
702-492-9464
J
oseph Furst majored in biology at City College, earning his BSEd degree from the School of
Liberal Arts and Sciences. He is a 1954 graduate of Boys High School in Brooklyn, NY. He
attend CCNY Uptown 1954-1959. His most memorable moments at City, he says, took
place while sitting in an oval stadium for lunch and recreation.
Joseph married his childhood sweetheart from Rockaway, NY in 1967, and they had a daughter
in 1969. He worked in the cardiac catherization lab at Bellevue Hospital from graduation until
1964. He was then a Nuclear Medicine Technologist at New York Hospital from 1964 to 1979,
and at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, Florida, from 1979 to 2001. He moved to Las
Vegas, Nevada in 2002, where he enjoys retirement, cruising, visiting casinos, stamp collecting,
coin collecting, and sports on television. He was a member of the New York National Guard,
1962-1965.
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Mr. Marvin Galina
45 Walbert Lane
Ladera Ranch, CA 92694
[email protected]
M
arvin Galina earned his BA in Journalism at CCNY. He fondly remembers the enormity
and beauty of Shepard Hall, Lewisohn Stadium events, the poolroom, Convent Avenue
walks from the crosstown bus to north and south campus; youth, first love, courtship.
Alagaroo, garoo, garah!!
He also vividly recalls having to lap the pool in Phys.Ed. as a senior, in order to graduate. “A
swimmer I was not!” he writes.
Marvin retired as a New York City School Principal in 1991. Since then, he has worked as an
Educational Consultant. Other positions include stints as an adjunct professor at Hunter
College and at Plattsburg State University (1991-2000), and as Leadership Consultant in the
New York City School System, 2000-2006. Professional memberships include ASCD and CSA.
Marvin has two children, David Ross Galina and Jennifer Stacy Spitz. He and his wife, Nellie,
share twelve grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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Mrs. Laura A. Gardner (Nussbaum)
55 Maple Avenue, #1A
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
(914) 478-3234
“
New York City (Manhattan) culture has defined me and thus directed a
lot of my personal interests. City College prepared me for this and
expanded my social horizons as well.
I grew up in the Bronx and graduated from Evander Childs High School.
To many of my school friends and neighborhood buddies, CCNY was the
next accepted step to a better future.
I have pursued three careers as a librarian, entrepreneur, and retail salesperson. Earning a Master’s in Library Service from Columbia University gave
me an opportunity to explore various librarian’s specialities. I was an art librarian at the Institute
of Fine Arts of New York University and an editorial librarian for Grolier encyclopedias.
For a decade my husband and I founded a wholesale art poster business. We rode the wave of
interest in art posters as original decorative art. I thoroughly enjoyed expanding the company,
going to trade shows and publishing posters as well as distributing posters from museums and
galleries.
I have worked for several retail stores selling gifts, oriental carpets and decorative objects for the
home. Presently I am a Design Associate at a furniture store in downtown Manhattan which
allows me to continue to pursue my taste for the arts.
I enjoy folk and social dancing and attending modern and ballet concerts. (I am most proud of
meeting Merce Cunningham recently after one of his concerts.)
My husband, Martin, and I live in lower Westchester with a view of the Hudson River which I
find calming and inspiring. Our son is a professional photographer and world traveler.
Remembering now, there were two courses at CCNY that stand out for me. One of them was
European History I, for which I labored over my first book report so intensely that in looking at
the medieval town from every aspect, I did not know when to stop writing. In the end I was
exhilarated and thought that I was on my way to choosing a major. The other was Shakespeare
where the discussions always seemed clear with the right amount of historical background.
Highlights of my social life at CCNY centered on a lively table in the uptown campus cafeteria.
There friends, classmates and members of Sis Compton House Plan ate, argued, mingled and
provided a closeness that made up for all the commuting and living at home.”
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Mr. Oscar George
[email protected]
A
Civil Engineering major, Oscar George earned his BCE in 1959 and
his MCE. in 1968. At CCNY, he was a member of the Pershing Rifles
(8th Regimental Operations Officer) and The Christian Association.
He was a Distinguished Military Graduate. His fondest CCNY memories
include meeting his future wife at school in 1958 and the comradery with
his fellow Pershing Rifles ROTC cadets.
Licensed as a Civil and Structural Engineer in Washington, he retired as
State Bridge Preservation Engineer in 1998 after ten years in that position
and 30 years (1968-1998) working for the Washington State Department of
Transportation. He had earlier been a Bridge Designer for Hardesty & Hanover in New York
City (1965-1968) and Bridge Engineer for the California Division of Highways (1959-1965). A
member of the American Society of Civil Engineers from 1959 to the present, he served as
President of the ASCE Olympia-Tacoma Section in 1976. He was also President of Community
Homeowners Association in 1975. He was awarded the 1986 Alfred E. Johnson Achievement
Award from the American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials for outstanding achievement in the field of engineering.
Oscar and his wife Jeanne Ann have three children, Catherine, Karen and Susan, and two grandchildren.
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Dr. Cetewayo Gillman
561 Tenth Avenue, #22C
New York, NY 10036
(212) 695-0058
“
I was born and raised in New York City where I attended public schools. I was privileged to
attend the prestigious Stuyvesant High School. Upon graduation I attended NYU, but was
drafted into the army and served in Korea. When I returned from Korea, my years at City
College began. My great college memories began with the Gothic Architecture of Shepard Hall
and it Great Hall. It was an atmosphere for learning and my fellow students all seemed to be
brilliant. One class that stands out in my mind was Dr. Farquar’s Comparative Anatomy - for
two reasons: (1) first, I loved anatomy, and (2) second, Professor Farquar told me that I was sitting in the same seat (#24) once occupied by the late Dr. Jonas Salk who had also received a “B”.
I thought I had earned an “A”.
After graduation in 1959, I was employed at
Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx where many wonderful memories were recorded. There were the very
unusual cases. For example, tuberculosis from a
psoas abscess, tuberculous ulcer from the cheek of a
nine-year-old girl, which after long hours of
microscopy, yielded the tubercle bacillus. Another
memorable case was a seaman who had traveled to
Brazil and was discovered to have a fungus called
Blastomycosis brazilensis, rare in the U.S.
One of my greatest associations was during the summer of 1968, when Dr. Rolf Zinkernagle needed a
place to stay while in New York and was my house
guest. As it turned out, he went on to win the Nobel
Prize in Medicine. In August 1968, I was admitted to
the Ph.D. program at the School of Medicine at
SUNY/Buffalo. Many famous scientists have passed
through those hallowed halls. I received a US Steel
grant in my first year. In two years I had earned my M.A. degree in microbiology and, in 1973,
my Ph.D. in microbiology. I was awarded membership in the National Scientific Society, X Chi.
One highlight of my time in Buffalo was a postdoctoral fellowship for NASA, which included an
experiment on the Soyuz-Apollo spacecraft. In 1975, I attended the Albert Einstein College of
Medicine as a postdoctoral fellow in pediatrics. I next received a diploma as a surgical fellow in
the Department of Surgery at Montefiore Hospital, as a member of the experimental lung transplant team. I am currently Adjunct Professor in the biology Department at York College.
I have traveled the world to attend track meets (Athletics). I have run many marathons, including the prestigious Boston Marathon.”
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Dr. Jonathan J. Goldberg
261 Seaman Avenue
Apartment E-12
New York, NY 10034
“
I graduated from Stuyvesant High School and picked CCNY in searching
for the highest quality local free education.
I graduated PBK, magna cum laude with Honors in English. I was awarded
the Ward medal for excellence in English and received both a Woodrow
Wilson Fellowship and a New York State Regents Fellowship.
The faculty in those years at City College was almost uniformly superior.
For special mention, I would single out Bernard Sohmer, who made calculus
understandable and exciting even to the non math-minded; Vito Caporale, a fiery ItalianAmerican who provided an epic backdrop for an overview of European history; Coleman
Parsons (who was later my honors mentor) from whom I first learned how to approach the
study of literature. Special mention must go to K.D. Irani, Philosophy, the most insightful and
inspiring teacher I ever experienced in any setting, undergraduate or graduate: a “genius”
teacher.
After a “false” start during six years of M.A. and Ph.D. studies in English Literature at Harvard
and New York University and an initial decade as a college humanities teacher, I realized that an
academic career did not suit me. Accepted for training in Jungian psychoanalysis, I achieved the
analyst diploma and have had a forty year career in the private practice of psychoanalysis and as
mentor and supervisor of many psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers.
I was integrally involved in the long effort to gain state licensure for psychoanalysis as a separate
profession, which finally came to pass in 2006. It is more than a bit ironic that this public
recognition occurred at the same time as the profession has become marginalized by the overvaluation of psychopharmacology and short-term cognitive therapies that characterize the early
21st century. Generalized societal indifference to the power of the most valuable psychological
tool developed in the 20th century – the diverse schools and methods of psychoanalysis – has
happened side by side with a national hunger for quick fixes. The sound bite era has no
patience for complexity nor any understanding of the meaning of personal depth.
My cultural interests are diverse. I have long been passionately engaged with foreign and independent film. In this era of blogs, I co-write on line film reviews with my visual artist partner.
They can be found at www.murmurandshout.com.”
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Dr. Aaron Goldman
982 E. La Mesa Terrace
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
D
r. Aaron Goldman received his BA degree in History from CCNY’s
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He was a member of Hunt ’59,
The Campus newspaper and House Plan. He earned his PhD in
History at Indiana University in 1967. He was Professor of History at San
Jose State University from 1967 until his retirement in 2007 and coordinated the Jewish Studies Program. He has published extensively on European
Diplomacy, particularly relating to Britain from 1930 to 1945, in such scholarly journals as The Journal of British Studies, The Journal of Contemporary
History, The Canadian Journal of History and Journalism History. Among
his awards and honors are a National Defense Education Fellowship (1959-1962) and a
University Fellowship (1974-1975). He has one child, Rachel, from his former marriage and is
now married to the poet Phyllis Koestenbaum. He most fondly recalls “the stimulating teaching
of many of my professors” at CCNY, especially Ivo Duchacek, Hans Kohn, and Oscar Janowsky.
Hon. James J. Golia
233-34 40 Avenue
Douglaston, NY 11363
J
ames (Sonny) Golia majored in Civil Engineering at CCNY, earning his
B.C.E. degree from the School of Engineering. He was a member of
the Wrestling Team, Junior Varsity for one year, Varsity for three years
(1955-1958), and Co-Captain 1957-58. He won the Wrestling “Joe
Grappler” Award. He later earned his law degree and is now a Justice of
the New York State Supreme Court. He has also served as Judge of the
Civic Court in New York City, Executive Assistant District Attorney
(Queens), Executive Assistant Borough President (Queens County),
Consulting Engineer Borough President (Queens County), and Assistant
Commissioner, Department of Buildings (NYC).
Sonny and his wife Rosemary have two children, Michael James Golia and Jennifer Susan Golia.
“My fondest memories are of my special friendship with other CCNY wrestlers, but more
specially our ‘Coach’ Joe Sapora. All of us had the highest regard and esteem for ‘Coach.’
In 1956-57, we had seven wins and only one loss, the best record in 25 years!”
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Dr. Robert Golub
5113 Huntingdon Drive
Raleigh, NC 27606
R
obert Golub majored in Electrical Engineering, graduating magna
cum laude with a BSEE. from the School of Engineering. As a student, he was a member of House Plan. He continued his education
at MIT, earning his MSEE. in 1960 and his Ph.D. in Physics in 1967. A
Professor of Physics at North Carolina State University since 2005, Dr.
Golub was previously Staff Scientist at the Hahn Meitner Institute in Berlin,
Germany (1991-2005); Research Physicist at the Technical University,
Munich, Germany (1980-1990); and Research Fellow at the University of
Sussex, England (1969-1980). He has published a book, “Ultra-Cold
Neutrons,” in 1991, and has also written approximately 100 professional
research papers, and review articles. He was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in
2008.
Dr. Golub and his wife, Ekaterina, have two children, Amy Mokady and Robin Ince, and two
grandchildren. He writes that he would like to get in touch with “anybody who remembers
me.”
Ms. Roslyn Steinhardt Greenspan
3100 North Ocean Blvd., #1106
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33308
954-375-0110
R
oslyn Steinhardt Greenspan (Roslyn S. Shulman in Microcosm)
majored in Elementary Education, earning her BSEd. degree from
the School of Education. Her activities as a student included Tech
News, Modern Dance Club, Education Society, Chorus, and House Plan.
She subsequently worked as an Elementary School Teacher until 1975. “I
taught school in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania for a total of 16
years,” she writes. A widow, she has two children, Jeffrey Shulman and
Joanna Greenspan, and two grandchildren.
She writes of her decision to attend CCNY and her student days as follows: “I grew up in
Pelham Parkway (Bronx) and graduated from Christopher Columbus High School. I chose to
attend “City” because I thought it was the Best! I was ecstatic upon being accepted at “City.”
Fondest memories: The GREAT opportunity and experience to receive a marvelous education;
student secretary (Department of Student Life) to Dean James S. Peace; Professor Stewart C.
Easton, my friend and History Professor; Raymond, the bagel man; typist for “Tech News,” a
newly formed paper in the School of Engineering; South Campus where there was grass and
trees; the awesome feeling of walking into “Great Hall;” and the HUGE ratio of guys over gals!!!
Wow!!!”
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Mrs. Sheila Telmar Grosfeld
[email protected]
“
I grew up in Pelham Parkway in the Bronx. I attended Christopher
Columbus High School and graduated with an Academic Diploma. I
wrote for the high school newspaper and was a member of student
government. I chose City College because at the time it had the best program for Education majors.
At City College, I was a member of House Plan, wrote for the Campus
Newspaper and played bridge. I graduated in 3½ years. I married just
before my last semester at City College.
I taught third grade in the South Bronx for about 3 years while going for my Master's Degree.
After that I had 2 sons and stayed home for a few years. During that time I substituted in the
NYC school system. I then worked in a grant funded program for Junior High Students with
special needs. I taught mathematics. When that program ended, I directed a program for
LaGuardia Community College at the Queens House of Detention for four years.
In 1980 I left the teaching profession to
enter computer technology. I took a six
month course at NYU where I learned
computer programming in Assembly and
Cobol. I got my first job working for Savin
the Copier Company. To get ahead I
changed jobs every few years. I was asked
by the IT Director of Dollar Dry Dock if I
would like to learn computer security.
They were audited and it was suggested
that they establish a security division to
monitor access to their data on the mainframe. As time went on computer security
become more important and I was able to
get better jobs. I retired from Guardian
Life Insurance Company in 2003.
I then began to pursue my avocation
which has been inspiring people to take
more responsibility for their health. I work
with a biofeedback device called
Ondamed, which analyzes the human
body and finds areas of blockages that
cause the body to be out of balance. It
then identifies the frequencies that need to
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be put back into balance to achieve homeostasis. This system uses the body's energy system to
identify where the areas are that need to be rebalanced. The most frequent issues that we work
with are pain management, anxiety and stress, poor energy, sleep disorders, high blood pressure,
thyroid instability, poor immune function and much more. The Ondamed has a special protocol
to help those people who want to stop smoking to achieve their desired result in one to three
sessions.
I have been interested in spirituality and attended many different classes. I studied medical intuition with a teacher from Detroit for three years learning anatomy and physiology, iridology, aromatherapy, herbology, colon hydrotherapy, lymphology and Lakota spiritual healing. I have also
studied body work using the principles of Wilhelm Reich. I am currently studying Hawaiian
spirituality with a native Hawaiian Kahuna. My goal is to learn a special massage technique
called LomiLomi to provide deep comfort to my clients.
