Spring/Summer 2006 Lehman Lightning Newsletter

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Lehman
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spring/summer 2006
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Lehman Grad Student Heads for
England, Then Back to the Bronx...... 2
Dr. Gregorio Valdez (’96) Having
‘Lots of Fun’ Doing Neuroscience
Research at Harvard.........................3
Symposium on Russia and China
Commemorates Lehman’s U.N. Role.... 5
Professor David Gillison Returns to
Crater Mountain..............................6
Esteban Ramos (’06) Receives Award
for Community Leadership . .............7
Gala at NYBG Salutes Both
President and College....................10
Honor Roll of Donors............. 11-15
A Man of Vision, Steve Sloan (’81)
Sees with His Heart......................... 16
Alumni News. ............................ 16-20
Holding Your Family Together
In a Time of War
A
Lehman Senior Captures Top National Award
lice Michelle Augustine, a senior who
works full-time in a Bronx pre-kindergarten program, has captured one of
the nation’s most prestigious academic awards:
the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New
Americans. She is one of 30
students nationwide—and
the only undergraduate from
New York City—selected in
the competition, which drew
almost 800 applicants from
257 undergraduate and 150
graduate institutions.
A native of the Caribbean
nation of Dominica, where she
helped to found the St. Vincent
de Paul Youth Conference, Augustine
plans to earn a law degree and hopes
to continue on for her doctorate.
Her goal is to work in the area of
international policy to help the poor
and disenfranchised. The award will
provide one-half of the tuition for
her first two years of law school, plus
an additional grant of $20,000 per
year. She and her family arrived in the United
States six years ago.
“I feel as though all my years of hard work
have paid off,” she said when she was told of
her selection. “I also realize that a lot of people
around me contributed to this day, especially
my professors at Lehman.”
A double-major in English and political science, Augustine previously won
a Jeanette K. Watson Fellowship, which
led to internships at the State Supreme
Court, the New York City Council and
the Commission on Human Rights and
Administrative Justice in Ghana. She is
a member of both the Lehman Scholars
Program and the Ronald E. McNair
Postbaccalaureate Achievement Award
Program and has also
worked as a house manager at a facility for men and
women who are homeless
and HIV-positive.
Her mentor, Dr. Gary
Schwartz (Languages and
Literatures), describes her
as “a most compelling person.” ◆
Alice Michelle Augustine (top) and with her mentor,
Dr. Gary Schwartz.
Herring Finds a Home (Again) in the Bronx River
Photo by Jason Green
E
Steven Rivera (right) and his wife, Janet,
met at Lehman in 1990. They’ve stood by
one another ever since, even through his
deployments to Iraq. See page 18.
LEHMAN COLLEGE
The City University of New York
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx, New York 10468
www.lehman.edu
Greeting the herring at river’s edge are members of
Lehman’s LaMER (Laboratory for Marine and
Estuarine Research) team. Pictured from left are Dr.
Tony Pappantoniou, Lehman alumna Dr. Barbara
Warkentine and LaMER director Dr. Joseph Rachlin.
xperts estimate that the last herring
spawned in New York City waters in
1643. That is, until this March.
Lehman College, together with the Wildlife Conservation Society and a coalition of
community organizations, released 201 adult
herring into the Bronx River on March 21 in
an experiment to see if the fish will produce
young. The adult herring would then swim out
to sea, followed later by their offspring, who
would return to their birthplace as grown-ups
in three or four years to repeat the cycle.
When early Dutch settlers built dams in the
river, the herring were blocked from swimming
upstream to reproduce. The plan is to build
“fish ladders” at two key dams in time to help
the herring when they make their return trip. If
it works, the Bronx River will be the only New
York City waterway where this species spawns.◆
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President Fernández
Lehman College President Ricardo
R. Fernández has been elected Vice
Chair/Chair-elect of the American
Council on Education (ACE), the
major coordinating body for higher
education in the United States, with
more than 1,800 member institutions.
A member of the ACE Board of Directors since 2003, he was elected by
acclamation earlier this year during
the organization’s 88th annual meeting in Los Angeles. Next year, he will
automatically assume the position of
Chair, following the term of Syracuse
University President and Chancellor
Nancy Cantor.
Based in Washington, D.C., ACE seeks
to provide leadership and a unifying
voice on key higher education issues
and influence public policy through
advocacy, research and program initiatives. ◆
Lehman College of The City University of New
York is located at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard
West, Bronx, NY 10468. Anne Johnson, Vice
President for Institutional Advancement; Barbara Smith, Director of Alumni Relations.
Lehman Lightning is produced in the Office
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Barbara Cardillo, Joseph McElligott, Lisandra
Merentis, Yeara Milton, Florian Penev and
Phyllis Yip.
Lehman Grad Student Julia Rafal Headed for
University of Cambridge—Then Back to the Bronx
L
ehman graduate student Julia Rafal is
one of 43 people nationwide to win the
prestigious Marshall Scholarship, which
will give her $60,000 to pursue a doctorate at
the University of Cambridge in England.
Rafal was nominated for the award
by her undergraduate
alma mater, George
Washington University, where she
graduated summa
cum laude in 2004
with a bachelor’s
in psychology and
sociology.
The scholarship
Cambridge-bound Julia Rafal
seeks to strengthen
the relationship between the British and
American people and their institutions by
creating opportunities for high-achieving young
Americans to study at British institutions. It is
named for George C. Marshall, whose Marshall
Plan helped to rebuild Europe after World War II.
Rafal is pursuing her master’s in childhood
education and special education at Lehman
through the Teach For America program, while
also teaching fifth and sixth grade at PS 246.
Photo by Keisha-Gaye Anderson
President Fernández
Elected Vice Chair
Of Key Educational Body
“Being a special education teacher in the
Bronx opened my eyes to an entirely different
way of life,” says Rafal, who grew up in New
Jersey. “I had no idea what it meant to be
culturally diverse until I started teaching at my
school and realized how intense these students’
lives can be.”
She says that much of the success she sees
in her classroom in terms of implementing
education plans for special education students
or working on behavior management problems
can be attributed to what she has learned from
her Lehman professors.
After completing her doctorate in inclusive
education and comparative education from
the University of Cambridge, she hopes to
return to the Bronx and open the borough’s
first all-inclusive charter school. Rafal believes
this approach to education will give children
the chance to really learn from each other by
accepting differences and removing the label
of “special education,” which can be very
stigmatizing to young people.
“I have ties here now, from working for two
years and going to school,” Rafal says. ”I really
identify with this community, and that is why I
plan to open that charter school—so I can give
back to the children and their families.” ◆
Professor Mary Rita Donleavy
Doesn’t Stop to Count the Years
I
n 1948, shortly after graduating from Hunter College in Manhattan,
Mary Rita Donleavy received a card from the College’s Bureau of
Educational and Vocational Guidance, asking her to come in for a
job interview. As it turns out, she had been selected from the class for a
clerical position, which she took. That began what has become one of
the longest periods of service for any CUNY employee. On this journey, she notes, she was “a witness to the University’s response to social,
economic and technological change.”
After teaching in Bronx public schools and working for a time at
Manhattanville College, Professor Donleavy began teaching at HunterMary Rita Donleavy
in-the-Bronx in 1956. In 1968, when a new institution, Lehman College, was being formed on the campus, she decided to stay in the Bronx.
“I made that choice,” she says, “with the hope that new approaches to teacher education
could be developed.” Today, at 82, she is still at Lehman, still teaching and able to look back
on a lifetime of contributions in her field. These include creation of an alternative field-based
program in teacher education called “Eureka,” pioneering work in the field of organization
development, and dozens of publications, presentations and teacher-training sessions.
Athough Professor Donleavy retired from Lehman in 1991, she continues to teach a graduate
course that promotes the use of action research, which is being advocated as a method of bringing about change in educational settings. She is continuing her own research, too. Particularly
interested in the knowledge economy, she plans to write her next paper about the application of
the behavioral sciences to working experiences in this new “knowledge world.” ◆
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Dr. Gregorio Valdez (’96) Having ‘Lots of Fun’
Doing Neuroscience Research at Harvard
Nobel Laureate
Jody Williams
Delivers Lehman Lecture
C
oming out of high
in neuroscience from SUNY
school, Gregorio
at Stony Brook, opening the
Valdez knew very
door to the opportunity at
little about the sciences. Now
Harvard.
the 1996 Lehman graduate
The research he is
is a postdoctoral research
conducting there in
fellow at Harvard University’s
neuroscience has great
Department of Molecular
implications for treating
and Cellular Biology.
neurological diseases like
“I realized you can
Alzheimer’s. Dr. Valdez says
have lots of fun doing
that he especially enjoys
science,” says Dr. Valdez,
this discipline because it
who became hooked on
integrates so many facets
the field after taking a
of science, from computer
biology class in 1993 with
science to stem-cell research.
Professor Paul Matthews.
Last fall, Lehman’s
Referred to Dr. Eleanore
Department of Biological
Wurtzel, he worked in her
Sciences held a luncheon in
Dr. Valdez explains his research.
lab as an undergraduate and
his honor, and afterwards, he
later joined the Minority
gave a talk on his research.
Biomedical Research Program (MBRS), whose
“At Lehman,” he says, “I got to meet a lot of
financial and academic support enabled him to
people I can actually relate to, who were kind
focus all of his energy on his studies.
enough to hold my hand. I don’t think I could
“I definitely would not have gone on to
have gotten that elsewhere.”
a Ph.D. program if it weren’t for the MBRS
In the future, Dr. Valdez hopes to start
program,” says Dr. Valdez, who hails from the
his own research laboratory at an academic
Dominican Republic. He received his Ph.D.
institution. ◆
Jody Williams speaking at Lehman.
Nobel Laureate Jody Williams began
this year’s Lehman Lecture by telling
the audience that she’s “not on the
road to sainthood” and is “just a
normal human being trying to make
the world a little better.” She explained
that she happens to be “the public face
for thousands of nameless people”
who are involved in the effort to bring
about peace and stressed that a willingness to work hard is the most important
ingredient in achieving change. “Just
imagine what we can accomplish,” she
said, “if each of you believes you can
change the world.”