Some of my fondest memories include hanging out on the great lawn on South campus, going to
concerts at Lewisohn Stadium, coming home at 2am from working on the Campus newspaper,
going to House Plan parties, having tea at my French teacher's home.”
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Mr. Norman H. Gudema
27 Coddington Terrace
Livingston, NJ 07039
(973) 992-8354 (home) / (973) 534-8964 (work)
[email protected]
N
orman H. Gudema studied Civil Engineering, earning his BCE from
CCNY’s School of Engineering. As a student, he was active in Chi
Epsilon, Scabbard & Blade, ASCE, and House Plan - LaGuardia ’59.
He subsequently earned his MBA degree from Farleigh Dickinson
Univeristy, in 1969. He retired from his engineering career in 2007 as
Project Manager for Hoffmann LaRoche, Inc. Previous positions included
Project Manager, Foster Wheeler; Director of Engineering, Revlon; and
Project Manager, Warner Lambert Co. He is a member of ASCE.
Norman is married to Roberta Zacker. He has three children (Michelle,
Daniel, Jonathan), four stepchildren, and 13 grandchildren between them both.
Mr. Gilbert Hammer
54 Middle Road
Sands Point, NY 11050
G
ilbert Hammer majored in Economics and Finance, earning his B.A.
degree from CCNY’s School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. As a student, he was a member of House Plan and Baron ’59. He continued
his education at NYU’s Graduate School of Business, studying Finance,
1962-1966. He retired as of December 31, 2008, as President of Hammer
Consulting Group. He previously was Senior Vice President and Principal,
Wilshire Associates Inc.; Vice President, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Smith, Inc. He is currently Vice Chairman of the Institute for Quantitative
Research in Finance. He and his wife, Marcia Lustgarten Hammer, have
two daughters, Jennifer Hammer and Melissa Hammer, and two grandchildren.
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Mrs. Ruth Ester Herman
[email protected]
R
uth Ester Herman (née Heinberg) studied Biology at CCNY, earning
her Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Liberal Arts and
Sciences. While a student, she was active with Hillel and House Plan
(Sis Parks). She was elected to the honor society Kappa Delta Pi.
Fondest CCNY memories: “Professor Copeland’s Field Botany course, which
combined learning in great depth with practical experience and the great
experience of learning from a great man who expected much from us and
received much in return. In general, I always felt that we were getting the
best education that could be gotten anywhere.”
Mrs. Herman continued her education, taking a Master of Arts degree at CUNY in 1963. She
was a career biology teacher, retiring in 2000. She was a reviewer of the textbook, Biology, An
Everyday Experience by Kaskel, Hummer & Daniel, 1988 edition. Awards include the Cherry
Creek Chapter, Colorado Teacher Awards (1991); Who’s Who Among American Teachers (1996,
2000, 2003-04); and Overland High School Teacher of the Semester (1984, 1998). She is a
member of the Hebrew Educational Association (synagogue), and has served on the Board of
Directors there.
Ruth and her husband Barry have two daughters, Karen Levy and Julia Burns, and four grandchildren.
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Arthur I. Hirsch, Esq.
One Lincoln Plaza, Apt. 25D
New York, NY 10023
(212)595-1635 / [email protected]
“
I was born and grew up in the Bronx of Romanian and Russian parents
who emigrated here in 1907. I was first generation and the first professional in the family. The Ellis Island guards changed the name of my
immigrant folks from Herscovici to Hirsch...easier for them to pronounce.
After attending P.S. 90 and JHS 22, I went to William Howard Taft H.S. where
I was elected President of the student body (General Organization, or G.O.).
I then chose City after I heard of its great reputation, and of graduates like
Jonas Salk and Felix Frankfurter. Tuition was free as well. We could not
have afforded a private school. I worked as a deliveryman, sports playgroup counselor and other
odd jobs after class. At CCNY, I became President of the Gov. & Law Society, VP of Areopagus
(Honor Society) and participated in the Student Court as Associate Justice.
After graduating from CCNY, I enlisted in the U.S. Army, became an Ajax-Nike missile crewman
(Specialist 4) and later served in Military Intelligence during the Cuban missile crisis and the Berlin
blockade.
I attended Harvard Law School, wrote a law review article on Air Piracy and Extradition, was a
Contributing Editor to a Harvard Law text book on PreMarital and Separation Agreements, and was
a member and Lecturer, in NY and Paris, for the International Matrimonial Law Committee of the
NYS Bar Association and various matrimonial committees of the NYC Bar Association; I was also a
Visiting Lecturer at Harvard Law School.
Highlights of my career included an appointment as an Asst. D.A. of Manhattan, then legislative
counsel to State Assemblyman Hansen in the 66th Assembly District of Manhattan during the
Lindsay Administration, and founding a successful matrimonial law firm in 30 Rockefeller Plaza
until 2004.
After 40 years of law practice, and having survived two open heart surgeries starting at age 35, 2
angioplasties, one stent, atrial fibrillation and C.A.D., while continuing to be an avid tennis player,
swimmer, biker, small boat sailor, skier, and fisherman, I have decided to devote most of the rest of
my life to my family, my wife, two children and six grandchildren, and to travel, health concerns,
exercise, music, culture and charitable works. Living across the street from Lincoln Center and ½
block from Central Park gives me the exercise and culture I need. My lovely wife, Lyn, keeps me
young.
City College permitted me to work, save and strive and, with the help of scholarships and loans,
and its good reputation, go on to professional and life success....thanks, CCNY!”
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Mr. Arthur Hoffer
24 Meadow Lane
Manhasset, NY 11030-3929
“
As a young man just returning home from the Korean War, I was
searching for something that would provide me with more career
opportunities than returning to my parents’ grocery store in Brooklyn.
Though successful in owning their own store, my parents wanted their children to have better career opportunities than they had available to them. I
enrolled at Brooklyn College as the first step in the search for this goal. As
one would expect, my plans continued to change, this time for the better.
At Brooklyn College, I met my future wife and soul mate, Ellie, who had
just graduated from Brooklyn College and started teaching. A year later, we
were married and I switched from Brooklyn College to the engineering program at CCNY.
While attending classes at CCNY, I was working in my parents’ store and started a family with
the birth of my first daughter, Donna. With money tight, my wife continued to work after the
baby was born, despite the fact that half of her salary went to childcare. With all things going
on, we had a common life experience with our parents: we barely were able to make ends meet.
Usually a person has an individual come into their life that has an impact on them. I was lucky
to have not one, but two individuals whom I met at this time who helped guide my career path.
Professors Javid and Brenner from CCNY continued to encourage me to not allow my current
situation to deter me from the potential they saw in me. It was their influence and their belief in
me that served as a driving force to continue with my education. Upon graduation, I was
amazed at the offers I received in my job search, from companies from New York to California. I
decided to accept an offer from IT&T Laboratories. From that experience, I moved on to Litton
Industries as Program Manager for the Polaris missile program. I eventually used this experience
to become Vice President of CSF/Thompson, France.
Using the faith shown to me by my professors of committing to a dream, in 1966 I started my
own company as president, founder and CEO of Transvac/Miller Stuart, Inc. My dream grew
into a multi-national engineering and manufacturing company building military and commercial
equipment such as medical equipment, vending machines and complex electro-mechanical
assemblies for the military. Over the years, we worked with Fairchild Republic on the F-105
fighter, A-10A attack aircraft, T-46 trainer and the SF-340 commercial turboprop aircraft. Still
going strong, we currently manufacture Radar and System Launcher processors for Raytheon and
the US Navy for the Seasparrow Missile Program.
From the faith, confidence, and guidance of my professors at CCNY, I have had these professional accomplishments as career highlights:
Served on 15 Boards of Directors of public companies;
Chairman, Aerospace Political Action Committee;
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Member of the Haitian Business and Industry Advisory Committee;
Holder of 7 patents;
Consultant to several investment banks;
Chairman, Washington Public Power bond default (WPPSS).
My experience at CCNY also provided me with the lesson that one must reach out to help others
and see the potential in them as my professors saw it in me, and led to the following personal
accomplishments:
Member, Long Island Association of Commerce and Industry and the LIA state and federal legislative committee;
Business and Industry Chairman of the American Cancer Society;
Member, Masonic War Veterans, Masonic ways and means committee, District Deputy
Grand Master;
Member, emergency relief committee for Israel and Chairman of several fund raising
committees for Long Island hospitals;
Cited in the United States Congress for pioneering work for special needs teenagers,
equal opportunity programs for housewives, and for starting occupational therapy in conjunction with approved drug rehabilitation programs;
Candidate for United States Congress.
I have been able to share this wonderful experience with my wife Ellie and our three daughters
and their husbands, who all share in the same values that were taught to me by my professors so
long ago. The best of this story, however, is the fact that I have been able to share these values
with four outstanding grandchildren, who I know will pass these values on to another generation.
When one asks the question of how a professor at CCNY can have an impact on their students,
all I need to say is look at me and my family and you will have your answer.”
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Erwin Honig
E
rwin Honig grew up in Brooklyn and went to Brooklyn Technical High School. He chose
CCNY for its reputation and cost. He was a House Plan member of Phi Sigma Tau. He
says he “was just an average student” and spent three hours a day on the subway commuting. He was a sub on the JV basketball team under Bobby Sand, but could not practice due to
afternoon lab classes. He did play with the EE team in the informal Engineering League.
After graduations, Erwin received his professional engineering license and became chief engineer
at several electrical construction companies. He is a former president of the Association of
Electrical Construction Engineers. And he is still working, at age 81.
Prof. Marvin Israel
511 Mountain Road
Boiling Springs, PA 17007
[email protected]
“
At City College I was a member of The Mercury humor magazine. My
fondest memory was watching Brenda Tenen dance the mambo and
the swing in the lounge.
In the last few weeks before graduation, I discovered that I was three credits short. Passing a bulletin board, I saw a poster advertising summer
courses in English at the University of Mexico, so I answered an ad in the
NYT to drive an MG sports car owned by the jazz great Lionel Hampton to
Las Vegas from which I rode a bus to Mexico City. During the summer my
high school Spanish got a big upgrade from a brief relationship with a
non-English-speaking senorita. Upon my return, I begged the administration of City College to
accept the courses, since I had already won a Regents scholarship which would pay my tuition
at Columbia University. They did and seven years later I completed all the requirements for a
Ph.D. in sociology except the dissertation, so I have no degree beyond the Bachelor's. After
teaching at Brooklyn College for a year, my wife and I moved to a rural area in South Central
Pennsylvania where I taught sociology at Dickinson College for the next thirty-five years. Getting
tenure without a PhD took two years of struggle culminating in a mass student protest in my
support. I was doing a very unusual kind of sociology derived from Plato and Heidegger. For me
those were the good old days when a professor didn't have to justify what he did as bringing in
research money or preparing students to make a lot of money. Justification enough was encouraging critical thought.
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Not having to support children, I've been lucky enough to explore almost all my youthful fantasies. We bought ten acres and had a Japanese architect design our house which was solar heated when solar heating was still in its earliest Mother Earth News stage. I learned to ride a horse
and had my own Morgan mare in a stable we had built. I grew a huge vegetable garden, learning
how from reading U.S. Department of Agriculture booklets. Traveling to various nurseries and
botanical gardens to gain knowledge, I planted trees and shrubs in what had started out as a
Mennonite farmer's hayfield. I had a bicycle custom built for me, joined the Harrisburg bicycle
club, and commuted eight miles each way to work on my bike. I took up weight lifting and jogging, succeeding in destroying the cartilage in my knees. One of my students surmised that I
had an interest in guns. He guided me into the hobby which resulted in my acquiring an
"assault" rifle, a riot shotgun, and some handguns. I then signed up for courses in unarmed selfdefense and defense with gun, knife, and pepper spray. My mother, who had the typical anti-gun
pathology of the urban Jew, was horrified, but the cops I trained with on Long Island laughed
and accused me of police brutality.
After retiring from teaching, I became a certified personal trainer, but I didn't find that as
rewarding as I thought it would be. I took courses in German, French, and Italian so that I could
travel to those countries. I'm now able to realize my fantasies of travel to exotic locations, even
though they are no longer so exotic, so I've traveled to China and Tibet, India (twice),Turkey,
Thailand, and Vietnam and gone on safari in Africa. I'm hoping to travel to Burma, Cambodia
and Laos next year. Photography is my current hobby. I recently bought my first ink jet printer
which is so large that it only fits in my basement. Some of my prints are currently on exhibit. To
keep my mind active, I'm learning Photoshop and I discuss the classics with a local St. John’s
College alumni discussion group. (I attended St. John's Graduate Institute one summer while
teaching at Dickinson. I took their mathematics and science sequence to better understand
Plato's stance on ‘mathema’).”
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Mr. Elliot Kavesh
(425) 562-2450
E
lliot Kavesh, BME, was a member and officer of student organizations
Alpha Mu Epsilon, ASME, ASTE & SAE. Elliot went to work for
Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington, immediately after graduation in January 1959 and passing his New York State Professional EngineerIn-Training exams.
Elliot had a diverse 35 year career with Boeing, working first as a manufacturing engineer and then as a Boeing Technical Representative on contract
to the USAF for support of the Bomarc Weapon System at McGuire AFB in
N.J. and then Dow AFB in Maine. Upon returning to the Seattle home
office in 1962, Elliot transferred to a design engineering organization and became an Electronic
Packaging Specialist and eventually a Design Manager responsible for design and qualification of
avionic units for multiple military missile, space and aircraft programs.
Elliot married his wife Lucie, a Seattle gal whom he met at Boeing, and they are lovingly celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this December 2009. They have two children, Jerry and
Gina, and two grandchildren. Elliot and Lucie are extremely fortunate to have all their children
and grandchildren living within 5 miles of their Bellevue, Washington, home.
Although Elliot has been retired from
Boeing for 15 years, he continues to stay
active as President of Renton Western
Wear Inc., a family owned multi-store
and internet western apparel retail corporation that was started by his wife Lucie
and is now owned and operated by their
children.
Memories of CCNY: “Starting college as a
pre-dental student but transferring to
engineering after realizing that the many
hours spent hustling bets on the student
activity pool tables negatively affected my
grandes and potential for admission to a
dental school. My industry career confirmed my appreciation that the CCNY
engineering faculty were experienced and
practical engineers that provided me a
solid and basic understanding of the
engineering principles that permitted me
to succeed.”
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Mr. Howard G. King
[email protected]
“
I grew up in the Pelham Parkway area of the Bronx. I graduated from Christopher Columbus
High School in June 1954. In high school I excelled in science, math, and writing. I was the
sports editor for the Christopher Columbus High School paper and received two letters for
journalism. I chose CCNY because it offered an excellent education and was tuition free. I later got
an MSEE from the University of Southern California in 1962.
My first job was for Hughes Aircraft Company as a field engineer from which I transitioned into
developing and conducting training courses on the operation and maintenance of air-to-air missile
systems for field engineers and Air Force personnel. I left Hughes and went to work for
Librascope, located in Glendale, California as a member of their technical training department to
develop courses and training for Navy personnel to operate and maintain the fire control system
for missiles fired from atomic submarines.
After completing my Masters at USC, I changed jobs again. I joined Space Technology
Laboratories, which was formed to help the United States win the space race with Russia. The
company later became known as TRW. I started by verifying the performance of the software
developed for the Minuteman Missile System and the targeting parameters, which guided it to its
target. I later led the programming team for one of the computers on the Apollo Lunar Lander.
Everyone who worked on the Apollo program considered it to be one of the highlights of his or
her career. After being a program manager for a new Minuteman ground control system, I was
requested to take a temporary position with NASA reporting to the Viking Program Manager, to
oversee all of the software development for the Viking mission to Mars. For my accomplishments
on this assignment I was awarded a Langley Research Center Special Achievement award and a
NASA Public Service Medal in 1975.