Williams received the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1997 for her role as founding coordinator of the International
Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL).
Under her leadership, the organization
grew to more than 1,300 NGOs in over
85 countries and secured an international treaty banning antipersonnel
landmines in 1997.
Pulitzer Prize Winner Mitchell Weiss (’81)
Receives Alumni Achievement Award
T
he lecture hall in Carman was filled last
semester when Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist Mitchell Weiss (’81), along
with co-author Michael Sallah, came to Lehman
to discuss their work uncovering atrocities
committed during the Vietnam War by an elite
U.S. military unit called “Tiger Force.” Weiss
and Sallah won the award for their 2003 series
of articles in The Toledo Blade, “Buried Secrets,
Brutal Truths.” After the lecture, President
Ricardo R. Fernández presented Weiss with the
College’s Alumni Achievement Award.
Now working for The Charlotte Observer in
North Carolina, Weiss credits Lehman with giving him the foundation to nurture his dream of
becoming a writer.
“As a kid growing up on the streets of the
Bronx,” he said, “that kind of environment
made me tough. Whenever I had to conduct an
interview, I was never afraid to ask the tough
question, and I think that goes back to my
upbringing.
From left: Michael Sallah, President Fernández,
Mitchell Weiss and his sister, Roslyn Kay (M.A., ‘76)
admire the award and the beauty of the campus.
“The thing that made my Lehman experience so special is that the teachers understood
that a lot of the students were commuters like
me who worked. And that’s what separated
Lehman from other colleges, the fact that
Lehman professors were willing to give me the
time that I needed to succeed. They were willing
to work with me at unorthodox hours. ” ◆
Williams reported that 80 countries
are still afflicted with landmines.
Describing the devices as “weapons of
mass destruction in slow motion,” she
said that “landmines don’t recognize
peace” even when treaties are signed to
end conflicts.
In a ceremony before the lecture, the
College awarded her an honorary doctorate, in recognition of her “outstanding leadership on behalf of peace and
nonviolence, which has saved the lives
of countless non-combatants,” and for
her “life of service, integrity and courage, which has helped to teach, heal
and transform our world.” ◆
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Mass Com Major Spreads
Entrepreneurial Spirit
On Campus
While many college students are
struggling to balance school and work,
senior Jasmine Jordan is running
her own magazine, creating her own
non-profit organization and managing
an Internet radio station, all while
maintaining a 3.5 GPA. Now the Mass
Communication major is helping
her peers to see the value in being an
entrepreneur by founding Lehman’s
first Collegiate Entrepreneurs Club.
Since she was 12, Jordan has been
running her own magazine, ‘Tools
for Living,’ a
teen lifestyle
magazine
that covers
topics such as
relationships
and managing
finances.
She has been
profiled in
Jasmine Jordan
‘Seventeen,’
‘CosmoGIRL’ and ‘Fortune’ for her
entrepreneurial accomplishments, and
was the youngest person to graduate
from Columbia University Business
School’s Young Entrepreneurs’
Program.
“Through this new club, I hope
to introduce students to different
industries, help them do business plans
and have guest speakers,” says Jordan.
She plans to host an Entrepreneurs’
Day to showcase the work of collegiate
entrepreneurs and provide students
with networking opportunities and
mentors.
Jordan is currently editor of
BlackMedina.net, as well as station
manager for WBDNA, the site’s
Internet radio station. She is also
establishing the “Begin Again
Foundation” to help people who are
starting their lives over, such as cancer
patients or small businesses that are
ineligible for loans or credit. ◆
Veteran Writer Earle Hitchner
Thrives in Lehman’s Graduate English Program
W
ith nearly 30 years of experience as
Hitchner went on to write about music for
a professional writer and journalist,
several publications, including the Irish Echo,
and more than 1,000 published
where he writes a weekly column called “Ceol,”
works, Earle Hitchner has much to teach others
the Gaelic word for music. In 1995, he also began
about the art of writing. He has chosen Lehman’s writing for the Wall Street Journal and has been a
M.A. program in English literature to help him
contributor ever since. His writing has been well
on that journey.
received by such fans as legendary
“I hope to earn an M.A. and
jazz musician Sonny Rollins, who
a Ph.D. and that, combined with
sent him a hand-written note
my experience in journalism and
complimenting him on an article
book publishing, would allow me
he’d written about a jazz festival
to teach journalism, composition
that Rollins headlined. “I have
or literature on a college level,”
Sonny’s letter in a frame on my
says Hitchner. “I want to convey
office wall at home,” says Hitchner.
to students that writing is not only
A prolific writer who has
a craft to be learned but also a joy
published in Billboard, MTV’s
to be indulged. Words are fun.”
Sonicnet and many other media
Hitchner has been successfully
outlets, Hitchner is also credited
Graduate
student
Earle
Hitchner
indulging in several facets of
with two dozen children’s books,
professional writing, and having
several scholarly essays on music,
a great time, since graduating maxima cum laude
and liner notes for 60 recordings—one of which,
in 1973 from Philadelphia’s LaSalle University.
“The Celtic Album,” was nominated for a Grammy
Soon after, he won a teaching fellowship for
Award in 1999.
graduate English studies at the University of
In addition, he has consulted for PBS-TV
Pennsylvania, which he attended until 1976, but
documentaries on Irish music, and last October
a family crisis forced him to leave school to find
he helped to organize a concert at Lehman of
work.
traditional Irish music to benefit the CUNY
Since then, he has built an impressive career
Institute for Irish-American Studies. He serves as a
as a journalist, editor, book author, radio host
member of the Institute’s Advisory Board.
and writer of album-liner notes. “When I left
“The concert feedback was very positive,”
Philadelphia for New York in 1978, I was shocked says Hitchner. “We explored a two-way bridge of
to discover that Irish and other Celtic music
amazing music dating back more than two centuries
regionally broadcast on radio was largely used as
and paid particular attention to the Bronx-Sligo
aural wallpaper for announcements,” he says.
connection. So many great traditional musicians
For five years, he hosted a show over Fairleigh from Sligo, a rural county in western Ireland, settled
Dickinson University’s WFDU-FM that was
in the Bronx and made their mark here.”
devoted solely to Celtic traditional music. “I like
Hitchner looks forward to teaching college
to think my three-hour show, simply called ‘The
students about writing and continuing to make his
Celtic Hour,’ made a difference, and it certainly
own professional mark. “I guess you could say I
fueled my desire to write about Celtic music in
want to do and to teach. Why not?” ◆
newspapers and magazines.”
HE MUST BE SMILING. Herbert Lehman would have liked the fact
that the new portrait bust of him that graces College Walk was dedicated
on the nation’s first “Constitution Day” last fall. As Governor and later
as a U.S. Senator, he fought vigorously for the rights guaranteed in that
document. The bust was unveiled in Fall 2004 at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and then graced the Governor’s
Reception Area of the State Capitol Building during Spring 2005. Speaking at the campus dedication were President Ricardo R. Fernández; Gov.
Lehman’s grand-niece June Bingham Birge (Hon., ‘02); Professor Duane
Tananbaum (History), a scholar of Gov. Lehman’s life; and John Belardo
of the Lehman Art Department, who created the bust. ◆
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Symposium on ‘Russia and China Today’
Commemorates Lehman’s U.N. Role
R
ussian and Chinese diplomats last visited
the Lehman campus in 1946, when it belonged to Hunter College. They were part
of the first delegations represented on the United
Nations Security Council, which met on the campus from March 25 – August 15, 1946.
On March 25, 2006, Andrey I. Denisov, the
Russian Ambassador to the U.N., and Yishan
Zhang, the Deputy Permanent Representative of
the People’s Republic of China to the U.N., helped
Lehman commemorate this historic event. By
taking part in “A Dialogue on Russia and China
Today” that included workshops, a panel of
distinguished scholars and a Library exhibit, they
increased public understanding of the changes taking place in their two nations.
During their addresses, both diplomats referred
to recent agreements reached between the two
nations. Noting that there is a “high level of trust”
between Russia and China, Ambassador Denisov
said that their relationship provided “examples of
an open international partnership.”
The two countries, Ambassador Zhang agreed,
are enjoying “their best relations in history.” He
also pointed to both the gains that have been made
by his nation in recent years and the pressure that
exists to keep China’s pace of economic growth in
line with its projected rate of population growth.
President Fernández with Ambassador Denisov (center), Ambassador Zhang and their wives.
More than most, Carlos Sierra knows
what it takes to get an education. As
the first student from Lehman to chair
the University Student Senate (USS),
Sierra understands the challenges his
fellow students face.
Ambassadors Zhang (left) and Denisov at the symposium.
After lunch, President Ricardo R. Fernández
and Provost Anthony Garro led the diplomats
on a short tour of the campus, pointing out the
plaque on the wall of the Old Gym Building
that explains the significance of the events that
transpired inside. The group also stopped in the
Library to visit the exhibit of books, documents
and photographs created for the occasion. Workshops were later held in the Library on Russian
iconography and Chinese brush painting.
The event was sponsored by the Office of the
Provost and the Division of Education and covered by Russian, Chinese, Japanese and American press. ◆
During lunch, College Librarian Yi
Shang (left) chats with Ambassador
Zhang.
Ambassador Zhang and his wife
peruse one of the books that formed
part of the exhibit on display in the
College Library.
Carlos Sierra Is First
Lehman Student to Chair
University Student Senate
Symposium Co-Chairs Patricia
J. Thompson (Women’s Studies)
and Gaoyin Qian (Education).
At the plaque memorializing the place of the Old Gym
Building in world history are, l-r, Ambassador Denisov and
his wife, Natasha Denisova; Jinrong Zhai, wife of Ambassador Zhang; President Fernández; and Ambassador Zhang.
Emigrating from the Dominican
Republic at 13, Sierra lived briefly in
New York City and then moved to
Kansas, where the need to find employment ultimately forced him to drop
out of high school.
Unwilling to give up
on his education, at
17 he entered a Job
Corps Center where
he learned cement
masonry and earned
his GED in one year.