Over a 35-year career in aerospace engineering I was part of many other historic projects. These
included the MX missile program, International Space Lab program, and the Star Wars program. I
also managed a 200 person engineering organization and was later Director of Information
Systems for a 5000 person/one billion dollar sales unit of TRW. I belonged to the AIAA and was a
member of the Software Systems Technical Committee for 3 years.
I have been retired since 1994 and reside in La Quinta, CA (near Palm Springs) with my wife. I
have one son. My interests include golf, travel, duplicate bridge and tutoring elementary school
students in math and reading. I previously mentored a young underprivileged boy before moving
to the desert area.
My memories of CCNY include Colin Powell in ROTC. He was leader of the Pershing Rifles, while
I had two left feet when it came to marching. I dropped out of ROTC (the only D I got in college)
after two years recognizing I wasn't cut out for the military. I also remember Raymond the Pretzel
Man and playing Lacrosse in Phys Ed for Chief Parker. I have always been grateful for the education I received at CCNY. Since my first two jobs entailed training other newly graduated engineers, I quickly realized just how strong an education I received.”
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Mrs. Roberta Koenig
[email protected]
R
oberta Koenig (née Rogers) majored in Sociology, earning her B.A.
from the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Her fondest recollection
of her CCNY years:
“After going to an all girls Junior and Senior High School, it was so nice to
be on North and South Campus with real men!
It was my extreme pleasure to have as my Major advisor, Dr. Lawrence
Podell. He was instrumental in getting me interested in Sociology and keeping me on track and involved in the research connected with it. He was
kind enough to have my name added as a co-author to a paper that was published in the
Sociology Review, although I was an undergraduate at that time. He became a lifelong friend and
we shared a correspondence that continued year after year until his death almost three years
ago.”
Roberta later took an A.A. degree in Respiratory Care at Prince Georges Community College in
Maryland. She retired as a Registered Respiratory Therapist in 1996. She and her husband
Martin have two daughters, Barbara and Andrea, and five grandchildren.
Mrs. Marion Kornfeld (Rosengarten)
106 North 6th Avenue
Highland Park, NJ 08904
(732) 572-3696
“
I grew up in Washington Heights, New York, having come here from
Europe at age eleven. I went to George Washington High School in New
York. After college, I went to Columbia University School of Library
Science; I have 15 credits from that school. However I stopped because I
moved to New Jersey and started a family. I did work five years at the
Psychiatric Library of Albert Einstein. I also worked at a bank for 10 years.
Now I live in Highland Park, New Jersey. I have three children and two
grandchildren. Now I and my husband are retired. We keep busy at our
community, and are active in the local Y.
I have very fond memories of City College. I was walking almost every day from North to South
Campus. It is a community college that used to be free in my time. It only took me fifteen minutes from where I lived to get there. It is hard to believe that fifty years have gone by. It seems
that it was just yesterday that I went there.”
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Dr. Nathan Jacques Kranowski
[email protected]
“
I was born in Paris, France in 1937. Due to the Nazi occupation of
France and to my being Jewish, I had a hard time of it in my childhood, especially after my parents were taken away to concentration
camps and killed, but at age 10, I came to the US to live with an aunt in
the Bronx. I knew no English when I arrived and had had little education,
but I caught up, and graduated on time from James Monroe HS in 1955. I
attended CCNY because it was then tuition-free and had an excellent (and
well deserved) reputation for excellence. I earned a B.A. in French in
1959. I was awarded medals in French and in Latin (I especially remember
my Latin teacher, Prof. Miriam Drabkin, a delightful woman), and a scholarship to study in
France. I was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa. Some of my CCNY French profs that I remember are
Prof. Solomon Rhodes, Prof. Gaston Gille, Prof. Rene Vaillant, and Prof. France Anders. I was
President of Le Cercle Francais (French Club) and hung out especially with other French majors.
I earned a Master’s in French from Middlebury College in 1960, which included a year in Paris
with their study in Paris program. I then earned a Ph.D. in French at Columbia University in
1966. Before changing careers, I taught French at various colleges: 2 years at CCNY, 8 years at
Rutgers University, and 4 years at Hollins University (in Roanoke, VA). In 1974, I went back to
college and earned a Master’s in Accountancy at Virginia Tech in 1977, and a CPA certificate a
few years later. By that time I was married and had two children. I began a second teaching
career, teaching accounting at Radford University (in Virginia) in 1977, where I taught for 25
years until my retirement in 2002. My wife and I continue to live in Blacksburg, VA. We will
celebrate our 43rd wedding anniversary this November. For obvious reasons, I am very interested in the Holocaust and have read a lot about it, especially as it affected France. I occasionally
give talks to schools and other groups about my experiences as a hidden child.”
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Lawrence Kreisman
5763 27th Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98105
(206) 523-8441 (home) / (206) 622-5444 x224 (office)
[email protected]
L
arry Kreisman, Honorary AIA Seattle, has a Bachelor’s degree from the City College of New
York, a Master’s degree in English literature from the University of Chicago, and a Master
of Architecture degree from the University of Washington. He has been Program Director
of Historic Seattle since 1997 (www.historicseattle.org). He is co-author with Glenn Mason of
The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest and curator of an exhibit by the same
name that opens in May 2009 at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle and travels
throughout Washington and Oregon 2020-2011.
Kreisman has also authored Made to Last: Historic Preservation in Seattle and King County, The
Stimson Legacy: Architecture in the Urban West, The Bloedel Reserve: Gardens in the Forest,
Historic Preservation in Seattle, West Queen Anne School: Renaissance of a Landmark, Art Deco
Seattle, and Apartments by Anhalt. Since 1988, he has written cover stories and regularly
scheduled home design features for Pacific Northwest, the Seattle Times magazine. He also
served as architectural historian on the Seattle Historic Preservation Officer’s Award for
Outstanding Career Achievement in Historic Preservation. Since 1981, Larry has shared his life
with Wayne Dodge, a family practice physician for Group Health Cooperative. They collect
books, architectural renderings, ephemera, furniture and decorative arts, particularly from the
period 1890-1930.
Mr. Jacob Kusnetz
29 Greendale Road
New City, NY 10956
“
My first job after graduating from CCNY was with ITT Labs in Nutley,
New Jersey, doing microwave engineering. During ITT’s orientation
meeting for new employees, I was surprised to meet one of my former
CCNY electronics professors who had also come to work for the company.
It was a strange feeling to now be colleagues rather than professor and student. Although my major was electrical engineering, the diverse training in
mechanical engineering and engineering drawing that I received at City
College was put to good use in this first job. These additional skills have
served me well throughout my career.
The rest of my forty year career focus was on optical design and bio-medical instrumentation,
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always working on state-of-the-art R&D projects. These were done at Airborne Instrument Labs
(AIL) department of medical and biological physics, at Technicon Instruments, a pioneer in
automated blood chemistry equipment, and, finally, at Bayer Diagnostics (Bayer bought
Technicon in the 1990s). During this time I received four patents, published several papers,
published chapters dealing with nephelometry in two books, and presented a paper at The New
York Academy of Sciences symposium on Data Extraction of Optical Images in the Medical and
Biological Sciences. The paper was also published in the Annals of the NYAS. I retired from
Bayer in 2001.
Between the time I was at AIL and Technicon, I worked at Cavitron Ultrasonics on a revolutionary new surgical instrument to remove cataracts - the Phacoemulsifier. It was certainly an honor
to participate in this project which has now become one of the principal ways to remove
cataracts.
Among my favorite professors at CCNY was Dr. Mauro Zambuto. He had the unique quality of
making the most complex subjects almost intuitive, and it was always enjoyable to watch his TV
program on travel to Italy. It was also a great honor to study with Professor Mark Zemansky.
I live in Rockland County with my wife Judy. Our two children, Jay and Rachel (Bitterfield), are
now grown and have careers of their own. Rachel and her husband Colin have given us two
grandchildren - Kyle and Isadora. Judy and I are both violinists and have played with various
groups including the Rockland Symphony Orchestra.
All in all, CCNY had given me a well-rounded and diverse engineering education that was the
basis of a rich and satisfying career.”
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Mr. Richard L. Labinger
7057 West Country Club Drive N.
Sarasota, FL 34243
[email protected]
R
ichard Labinger majored in Mechanical Engineering, earning his BME
from CCNY’s School of Engineering.
Ira Langenthal,Ph.D.
1499 Blake Street #6i
Denver, Colorado 80202
303-534-2603
[email protected]
W
ith my wife Loretta (celebrating our 47th anniversary in June), I
live in Denver, Colorado and spend most of the winter in
Scottsdale, Arizona. We have three daughters, Helaine Altus,
Marcie Langenthal and Julie Rudofsky, sons-in-law Buddy Altus and Jason
Rudofsky and three wonderful grandchildren, Zoe Altus, Lily Rudofsky and
Max Rudofsky.
Following graduation from CCNY in 1959 with a B.E.E, I received a M. Eng.
from Yale University in 1960 and then went to work for a year at Hazeltine
Research Corporation before returning to Yale and received a Ph.D. with an emphasis in information and communication theory. I not only benefited from the quality and free education at
CCNY but
was also fortunate to be able to complete my entire graduate education totally free with the help
of a fellowship and later with a research grant through Bell Laboratories. Support from my wife
as she was working while I was completing my Ph.D. also played a significant role as we were
married and had our first child while at Yale.
Following my Ph.D., I returned to Hazeltine Research Corporation and then worked for General
Applied Science Laboratories. In 1967, along with three other co-workers, we founded Signal
Analysis Industries Corporation, (SAICOR) a company involved in signal processing equipment
applicable to a variety of markets worldwide. After "bootstraping" and growing the company we
had a small private equity investment and later went public in 1969. In 1972 we attracted the
attention of several firms and were acquired by and became part of a division of Honeywell
Corporation. SAICOR remained operating in Hauppauge, Long Island until the end of 1975 at
which time SAICOR was physically combined with Honeywell's Test Instrument Division in
Denver, Colorado.
My Honeywell career spanned the next 15 years and I was fortunate to be involved in every
aspect of the operations and every aspect of the business on a worldwide basis and eventually
became Vice President and General Manager at Honeywell. Over those years I was involved in a
diverse set of businesses from test and measurement to mass storage to medical equipment and
medical imaging markets. Being exposed both in a small and later public company from research
to finance to sales and then to all areas in a large multinational Fortune 500 corporation provided invaluable experience. In addition, since Honeywell operated in those days as a decentralized
corporation, Vice Presidents of Divisions had full P&L reponsibilities on a worldwide basis.
Although retired since 1991, I have continued being active in the community on various boards
involved in education and the arts, and on the boards of both private and public corporations.
Loretta and I enjoy an active lifestyle both in Denver and Scottsdale and especially enjoy seeing,
playing and skiing with our three grandchildren. We recently added a new puppy, a golden doodle, to further add to our enjoyment.
The foundations of my career established initially by my parents while growing up in Brooklyn
and later with my wife and family and especially with the free and quality education made available to me and countless others by CCNY (and other free NYC schools) has enabled me to have
an extremely rewarding career and perspective on life. Attending CCNY with its dedicated teachers and diverse student population has significantly broadened and enhanced our lives. Thanks.
Mrs. Annette Haendel Levine
[email protected]
“
After graduation from CCNY, I taught HS biology for a brief time at
Andrew Jackson HS and Jamaica HS. I had my first child, a daughter in
1961 and went back to teaching briefly until 1964 when we moved to
Ohio and I had our second child, a son. We lived in Ohio for 2 1/2 years and
then moved to CT. Once my children were in school full time, I went back
to work as a research assistant in a cancer lab at Yale Medical school. I also
worked as a realtor for 20 years in CT prior to retiring to NC in 1998. We
have 4 grandchildren, 2 in NC and 2 in CA. We spend as much time as we
can visiting them. We have also done extensive traveling around the world.
My husband, Arnold (CCNY '56) and I are still very active with tennis , cycling, volunteering,
reading, taking courses and attending lectures at UNC and Duke University. I belong to a small
group of madrigal singers, as well as a choral society in Chapel Hill, NC. Retirement to NC has
been wonderful. Y'all come down to see us sometime!”
Dr. Jerome H. Levine
[email protected]
J
erome Levine majored in Chemistry, earning his B.S. degree from CCNY’s School of Liberal
Arts and Sciences. He continued his studies at the NYU College of Denistry, and retired as a
dentist in 1998. Dr. Levine has been Chairman of the Implant Department, Jamaica
Hospital, NY (1983-1998); Chairman of the Diagnosis and Treatment Planning, New York
Hospital (1978-1990); and Associate Professor, Department of Oral Diagnosis, NYU (19651976). He is a past member of The Society for Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis and The New
York Society of Clinical Hypnosis. Dr. Levine also served as Editor for “The Society for Dental
Research,” an international magazine that publishes new research. He received the Society for
Dental Research “Certificate of Honor” at the 1963 International Congress of Oral
Implantologists. Dr. Levine has two children, Jason Levine and Darin Levine, and two grandchildren.
Mr. Fred Kiva Lickstein
3802 NE 207 Street, #1203
Aventura, FL 33180
F
red Lickstein majored in Accounting, graduating magna cum laude
with a BBA degree from the Business School. As a student, he was
active in Beta Gamma Sigma, Beta Alpha Psi, the Accounting Society,
and Accounting Forum (Editor). After CCNY, he earned his LLB degree at
Harvard Law School in 1962. He has been a partner at Fowler White
Burnett, P.A. since 1997, and previously was partner/founder of Semet
Lickstein Morgenstern et al. (1982-1997). He is a member of the Dade
County Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He and wife
Barbara have two sons, David and Larry, and six grandchildren.
Mr. Franklin Lowenthal
F
ranklin Lowenthal earned his B.S. degree in Physics from CCNY’s
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He received the Belden
Mathematics Medal and the Fabregé Physics Award, and graduated
summa cum laude. He went on to complete his Ph.D. in mathematics at
Stanford University. He retired as a professor in June of 2008 and is now professor emeritus. Published work includes the textbook Linear Algebra with
Linear Differential Equations and Journal papers on math, CIS, CS, tax,
accounting, and QBM.
Fondest CCNY memory: “Going to Boston to present a paper on probability theory to a math
conference.”
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Mr. Fred Mansbach
155 West 68th Street, Apt. 808
New York, NY 10023-5813
(212)595-7612 / [email protected]
“
Growing up in the Bronx, of proud but poor immigrants, there was
never any question that my college future would be anywhere but
CCNY – it was FREE!
Motivated by a need to earn a living, I gravitated to the business school at
Lexington Avenue. After giving accounting the old “college try” and finding it not a comfortable fit, I tried for a career in insurance and liked it.
Armed with my BBA, I entered the work force (after six months of active
duty is the US Army Reserves) having found an entry level job through the
employment office at CCNY. I proceeded to carve my niche in the world of insurance by the
sheer endurance of continuing at my first job for fifty years – recently retiring from the ownership of the same agency which I came to own.
Along the way, I married, on the late side, and had one child – a daughter who has made me
very proud and somewhat remorseful of not providing a sibling or two. My wife, Toni, and
daughter, Alix, continue to provide impetus and incentive to be active and may it continue to be
so!”
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Dr. Sheldon Marcus
(212) 636-6432 (office)
S
heldon Marcus majored in History/Political Science, graduating with a
B.A. degree from the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He earned
his M.A. at CCNY in 1960 and continued his graduate studies at Duke
University and then Yeshiva University, where he completed his Ed.D. in
1970. He has been a college professor and administrator in his professional
life, serving as a Professor at Fordham University from 1968 to the present.
He has published a number of books, as sole author and in collaboration,
including: Hot-Button Issues for Teachers: What Every Teacher Needs To Know
(2007); Hot-Button Issues in Today’s Schools: What Every Parent Needs To Know
(2006); Administrative Decision Making in School: A Case Study Approach to Strategic Planning
(1973); Father Coughlin: The Tumultuous Life of the Priest of the Little Flower (1973); Urban
Education: Crisis or Opportunity? (1972); and Conflicts in Urban Education (1970). He and his
wife, Phyllis Knight Marcus, have one child, Evan; he also has two children, Beth and Jonathan,
from an earlier marriage, and two grandchildren. His fondest memories of CCNY: “Some great
teachers - Hans Kohn, Ivo Duchacek, Louis Snyder, Joe Taffet, Oscar Janowsky.”
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Mr. Walter Herbert Margolies
[email protected]
“
I grew up on the Van Cortlandt Park (Amalgamated Bldgs.) area of the
Bronx.
I graduated from The Bronx High School of Science and chose to attend
CCNY for its excellent reputation and its free tuition. While at the Business
School, I joined the Saxe ’59 House Plan and we had a great time during our
four years together. The highlight event, for me, was when our House Plan
was the Cinderella team of the freshman softball intramural league, and as
underdogs, we went on to place first in that league in 1956. My favorite
instructor was Professor Chaikin. He made studying Accounting understandable and enjoyable.
After graduating CCNY in January 1959, I joined a mid-sized public accounting firm and served
six years in the National Guard/Reserves (including six-months active duty). In 1961, I joined
the Internal Revenue Service as a Special Agent. I worked my way up the ladder and retired in
1987 as Chief of the Manhattan District Criminal Investigation Division. Over the years, I
supervised federal prosecution of Organized Crime and Narcotics kingpins, politicians, and
white collar criminals.
In 1987, I joined the New York State Special Prosecutor’s Office - Medicaid Fraud Control Unit,
as Chief Auditor. This Unit was eventually merged into the NYS Attorney General’s Office. I
retired in 2007 after supervising the development of numerous prosecutions of nefarious medicaid mills, nursing homes, and dishonest medical providers.
My wife, Jerri, and I are proud of the accomplishments of our four children: an accountant, an
attorney, a teacher, and an editor. Now that my wife and I are both retired, we enjoy playing
golf, traveling, and most importantly taking care of our 2-year-old grandchild, with another one
on the way!”
Mr. Theodore Mayer
5 Mansfield Grove Road
East Haven, CT 06512
(203) 466-2035
T
heodore Mayer is a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School, class of 1952. He
attended CCNY from 1952 to 1954, then served in the U.S. Army, 1954 to 1956. He
then attended the CCNY Baruch campus 1957 to 1959, graduating with a BBA degree in
Economics. He worked for the US Government - Social Security Administration from 1959
through 1989, and was Manager of the NY Social Security Office in Peekskill from 1973 to
1989. He is now retired.
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Bernard Mennis, Ph.D.
133 Mary Waters Ford Road
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
[email protected]
“
Born and raised in the Bronx, I graduated Stuyvesant High School
(1955) before enrolling and graduating at City (1959). Played on the
freshman basketball team and was a member of several clubs while at
City. After serving in the military under the National Guard Reserve,
enrolled at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where I earned a MA in
Political Science (1962) and PhD in Political Science (1967). Subsequently
taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University in
Philadelphia, retiring in 2000. During my academic career, served as
Professor and Department Chair, and published 2 books and a number of
articles. Was married for nearly 20 years, have 2 sons and 2 granddaughters.
Have now been living with Barbara for about 15 years in suburban Philadelphia; she is a
Professor at Temple University.
My life's interests and activities are not much different from what they were when I was at City.
I read a lot of non-fiction since learning still is one of my
pleasures, continue to participate in sports (mainly fitness,
racquetball, and power walking), travel fairly often, and
check out restaurants that seem interesting. And of course
spend as much time with my family as they allow me to do.
I remember both Stuyvesant and City with deep appreciation
and affection. My story is the story that both institutions
always tell in their promotions; that is, poor immigrant parents wanting their children to be educated and professionals
in the land of opportunity. Following the typical story line, I
was the first person in my entire extended family to graduate
High School and attend college. I was followed at City
quickly by my brother and 2 sisters. Thank you City from all
of us.
Re CCNY memories, I remember many of my teachers, both
the good and really bad ones. I have to be honest here.
Several of my teachers were really bad, incompetent in fact.
It is unfortunate they were hired and tenured. But I also had
many very good teachers, not only in my major, but also in
subjects of marginal interest to me. As I moved through the
years at City, I learned which faculty taught well and I had
more opportunity to choose. That made a very big difference.
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Perhaps the most critical aspect of my education at City was that, still influenced by traditional
notions that a college education was intended to transform ordinary students into well rounded
intelligentsia rather than prepare students for the job market, I was forced by the requirements
then in force to take a wide variety of classes beyond my major, many of which I never would
have chosen. Examples were Theory of Education, Art History and History of Music (in the latter class, we were required to attend a concert at Carnegie Hall, the first time I had ever been
there). Also, in the latter class I was introduced to European classical music; I have enjoyed
such music ever since. As I grew older, I began to appreciate those requirements since I realized
how they have contributed to my quality of life.
There really is no way one can underestimate the importance of City. As has been repeated so
many times before, I received a quality education that my parents never could have afforded to
give me if City was not there. And that gift has allowed me to have a wonderful life, as it has
been for so many others.”
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Mr. Bernard Monahan PE
38 Beach 221st Street
Rockaway Point, NY 11697
phone 718-945-0013 / [email protected]
B
ernie grew up in the Marine Park Section of Brooklyn and graduated
from St. Augustine’s High School in Park Slope. He was attracted to
CCNY because of its outstanding reputation for Civil Engineering. He
participated in ASCE’s Student Section. His most significant classes and professors included Surveying (Brandt), Foundations (Pei) and Economics
(Pistrang). After graduation he worked for a Foundation Engineering and
Construction Company and studied evenings at Brooklyn Poly where he
earned his MS in Civil Engineering in 1967. Bernie has maintained his
fondness for ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) and is currently the
co-editor of its Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction. In
past years he has served as the President of ASCE’s Met Section and nationally served as
Chairman of its Construction Executive Committee and as a Director representing New York,
New Jersey and Puerto Rico. He is a past Trustee of the Moles, a National Construction Honor
Society and a registered engineer in NY, PA, NJ, MASS and FL.
He is a co-author of Construction Rock Work Guide (Wiley) and two separate editions of the
Handbook of Temporary Structures in Construction (McGraw Hill).
Highlights of his career include the
completion of many needed
improvements to our infrastructure
for subways, airports, hospitals and
sewage treatment facilities. Career
turning points included being elevated to Vice President of a major
construction company. His family
consists of his loving wife of fortyseven years, Betty; one son, a
Mechanical Professional Engineer;
three daughters and six grandchildren; one grandson is studying
Civil Engineering locally.
His hobbies include golf and
genealogy. His fondest CCNY memory is the patience and dedication
of the professors in the Civil
Engineering Department. They
taught lessons that last a lifetime.
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Mr. Shepard Osherow
(561) 416-2511 (office)
[email protected]
“
I grew up in the Bronx and attended William Howard Taft High
School. I chose CCNY because it was affordable to my family. I was a
member of the Economics Club at CCNY. I received the following
awards and honors while at CCNY: Wall Street Journal Award; Fieland
Award; Most Likely to Succeed; Highest average in Economics and Finance.
Some of my most memorable and significant professors were Jerome
Cohen, Leon Levy, and Emmanuel Saxe.
I have been involved in numerous professional and charitable organizations in New York and
South Florida, including: Founder Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Founder of the Osherow
Field Training Center at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem; Member of World Presidents
Organization; Former Officer of Young Presidents Organization; American Heart Association;
Boca Raton Community Hospital, Corporate Advocates Program; Kravis Center for the
Performing Arts; Horses and the Handicapped of South Florida; Founder, Florida Atlantic
University Football Program; Jewish Board of Children and Family Services.
My professional career highlights include: President, Chief Investment Officer and principal
shareholder of Sanford C. Bernstein & Company; Co-founder, President and Chief Operating
Officer of Atlanta Sossnoff Capital Corporation.
Happily married to my wife, Sally Bosch Osherow; two sons, Mark and Kenneth Osherow; one
daughter, Caroline Alyssa Osherow; stepdaughter, Connie Bosch Barhorst; stepson, William
Bosch. Proud grandfather of six: 4 boys and 2 girls.
Hobbies include tennis, skiing, reading and stamp collecting.”
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Mr. Robert P. Parisi, P.E.
106 Lawrence Avenue
Dumont, NJ 07628
“
I grew up in Brooklyn, NY and graduated from Stuyvesant High School
before continuing to CCNY. I went to CCNY because of its high quality Engineering education and it was free- that was all I could afford.
Alpha Phi Omega was the fraternity I spent four years with. I still stay in
touch with one other brother.
After graduating from CCNY, I earned a Master’s Degree in Civil
Engineering from New York University (1971) as well as a Master of
Business Administration Degree from Montclair State University (1991).
My community activities include Chairman of my church's Parish Council, Little League Baseball
Coach, and member of the Dumont Board of Health. Professional accomplishments include
achieving the grade of Fellow in both the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Institute
of Transportation Engineers. I also had one article published: “Cheap Paint is Costly” in the
Institute of Traffic Engineers Journal.
I spent most of my professional career (39 years) as a Traffic Engineer with the Port Authority of
New York and New Jersey, the last six years (1997-2002) as its Chief Traffic Engineer before I
retired at the end of 2002. I was on the 44th floor of the World Trade Center on 9/11/01 when
the first plane hit. I knew 10 people who died on that day.
I have been married and lived in Dumont, NJ for
over 45 years. Our daughter and two sons have
blessed us with six grandchildren. I am a Bronze Life
Master with the American Contract Bridge League
and play in several duplicate bridge tournaments per
year.
My fondest memories of CCNY include the social
growth provided by my involvement with Alpha Phi
Omega Fraternity and the top notch education by the
Civil Engineering teachers. They were tough and fair
and well suited to teach young skulls full of mush. I
must list the ones I remember because they prepared
me so well for my successful professional career:
Allen, Barry, Brandt, Cheng, Coulter, Cunningham,
Ettinger, Hartman, Jen, Kaplan, Moskvitinoff, Pei,
Steven, and Tiersten. A public Thank You to them all
for a job well done.”
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Dr. George Pasternack
1307 Landings Drive
Sarasota, FL 34231
G
eorge Pasternack earned his BSci in Chemistry from the School of
Liberal Arts and Sciences. He went on to complete his Ph.D. in
1968. He lives in Florida.
Mr. Richard I. Pawliger
4770 Stonehaven Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43220
[email protected]
“
I came to CCNY following graduation from Stuyvesant High School and
commuted daily on the subway from our family’s apartment on the
Upper West Side of Manhattan. In fact, the cumulative cost of commuting, first 10, later 15 cents per ride, was the greatest category of college
expense during my CCNY years, exceeding the cumulative cost of fees and
books!
Following graduation, I spent a 40-year career in Mechanical Engineering
and engineering management with one company - American Electric Power,
one of the largest electric utility companies in the United States. My responsibilities included
the engineering, design, construction, operation and maintenance of coal-fired, nuclear-fueled
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and hydroelectric generating units ranging in size
from 100 to 1300-MW. My first three years were
served in Virginia, the next 21 in New York City
followed by 16 in Columbus, Ohio. I retired
from active service in 1999.
My education at CCNY prepared me very well
for my career. One extra-curricular activity that I
fondly recall was serving, along with Steve
Murdock, as co-Editor-in-Chief of VECTOR,
CCNY’s Engineering Magazine.
I became a registered Professional Engineer (PE)
in New York and Ohio. I also was, and continue
to be, active in the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME) by serving on a
number of committees and boards. In 1997 I
was elected to Fellow Grade of ASME. One
ASME activity that was especially rewarding was
serving for ten years as a Program Evaluator for
the Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology (ABET), the recognized accreditor for
colleges and university programs in engineering
and related fields. I currently serve on ASME’s
national History and Heritage Committee, a
group that encourages public understanding of
mechanical engineering, fosters the preservation
of this heritage and helps engineers become more
involved in all aspects of history.
In 1963 I was married to Nancy (née Leitman), a
fellow New Yorker who had a career in Social
Work and fund raising for non-profits. We have
been blessed with two wonderful children and
two extraordinary grandchildren. Our son is an
engineering manager (in the computer field) and
lives with his family in California. Our daughter,
who is active in her University’s alumni board,
lives with her family in Maryland, so we are busy
traveling from Ohio to both coasts.”
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Mrs. Barbara Kleinman Pisetzner
159 Gower Street
Staten Island, NY 10314
“
I transferred to CCNY after one year at Hunter College in the Bronx
and one year at SUNY Cortland, and immediately found the intellectual
stimulation and friendship I had been seeking. My two years at CCNY
were rewarding and happy. I received by B.S.Ed. cum laude, and was
admitted to Kappa Delta Pi (Education Honor Society).
Four days after graduation I married Ira Pisetzner, an NYU Dental School
student. I started teaching at PS 123, a brand new elementary school across
the park from the CCNY campus. We had our first child, Mindy Susan, in
1961, and she appeared in the Dental School Yearbook in 1963 as a
"Deciduous Dependent."
We moved to Fort Jackson in Columbia, SC, where my husband was a captain in the US Army
Dental Corps. Our son, Howard Adam, was born there in 1964.
In 1965, we returned to Staten Island, where Ira opened his dental practice. He is still practicing, but is on the "cusp" of retirement. Our third child, Karen Michelle, was born in Staten
Island in 1968.
I earned my Master's Degree in education and my Sixth Year Certificate in Administration and
Supervision from CUNY College of Staten Island. I also earned state/city certification in special
education and in reading education. I taught learning disabled children in elementary school for
15 years, and then became an educational evaluator--testing, placing, and providing services for
children with special needs. In 1989, I was honored by the Board of Education for my work in
special education. In March, 2003, I retired after almost 32 years as an educator.
Ira and I are celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary on June 21, 2009. We raised and educated three loving, wonderful, accomplished children who attained professional and personal success and stature, and married wonderful spouses. Our family is made complete by our bright,
talented, and beautiful grandchildren--Andrew 15, Jason 14, and Jenna 7.
Throughout the years, I have enjoyed volunteering in various community organizations and
activities. Ira and I enjoy family time, wonderful friends, theater, movies, concerts, fine dining,
and all New York City has to offer; our condo in Delray Beach, Florida; and world travel to six
continents (thinking about Antarctica).
Life continues to be good to us. This 50th anniversary has a special, dual, unbelievable significance!! Happy, healthy 50th to all my classmates!”
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Mr. Lowell Pollack
51 Clements Place
Hartsdale, NY 10530
(914) 949-1074
L
owell Pollack grew up on Gun Hill Road in the Bronx and graduated
from DeWitt Clinton High School. At CCNY, he was a member of
the Musical Comedy Society and played piano for stage productions
at Carnival. He was also a member of the Psychology Society. Lowell
received his BA from CCNY and his M.A. from Columbia University. He
was a social studies teacher at Castle Hill JHS 127, Bronx, where he also
conducted the school stage band. At DeWitt Clinton High School, he
taught social studies, served as College Advisor and was the faculty advisor
to the Human Relations Club. Lowell received the Brotherhood of Man
award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews for achievement in the field of Human Relations.