Carlos Sierra
Eager for opportunities to take on leadership roles, he was
elected vice president of the Center’s
student government.
Returning to New York City, Sierra
enrolled in Bronx Community College, where he again became involved
with student organizations and rose to
leadership positions. After earning his
associate’s degree, Sierra transferred
to Lehman in 2004 and is majoring in
art and political science. It wasn’t long
before the USS caught his attention.
“I wanted to help students on a large
scale,” he explains.
Some of the issues he’s focused on include increasing State funding of higher
education, preserving the TAP award
and creating a CUNY “311” information system. As USS chair, he is also
the sole student member of the CUNY
Board of Trustees.
After graduation, he would like to
continue working in politics, possibly as
an elected official or as a staff member
within a branch of government. ◆
Photos by Jason Green
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Professor David Gillison Returns to Crater Mountain
O
nly a limited number of Westerners travel to the interior of the island of New Guinea. A common view of the mountainous region is
that it is a perilous place still populated by daunting tribes. To Professor David Gillison of the Lehman Art Department, this is an unjust
characterization. Professor Gillison has been doing research in the Crater Mountain region of Papua New Guinea since 1973 and through
repeated visits over the years has formed a warm bond with its people. Last year, he showed some of his early photos of Crater society as it was in
1973-4 at the Watson Place Gallery in Melbourne, Australia. The images below are from that exhibition. Professor Gillison is a Conservation Fellow with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) of New York. In 1980, with funding from WCS, he helped set up the Research and Conservation
Society of Papua New Guinea, which now manages the Crater Mountain wilderness along with its landowners. He contributed the narrative that
accompanies these photos.
Actor. When fertility festivals still flourished in Crater Mountain, guests at the weddings and initiation rites would thank their
hosts by performing short pieces of ritual theater. Crater theater
is now actively discouraged by an American fundamentalist mission that
still operates in the more
settled parts of the Crater
Mountain region; it occurs only in conjunction
with semi-secret wedding
rites. Ritual theater was
performed at night, and as
a rule actors would decorate themselves for their
performances in the late afternoon by gathering flowers, vines,
feathers and colored clay. The actors rehearsed their pieces in secret, out of sight of other villagers in a patch of nearby forest. In this
shot of Omorido, a much-admired actor, he is wearing a crown of
ferns, and is about to join some fellow thespians to rehearse a piece
about forest spirits and sorcery.
Pastor Jo Kaledimimo (top) and Enock
Kaledimimo. Contained in the “Pastor Jo”
image is the “accidental” capture of a small boy,
Enock, the pastor’s
son. In the photo
below, taken 33
years later, that boy
appears as he is now,
a grown man. Enock
works in Crater
Mountain as a conservation biologist.
He is the first person
from there to graduate with a university degree. This
September, he will start
on his master’s at the
University of Missouri,
St. Louis. When he was
a small boy, I often took
Enock to his school in
a distant part of the
Eastern Highlands
Province.
Earth Oven. One of the last tasks
in preparing a mumu (communal meal
in Tok Pisin) is pouring water through
a narrow opening into a pit of food
wrapped in fig leaves and laid above a
layer of very hot rocks. As soon as the
elders have added the requisite amount
of water to the oven, they seal it off;
thus, the lined pit functions like an
indigenous pressure cooker.
pandanus fruit. When the first European explorers penetrated the mountain cordillera of New
Guinea, they expected to be traveling through an untrammeled wilderness. Instead, they found whole
regions populated by societies with their own indigenous agriculture. Apart from locally domesticated
taro, bamboo and banana, Highlanders had domesticated various forms of wild pandanus. In the Crater
Mountain region, a favorite seasonal treat is the fruit of the pandan Marita. Marita trees produce a multisegmented nut. When cooked in a pot or earth oven, it produces a rich oily paste that is served with native
greens and tubers. Here, Bathathamo, a clan Bigman (chief), and his grandchildren snack on Marita without waiting for the accompanying vegetables.
satarn’s FarewelL. Satarn (here with his wife and children)
was typical of many Crater men, and had fond memories of his
time as a contract laborer down in the lowlands. One day, I learned
that he was leaving again for the coast and asked if I could come up
to his hamlet to record his departure. (That was at least a thousand
feet higher than where I had my house.) When I arrived, he was
waiting for me with his family. As soon as I finished, he set off with
several companions on a two-day walk to the nearest road head.
From there, they paid for a ride on a coffee truck to Goroka, the
provincial capital, where they were met by a labor recruiter and
flown to a rubber plantation on the island of New Britain.
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Esteban Ramos (’06) Receives ‘Change-Maker’ Award
For Leadership Role in the Community
Photos by Rie Tomita
Sure Signs of Spring
This year, the campus started to shed winter
at the end of March. When trees begin to
blossom, can softball bats be far behind?
Photo by Keisha-Gaye Anderson
E
steban “Steve” Ramos started out in
1999 as an apprentice with Public Allies
New York, a leadership development
program. His job was to help the director of
the Helping Hands Community Center, a food
pantry and after-school program. That didn’t
last very long.
Three months into the apprenticeship,
the director resigned, and the organization
considered shutting down its site in upper
Manhattan. Recognizing the impact the closing
would have on the community, Ramos told the
co-directors that he could take over.
And so he has.
In fact, his success in managing the program
for the next seven months led to a permanent
position. He has since been promoted three
times, most recently to Associate Executive
Director, and last year, Public Allies recognized
his exceptional service with its 2005 ChangeMaker Award.
While he was working, Ramos was also
pursuing his studies, first at LaGuardia
Community College and then at Lehman,
where he entered the Adult Degree Program
with a major in social work. “I really appreciate
that Lehman has this program to assist adults
working in the field. It has helped me out in
being able to juggle school, work and family.”
A member of the Social Work Advisory
Group and Golden Key Honor Society, Ramos
hopes to enter Lehman’s Master of Social Work
program after graduation.
“I always knew what worked,” he said,
referring to his efforts to develop leadership skills
in young people and to
serve the community.
“Going to Lehman has
given me a framework
and taught me why it
works.”
Grateful for his
experiences, he says that
“Lehman is definitely
Esteban ‘Steve’ Ramos
responsible for helping
me identify who I want to be, where I want to go,
and what type of person I want to become.
“The time that I’ve spent at Lehman, the
teachers that I’ve met, the classes that I’ve taken,
have really changed my perspective. Had it not
been for Lehman, I really don’t know how far I
would have gone in this organization.”
To date, Ramos has been responsible for
the distribution of over 25,000 bags of food to
people in need. He has cultivated a group of
young people to become Youth Leaders and
Ambassadors, providing peer-to-peer training
and other services. Combined, they have given
the community more than 7,500 hours of service.
Community service, Ramos believes, is at the
core of who we are. “It’s the rent we pay to live on
this earth.” ◆
CUNY Teacher Academy
Offers New Program
For Aspiring Teachers
The first class of the CUNY Teacher
Academy at Lehman will begin in the
fall. Lehman is one of several CUNY
colleges hosting the new program,
which prepares undergraduates for
careers as math and science teachers.
Lehman’s Associate Dean of Education, Dr. Susan Polirstok, is directing
the Academy at Lehman during its
initial development.
“There is a critical shortage of math
and science teachers at all levels in
New York City, New York State and
nationally, which must be addressed in
order to prepare our K-12 students for
competitive jobs in a global marketplace,” says Dr. Polirstok. “The CUNY
Teacher Academy is a bold initiative to
address this critical shortage.”
The new program will offer:
• Four years of free tuition and no
fees for students who graduate
and teach at least two years in
New York City public schools;
• Paid internships to work with
high school or middle school
students;
• Study with exceptional faculty in
science and mathematics;
• Hands-on experience in New
York City public middle schools or
high schools;
• A full-time teaching position in
a New York City middle school
or high school after successful
completion of the program;
• Opportunities to do research
in math or science with CUNY
faculty; and
• For a select group of Teacher
Academy graduates, support for a
master’s degree in their field at a
CUNY college.
For more information on the program,
contact Dr. Polirstok by email at
susan.polirstok@lehman.cuny.edu
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May 21: In Our Blood...A Bronx Dance
Explosion. Four great dance makers
from the Bronx perform, with Chuck
Davis, founder of the Chuck Davis
Dance Company, Dance Africa, Jawole
Willa Jo Zollar of Urban Bush Woman,
Eddie Torres—the King of Mambo
Dance, and Crazy Legs, the Break
pioneer. 3 p.m., Lehman Performing
Arts Center. $25, $15.
May 21: Lehman College Community
Band. Professor Alan Hollander directs
“Music of the Silver Screen,” with works
by Bach, Korngold, Williams, Mancini,
E. Bernstein, Miller and others. 6 p.m.,
Lovinger Theatre. Free.
June 4: The Unstoppable Debbie
Reynolds in Concert. The actress leaves
no stone unturned in
retelling a career that
began at MGM at age 16.
She uses her dancing skills
and stage work, combined
with film clips and gossip,
to present a spectacular
show. 3 p.m., Lehman Performing Arts
Center. $50, $45, $40, $35.
June 4: Lehman College Community
Summer Band Outdoor Concert.
4 p.m., Amphitheatre (Lovinger Theatre
in case of rain.) Free.
June 16: El Gran Combo. One of the
world’s most popular salsa bands is back
by popular demand. 8 p.m., Lehman
Performing Arts Center. $45, $40, $35, $30.
June 25: Lehman Woodwind Quintet
Outdoor Concert. 4 p.m., Amphitheatre
(Lovinger Theatre in case of rain). Free.
July 14–15: The Bronx Independent
Film Festival. The Bronx Stage and
Film Company and Lehman Stages
present the Fourth Annual Bronx
Independent Film Festival, featuring
short and feature-length films from
around the world, including many
world premieres. Films are judged by
industry professionals, including actor
Ron Livingston, actress Lisa Sheridan,
screenwriter Ed Stone and screenwriter/
playwright Mark Medoff. 8 p.m.,
Lovinger Theatre. $5. ◆
Enrique Orengo (’06) Brings Students the Gift of Music
W
hen the eighth graders file into Mr.