After becoming an assistant principal, Lowell worked at Farragut JHS 44, Bronx, where he introduced a Narcotics Addiction Prevention Program. He was the Assistant Principal, Social Studies,
at Tetard MS 143, Bronx, where he developed the Ethnic Studies mini-course program. He conducted many in-service classes including a workshop for supervisors and teachers in the Bronx
to introduce the Global History course of study. Lowell taught social studies at Woodlands High
School in Hartsdale, NY, for seventeen summers. At the Clinton-Walton Center, he taught piano
to elementary school students and to adults. He is very involved with music and has taught
piano for many years continuing to this day. Lowell supervised a summer program for Special
Education students in District 10. He became Principal of the Mosholu School, PS 280, Bronx,
where he involved the Bronx Dance Theater in teaching dance to fourth and fifth graders.
After retiring from the New York City School system, Lowell taught at Manhattanville College for
twelve years in the School of Education, training student teachers and new teachers. He and his
wife Judith are community volunteers, delivering Meals-on-Wheels in White Plains, NY, volunteering with the Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra and mentoring young people. Lowell is
also a member of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) in the Town of
Greenburgh and he plays piano for the Early Childhood Program (ECP) in the Greenburgh
Central 7 schools.
In addition to his wife of fifty years, Judith, Lowell has loving children Scott and Debra Pollack,
MD, son-in-law Daniel Wollman, MD and adored granddaughters Joanna and Caroline Wollman.
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Dr. Martin Pomerantz
5521 Williamstown Road
Dallas, TX 75230-2127
“
I grew up in the Bronx on Creston Avenue near 180th Street and
attended the Bronx High School of Science. It was there where I developed my interest in Chemistry. I went to CCNY where I majored in
chemistry, since the cost was right and it was the best of the city colleges.
While at CCNY I was fortunate to receive many honors. I was the recipient
of the Ward Medals in both Chemistry and German, a Revlon Foundation
Scholarship, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated Magna cum
Laude with Honors in Chemistry.
Following my CCNY years, I was a research assistant in Summer, 1959 at
New York University in the Bronx and then attended graduate school in organic chemistry at
Yale University. While at Yale I received the following honors. A Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
(1959-1960), Leeds and Northrup Fellowship (1960-1962, given by the National Research
Council), an Honorary Sterling Fellowship (1962-1963, given by Yale University) and a National
Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (1962-1963).
I received my M.S. degree in 1961 and, although I completed my Ph.D. requirements in August,
1963, the degree was not awarded until June, 1964. I continued my education as an NSF
Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Wisconsin. My first academic position was assistant professor at Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland, which, in 1967, became Case Western
Reserve University. There I began my career as a teacher and researcher.
In 1969, after I turned down an offer for promotion and tenure, I moved to the Belfer Graduate
School of Science of Yeshiva University as associate professor. In 1974 I was promoted to professor and also spent four years as chair of the Chemistry Department. While there I was awarded a
prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship (1971-1976). In 1976, I moved to the
University of Texas at Arlington (between Dallas and Fort Worth) as Professor of Chemistry
where I am currently.
While at UT Arlington I was the recipient of the 1997 Wilfred T. Doherty Award of the DallasFort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society and of the 1997 University of Texas at
Arlington Distinguished Record of Research Award. I have been a visiting professor at BenGurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, Summer 1981 and 1985, the University of
Wisconsin, Madison, Fall 1972 and Columbia University, Fall 1975 and 1974 and Summer
1970-1975. For two years, August, 2005-August 2007, I was a Program Officer in the Chemistry
Division of the National Science Foundation in Arlington, VA.
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I am or have been, a member of a number of organizations including the American Chemical
Society where I was an Alternate Councilor for the Dallas-Fort Worth Section, 1992-1995, and,
since I joined in 1959 while I was still at CCNY, I am now a 50 year member of that society, and
I am also currently a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. I have been fortunate to have
received numerous grants and contracts as principal investigator or co-PI for the research I am
doing and when converted to 2008 dollars the total is about $12 million. I have over 125 publications in peer reviewed journals, have a number of book chapters and have one patent. I have
presented about 140 papers at national and international scientific meetings and about 100
invited talks at universities, companies and government agencies around the world. I have graduated 16 people with Ph.D. degrees and have had more than 20 postdoctoral associates working
in my labs. I am listed in “Who’s Who in America” (since 1986), “Who’s Who in the World,”
“Who’s Who in Science and Engineering” and “American Men and Women of Science.”
I was married in 1961 to the former Maxine Miller, also from the Bronx, and we have three children, Lee Allan, who is a computer specialist with American Airlines and is married to Helen
and they have three children, Wendy Jane, a pediatric emergency physician with the Cincinnati
Children's Hospital and an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Cincinnati Medical
School, and is married to Ryan Goldberg, with one son, and Heidi Lauren (our youngest) who
works for Texas Instruments and is a manager in the Education Technology Group. Maxine was
an elementary school teacher who became a religious school teacher and retired in 2005. I continue to work at UT Arlington and am continuing to teach, do research, publish papers and get
grants.
It was the education I received at CCNY in chemistry which enabled me to get my Ph.D. at Yale
University and to get the many fellowships I got throughout my years at Yale, and for that I
thank the CCNY Chemistry Department Faculty, most of whom are no longer with us.”
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Mrs. Carol Blitz Portugal
282 Parkway
Harrington Park, NJ 07640
“
I was born and grew up in the Pelham Parkway section of the
Bronx...and many people who grew up there in the fifties remember
that enclave with happy memories.
I went to Columbus High School and then my friends and I had the choice
of one of the city colleges. Hunter was close but City had men and we
made the collective decision to go there. Some of us had fantasized about
going to an “out-of-town” college...but this was definitely not to be and the
long commute became part of the college experience for all.
The nightmare of being thrown into a room for freshman registration...was followed by the likes
of Joyce, Milton...and my personal Waterloo: Math 61. For someone who was 16 and whose
mother still told her to “watch how you cross” every day...this was heady stuff.
My intention to major in English and become a writer was quelled in one freshman conference
with my composition professor who told me that I “didn’t have it” and that I should choose
something else...I believed him and I changed. (Actually, I would up writing for a bank...not
creative but publishable). I wound up in the Government Department with the speciality of
International Relations with the hope of going into the foreign service or something aiding the
“underdeveloped countries (the awful term used in those days). I took a lot of courses that
related to Asia in Economics, Government, and History...and who can forget Professor
Tiedemann’s course in Japanese Civilization. I even tried to learn Hindustani at NYU at
night...as I hoped that working in India was to be my destiny. Of course, my parents wouldn’t
have any of it, and, as usual, they prevailed.
Upon graduation, I got a job in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and, two years later, went
to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company. I moved into Manhattan and had a great life: a nice apartment in the east 70s, a good job, weekends at Fire Island, forays up to the Bronx to
Loehmann’s...but, being socialized in the fifties, thought myself totally lacking for having no
prospects leading to marriage, a house in the suburbs, kids, the station wagon, the dog, etc.
I married Howard Portugal in 1969 at age 30! (Ahead of my time, but not deliberately.) If any
woman grad in the class of 1959 did not suffer from my mindset, wow, was she enlightened.
For the past two years, I have been making semi-precious jewelry which I enjoy very much and
which I actually am able to sell. It is my first hobby since coloring books. I have a son and a
daughter and a delicious three-year-old grandson...with another grandchild on the way. It is
tough to run after little Dean at the age we all share...but I do my best.”
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Mr. Ed Rak
(508) 398-1291
E
d Rak was an engineering major at CCNY, earning his BME degree
from the School of Engineering. As a student, he was a member of
Delta Alfa. He subsequently attended the University of Connecticut.
He retired as an engineer in 1997. In the course of his career, he served as
Energy Account Safety Executive for Travelers Insurance Company; Boiler
Safety Engineer Inspector for the State of Connecticut; Experiment
Test/Analytical Supervisor Engineer for Pratt Whitney Aircraft; and
Aeronautical Engineer for Pan American Airways. He is a past member of
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), CSP (Certified Safety
Professional), PE (Professional Engineer, Connecticut), and NB (National Board Boiler Inspector).
He was also a member of Toastmasters International. He has five children (Edward, Ellen,
Elizabeth, Marijean, Steve) and eight grandchildren.
Mr. Alan Rosenfeld
7153 Mariana Court
Boca Raton, FL 33433
A
lan Rosenfeld earned both his B.B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from the
Business School. As a student, he was the recipient of the David J.
Greene Scholarship. He retired as an Investment Advisor in 2005.
He served as Chairman of the Board of M&R Capital Management Inc.
He was previously Associate Director of Research for Bache Halsey Stuart
Shields and Senior Vice President and Director for Bayrock Advisors. He
was a member of the Chartered Financial Analyst Society from 1967 until
2005.
Alan and his wife Irma have two daughters, Sherri Gelfond and Gayle
Rostkowski, and three grandchildren.
Fondest CCNY memory: “In my freshman year, the CCNY basketball team won both the NCAA
and NIT championships.”
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Mr. Murray Rubinstein
221 Deer Run
Shelton, CT 06484
[email protected]
M
urray Rubinstein was a Dean’s List student who majored in
Electrical Engineering, graduating with a BEE degree from CCNY’s
School of Engineering. He subsequently attended the Stevens
Institute, where he earned his MSEE degree in 1966. He retired after ten
years as a consultant in 1999. Prior to that, he had worked as a
Semiconductor Manager for ITT, 1979-1989. He and his wife, Elaine, have
three children (Joseph, Allen, Laura) and three grandchildren. His fondest
memories of CCNY: “cafeteria discussions.”
Mr. Joel Gary Samit
9 Palomino Drive
Manalapan, NJ 07726
(732) 446-2223 (home) / (732) 972-5465 (office)
[email protected]
J
oel Gary Samit was an Accounting major, earning his BBA degree
from the Baruch Business School. His activities while a student
included the Interfraternity Council (Treasurer and Secretary), the
Inter Club Board (Representative), Tau Delta Phi Fraternity (Treasurer and
delegate to the National Convention), Theatron (Business Manager),
Freshman Orientation Society (Big Brother), the Accounting Society
(Member), and Truth (Circulation Editor). He received his CPA Certificate
in 1964 and continues to work as a CPA in New York and New Jersey. He
has been a sole practitioner since July of 1995, and was previously a
Partner and Senior Managing Partner at Jacques M. Levy & Co., 19591995. He has been an Honorary Member of AICPA since 1965, a Member of NYSSCPAS from
1965 to the present, and a Member of NJSCPAS from 1988 to the present. He and his wife,
Rise, have two children (Lori and Marc) and five grandchildren.
Fondest CCNY memories: “Harry the elevator operator and his stories; Dr. Clement Thompson
at the FOS Assemblies; the 9th floor lounges and the 10th floor cafeteria.”
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David Saperstein
PO Box 42 - Wykagyl Station
New Rochelle, NY 10804
“
I grew up in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx. In those days it was called “The” Bronx,
not just Bronx. I attended The Bronx High School of Science and although I was accepted
to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, my family circumstances were what today might be
called “poor”, and so an out of town tuition was not possible, and there was not enough scholarship money offered. But like many things in life that at first seem disappointing but turn out to
be fortuitous, being accepted to CCNY was, for me, surely one of those instances.
It took a few years to realize that math, science and engineering, most of my Bronx Science education, was not for me. Fortunately, at that time, CCNY had a fledgling film school that caught
my interest. Forty or so credits short of an engineering degree, I switched to film. That led to
my life’s career as a screen writer, film director, novelist, lyricist, librettist and producer.
My science and engineering education certainly helped develop my respect for research and
organization, both of which were key to the crafts I needed to develop in the entertainment and
communication fields. I have been fortunate to be a “Best Selling” author and my stories and
films have received Writer’s Guild and Academy Awards.
One of my most cherished honors was to be awarded the Townsend Harris Medal from CCNY in
1998.
I am a member of the Writer’s Guild of America, the Director’s Guild of America, BMI and the
National Honor Society. I have lectured and taught at several colleges and universities in
America and abroad, including a year as a professor teaching screenwriting, directing and collaboration at the graduate level at the NYU Tisch School.
To date I have written twelve novels (perhaps the best known being “COCOON”), twenty-eight
screenplays, three librettos and lyrics for more than seventy published songs. I directed two of
my own feature film screenplays plus several documentaries and television series and specials. I
am now working on a new novel, a play and screenplays from two of my most recent published
novels.
On the personal side, I have been married for fifty years. We have a married son who is an
attorney and a married daughter who lives in Israel. I have two wonderful granddaughters. I
served two active duty tours in the Army. My passionate hobbies are my friends, fishing and my
garden.
I often look back at where I came from, The Bronx, and the public education I received. These
are strong and deep roots. Although I started out in the CCNY engineering school, the variety of
educational and career choices that the college offered gave me the opportunity to find and pursue my film and writing career. That is something for which I have always been most grateful.”
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Mr. Alfred A. Sarnotsky
5 Shaw Lane
Hartsdale, NY 10530 (summer)
(914) 949-7925 (home) / (914) 715-3395 (cell)
or
8453 Grand Messina Circle
Boynton Beach, FL 33472 (winter)
(561) 736-2772 (home) / [email protected]
A
l Sarnotsky majored in Chemical Engineering, earning his BChE
degree from CCNY’s School of Engineering. At City College, he was
a diver for the Swim Team, a member of Kappa Rho Tau Fraternity,
and served in various elected positions in Student Government. He was a
recipient of the Tremain Scholarship. He later graduated from New York
University with his MS in Organic Chemistry (1965), and continued his
post-masters studies at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. In 2002, Al
retired as Vice President from Spraylat Corporation, where he had worked
in a myriad of positions since 1960. He is a current member of the New
York Society for Coatings Technology and the New York Paint and Coatings
Association. He is a past president of the New York Society for Coatings Technology, and a past
member of the Board of Directors of the New York Paint and Coatings Association. He has published several technical articles in paint and coatings journals. He won the Industry Statesman
Award from the National Paint and Coatings Association when he retired, and various other
awards from professional organizations for technical and service contributions. Additionally, a
scholarship in his name, funded by Spraylat Corporation, is awarded yearly to technically competent college freshmen. He remains active in his retirement community, builds sets for community theater productions, is a photographer for the community newsletter, and is a member of
the Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) both in New York and Florida. Al is married to Midge Sarnotsky, and they have one married son, Steven. Al participated in marathon
running until last year, and still enjoys running, photography, travel, and biking. His fondest
memories of CCNY: “Friendships that I still retain.”
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Dr. Saul Scherzer
10 Bluewater Hill South
Westport, CT 06880
(203) 226–3100 (work) / [email protected]
D
r. Saul Scherzer earned his BEE degree from CCNY’s School of
Engineering. At City, he was a member of the swim team. His
fondest memories include “walking from North to South Campus”
and “mixing with all kinds of students.” He later earned his MBA in
Marketing at CCNY and his PhD in Psychology at New York University. He
is still active as President of a consulting corporation, serving as an organization and business psychologist. Previously, he was psychologist for G.E.
(1972-1975), psychologist for ITT, and consultant for Booz Allon Hamilton.
He is currently a Master Mason and is a past member of Mensa. He has
been a Masters Swim Team member for twenty years.
Dr. Scherzer and his wife Leah have two children. D.J. is a medical doctor and Sandy is a company president. The Scherzers have four grandchildren.
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Allan L. Schiffer, Ph.D.
184 Fern Street
West Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 233-6228 (work)
“
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1938, my family made the “trek to the suburbs” in the ’50’s and I graduated from Bayside H.S. in Queens, N.Y. in
1955. Upon the advice of an uncle, I chose a business school and
thought I would become a “junior executive” (although I never did learn
what that “title” really meant) and attended The Baruch School.