Orengo’s strings class, he doesn’t
need to yell at them to settle down
or write tasks on the board to hold their attention. Instead, they gather the instruments from
the closet on their own and, one by one, begin
to play “Jingle Bell Rock” until the entire class
is playing together, rehearsing for their holiday
performance.
“The music hooks them from the core of
their beings,” says IS 218 music teacher Enrique
Orengo. “Many students come here just for the
music program.”
Orengo, who will soon earn his master’s
in music education from Lehman, has been
teaching at the Inwood school for six years and
runs the day-time strings program sponsored
by New York City’s Department of Education.
The after-school strings program is funded by
the Children’s Aid Society. He often works with
his students from the time they enter the school
right up to graduation.
“We’ve been together for four years,” says
student Aury Garcia, as he plays the viola.
“Now we appreciate classical music, and we like
playing it.”
These daily classes provide an opportunity
for students to receive continuous instrumental
music instruction that might not otherwise be
possible. “Music instruction is very expensive,”
says Orengo, “and for the many parents who
can’t afford it, this is a great place for their
children.” He adds that behavioral problems
expressed in other classes usually become more
manageable in his classroom because students
are so excited about learning music.
For Orengo, the chance to give something
back after working as a professional musician is
very rewarding. He has played cello on the classical and Latin circuits, traveling to countries
like Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico, and all
ADULTERATION OF BLACK COHOSH: New
research by Professor Edward Kennelly, chair of the
Biological Sciences Department, shows that a significant number of black cohosh products being sold in
the U.S. do not contain black cohosh, but rather are
adulterated with a related Asian Actaea species. Black
cohosh is the eighth most widely used botanical in
the U.S. and is used to treat menopausal symptoms.
“In the U.S.,” he explains, “botanical dietary supplements are regulated as foods, rather than drugs.
“Manufacturers are required to follow good food
manufacturing practices,” he continues, “so this
misbranding should not occur. Unfortunately, our
study shows that at least in the case of black cohosh,
some manufacturers are not following the regula-
Months Ahead Bring
Dance, Music, Film Events
Even though the class is large, Orengo still succeeds in
giving his students individual attention.
over the United States. He also played with Paul
Simon in the Broadway play “The Cape Man.”
Interacting with fellow musicians in the
music education program at Lehman gave him
valuable insights that have helped him as a
teacher and musician. “The program caters to
working musicians, and the professors are really
in tune with what school kids need,” he says. ◆
tions. Consumers should be aware of this situation in
order to make proper choices for their health care.”
Conducting the research with Professor Kennelly
were Professor Fredi Kronenberg of Columbia University and Dr. Bei Jiang, a postdoctoral student there. ◆
CONFERENCE IN HIROSHIMA: Lehman is joining
with a coalition of international institutions and
organizations to sponsor a global conference in Hiroshima, Japan, from August 31 – September 4, 2006.
The meeting, featuring a series of prominent speakers, is focused on the theme “Building a Just and
Sustainable Peace: Improving Education, Health, the
Environment and Social Equity.” For more information, visit www.lehman.edu/hiroshimaconference. ◆
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Fall Sports Highlights
Swim Team Captures CUNY Championship,
Runner Amy Ruston Gets Top National Award
WOMEN’S CROSS
COUNTRY: Helping
Lehman win its
first CUNYAC
championship, junior
Amy Ruston finished
in first place overall,
setting a Lehman
record of 18:01. She
won the 800-, 1,500and 3,000-meter races,
while also anchoring
the 4 x 400 relay—
Amy Ruston races to the
successes that earned
finish line.
her the CUNYAC
title of Most Valuable
Runner. Teammate Ana Ortiz finished third at
the competition, with an overall time of 19:49,
while twin sisters Olga and Lianne Torres and
Joy Browne rounded out the championship
squad. Later in the season, at the NCAA indoor
championships, Ruston finished fourth in both
the mile run and the 800-meter run to earn
NCAA Division III All-American status.
MEN’S CROSS
COUNTRY: The
team continued
its sprint to the
upper echelon
of the CUNYAC
by capturing
second place in
the championship
Daniel Gurdak
Photos by Tony Correa
L
ehman’s athletic teams are on their way to one of their most successful
seasons ever, both for individual players and overall team recognition.
In February, the men’s swim wrestled the CUNY Athletic Conference
(CUNYAC) championship away from four-time winner CSI (College of Staten
Island). Three individual gold-medal wins paved the way to the trophy. The
following month, junior Amy Ruston added to the succession of titles and
trophies she has garnered for Lehman with her selection by the U.S. Track and
Field Coaches Association as NCAA Division III Indoor Track Athlete of the
Year. Last fall, the team itself won its first CUNYAC Women’s Cross Country
Championship, led by Ruston’s gold-medal performance. Team Coach Lesleigh
Hogg was named as Coach of the Year, and freshman Ana Ortiz as Rookie of the
Year. Here are other highlights:
Quy Kim Ho springs from the board for an inward
dive in the pike position.
competition. Lehman’s Raul Sanchez placed fifth
overall, with a time of 31:52, and teammate Bill
Agosto also finished in the top ten, crossing the
line in 32:47 to land in 8th place.
WOMEN’S TENNIS: The team, under
second-year coach Frank Rivera, continued
to make strides, advancing to post-season
play for the second
Darnell James
consecutive season.
MEN’S SWIMMING: The Lightning scored
The young squad
a CUNYAC record of 637 points, with Staten
posted impressive
wins over City College, Island finishing in second place (363) and
Baruch in third (292). “We put together a great
Brooklyn College and
Polytechnic University. team effort,” said Lehman head coach Peter
Kiernan. “Everybody did his part. The coaching
Senior Micaela Tabing
staff and our own women’s team provided great
and sophomore
moral support.”
Christa Grant led
En route to victory, three men won the gold:
the charge for the
Darnell James, who set a new meet record in
Lightning.
Elzbieta Mul
the 100-meter butterfly (53.47); sophomore
Kostya Slavashevich, who took the
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL:
200-meter freestyle (1:56.63), and
In a season where injuries were a
Bud Rivera, who finished first in the
contributing factor, the women’s
50-meter freestyle. James scored a
volleyball team was able to
team-high of 54 points in the meet
continue to challenge for the
and was named the regular-season
CUNYAC title. Finishing in fourth
Performer of the Year. “We had a
place overall, the Lightning were
team meeting,” he said, “that helped
defeated in the quarter-finals
us turn the corner in terms of
by host CCNY. Junior Kelloney
giving maximum effort. I credit our
Thompson and sophomore
captain, Walter Lugo, for inspiring
Lidabel Moronta shone overall.
us to come together and finally
Both were selected as Conference
Kelloney Thompson
defeat Staten Island.” ◆
All-Stars.
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Many colleges and universities benefit
from the structured gifts of donors. In
recent years, Lehman College has been
the beneficiary of numerous bequests.
You may want to honor the memory of
a special friend or loved one. This may
be done through a memorial gift in
your will, trust, retirement plans, life
insurance or other long-range plan.
There are a number of ways to make
a will. When planning your will,
remember your loved ones first, then
your financial obligations and then
perhaps your alma mater or institution of your choice.
Specific bequests. This is a bequest of
a specific sum of money or property.
When bequeathing to Lehman College
you can designate a specific property,
certain assets of an estate, a specific
dollar amount, or particular securities
(e.g., stocks, bonds, mutual funds).
Percentage bequest. This is a bequest
of a percentage of your estate, which
provides flexibility. Most people have
no way of knowing exactly how much
property they will own at death. In this
case, perhaps you may consider bequeathing a percentage of your estate
or a portion of the “rest and residue”
(what remains after your family and
loved ones have received what you
have designated for them).
Contingent bequest. This is a bequest
that passes to the College if your
primary beneficiary dies before you.
Another option is to name Lehman
College as a contingent beneficiary in
the event an heir should die before you.
Trusts. A trust in your will can
provide continuing benefits to family,
friends and eventually to an organization you choose. It is also possible to
receive a charitable deduction by gifting ownership of a life insurance policy
that may no longer be needed.
Many Lehman alumni also make the
College the beneficiary of a life or accidental death insurance policy.
Please seek out the professional advice of your attorney, accountant or
financial advisor when planning your
will. For more information, contact
Dr. Anne Johnson, Vice President for
Institutional Advancement, at (718)
960-8350. ◆
10
O
ver 300 alumni and friends, faculty and
staff, as well as Chancellor Goldstein
and many other members of the CUNY
family, joined in the festivities at the New York
Botanical Garden to celebrate the achievements
of both President Fernández and Lehman College
during his fifteen-year tenure. The anniversary
made President Fernández the most senior of the
current CUNY presidents.
Co-chairing the gala were Provost and Senior
Vice President Emerita Rosanne Wille, her husband, Dr. George Jacobs, and “Mr. Bronx” Elias
Karmon, who received an honorary degree from
Lehman last June. Serving as Vice Chairs were
Aramina Ferrer (’73) and Dr. Sorosh Roshan.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer helps to celebrate a joyous evening
for the President and the College. With her are President
Fernández, legendary performer Willie Colón and Chancellor Goldstein and his wife, Maggi Sedlis.
Planned Giving:
A Legacy
to Lehman’s
Students
Leaving
a Legacy
To Future Lehman Students
Gala Salutes President’s Fifteenth Anniversary and
College’s Record of Achievement—
And Raises Significant Scholarship Dollars
From left: Dr. George Jacobs, Provost Emerita Rosanne
Wille and ‘Mr. Bronx’ Elias Karmon.
Both are board members of the Lehman College
Foundation, which sponsored the event.
Friends, family and members of local organizations and the academic community supported the gala, which raised substantial funds
for student scholarships. In addition to greetings
from a variety of well-wishers and remarks by
President Fernández, a highlight of the evening
was a salsa performance by Dr. Martin Muntzel
(Biological Sciences) and Iris Montalvo, who
teaches the dance to Lehman students as part of
the College’s Campus Life program. Providing the
lively rhythms throughout the dinner were famed
dance-band leader Peter Duchin and his orchestra.