When it became time to choose a major I was still pretty clueless as to my
future. I was chatting with a friend, between classes, about my dilemma and
he suggested I specialize in whatever courses I enjoyed the most.
“Psychology” I told him and, by chance, chose to be a psych major – which
became the most important and most positive turning point in my life.
While I was at “City” I was a “commuter student” and spent 3-4 hours a day traveling back and
forth between home and school. I spent little time socializing or being involved in school activities, although I was a member of a House Plan - whose name I’ve forgotten.
Some memorable scenes at “City” include watching the Dean (also forgot his name) pumping his
arm up and down, trying to generate excitement among some listless students, singing “Sturdy
Sons of City College” and only creating giggles and assorted snickers at the image.
Then there was Prof. Henderson who must have received his educational training at a Marine
barracks. I can still remember some of the dread he instilled in us in a physical education class.
And finally, I remember an economics teacher who, out of frustration, had the habit of kicking
his students out of class when they were unprepared or inattentive. One day he called on me,
and using “soap” as an example of a commodity for the purpose of the lesson, asked me, “What
kind of soap I used?” Well, I had adolescent acne and was using a medicated cleanser and said,
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“I didn’t use soap…” and before I could explain, I was summarily kicked out of class to the
sounds of the class bursting into laughter in the background.
I graduated from “downtown” and went “uptown” and obtained a Master’s degree at The School
of Education, also majoring in Psychology. Looking back I can only express my deep appreciation for the breadth and depth of my education, the excellence of most of the teachers ( at both
campuses ) and the exceptional foundation I had obtained prior to pursuing a Ph.D. in Clinical
Psychology at Michigan State University.
After graduating M.S.U., I came back east and settled in Connecticut. I worked as a Staff
Psychologist at a State Hospital and as an Assistant Professor at The University of Hartford,
about four years each, and finally settled into full time private practice. For the past 40+ years I
have been a psychotherapist and founder/president of Pathways EAP an organizational consulting firm.
I am particularly appreciative of the opportunity
to have helped others along the way and the contribution I may have made to the individual clients,
couples and families I have worked with.
One of my greatest feelings of accomplishment has
been my recent interest in and the founding of a
committee, called The Peace Project, with other
national and international professionals. The purpose was to synthesize a variety of communication
skills and create a technique called
Communologue, for the purpose of better understanding, collaboration and resolution among individuals and groups. We have taught these skills, for
example, to various groups including Israelis and
Arabs (in Israel), Rwandan Hutus and Tutsis (at the
U.N.), to other professionals and lay persons, and I
just completed facilitating some trainings with
counselors at St. Joseph’s College and 20 middleelementary school teachers in my community of
West Hartford.
So here I am, 70 years later, a semi-retired
Psychologist with four children and four grandchildren, still trying to grow (studying Tai Chi,
Buddhism, taking tennis and art lessons, sailing as
much as I can on our boat) and still trying to make
a contribution, while sharing my personal and professional life with my lovely significant other and
partner Yvonne Miceli our dog Molly and our cat
Corky. Thanks to you all…”
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Dr. Lawrence Schulman
[email protected]
D
r. Lawrence Schulman earned his BS degree as a Pre-Med student
at CCNY, where he was Interscience Council Representative, a
member of Caduceus, and a member of the Psychology Society.
His honors and awards included the Dean’s List, Phi Beta Kappa, and
Magna Cum Laude. His fondest CCNY memory is Comparative Anatomy
Class with Dr. Farquhar.
After CCNY, Dr. Schulman attended the State University of New York,
Downstate Medical Center for his MD. He has been President since 1972
of Schulman & Carton, M.D. P.C. in Yonkers. He is semi-retired as an orthopaedic surgeon.
He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; a Fellow of the American
College of Surgeons; and an Instructor in the Department of Orthopaedics, NYU Medical School.
He received the Samuel Kleinberg Award from the Hospital for Joint Diseases in 1970.
Dr. Schulman and his wife Susan have three children (Deborah L. Richter, Stephanie F.
Schulman, and Robert M. Schulman) and three grandchildren.
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Mr. Jack Schwartz
200 Hamilton Road
Chappaqua, NY 10514
[email protected]
J
ack Schwartz majored in English, graduating with a B.A. degree from
the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. During his time at CCNY, he
was Editor-in-Chief of The Campus, and warmly remembers the
friends that he met along the way. A member of the U.S. Army, 1961-63, he
served in the 8th Special Forces.
He writes: “Over a career of 50 years I have worked at The New York Times
as copy chief of the Magazine, metropolitan editor at The Week-in-Review,
deputy Family-Style editor, assistant editor on the Daily Culture, Weekend
and Arts & Leisure sections and copy editor on the Metropolitan desk; at
Newsday as Book Editor, Day News Editor, Specialists Editor, reporter and columnist; at the
New York Daily News as Book Editor, at the Paris Herald-Tribune on the news and copy desks.
I also worked as a reporter for the Long Island Press after starting out at the New York Daily
Mirror and the New York Post. I taught copy editing at New York University Journalism School
and weekly review editing at the Columbia Journalism School where I am currently an Adjunct
Professor supervising student master’s projects. I am a member of the Century Association and
the Harvard Club. The gateway to all this was City College.
My wife, Dr. Nella Shapiro, is a breast cancer surgeon with a career of more than 30 years at
Albert Einstein hospital; my son, Max, a lawyer, is a cum laude graduate of Columbia College
and New York University Law School and studied at Oxford. My daughter, Molly, graduated
from Barnard College and works for Conde-Nast Traveler magazine. We live in Chappaqua,
N.Y., and New York City. We have two pugs, Rosie and Fredo, whom I walk.”
Mrs. Florence Revitz Schwartzberg
16 Meadow Road
Scarsdale, NY 10583
“
I spent my childhood in the Allerton Avenue section of the Bronx. I
was graduated from Christopher Columbus High School. I chose
C.C.N.Y. due to its high academic reputation. While there I was a
member of House Plan.
After graduation I married and started a family. I then became a Licensed
Nursing Home Administrator. The organization where I was employed was
a member of N.Y.S.F.H.A. and A.H.C.A. Traveling with colleagues all over
the world to compare our standards with theirs opened up a whole new
world to me. I appreciate the U.S.A.”
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Mrs. Mary Bren Selzer
67-30 167th Street
Fresh Meadows, Queens, NY 11365
“
I was born and grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I graduated from
William Cullen Bryant High School. I chose the Baruch School of
Business-CCNY because it was the college that prepared you to teach
business subjects. At City College-Baruch, I was a member of Lexicon
’59 staff, the Ticker, Boosters, Cowin 59 and the Education Society. I was
inducted into the Education Honor Society.
I received a Master’s Degree from Baruch-City College, 1961, and another
Master’s Degree in Counseling from C.W. Post College of Long Island
University.
I have been a member of the Nassau Counselors Association for 25 years. I was an Assistant
Principal of Pupil Personnel Services in a high school in New York City and a Director of
Guidance, K-12, for a Nassau County School System. Presently, I am semi-retired. I train
Assistant Principals, Guidance and Guidance Counselors in the New York City school system
and am an Adjunct Professor in the Counseling and Development Department, Graduate
Division of C.W. Post College of Long Island University.
My husband is retired and was an Assistant Principal of Social Studies in a New York City high
school, as well as the author of 14 books on United States History, Economics, New York State
History and United States Government. We have three sons: the oldest is a doctor, the middle
son is a lawyer and CPA, and the youngest is a lawyer.
My hobbies are traveling - I have been all over the world with the exception of Southeast Asia. I
also enjoy swimming and tennis.
The Baruch School of Business - CCNY enabled me as a poor immigrant to get a college degree
and become a professional woman, long before women went in huge numbers to college.”
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Ms. Sondra P. Hartman Silver
[email protected]
“
The 50 years since graduating from City College have flown by. Wasn’t
it just yesterday that I graduated from George Washington H.S. and was
overwhelmed by the registration process at City? Almost immediately, I
was assigned to the House Plan, Sis Compton ’59, and new friends suddenly emerged. I continue to be good friends with many of them. Eventually, I
also joined the Education Society and the Psychology Society. I had many
outstanding experiences during my four years. One of the most unexpected
was meeting my future husband in an American History class. He sat
behind me and kicked my chair. We married in January ’58 and just celebrated our 51st wedding anniversary. During many of these years, my husband Morris was
Chairman of the Economics Department at CCNY. After graduation from City, I taught elementary school in the Bronx and earned my Master’s Degree. (At City, of course.) After six years, I
went on maternity leave and raised two sons. (Both are now married and I am the proud grandma of four children.) Fortunately, I took advantage of the opportunity to train as a math teacher
(at Hofstra) and become certified in Mathematics K-12. I taught math for many happy years and
retired from Hempstead H.S. in 1999. During that time I was honored to receive many awards,
including: “Who’s Who Among American Teachers,” Newsday Selection “Long Island’s Top
Teachers,” and “Hempstead Mayor’s Excellence in Teaching Award.” City College taught me well!
Presently, I am a faculty member at Hunter College CUNY and New Paltz College (SUNY). I
supervise student teachers in secondary schools throughout New York City. In addition, I am a
weekly volunteer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There is no doubt that CCNY gave me the
education and confidence that enabled me to reach so many goals. Thank you, City College.”
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Mrs. Leatrice Tell Silver
2 Horizon Road, Apt. 1009
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
“
I grew up in the Bronx and graduated from the Bronx High School of
Science in June, 1955. I chose to attend CCNY because of its reputation
as a top school for Mathematics and Science. When I received my B.S.
in Mathematics with a minor in Education in May, 1959, just four women
were planning to become Mathematics teachers on the secondary level.
Although I was a commuter, I still formed lasting friendships with fellow
members of the Sis Parks ’59 House Plan.
Two professors who were most significant to me were Dr. Hurwitz and Dr.
Leonard Cohen, both in the Mathematics Department. In fact, I spent over
30 years teaching all levels of Mathematics on the secondary school level. For over twelve years,
I ran a GED program as part of James Monroe High School which enabled high school dropouts
to return to school and prepare for a GED.
After graduating CCNY in 1959, I continued my education evenings and summers to earn my
MA in Mathematics Education in May, 1962.
The National Science Foundation provided math
teachers with special study grants which I took
advantage of, taking post-graduate courses at
Brown University, University of Illinois-Urbana,
and the Courant Institute at NYU.
My husband Seymour and I divide our time
between Fort Lee, New Jersey, and Coconut Creek,
Florida, staying connected with old friends and
family.
Both my stepdaughter and stepson are teachers in
New Jersey public schools and my four granddaughters and grandson are products of public
schools in Bergen County.
My hobbies include playing bridge and mah jongg, attending theatrical performances, and
spending quality time with family and friends.
My fondest CCNY memories include socializing in the dance lounge on South Campus on
Thursday between 12 and 2 p.m. and getting a bagel from Raymond the Bagel Man while rushing from North to South Campus with barely 12 minutes to arrive in class on time.”
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Waynett A. (Wayne) Sobers
[email protected]
(914) 946-3819 (office)
A
graduate of Stuyvesant High School, Wayne Sobers earned his B.S.
degree in Meteorology at CCNY and took his M.B.A. degree in
International Business at Baruch. Also a graduate of Officer
Candidate School, he served as a U.S. Navy Officer for seven years, attaining the rank of Lieutenant.
Wayne’s résumé boasts an extremely diverse business and leadership background. For ten years, he worked as a meteorologist and Technical
Specialist for the U.S. Weather Bureau. During that period he formed W.A.
Sobers Associates, Inc., a firm specializing in all forms of insurance.
Wayne’s exciting media communications career began with Ebony Magazine as an Advertising
Representative. Three years later he began a distinguished association with Earl Graves and
Black Enterprise Magazine that spanned sixteen years. He pioneered several vital positions in
marketing, management, and finance; was responsible for the acquisition and operation of two
radio stations under the banner of E.G.G. Dallas Broadcasting Inc. He left the company as
Executive Vice President to explore his own entrepreneurial desires.
Wayne became owner/operator of Sobers Chevrolet, Inc., Mooresville, NC. After he sold the
dealership he established WayVon, a small business consulting company, which also served as an
independent distributor of educational and environmental products.
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In addition to being licensed in all forms of insurance for 30 years,
Wayne was a Registered Representative for AXA/Equitable. He subsequently served as Executive Vice President for the nation’s premier
community development corporation, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration
Corporation. He has been an Adjunct Professor at Westchester
Business Institute and Mercy College. He later began a career in
banking with Wachovia Bank, where he served as a Customer
Relationship Manager and Financial Center Manager.
Wayne served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Equitable
Variable Life Insurance Company (EVLICO), and a board member
and treasurer of the National Association of Black Owned
Broadcasters (NABOB). In addition, he served on the Board of St.
Peter’s Union Free School District and the St. Peter’s School Board of
Education, Peekskill, NY.
Wayne is extremely proud of his legacy of mentoring young minority
employees. He encouraged and helped them to prepare for significant positions in marketing and advertising, as well as starting their
own businesses. Several very successful African-Americans in business, publishing, public relations, and banking attribute their readiness to step out on their own to his direction, support, and tutelage.
He continues to add to that legacy as an Accredited Energy
Leadership and Certified Empowerment Coach.
Fondest CCNY memory: “That would be the time that I personally
met Jackie Robinson. It occurred prior to him addressing a NAACP
chapter meeting at the college. He was one of the very few people I
ever idolized and I was so very proud of him. This encounter took
place after he had retired from baseball.”
Dr. Edward Starr
[email protected]
D
r. Edward Starr graduated from CCNY’s
Baruch School with a BBA in economics.
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Mrs. Sheila Forman Stein
[email protected]
“
I grew up in the Bronx and graduated from the Bronx High School of
Science.
City College was chosen for its excellent scholastic reputation, its proximity
to my home, and it was very affordable.
I belonged to Sis Compton 59, the Education Society, and Hillel.
After graduation I joined the United Federation of Teachers and for several
years served as the Chapter Chairman in my school.
I have three children, a daughter and two sons, and six grandchildren ranging in age from 12
years to 8 months.
My husband and I have been retired for four years. I spent 14 years teaching – 4 years as a
classroom teacher in 5th and 6th grades and the rest of the time as a reading teacher. I then
spent 19 years as the office manager for my husband’s dental practice.
Retirement has given me the freedom to read when I want to, work on my needlecraft projects,
and help out with my grandchildren when needed. I also volunteer at our local library, helping
with fund raising, and any other needed projects.
The four years I spent at City were among the happiest of my life. I have remained friends with
several of the women in my houseplan. I know that I received an excellent education that has
served me well.”
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Peter J. Stein, Ph.D.
302 Columbia Place East
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
“
I was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia and came to the USA at age twelve. I graduated from
Seward Park H.S., a very diverse place with many ethnic, racial, and religious groups. I lived
on East 28th Street, an easy walk to campus. I was drawn to Baruch College by its roaming
campus, the dramatic architecture, the elevators and the fact that I was accepted.
I really liked many classes especially those with Professors John Bauer (Psychology), William
Turner Levy (English), Joan Kelly Gadol (History), and Leo Hamalian (English). I became active in
student government and in House Plan serving as President of the Class of 1959 and President of
the Lamport Leaders Society. Irv Gregor and Dan Skillin (House Plan) became important mentors.
I have fond memories of my friends in Saxe ’59—Vic Rosenzweig, Arnie Konopny, Mel Streisand,
Sherman Sklar, Stan Itzkowitz, Joe Silver, and many others. We met as freshmen, learned the ChaCha-Cha together, won several intra-mural championships, and supported one another. I do miss
Arnie, with whom I shared many good times---he died tragically of MLS.
After a stint with the NY National Guard in Georgia (“Sleep well tonight, your National Guard is
on duty!”) I sold office machines in London, England and worked in Personnel for a chemical
engineering firm in NYC. I felt a need for more education and after consulting with Bauer and
Gadol, I decided to pursue a Ph.D. degree in sociology at Princeton University, graduating in
1969. I taught sociology at Rutgers University, Lehman College, CUNY, and Wm. Paterson
University where I also served as Director of Graduate Studies and Co- Director of Holocaust and
Genocide Studies. Currently, I am the Associate Director of Aging Workforce Initiatives at the
Institute on Aging at the University of North Carolina. I’ve authored a dozen books in sociology,
focusing on issues of inequality, social diversity, work and family life, aging, and the single life.
One summer day in Amagansett, LI, I met Michele Murdock, fell in love, and decided married life
was worth pursuing. Michele, who has a B.A. degree from Trinity University in Washington, DC
and an MA in Communication from the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania,
worked and owned her own communications firm in New York, producing a number of awardwinning films and videos for private and public sector clients. We lived on the West Side where
our son Michael was born in 1984, then moved to Dobbs Ferry, Westchester, and we now live in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Mike is now 24 years old, a college graduate and working in educational development in D.C. He’s in the process of applying for an MFA Program
I have many fond CCNY memories – first meeting some life-long friends, learning from excellent
and exciting Professors who inspired me to become one, learning about leadership and small
groups at Lamport House, participating in student organizations, playing intra—mural sports, and
meeting Bernard Baruch. The quality of our education at Baruch College is reflected in the many,
many achievements by the members of the Class of 1959. Lavender, my Lavender!”
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Mr. Jay G. Strum
7732 Sandhill Ct.
West Palm Beach, FL 33412
561-691-9373
or
71 Clubhouse Lane
Scarsdale, NY 10583
914-591-2212 / [email protected]
“
I grew up in the northeast Bronx, and I attended Evander Childs High
School. I applied to the University of Pennsylvania and CCNY, both of
which enjoyed strong academic reputations. I went to CCNY because I
could not afford to go to Penn.
At CCNY I was a member of Remsen ’59 House Plan. It was a very nice
group of people, and we had a terrific time. However, many of the members
were in engineering, so I often needed a translator at House Plan functions. I
graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. I attribute
my grades to having regularly eaten Raymond’s pretzels, which he claimed
were coated with cerebral salts.
My next stop was Harvard Law School, from which I received a J.D. in 1962. After law school, I
spent six months on active duty with the United States Army. In Oct.1962, I had just completed
training at Fort Dix as the Russian ships were steaming toward Cuba. It was a very scary time.
In 1963 I went to work in the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In those days there were many so-called “boiler rooms” as well as assorted crooks and scam artists.
We took great pleasure in putting many of them out of business and in jail.
Thereafter, in 1967 I became an associate in the litigation department of the New York law firm
then known as Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler. At that time, the firm had one office and
I was the 70th lawyer. Today the firm is known as Kaye Scholer LLP with approximately 600
lawyers. We have offices in New York, D.C., West Palm Beach, Chicago, Los Angeles, London,
Frankfurt, and Shanghai. I became a partner in 1971, and I remained at the firm until my retirement at the end of 2006. During that period I handled matters and tried cases involving corporate
and securities law. I represented banks, brokerage firms, and officers and directors of public and
private corporations. Also, you may have seen me on CNNfn and CNBC discussing issues relating
to securities law and stock markets.
At the end of 2006, after 40 years at Kaye Scholer, I retired. My wife of 40 years, Patricia and I live
in West Palm Beach and Scarsdale. We have two children and three grandchildren. At retirement,
I decided that I was then old enough to learn to play golf. In Florida, we live in a community with
three 18 hole courses, so we have lots of opportunity to play. In New York, I have done some
teaching at the Legal Aid Society. I am still trying to get comfortable with retirement.”
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Mr. Robert B. Taub
4617A Grandview Drive W.
University Place, WA 98466
253-564-3684 / 253-475-3000 Office
[email protected]
R
obert Taub majored in Pre-Law, earning his B.A. from CCNY’s School of
Liberal Arts and Sciences. He would like to be in touch with any Pi
Lambda Phi members.
Ms. Sandra Vigo (Grubman)
94 Shafter Street
Islandia, NY 11749
631-234-7554
“
I was born in the Bronx and proud of it. I attended PS 96 JRHS 113 and
CCHS. There are so many fond memories of all those years, giggling
through those years with some great friends, Flo Revitz, Judy Rosen, and
more. Upon graduation of CCNY, I became a first grade teacher. My first
assignment was PS 10 in Harlem, then PS 57 in the Bronx, in “Real Little
Italy”. I married a Puerto Rican native, moved to Carolina, PR and lived there
for 9 ½ years. Both my daughter Vanessa, now 37, and son Dino, now 34,
were born there. Having become very nostalgic and longing for my wonderful
NY, we moved back. We settled in Long Island NY, my present home. After
15 years of marriage we divorced. In 1990 I met a wonderful man and it has been 19 years of living with my best friend. Life couldn’t be better. My daughter is married to a wonderful fellow,
who is like a second son. I am a Granny of a gorgeous 10 month old, Ava Sophia. Vanessa is a
graduate of SUNY Oswego and Master’s from NYU and presently is a stay-at-home mom. Dino,
my son, is a graduate of CW Post and is a writer/actor and stand-up comedian. He does gigs at
Caroline’s, Apollo, Symphony Space and many more. I am so very proud of my two children.
Hans and I are enjoying our retirement. We have traveled all over the world. Traveling is at a
halt now, as we have two beloved dogs, one is 15 ½ and the other is 7. We do not want to leave
the older dog alone as he is on in years. Our love of animals is what brought Hans and me
together. My life is also filled with wonderful friends from the past and present. We meet for
lunch, dinner, theater trips and just hanging out together. I also belong to a knit club and enjoy
knitting for friends and family. And would you believe it, I have had two hip replacements, fell
and had two hip revisions, and can still out boogie the young ones! What do they know about
the Lindy anyway?
Bottom line - life is wonderful. The best to all my friends from CCNY and elsewhere.”
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Mr. Alan Wachtel
26 Longwood Drive
Huntington Station, NY 11746-4729
(631) 549-0561 (home) / (212) 245-2700 (work)
[email protected]
“
I grew up in Queens, initially in Corona until I was 13 and then subsequently in Flushing. I graduated from Jamaica High School in 1954.
Since I was only 16 when I graduated, I realized that I lacked the
maturity to even consider going away to college, even if my family’s economic circumstances permitted it. I only applied to commuter schools
with an Engineering program–NYU, Columbia, and CCNY. When I was
accepted by both NYU and CCNY, I chose CCNY because I believed that
both schools were comparable in their programs but that CCNY would be
a lot less of a financial burden on my parents and the commute to Harlem
was shorter than commuting to the Bronx.
I was a member of Mosher’58 Houseplan, ETA KAPPA NU, R.O.T.C.; my honors and awards
included the Alexander Hamilton Medal at the end of sophomore year; Armed Forces
Communications & Electronics Association Honor Award ’59; ETA KAPPA NU.
Among my most significant professors: Professor Vincent Del Toro, who made the study of closed
loop servomechanism and control systems fascinating and clearly understood.Professor Mauro
Zambuto whose passion for his part-time profession (he taught at night) and his slashing chalk
board performances (he attacked the board) on complex circuit design problems that he brought
(we suspected) from his day-time job caused the class to dub him Mauro Zorro. We also tuned in
to his early morning TV classes on the Italian language on PBS.
Lastly, Philip Brown, who guarded the gate in the Electrical Engineering curriculum by teaching
A.C. Circuit Theory and who announced to the class in his opening lecture that there will be no
‘A’s in his class as he was the only person worthy of an ‘A’ and there would probably only be one
‘B’, a smattering of ‘C’s and the rest ‘D’s and ‘F’s. He was a magnificent teacher that made the subject matter clearer than clear to those that chose to listen and that paused in mid chalk stroke and
sentence when the bell rang to end the period, picking up exactly where he left off at the beginning of the next session. He was so good, damn the grades, I deliberately took him for more
courses both in undergraduate and graduate school.
Professional and Community Organizations: IEEE SM’57, M ’60, LM ’03; Society for Information
Display; Instrument Society of America; Society of Cable & Television Engineers; American Society
for Industrial Security International; and National Burglary & Fire Alarm Association; and
Kehillath Shalom Synagogue, chairing various committees during a long membership.
I hold U.S. Patent 3,725,573, 1973, one of the earliest patents for a DVR; my recent publications
include: “Convenience and Connectivity”, December ’05, Asian Security Magazine; “Evolution of
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Intrusion Detection Systems”, May ’07, Asian Security Magazine; series of articles in the K.S.
Reconstructionist Newsletter celebrating the 60th anniversary of the birth of Israel: Israel @ 60,
April, May, June, September issues, 2008.
Early Career Highlights include: Being given program management responsibility for the NIMBUS
weather satellite data acquisition & processing system in my mid 20s and successfully executing in
that responsibility (1962-63); creation of an alternative to NIMBUS, the TOSS satellite, which successfully reduced satellite cost by a factor of 20 (1964); pioneering the concept of superimposing
phase state diagrams on Karnaugh Maps for the creation of bug free discrete component digital
designs and schooling the design engineers in three companies for which I worked in the concept
(1961-1968); creation and development of a product line of automated microfiche storage and
retrieval systems that ranged in cost from $20,000 to $750,000 each in an era long before digital
storage became more economical than film storage of data (1968-1971), which was successfully
sold to banks and government national libraries; conceptualizing the idea and then leading the
team that successfully developed one of the first DVRs which was capable of storing of and permitting remote access to high definition television imagery (1970); creation, development and
marketing of a highly successful line of work station centric automated remittance processing systems integrating multiple technologies ergonomically–OCR, MICR encoding, mechanics, and electronics–that spawned a successful division of General Instrument Corporation (1972-1980).
More recently: As Vice President of Ademco International, a Pittway Subsidiary, and subsequently
of Honeywell, developed the growth strategy and was a key player in executing the growth of the
company’s international business in electronic security from $20 million per year to $300 million
(1989-2003); as a consultant initially and subsequently as Vice President, being one of the founding members of a new company, Argyle Security, in the electronic security sector that has grown
from nothing to being a $135+ million revenue public company (2005 to present).
My most significant life turning point came in 1980: marrying my wife Inez–a magnificent teacher
and a wonderful, loving, and strong individual, and integrating our two families (subsequent to
the deaths of her and my first spouses) close to the same time that I had to choose a new career
direction. With three roads to choose from–managing an electronic banking equipment manufacturer’s business unit, heading up engineering for a laser manufacturer, and taking a marketing
position with the leading electronic security product manufacturer, whose technology was then in
the dark ages, I chose the latter road purely on the strength of my affinity for the management
personnel with whom I interviewed. This choice put me on a road to personal, professional, and
financial growth that I might never have achieved had I selected one of the other roads.
Inez and I have four children, ages 41 through 38: Adam, Beverly, Heidi, and David. Adam lives
in New Rochelle, NY. Beverly is a pediatric ER doctor married to another doctor, Brian Lee, has
three children, Alexander, Harrison , and Jessica, and lives in N. Potomac, MD. Heidi is an intermediate school math teacher married to Eric Pasternack, an event planner, has two children,
Rachel and Joshua, and lives in Plainview, NY. David is an internal medicine doctor married to
another doctor, Joyce, has two children, Andrew and Samuel, and lives in Parkville, MD.
Hobbies include hiking and mountain climbing, kayaking/white water rafting, crossword puzzles, cinema, travel.”
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Mel Wacks
5189 Jeffdale Ave.
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
(818) 225-9666
[email protected]
“
I grew up in the Bronx, in Parkchester to be precise. I attended Herman
Ridder Junior High School and Christopher Columbus High School. I
was good in math and science – also in liberal arts. I loved art but didn’t think I was good enough to make it a career. CCNY had an excellent reputation, and I could get there with a bus ride and the subway.
At CCNY I was Art Editor and then Managing Editor of Vector Magazine. I
was a member of Hillel, the Philatelic Society and IRE.
After receiving a BEE degree from CCNY in 1959, I attended NYU in the evening while I worked
at Norden Labs; I received an MEE degree in June, 1962.
After working 14 years as an engineer, I began a career in numismatics, evolving from my coin
collecting hobby.
I am a Fellow of the American Numismatic Society, member of the American Numismatic
Association and the Numismatic Literary Guild. I have been on the Board of Directors of the
American Israel Numismatic Association since its founding in 1968, and have served as
President since 2002. I founded the Jewish-American Hall of Fame in 1969, and have served as
Director to the present, overseeing the issuance of annual commemorative medals and creating
its award-winning web site www.amuseum.org. We have raised over $200,000 for educational
projects. I designed the reverse of medals commemorating Elie Wiesel (1995) and Houdini
(1996), as well as the American Numismatic Association New York Convention medal (1997). In
addition, I headed the committee that produced the official medals commemorating 350 Years of
Jewish Life in America (2004), one of which was presented to the President at a National Dinner
in Washington, which I was privileged to attend.
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I wrote the biographical entry on Lillian Copeland for
“Jewish Women in America: An Historical
Encyclopedia” (1997). Also prepared script for 30
minute video, “Visions - Honorees in the JewishAmerican Hall of Fame” (1995, revised 1997). Wrote
“Handbook of Biblical Numismatics” (1976), which
can be read at www.amuseum.org/book; also wrote
chapters “Ancient Judaean Coinage” in the American
Numismatic Association’s Intermediate Numismatic
Correspondence Course (1978) and “Introduction to
Numismatics: An ANA Correspondence Course”
(1990), chapter on “Coins, Medals and Stamps” for
the Jewish Museum Docents’ Handbook (1995), and
hundreds of other articles on numismatic subjects
published in Coin World, World Coin News, The
Numismatist, The Shekel, The Medal, WorldWide
Coins, COINage, etc.
The Numismatic Literary Guild presented me with the
following awards: Best All-Around Portfolio (1999),
Best Coin Article in a U.S. Coin Magazine (2000), Best
Non-Commercial Web Site, amuseum.org (2002), and
Best Writer in the NLG Newsletter (2007).
I have been married for 45 years to Esther Wacks RN,
who I met at a Mt. Sinai dance when she was a student. Our daughters are Dr. Debra Wacks, who is
teaching and raising two children (the delightful Bella
and adorable Landon) in Hong Kong, and Shari
Wacks, whose hand-made jewelry can be seen at
www.shariwacks.com.
My memories of CCNY have, unfortunately, faded. I
remember the pretzel vender (Raymond?) … pledging
unsuccessfully for a fraternity (I couldn’t keep a
straight face) … the life-drawing art class … and
mostly doing lots and lots of homework and being a
nervous wreck for tests.
I appreciate the excellent education I received at
CCNY, and have been a member of the Alumni
Association ever since I graduated.”
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Dr. Daniel Walden
1262 Smithfield Street
State College, PA 16801
(814) 237-1609 (home) / (814) 880-7476 (cell)
[email protected]
D
r. Daniel Walden majored in History at CCNY, where he was a member of the Douglass Club. He subsequently earned a Master of Arts
degree in History at Columbia University and his Ph.D. in American
Civilization at New York University.
Dr. Walden taught in the Department of English and Comparative Literature,
and the Jewish Studies Program, at the Pennsylvania State University from
1966 through 1997. He retired as a Professor Emeritus, but still teaches one
course per semester. His professional memberships include the Modern
Language Association, the Northeast MLA, MELUS, American Literature Association, and the
Jewish American and Holocaust Literature Association.
His major book publications include On Being Black (1970); WEBD: The Crisis Years (1972);
On Being Jewish (1974); The World of Chaim Potok (1985); The World of Cynthia Ozick
(1986); Conversation with Potok (2002).