Kicking off the dinner, a video blending interviews
with faculty, students and alumni highlighted the
themes and accomplishments during President Fernández’s tenure. ◆
From left, Aramina
Ferrer at the mike,
Beverly Bartner (l)
and Dr. Sorosh
Roshan, and salsa
courtesy of Dr. Martin
Muntzel and Iris
Montalvo.
Above: President and Mrs. Fernández and three of their
children pause for a portrait. From left are David, Daniel,
who spoke on behalf of the family, and Ricardo, Jr.
Below: students, faculty, alumni and guests included, l to r,
student leader Carlos Sierra, Professor Javier Tejada of the
University of Barcelona, pre-med major and student leader
Rhea Natividad, Lehman Distinguished Professor of Physics Eugene Chudnovsky, Lehman alumnus Jaroslav Albert
(who was a double major in art and physics), and senior
sociology major Monique McPherson, the first recipient of
the College’s Shirin Ebadi Peace Scholarship.
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Contributors to
Lehman College
During 2005, 1,445 donors contributed $714,970 to the Lehman
College Foundation. We thank our
donors.
Herbert H. Lehman
Leadership Circle
Ann L. Bronfman Foundation
Robert G. Bartner
Ann L. Bronfman
Robert Denenberg
Ann M. Domidion
Miguel A. Fuentes, Jr.
Matthew Goldstein/CUNY
Elias Karmon
LCU Foundation
Arthur L. Loeb
Monroe Lovinger*
PepsiCo Foundation
Susan and Elihu Rose
Foundation, Inc.
The Wise Family Charitable
Foundation
William Rondina, Inc.
President’s Circle
American Society of Composers,
Authors & Publishers
James V. Bruni
Cablevision
Community Preservation
Corporation
Dean Investment Associates
E M K Enterprises, Inc.
Hostos Community College
Ricardo R. Fernández*
Raymond W. Garffer
F. X. Gonzalez-Goenaga
J.P. Morgan Chase Manhattan
Bank, N.A.
Thomas E. Jensen
Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Queensborough Community
College
Maxene and Eugene Posman
Anne Rothstein*
Robert Sancho
The Rodgers Family
Foundation, Inc.
Windfall Foundation
Millennium Club
A & A Maintenance
Enterprise, Inc.
William Aguado
Ara J. Bahadourian
Deena Bernstein
Jose Betancourt
Jeffrey P. Buzen
C. H. Dean & Associates, Inc.
Louise M. Callahan ’74
Carver Federal Savings Bank
Eugene M. Chudnovsky
City College of New York
Robert Coakley
Ernest J. Collazo
John H. Collins, Jr.
D. R. Daniel
Steven L. Davis
Annette Digby
Peter Duchin
John Duffy
Judith C. Duffy
Edith & Herbert Lehman
Foundation, Inc.
Everett Foundation, Inc.
Michael S. Fassler ’74
David C. Fletcher
Fordham Associates LLC
Victoria J. Friedman ’95
Maryann ’80 and Anthony Garro
Michael J. Gill and Virginia Wright
Lewis R. Gordon ’84
Marlene Gottlieb
Goya Foods, Inc.
Susan E. Greenberg-Schneider ’73*
Ram P. Gupta
Beatrice Hartman ’82
Beryl F. Herdt*
Emita B. Hill
Houlihan Parnes/iCap Realty, LLC
Hudson City Savings Bank
Hudson Valley Bank
Hunter College
Thomas W. Ihde
John L. Loeb Jr. Foundation
Anne Johnson
Josten Fund, Inc.
Irene ’70 and Jacob Judd*
Abel Kenin
Michael Kenin
Kingsborough Community College
Cheryl Kramer
Miriam Lahey
David and Sandra K. Levey
Brian M. Lobel ’73*
Loeb & Troper
John R. Luongo ’71
Drew S. Meister
Louis S. Miano
Arnold Mitchem
Susan B. Morgenthau
New York City College of
Technology
New York Community Trust
New York National Bank
Mary A. O’Dowd
Elizabeth Peters ’74
Alan Poeppel
Ponce De Leon Federal Bank
Myrna M. Rivera ’75
Salvatore M. Romano
Isadore Rosenfeld
Debra J. Rosenthal
Rotary Club of the Bronx
Joan E. Rue ’69
Raymond Sackler
Norma K. Stegmaier*
Michael D. Sullivan ’73
Herbert Teitelbaum
The Bernstein Family
Foundation, Inc.
The Stanley & Nancy Grossman
Family Foundation
The University of Texas
Thomson Learning
United Way of New York City*
V.I.P. Community Services
Housing Initiative
Rosanne Wille and George Jacobs
Bronx Community College
Michael W. Yackira ’72
Zarathustra Music, Inc.
Lehman College Associates
American Conference for Irish
Studies, Inc.
Bank Street College of Education
Baruch College
Ira S. Behr ’74
Harvey Beker
Bernhill Fund
June Bingham Birge and
Robert B. Birge
BRONXNET
Frank J. Califano
Jay E. Cantor
Geraldine Chapey
Marc J. Chase
Charles A. Chiara
Judith B. Chiara
Samuel F. Coleman ’74*
Billy Collins
Consolidated Edison Company of
NY, Inc.
Joseph Dauben
Faith Deveaux
Eliot L. Engel ’69
Family Support Systems
Unlimited, Inc.
Robert Feinerman
Aramina Ferrer ’73
Antonio R. Flores
Henry Fogel
Forosoco Music, L.L.C.
Frank’s Sport Shop
Katherine French
Bernard H. Friese ’84
Michael D. Garffer
GFS Chemicals, Inc.
GillWright Group
Edgar Gonzalez
Greyhawk North America, L.L.C.
Maria I. Herencia*
John Mauk Hilliard*
Hispanic Association of Colleges
and Universities
Susan Hoeltzel
Russell K. Hotzler
Irwin S. Scherzer Foundation
Marzie Jafari
Jewish Communal Fund
Robert B. Judell
Carl Kaffeman ’73*
William P. Kelly ’68
Lydia Kenin-Pomerance
Kenneth P. Kilroy
Anthony Kiser
Alan Kluger
Langsam Property Services Corp.
Lehman College Art Gallery
Orin Lehman
Patricio Lerzundi
Mechanical Heating Supply, Inc.
Joseph A. Middleton
Theodore R. Miro ’82
Brenda P. Moffitt
NBC
New York Botanical Garden
NorthEastern Technologies
Group, Inc.
Glen T. Nygreen
Park Avenue Building and Roofing
Supplies, LLC
Borisse B. Paulin
Michael Paull
Pelham Bay Refrigeration & Air
Conditioning Service, Inc.
Frances B. Perry
Jane ’69 and Fred D. Phelps
Frances M. Piscitelli
Martin Plissner
Susan Polirstok*
Professional Staff Congress
Progressive Home Health Services
Research Foundation
John B. Rice ’69
Richmond Elevator Company, Inc.
Riverdale Mental Health
Association
Edgar V. Roberts
Maria Robledo-Montecel
Andrea J. Rockower ’73
Steven B. Rosenfeld
Leslie R. Rosenthal ’68
Schervier Nursing Care Center
Barry S. Solonoz
Tim Sullivan
Thomas Tam
Paul N. Tannenbaum ’74
William Tramontano
Irwin P. Underweiser
Joaquin Vasques
Verizon Foundation
Nancy Wallace
Donor Recognition Levels
Herbert H. Lehman Leadership Circle.............................................................................. $10,000
President’s Circle.................................................................................................................... 5,000
Millennium Club................................................................................................................... 1,000
Lehman College Associates....................................................................................................... 500
Lehman College Sponsors ....................................................................................................... 250
Century Club............................................................................................................................. 100
Recent Graduates (2001 – 2005)................................................................................................ 50
Friends.......................................................................................................................Less than 100
Friends of the Library..............................................................................................All gift levels
*Donors with an asterisk have contributed for five consecutive years or more.
Lehman College Sponsors
Margaret T. Aylward ’95
Ira Bloom
Stewart E. Bloom ’72
Carole M. Boccumini ’70
Eva Bornstein
Dympna Bowles
Bernd Brecher
Brendan J. Burke ’75
Cornelius Cadigan ’98
Liliana M. Calvet
Barbara P. Cardillo ’92
Susan C. Cote ’76
Derrin Culp ’75
Catherine G. Curran
Scott F. Dames ’91
Frances A. DellaCava
Gerald Denenberg
Harold J. Diamond ’56
Michael V. Dicosimo ’75
Scott Dunn
Dawn Ewing Morgan
Magali Figueroa-Sanchez ’85
Keville Frederickson
Alicia Georges
Nancy G. Gherardi ’69
Rosemarie Gift ’83
Marie-Jeanne Gwertzman
Gerhard J. Haas
Annette Hernandez
Eugene B. Kalin
Martin J. Kelly*
Edward J. Kennelly
Diana K. Kent
Kingsbridge Heights Community
Center
John Kochan ’72
Paul G. Kreuzer
Lehman College Association for
Campus Activities
Penelope Lehman
Sandra Lerner
Eleanor E. Lundeen
Jose Magdaleno, Jr.
Herminio Martinez
Abigail S. McNamee
Reinold G. McNickle ’79
Rafael Mendez Rubert
Javiel Mercado
Marilyn R. Miller
Thomas K. Minter
Sheila A. Mulhearn ’76
James Murtha
Ruth T. Nelkin
Diane E. Nicosia ’85
Steven A. Ostrow
Panda House
Patricia Parisi
Rosemary E. Pearce ’78
Irwin H. Polishook*
Marilyn Portnoy
Joseph W. Rachlin
Richard J. Radna ’69
Robert W. Reed ’90
Robert A. Reitman ’76
Margaret A. Rice
Riverdale Neighborhood House
Warren Rosen
Renee Rotolo
Nick Salvatore ’68
Gary S. Schwartz
LeeAnn O. Simmons ’94*
Barbara A. Smith ’92
Christopher N. Sonnesyn
Howard Stein
Richard L. Stein
Michael W. Stout
Jack M. Stryker ’79
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Esdras Tulier
Leonard A. Van Lowe, Jr. ’77
Derek C. Wheeler
Eleanore Wurtzel
Kathleen A. York
Vincent Zucchetto ’75
Century Club
402 Eighth Avenue Rest. Corp.
Roberta M. Aaronson ’68
Gladys M. Aborchie-Idlet ’97*
Robin J. Ackerman ’74
Timothy J. Ahle ’95
Annie C. Alexander ’75
Virginia M. Anderson
Sally J. Andrade
Yvette Andriola
Nydia Arezza
Felix Aronsky
Dorleas Atherley
Judith Auchincloss
Joan M. Auclair
Clyde C. Aveilhe
Wilma A. Bailey ’72*
Bank of New York
Carole A. Baraldi ’79
Rita L. Barnes ’90
June M. Barrett ’73
Reuben L. Baumgarten*
Steven B. Beasley
Reginald Bender ’91
Antoinette Blum
Paula A. Braunstein
Evelyn M. Brillon ’88
Rosemary G. Brooke ’71
Ira P. Brown ’64
Robin H. Brown ’73
Susan Broxmeyer ’75
Jeff Bucholtz ’76
Geoffrey Cabat
Joan N. Caputo ’71
Ernestine Carmenatti-Robles ’96
Beatrice Castiglia Catullo
Betty Chlebnikow*
Sandra Choron ’71
Leslie A. Cobb ’95
Thomas P. Cocke ’81
Dianne F. Coffino ’77
Gladys M. Comeau-Morales ’79
Frank D. Conforti ’70
Ramón E. Cordiés ’96*
Dominick A. Corrado ’76
Audrey S. Coughlan ’76
Ann M. Crawford ’93
George Croonquist
Raymond Cruz ’75
Judsen Culberth
Barbara B. Curran ’73
David Curran
Glenn E. Davis ’74
Barbara Delgado
Lloyd Denenberg
Gerard F. DePaolo
Betty T. Dickerson ’82
Catherine Donohue ’73
Victor M. Eichorn, Jr. ’78
Aurelio J. Emanuelli
Toy L. Eng ’83
Michele E. Fabrizio
Donal E. Farley
Preston M. Faro ’73
Susan Feder
Ailene P. Fields ’73
Nicholas L. Firth
Madeline Ford
Paul P. GaNun
Maryann Garro ’80
Peter Gartlan ’81
Linda F. Gesoff ’69
Martin R. Gitterman ’70
Susan E. Goldy
Anne D. Gooding ’75
Susan L. Gordon ’81
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Horace M. Gray
Bertrand W. Green
Robert T. Gregory ’80
Margaret M. Groarke
Reginetta Haboucha
John Hagan-Brown
Lewis R. Hall
Kathleen P. Halton ’78
Dona L. Hamilton
Gilbert B. Harris ’77
Barbara N. Haughton ’79
Murray Hausknecht*
Hugh Hegarty ’00
Dolores H. Henchy ’72
Katherine B. Hickey ’92
Catherine F. Higgins ’74
Ronald M. Hoffner ’72
Susan Howley
Hudson Bay Environments
Gloria B. Hughes ’97*
Mario Iannitelli ’73
IBM International Foundation
Elihu Inselbuch
Inter-Ocean Insurance Agency, Inc.
Barbara C. Ioia ’71
Godfrey Isaacs
Rafael A. Javier ’74
James R. Johnson
Winston L. Joseph ’96
Linda S. Kaufthal ’70
Denis P. Kelleher
William J. Kelleher ’76
John R. Kennedy ’90
Edward L. King ’81
Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Van
Cortlandt Development
Corporation
Donna Kirchheimer
Eric Kleinberg
Samuel D. Kleinman ’69
Kitty Krupat
John J. Lally, Jr.
Domenick A. Laperuta
Benjamin Lapkin
Anthony LaRuffa
Stephan A. Lee ’91
Helen Lerner
Galina Letnikova
Randy Levine
Stuart Levine
Monica M. Lewis ’95
Jacob Lichy ’65
Alfred F. Loomis
Wanda A. Lorenzo ’80
Elisabeth Lorin
Barbara D. Luftglass-Morea ’83*
Robert L. Lundberg
Francis Madiwela ’92
Vito E. Maggiolo ’75
Edward J. Mahoney ’81
Michael Mahoney ’77
Richard R. Mandel ’73
Juliane E. Manko ’80
Carl Mann
Eileen Marley
Marsh & McLennan Companies
Debra Martinez ’75
Joanna Matos ’00*
MBNA America
Linda M. McBride ’68
Stephen McCarthy
Francis McGrail
Michael Mella
Henry A. Merkin ’70
Mark E. Meyerhoff ’74
Walid Michelen ’73
Susan K. Miles ’69
Harriet J. Miller ’70
Rosetta Miller
Daniel B. Murphy
Emily G. Nammacher
Nations Credit Commercial
Corporation*
Nationwide Foundation
Linda S. Ochser ’69
Elizabeth H. O’Connell
Nora L. O’Donoghue
Arthur G. Olbert ’69
Sheldon Ornstein
Karen E. Osborne ’77
Rona L. Ostrow
Charles T. Owens ’77
Claire Paccione ’73
Victor Pan
Kathleen J. Parreno
Anthony V. Patti ’80
Donald V. Peloso ’69
Marjorie Perlin
Esther R. Phillips
Deborah Pines ’97
Debbie Pivnick
Sheldon E. Presser ’73
Louise C. Puschel ’75
Kathleen G. Quinn-Miller
Rambling House, Inc.
Robert L. Ramos ’77
Raymond Rankis ’80
Anne P. Rice
William J. Rider, Jr.
Marilyn J. Ringel ’81
Barbara P. Robinson
Steven P. Rolston ’74
Joanne Rosado
Norma V. Rosenberg
Norman M. Rosner ’80
Debra P. Ross
Carole S. Rothman ’69*
Sandra L. Santos-Laureano ’95
Pamela Scheinman
Edward Schwartz ’66
William J. Scribner
William Seraile
Barbara G. Shaiman ’68
Romie Shapiro
Michael Shapiro
Frederick C. Shaw
Richard M. Sheldon ’68
Calvin Sims ’87
Cheryl D. Smith ’93*
Special Risk Consultants, Inc.
Jose J. Sprouse, Jr. ’69
Marie R. Standford ’85*
Sandra Stein
Michael Stifelman
Beulah L. Stuart ’72
Irving R. Stuart
Harriett Taub
Esther R. Taus
Blanche Teitelbaum
Patricia J. Thompson ’73*
Nicholas T. Torrens ’70
Cathleen A. Towey ’77
Sonia Tulier
Urban Office Products, Inc.
Milan Valuch ’69
Lynne Van Voorhis
Inez B. Vanable ’72
Bari M. Verni
Dora L. Villani ’71
Stephen B. Walsh ’82
Stanley Walters ’59
Barbara E. Warkentine ’82
Albert K. Webster
Jacqueline L. Weidner ’71
Karen D. Weinberg ’76
Joyce F. West
Sharlene Wiener ’75
Esther I. Wilder
Ellen Wilkinson ’97
Linda C. Williams ’70*
David M. Wilson ’90
Mariann Winick
Marianne P. Winick
Mark H. Winnegrad ’71
Muriel Wolland
Lawrence D. Young ’80
Stephen Zuckerman ’75
Friends of Lehman College
Anonymous (3)
809 Realty Corp.
Sheila Abramowitz ’70
Joel Abrevaya ’88
Peter M. Accumanno ’71
Steven M. Ackerman ’73
Marilyn Aclin
Zelma Acosta ’98
Samuel Adler
Alex I. Akhimien ’98
Patrick N. Akwatu
Pauline L. Albert ’79
Jose A. Alexandrino ’96*
Jose Alfaro ’70
Richard M. Altschuler ’79
Stella Americo ’92
David Andre
James C. Antisdel
Elliott M. Antokoletz ’68
Tomas A. Arciniega
Michelle A. Arellano ’90
Gabriele Arents ’71
Doreen L. Argenti ’74
Karen M. Argenti ’78
Richard L. Aronowitz ’73
Dorothy Arthur
Steven Assifuah
Florence B. Audevard ’92
Michael Aurichio ’75
Patricia A. Avallone ’72
Dorothy M. Babcock ’75
Jacqueline A. Bailey ’79*
Stanley Bank
Daniel R. Barber ’94
Leah Barkan ’76
Jerold Barnard ’94
Esteen Y. Barnes ’93
Martin J. Barrett ’77
Irene A. Barros ’99
Leliane B. Barroso-Maldonado ’98*
Keith Bartfeld
Patricia A. Bauer ’76
Naomi R. Baumgarten ’69
Bernard H. Baumrin
Victoria J. Bea ’77
Michael Beck
Carl J. W. Becker ’92
Judy P. Beckles-Ross ’99
Grace Belfiore-Nagy ’90
Leslie A. Benardo ’75
Robbie C. Benitez
Frieda Bernstein
Toni P. Biaggi ’74
Elena S. Billing ’70
Bing Bills
Itina R. Bivens ’96
Black Hawk Productions Limited
Consuela M. Blake ’77
Walter Blanco
James B. Block ’98
Ruth Block ’83
Blockhouse
Nigel F. Bloomfield ’95
Frank K. Boateng
Miriam J. Bogin ’84
Gregory F. Bologna ’76
Barton J. Bookman ’72
Gezina C. M. Bouma
Ellin Bousel ’73
Felice A. Brady ’75
Lottie V. Bragg ’92
Cosmo Branca ’87
Clarence Branch, Jr.