Dr. Walden and his wife, Beatrice, have four children: Moss, Ruth, Aileen, and Beth. They have
nine grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. He regrets that he is unable to attend the
reunion and sends his best regards to all.
Mr. Paul Weinberg
2065 Illona Lane
Merrick, NY 11566
P
aul Weinberg majored in Civil Engineering, earning his BCE degree
from CCNY’s School of Engineering. His fondest City College memory: “Professor Steven telling me I was his favorite student.” Paul is
a professional engineer, contractor, consultant, arbitrator, and mediator.
He served as President and CEO of Pels Construction Corporation from
1988 to 1995. He was President of Pulsar Construction, 1984-1988. He
recently published a book, My Word Is My Bond, a Memoir.
Paul and his wife Linda have two daughters, Stacy and Elyce, and four
grandchildren.
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Mr. Bernard Weinraub
[email protected]
“
After graduating from City College, I served in the U.S. Army for two
years. Then I joined The NY Times as a copy boy, and worked there for
more than 30 years. As a reporter, I worked for The Times in New York,
Saigon, New Delhi, London, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. I left The
Times in 2006. I’m now writing plays.”
Herbert Weinstein
H
erbert Weinstein grew up in the Borough Park section of
Brooklyn, New York, attending P.S. 180, Montauk Junior High
School and Midwood High School, all followed by his admission to The City College of New York.
Upon graduating from CCNY, he began his career as a Structural
Engineer with the Office of James Ruderman, designing the structures
for high rise office buildings, apartment houses and hotels while obtaining his MBA from The Baruch School.
Some of the buildings designed by Herb included 850 Third Avenue,
845 Third Avenue, The Pan Am Building, 200 Park Avenue and 60
Broad Street, as well as The Gateway Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Upon leaving The Office of James Ruderman, he was hired by Schacht Steel Construction
Company and was put in charge of the Engineering Department for this structural steel fabricating and erecting company.
In 1966, Herb was hired by Tishman Realty and Construction Company, Inc., where he was a
Construction Consultant to The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, supervising the
structural steel contracting for The World Trade Center. In addition to this function, he was the
Construction Manager for the building of three major Office Buildings in New York City: 909
Third Avenue, 919 Third Avenue, and 1166 Avenue of the Americas.
In 1972, Herb Weinstein left Tishman Realty and Construction Company, Inc. to open his own
General Contracting, Construction Management and Consulting Company. During a period of
34 years, Regency Building Enterprises, Ltd. and its subsidiaries performed work on over 3,000
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buildings including such diverse projects as The Ellis Island Museum, Barnes and Noble
Bookstores, The Collegiate School, The Government of Israel’s New York City offices, Hertz, Avis
and National Car Rentals, Downstate Medical Center, Tiffany, and the Mark Morris Dance
Group.
In 2006, Her closed Regency Building Enterprises, Ltd. and opened Winston Consultants, Inc., a
Consulting Engineering practice specializing in Owner’s Representative services together with
other professional engineering functions. Clients call upon him and Winston Consultants, Inc.
to provide services to them in their specific areas of concern.
Herbert Weinstein is licensed as a Professional Engineer in 6 states and is a member of the following professional societies:
American Society of Civil Engineers (Life Member)
ASCE, Metropolitan Section (former President)
New York State Society of Professional Engineers
National Society of Professional Engineers
Association of Construction Inspectors
National Association of the Remodeling Industry
National Association of Review Appraisers
American Society of Safety Engineers.
He taught Construction Management at Cooper Union for a number of years and has had the
privilege to guest lecture several times at his alma mater.
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Dr. Stanley Jerome Weiss
(202) 885-1724 (office) / [email protected]
“
I grew up in the Bronx and attended Theodore Roosevelt High School. I
chose CCNY because of the quality education I knew I would get there.
My working-class family couldn't afford traditional college tuition and
expenses, but could help support me if I attended while commuting from
home.
The two professors at CCNY who had the most profound influence on me
were Dr. Joseph Barmack, whose rigorous Experimental Psychology course
profoundly influenced my future direction in psychology, and Dr. Kenneth
Clark, with whom I was a research assistant for his work on racism in the
NY public schools. I couldn't appreciate then how working with such a socially relevant man
would remain with me. I also have fond memories of Professor Plotkin.
From Professor Clark's "Theories of Personality" course, the theories have faded. However, I will
never forget his descriptions of the "choose a white/black doll" social psychological research he
conducted in the South in the late 40's/early 50's. He described how when he went into a rural
black school to test black children an armed WW II marine who was guarding the building said to
him, "Don't worry Doc, before they get you they'll have to kill me". Professor Clark's research
showing how segregation led to black children's rejection of their blackness played a significant
role in the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision declaring segregated
schools unconstitutional.
From the Gestalt Psychology of CCNY, I went to pursue my graduate studies at The Ohio State
University in the heart of mid western S-R associationism. At OSU I earned my Master's (1961)
and Doctorate (1963) in Experimental Psychology with a concentration in the experimental analysis of behavior (operant conditioning). After holding Assistant Professorships at OSU and SUNYStony Brook, in 1968 I accepted an Associate Professorship at American University in Washington,
DC where I have been a tenured Professor of Experimental Psychology since 1973.
My research is concerned with the role of operant and classical conditioning contingencies in creating stimulus control and incentive motivation, the role of learning mechanisms in drug abuse
and biological-constraints-on-learning. This research has been funded by grants awarded by
NIMH and NIDA for over 30 years. I've published about 75 articles in scientific journals such as
the Journal of Experimental Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, Journal of the Experimental
Analysis of Behavior, Psychopharmacology, Drug & Alcohol Dependence, Learning & Motivation
and Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology. Some 200 presentations have been delivered at
professional meetings and universities.
In 2003 I was a Fulbright Scholar/Researcher at Pavlov Medical University in St. Petersburg,
Russia. I was elected a Fellow of American Psychological Association Divisions 3 (Experimental
Psychology) and 25 (Experimental Analysis of Behavior). I have been a visiting professor at
Cambridge University in England, Hebrew University, St. Andrews University, the University of
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South Wales and the University of Colorado. I was elected President of the Eastern Psychological
Association and have served for many years on its Board of Directors and Program Committee.
Since 2002, I have been Convener of the Winter Conference on Animal Learning & Behavior.
My 2007 B. F. Skinner Lecture at the Association of Behavior Analysis Conference was concerned
with "Reinforcement Contingencies and the Stimulus Control of Behavior: From Food to Drug
Self-Administration as Reinforcers". I explained how the principles of stimulus control established
through my research with traditional appetitive reinforcers could be applied to further our understanding of drug abuse, craving, and the "loss of control" that is a hallmark of addiction. My
research program that produced an "instrumentally derived incentive-motive function" was
described and those reinforcement contingencies that maximally energize behavior according to
this function were then employed with drug self-administration (cocaine or heroin) rather than
food as the reinforcer. This revealed how environmental cues related to the drug-taking experience come to energize drug-related behavior, plus how exposing rats to combinations of these cues
can triple their drug seeking and even override reinforcement-related mechanisms that normally
regulate drug-intake. Symmetrically, stimulus control processes that can be used to decrease drug
seeking were also described. The first systematic investigation of conditioned inhibition within
the context of drug self-administration provided findings relevant to behavioral treatments of drug
abuse.
I met my wonderful wife, Joan McWilliams, almost 50 years ago when we were both students at
OSU -- she creating ceramic art, prints and sculpture while I ran my rats. We have two daughters,
Juliet and Philana, and two grandchildren, Katherine and Jonathon. We feel so fortunate to live
close to each other in the Washington, DC area and appreciate our extended family beyond measure.
Before closing, I want to remember my father, Philip Weiss. His devotion, encouragement, boundless faith in me plus unconditional love were instrumental in me becoming who I am and accomplishing what I have. For him, and my mother Gloria who just celebrated her 91st year, I am
eternally grateful. Although he has, tragically, been gone for over 42 years, a day doesn't go by
when he isn't "alive" in my memory. That void can never be filled, but I am so fortunate in having
a deep, wonderful relationship with my 63 year old "kid brother" Richard -- who graduated
Science High School, Hunter College and Stanford and has gone on to be a very accomplished
hydro-geologist.
Looking back, the only CCNY-related regret I have is not making close friends at City who I
remained in contact with over the years. I found myself primarily attending classes at City, with
my classmates (potential new friends) and me returning home shortly thereafter. "Home" (often
many miles from City) was where we all had continuing relationships with life-long friends in our
"old neighborhoods". So we didn't necessarily need new friends, like college students attending
out-of-town schools. That's an unanticipated, unfortunate by-product of being a "commuter student". It wasn't until OSU that I moved away from New York to Columbus, Ohio.
Fifty years since graduation from CCNY is a long time -- in fact a lifetime made more complete by
the opportunities my CCNY experience helped create.”
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Mr. John J. Wohlever
[email protected]
J
ohn Wohlever graduated with a BBA degree in Management from the
Business School. He was a member of Alpha Phi Omega. His fondest
memories of CCNY include “small class size” and “interrelations with
fellow students and professors.” He subsequently earned his MM degree
from Northwestern University in 1976. He retired in 2003, having been
owner and President of Mergenthaler, Inc. from 1991 until his retirement.
He had previously been Plant Manager for the Andrew Corporation (19811991); Abbott Laboratory Branch Manager (1974-1981); and Continental
Coffee Company Division Manager (1963-1974).
John and his wife Marie have four children (Diane, John, James, and Michele) and nine grandchildren.
Mrs. Toby Fox Wolfman
“
I grew up in the Bronx and went to James Monroe High School, and
then on to CCNY. I often think of the many days running from South
Campus to North Campus and up to the third floor of the Psychology
building, breathless and hopefully not late. There are happy memories of
gatherings outside Shepard Hall, where everyone had a free period, and I
had to run off to the one class I almost didn’t survive - Economics (I still
have trouble with it to this day). After all these years, the Sociology
Professor, Dr. Singer, has always stood out in my mind. I remember his
class being one that started me thinking on a very different level, and I can
still recreate a thought-provoking question that was on one of his exams.
After graduating, from 1959-1969, I taught elementary education at P.S. 39 in the Bronx in the
Fort Apache Police Precinct. In 1969, I married Ed Wolfman and moved to New Jersey. I taught
for 4 years in Maplewood, until the birth of my first daughter, Randi, in 1973. I then became a
stay-at-home mom. In 1976, my second daughter, Ilysia, was born. I went back to teaching in
the late 80's in East Orange, and retired from there in 2000.
I currently reside in Pine Brook, New Jersey, and still look back on my days at CCNY with great
fondness.”
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Ms. Gloria Lynn Grening Wolk
14460 New Falls of Neuse #149-247
Raleigh, NC 27614
[email protected]
I
grew up in the Bronx, NY (near the Yankee Stadium), attended Wm.
Howard Taft H.S. and choose to enroll at CCNY because it was an honor
to qualify and tuition-free. After graduation I taught school for three
years. After I became a full-time mom, I learned organic gardening and
became involved in a number of community organizations (e.g., League of
Women Voters). During those years I organized a grass roots anti-extremist
group; returned to school for a master's in social work (U. of Conn.); then
organized a grass roots support group (Coalition to Protect Children of
Divorce). As a single mom who had to support three children, I needed to
earn far higher income than I could as a clinical social worker, and I needed flexible hours: I
chose to work in financial services.
After relocating to Orange County, Calif. in 1990, I volunteered at AIDS Services Foundation
while completing the Certificate for Legal Assistantship program at the U. of Calif. in Irvine. My
experiences at ASF led me to research and then
write a book intended to prevent terminally ill
people from being defrauded by viatical companies. In order to make the book available quickly,
I set up an independent publishing company,
Bialkin Books (named for my maternal grandmother).
Due to being the only publisher of information on
the viatical industry, prospective investors began
to phone to find out if Bialkin Books had anything in the pipeline about buying viaticated life
insurance policies as investments. These queries
led me to research, write, and publish "Viatical
Settlements: An Investor's Guide" in 1998, and to
set up a web site (www.Viatical-Expert.net) to
warn the public about fraud. As a result of the
information I had and because this was completely new to government agencies, I was asked to
address the North American Securities
Administrators Assoc. (NASAA), the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC),
the National Conference Of Insurance Legislators
(NCOIL), the Financial Services Committee of
the House of Representatives, and interviewed by
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Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Forbes, TIME, etc. Two noted business journalists, Kathy Kristoff of
the Los Angeles Times syndicate and Jane Bryant Quinn of Newsweek, wrote columns about my
efforts. At one point Ms. Kristoff told me, "You can judge your effectiveness by the enemies you
make." That was because I had become Enemy Number One to companies that defrauded the
public (primarily retirees and disabled people): I struggled for years against a series of meritless
lawsuits filed by these companies. They wanted to silence me but also they correctly suspected
that I provided information to government investigators and assisted attorneys who represented
their victims.
As a result of assisting attorneys I published the only legal text on viatical litigation (with lawyerauthored treatises, and actual case documents and rulings). In 2005 I published a new investor's
guide, this one about Viatical & Life Settlements. In 2010 Bialkin Books expects to publish “The
Perils of Pro Se Litigation” (working title), as well as other titles.
In 2006 I relocated to Raleigh, NC, which should be my last relocation. I continue to work full
time but the mild climate allows me to garden year round, visit dog parks and hike nature parks
with my German Shepherd dogs.
I am proud to have been accepted as a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors.
Although I have many fond memories of CCNY, the greatest benefit was the challenge to think
critically. That has served me well throughout my life and influenced all my activities.”
Ms. Loretta Wu
326 East 65th Street, #11
New York, NY 10065
[email protected]
L
oretta Wu graduated cum laude with a B.A. degree in History from CCNY’s School of
Liberal Arts and Sciences. Her fondest student memories include: “Meeting a boyfriend in
the cafeteria; being asked for dates by classmates; being asked to talk about Chinese
History in front of the class after receiving an A in an exam by Prof. Arthur E. Tiedeman.” She
subsequently earned her M.A. in Chinese History from Columbia University (1975) and a second M.A., in English as a Second Language, from Hunter College in 1992. She retired in 2001
as a teacher at George Washington High School. She is currently Vice-District Governor of the
Lions Clubs International District 20-R2 and Charter President of the New York Cosmopolitan
Lions Club. She received the Lions Clubs International President’s Commendation from Al
Brandel on March 9, 2009.
Loretta writes that, “CCNY will always have a place in my heart. I loved being a student there
and I will forever be grateful for what it has done for me in my growth as a person.”
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Ms. Arlene Zweifler
5 Horizon Road, Apt. 503
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
(201) 886-1418
“
I grew up in the Bronx and graduated from Walton High School. My
desire to attend CCNY was based on its high educational standing.
I was a member, and social chairperson, of Sis Parks ’59 (House Plan).
As a teacher, I taught elementary school in the Bronx for 30 years. I was
UFT Chapter Chairman for more than 20 years and remain a member of
the Union. I also taught English on a Kibbutz in Israel for 2 years.
My membership in various community organizations include serving on the Board of Directors
of Jewish Family Services of Bergen County, as well as on the Board of the JCC in Tenafly. I’m a
volunteer at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood. I am also active in UJA,
Hadassah and NCJW.
Though I have many interests, my favorite is traveling. I’ve been to almost all the places I’ve
dreamed of visiting and still look forward to continuing my travels.
I worked in between classes in the CCNY Psychology Department. One of my fondest memories
are the expressions of appreciation, for my work, from several of the psych professors. But, by
far, my fondest memory is of the wonderful friendships I made at CCNY - some of which continue today.”
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