Eulogio Brand ’94
Rachel Brookoff ’78
Barbara W. Brown ’00*
Frances L. Brown ’78
Gaby Brown ’98
Pamela A. Brown ’98
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• • • • R• •oll
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• •onors
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Willy Brujan ’00
Margaret K. Bunzick ’91
Josephine Burgess ’92
Almeida Burgos ’95
Jorge P. Burgos ’85
Cynthia Burke ’00
Eileen Burke ’80
Maureen Burke
Stan J. Cafaro ’69
Jeanette M. Calciano ’80
Dominick F. Cali ’74
Eugenia C. Cameron ’86*
Kerry A. Campbell-Jones ’87
Louis S. Campisi
Nellie A. Canales-Salaam ’87
Gregory J. Cannata, Jr. ’74
John R. Capasso ’69
Carol K. Capizzi
Debra R. Caraccio ’75
Peter R. Carelli ’86
Rosalind Carey
Dominick D. Carnicelli
Lynn J. Caron ’88
Eleanor Carr
Magaly D. Carro ’80
John J. Cassidy
Mary Cassidy ’74
Sonia S. Castellanos ’85
Juan R. Castillo ’93
Elizabeth Castro ’74
Wanda I. Castro ’89*
Stephen A. Cavallo
Michael J. Cea ’78
Annmarie Cefoli ’76
Philippa G. Centini ’68
Loraine Centrilla ’94
Yvette Ceresa ’99
Miguel Cervantes-Cervantes
Beverly J. Chabinsky
Wei F. Chang ’81
Sarah X. Y. Cheng ’89
Perla M. Cherubini ’76
Joyce K. Cherwin ’74
Sal Chiariello ’68
Alan F. Chibnik ’68
Anna K. Chielli ’77
Ijeoma Chigbundu ’00
Donna M. Chioke ’96
Helaine N. Chmielnicki ’69
Roman W. Chornodolsky ’71
Jill B. Clarke ’77
Marisol Clements-Rivera ’99
Edward M. Clinton
Mavis A. Coalmon ’92
Faye M. Cohen ’84
Joseph S. Cohen ’99’
Forrest Colburn
Steven R. Colman
Commodore Barry Club of
Brooklyn, Inc.
Silverio V. Conte ’78
Allen S. Cooper ’79*
Tanya V. Corker
Esmeralda C. Coronado ’78
Jose Corporan
Donna M. Correale ’83
Carol A. Coscia ’74*
Teresa Cotterall-Lagana ’91
Bernice D. Craft ’75
Clarence Cunningham ’00
Mary B. Curtis
Robin E. Curtis
Mariana T. D’Alessandro ’98
Rexford E. Daley ’87*
Marcus V. Daugherty
Maria Davila ’97
Anne L. Davis ’70
Jack Davis ’92
Andrea M. De George-Garbarini ’84
Edith DeChiara
Anne M. Defino ’76
Linda Del Greco ’75
Barbara A. DeLucia ’77
Josephine DePace ’95
Donald J. Devaney ’85*
Francis J. Di Gesu ’69
Joseph N. DiMaria ’86
Marie J. DiMaria ’96
Maria G. Dipaolo-Sarolli
Mario N. DiStefano ’89
Trudi T. Diubaldo ’76
Priscilla Dolan ’74
Lydia Domanico ’70
Mary R. Donleavy
William Doonan
Charles M. Dougherty
James B. Dougherty
Jane Dowling
Marilynn D. Duchin ’73
Deborah I. Dunkley
Thomas J. Durkin ’88
Daroud O. Dye ’86
Charles Edusei ’98
Latoya L. Edwards ’97
Maria Z. Eichorn ’78
Sharif L. Elhakem ’99
Beverly P. Ellman ’70
Gloria I. Encarnacion ’99
Harvey J. Eng ’80
Michael A. Esposito ’92
Wesley C. Evans ’91*
Dhalia S. Ezra ’78
John W. Fahey
Paul A. Fallon ’76
Richard Fanelli ’63
Theresa M. Farello-Palladino ’88
Barbara C. Feigenbaum ’69
Albert Feliciano ’95
Guido Feliz, Jr. ’94
Cedric C. Fergus ’83
Alan Z. Feuer
Concetta Filiti-Neset ’98
Mary H. Finnerty ’93
Sultana Firstman ’93
John J. Fischer ’00
Maura E. Fitton ’86*
Mary T. Fitzgerald ’84
Matthew P. Fitzgerald
Agnes T. Fitzpatrick ’88
Karen L. Fleming-Sherman ’81
Josette Fleurant ’79
Godfrey A. Fokuo ’00
Eileen M. Forbes-Watkins ’69
Sonia P. Francis ’78
Margery B. Franklin
Sharon Freedberg
Philip I. Freedman*
Janet E. Freelain ’83
Barry C. Fried ’74
Charles D. Friedman ’78
Michael J. Friedman ’82*
Susanne H. Fruchter ’94
Linda C. Frum ’95
Karen Fung ’91
Jack Funt ’90
Joseph D. Fusco ’98
Albert W. Gaddy
Charles J. Gaffner ’69
Thomas E. Gallagher ’74
Ann Ganeles ’75
Noreen M. Garry ’70
Rosalyn Gass ’80
Lorene R. Gatson ’82
Monica V. Gayle ’90*
Liam Geary
Mary Geary
Carol K. Gee
Margaret K. Geehern
Richard M. Genova ’76
Carlene M. Gentilesco ’68
Robert N. Georgalas ’72
Richard A. Gerber
Mark D. Gersten ’72
Palma T. Gervasi ’75
Selwyn G. Gibson ’97
Andres B. Gil ’89
Irwin F. Giles ’71
Bernice S. Gillian ’96
Olga E. Gioulis ’72
Peter J. Girvan ’97
Frances B. Giuffre ’74
Ezra B. Glaser ’98
Claudia A. Gleason ’75
Nadeen Glover ’00
Sol E. Goichman ’90
Elise M. Gold ’76
Gamalier G. Gomez ’99
Robin R. Gomez ’99
Frank González ’70*
Dalma G. Gonzalez-Rodriguez ’76
Joseph S. Gordon
Christiane T. Gorycki
Christine J. Gotis ’87
Denise L. Gourdine ’84
Michael J. Greco ’96
Ronald Greenwald ’73
Michael A. Greer
Gabriel L. Griego
Malvin N. Groce ’89*
Cissy Grossman ’71
Mark I. Grossman ’72
Natasha K. Gruels-Smoot ’00
Guardian Life Insurance Company
of America
Leslie Gueno
Marisa Gumbs ’85
Francine A. Gurtler ’85
Kwang H. Ha
Iris A. Haburay ’73
Annie Hamlett-Barreto ’98
Sonya F. Hammer ’75
Nora M. Hamond-Gallardo ’79*
Irwin C. Handburger ’70
Richard E. Handel ’97
Mary Harrington
Adrienne C. Harris ’84
Brenda J. Hart ’80
Edwin Hastings ’89
Tomohisa Hattori
Myra Hauben
Mary F. Hayes ’00*
Violet L. Hayes ’76
Linda W. Heaney ’76
Cecelia M. Hedley ’93
Marsha S. Heiman ’66
Jane M. Heisel ’79
Ronald A. Henry, Jr. ’91
Clarence I. Henson, Jr. ’85
Gloria R. Herman ’70
Jessica R. Hernandez ’00*
Raphael Hernandez ’70
Steve Herskovits ’74
Mercy L. Hidalgo
Arleen E. Hochberg ’83
Robert A. Hodash ’80
Alrita Hodge ’79
William M. Hoffman
Paul V. Hogan ’85
Carrin V. Holborn ’75
Virginia M. Holek ’74
Left: Michael Bacon ’95 (l) and Distinguished Professor of Music
John Corigliano at a reception to raise funds for the John
Corigliano Music Scholarships at Lehman College. Right: Kevin (l)
and Michael Bacon perform at the event.
Aaron M. Holness ’93
Patrick H. Holness ’91
Edward J. Houston ’97
Mona Huff ’68
Gilton O. Huggett ’00
Anne Humpherys
Veronica C. Humphreys ’93
Lydia Hunter
Dene T. T. Hurley
Patricia A. Hyman ’76
IBM
IBM International Foundation
Lucia Imparato ’97
Ing Foundation
Kaitlyn M. Jackson ’00
Paulette C. Jackson ’79*
Hinda Jacobs ’84
Barbara Jacobson
Irene Jacobson ’91
Stephen E. James ’87
Valorie Janice ’73
Paul Jaquith
Cormal Jennings
Frank T. Jennings
Patricia M. Jennings
James A. Jervis
Karlene A. Johnson ’82
Mabel E. Johnson ’73
Katheine M. Jordan
Hilary O. Jordan Wilson ’85
Nathan Joseph
Loretta M. Judge ’89
Robert Jugger
Margaret Kane
Margaret O. Kane ’68
Meredith T. Kanner ’73
Janet E. Kaplan ’79
Philip L. Kaplan
Ruth R. Kaplan ’73
Darlene M. Katsch ’71
Mary C. Keane ’91
John D. Kelly
Nadine F. Kelly
Stella T. Kelly ’68
Viola M. Kelly ’89
Kathleen M. Kelton ’89
Eileen R. Kent ’84
Brendan J. Kilcawley ’84*
David Kilgannon ’97
Steven A. Kimmel ’77
Paul H. Klein ’73
John E. Klonowski
Bruce G. Klonsky ’71
Kim M. Knight ’91
Linda Kofa ’94
Sandra E. Kolodny ’77
Hana Kosar ’80
Caryn R. Kovacs ’76
Minnie Krakowsky ’76
Barry A. Krissoff ’72
Jayne Krissoff ’72
Edward Krupnik
Yoo Kyun-Ran
Rita J. La Bar ’89
Thomas P. La Perche ’73
Rita Labar ’89
Julian D. Laderman
Marion Lahn
Hazel R. Lammers ’77
Susan D. LaMonica ’79
Henrietta R. Landauer ’71
Richard L. Lane ’87
James C. Lau ’75
Preston and Josephine Law
Barbara M. Lazarus ’76
Toby W. Lebenson ’86
Elizabeth N. Lee ’77
Joanne R. Lehrer ’70
Sabrina Levine
Jane E. Levitt
Helena A. Lewis ’88
Susan G. Lilien ’93
Maria D. Lima-Isaac ’92
Joan T. Litsky ’58
Francine Lobel
John Locke
Joseph A. Lomascolo ’79
Marie I. Londrigan ’76
Nicolas Lopez ’99
Anthony J. Lopiano ’98
Anne M. Loscalzo ’86
Vicki N. Lowery ’76
Ralph Lucena ’98*
Eliot S. Lugo, Jr. ’85
Jack Lugo ’99
Sonia Lugo-D’Andrea ’97
Anna Lukaj ’00
Irmgard H. Lukmann ’85
Rosemary T. Lunstead ’75
Margarita Luque
Shirley L. Mack ’84
Martha L. Mackey
Annelen C. Madigan ’95
Mahammed S. Mahammed ’99
Aravind Mallipudi ’98*
Frida L. Malpica ’74
Lillie Manjarrez ’79
Brendan J. Manning ’77
Tanya Marcial
Frances R. Marcus ’71
Marie C. Marianetti
Helen C. Marini ’93
Sylvia Markowitz
Yvonne Marley
Gisela Marrero ’00*
Darlene P. Marsh ’76
Patricia M. Marthouse ’79
Norman Martin
Benilde A. Martinez ’00
Audrey D. Marutollo ’75
Gwendolyn M. Mason ’91
Dom Masters ’72
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• • • • R• oll
• • • of
• • D• •onors
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Left: At Lehman’s scholarship recognition event are Susan Greenberg-Schneider ’73 (l), co-founder of the
Charles Greenberg Endowed Scholarship, and Cheryl Kramer, wife of late Coach Edwin Kramer and
co-founder of the Edwin Kramer Scholarship. Right: Music student and scholarship recipient Motheo
Matala (l) meets with Dr. Lewis R. Gordon ’84, a donor and founder of the Patricia Salomon Scholarship.
Barbara S. Masur ’88
Jose Mateo
Rebecca A. Mattos ’96
Leslie D. May ’00*
Julie Maybee
Mary D. Mazzarano-Hagenbuch ’74
Marie M. McBride ’92
Carolyn McCarthy
Edward D. McCarthy ’76
Justin M. McCarthy ’85
Veronica A. McCartney ’92
Naomi McCooe
Mary P. McCullough ’78
Caroline McDonagh ’00
Patricia A. McGivern
Isabelle McGuire ’80
Isabel McIntyre
Robert G. McKay ’79*
Keith A. McLaurin ’97
Mary E. McLoughlin ’82
Eileen M. McNamee ’93
Harold E. McNulty ’90
Adriane D. McPhaul ’87
Barbara R. Meara ’91
Mary T. Medek ’96
Howard B. Medow ’74
Patricia A. Meehan ’97
Linda Meher ’92
Richard K. Mendelson ’96
Ira M. Merritt ’77
Philip D. Merwin
Linda R. Meyer ’74*
Heather A. Meyerend ’80
Maria Michelsson ’85
Brenda E. Miller ’85
Eric Miller ’99
Marjorie L. Miller ’85
Stephen J. Miotto ’80
Philip Misliore
Gilda I. Mitrakos ’96
Jose A. Mojica ’89*
Carlos Montalvo ’76
Madeline H. Moran
Kirsy Morban
Lawrence Morgan ’87*
Mary E. Morrow ’84
Julie M. Moslow ’77
George Movesian
Michael Muldoon
Patrick Mulholland
Jairo Munoz ’86
Alice P. Munzo ’70
Brian P. Murphy ’86
Robin E. Nachman ’77
Nancy K. Nardozzi ’72
Bruce J. Nathan ’76
Susan J. Netburn ’91
Ellen M. Newman ’80
Lucille H. Newman ’82
Bertrade B. Ngo-Ngijol Banoum
Valentine Ngufor*
Elizabeth A. Nicastro ’94
NMC Speech Services
Gloria G. North ’67
Francis C. Nugent, Jr. ’74
Maribel C. Nunez ’94
Nancy O’Brien Brown
Donald Ojo
Yaw B. Opoku
Ingeborg J. Oppenheimer ’70
David S. Orenstein ’76
Christine M. O’Rourke ’76
Ramon Ortiz ’95
Kathleen D. O’Toole ’75
Manuel E. Padilla ’85
Salvatore Paese ’81*
Louise A. Paluzzi ’78
Michele A. Panossian ’79
Antonios Pappantoniou ’74
Katherine Pappantoniou ’95
Carole E. Parkey ’97
Verdi Patterson ’78
Barry C. Pearce ’70
Tomo Pepdonovic ’98
Celia I. Perez ’96
Bob Perkins
Raymond H. Perlman ’71
Robert H. Perlman, ’79
Manfred Philipp
Lee P. Pian ’76
Eltee F. Pierre ’83
Joan M. Piscitello ’77
Barbara A. Pivarnik ’69
Dawn Powers ’99
Norma I. Prado ’69
Ghillean T. Prance
Martha J. Press ’72
Joseph C. Prince ’88
Lauren Pueraro
Sandra Ramos-Alamo ’93
Virginia-Holly Rango ’66
Aubyn M. Reid ’89
Marilyn E. Reiter ’75
John L. Richards
Loren A. Richardson ’99
Virginia Riklin ’78
Dennis Riley ’99*
Joseph Rill ’71
Ronald Rimi ’77
Jose Rios ’90
Rolando Rivera ’00
Ann S. Roberts ’87
Gail L. Robinson ’77
Michael G. Robinson ’98
Jean A. Roccanova ’81
Alfano M. Rodriguez ’92
Martha Rodríguez ’91
Irwin I. Rofman*
Ida M. Rogers ’80
Jo Ann E. Roman ’98
Sally Romanello
Arcides Rondon
Joanne M. Rooney ’80
Evelyn Rosa ’99
Sonia Rosado ’00
Arelis Rosario ’91
Ingrid Rosario
Rose K. Rose*
Norma K. Rosenberg ’73
Steven Rosenberg ’63
Christopher J. Rowan ’81*
Catherine M. Ryall ’99
Eva H. Rynjah ’85
Alice R. Saberski
Enrique Salgado ’80*
Jacqueline J. Saltzman ’76
Louise F. Saltzman ’72
Cortney F. Salvatore
Le Andre Sampson ’97
Rayda Sanchez-Munoz ’95
Fidelina Santana ’87
Anthony Santiago ’94
James N. Santiago ’86
María L. Santiago ’97*
Felice M. Saracco ’74
Lucie W. Saunders
Mary Scanlon
Bernard M. Schiff ’82
Vivian S. Schiffman ’70
Michael A. Schneider ’75
Paul F. Schneider ’84
Richard J. Schneider ’72
Frank M. Schonfeld ’90
Larry Schonfeld ’71
Carol Schreebaum
Yolanda C. Schumann ’77
Claire G. Schwartz
Judith K. Schwarz ’92
Virginia R. Scott
Lucia M. Scull-Ennassef ’72
Patricia B. Sealey ’99
Madeleine Secunda ’80
Malinda Selby ’98
Jacqueline C. Seltzer ’73
Nydia R. Senquiz ’98
Charles Seplowin
Susan L. Serrano ’69
Maharanie Sewbhajan ’97
Phyllis Shanley
Wayne C. Shapiro ’81
Gerald M. Sherman ’73
Ijnanya Shipman-Weaver
Maryann Siano ’88
Carol M. Sicherman
Diana S. Siegel ’71
Petra A. Silva
Beverly Silverman ’81
Ellen Simms
Sonia Simon ’72
Lottie M. Singh ’94*
Nalinie D. Singh ’93
Barbara J. Singleton-McKay ’84
Alberta L. Sisenwine ’73
Sisters of Charity
Cheryl Smith Gabig
Janet T. Smith ’83*
Myrtle L. Smith ’76
Thomas Smithwick ’96
Michelle A. Smyth ’76
Beverly P. Soares ’94
John Soares, III ’98
Luisa Soler-Gonzalez ’92
Joanne C. Spera ’87
Benjamin A. Spero ’86*
Donald J. Spiegelman ’76
Gerald I. Spielholtz
Edward Spingarn
Kenneth P. Stein ’93
Hazel R. Sterling ’86
Arlene R. Stern ’70*
Ernest Strom
Paulette P. Sudano ’79
Edward F. Sullivan ’76
Elizabeth E. Surcouf ’76
Linda Sussman ’90
Mark H. Swartz
G. Wylie Sypher
Carmine J. Tabacco ’81
Stanley F. Taback
Duane A. Tananbaum*
Oskar S. Tanasijczuk ’69
Mark L. Taub ’00
Josefina Tavarez ’00
Kim R. Taylor ’00
Shirley Thaler ’81
Ana Ligia Thompson ’75
Anne E. Thompson ’90
Joan T. Thompson ’00
Maureen A. Thompson ’97
Arthur R. Tobiason ’73
Teresa M. Tobin
Alexander Torres ’96
Maria E. Torres-Guzman
Phillip J. Travers ’80*
Steven J. Trimboli ’74
Jim D. Tsiamtsiouris
Thomasina A. Tucker ’91
Evmorfia Tzanis ’78
Nuenna Uoloye
Constance C. Usera ’96
Jack G. Valdovinos
Linda J. Van Valkenburg ’73*
Patricia L. Vanderwerff ’96
John J. Vasquez ’85
Dean K. Vazquez ’99
Mildred X. Vazquez ’94
Anna L. Vazquez-Howard ’99
Ralph Vega, Jr. ’76
Elena Villa
Plinio O. Villablanca ’85
Anna E. Viruet ’85
Betsey Von Burg ’97
Harriet E. Wagner ’76
Janet C. Walker ’67
Mary R. Walter ’88
Nazlin B. Warner
Odella N. Washington ’74
Valerie M. Washington
William Waters
Malvina Watson ’77
Laura L. Weill ’75
Leon S. Weinberg ’75
Jessica H. Weiss ’78
Laura G. Weiss ’74
Arthur S. Welch ’93
Jim West
Stuart E. Wexler ’76
Heather Williams
Charlynn A. Willis ’97
Osmond E. Wilson ’96
Carol Wolfgram
Eric V. Wright ’00
Leslie Wuest ’87
Eli B. Yamin ’00
Joseph A. Yarina ’79
Anita M. Yessian ’81
Kathereen E. Young ’84
Lisa H. Zeitoun ’78
Ruth Zerner
Yolanda L. M. Zick ’86
Denise C. Zinna ’73
John S. Zolfo ’68
Marc A. Zuckerman ’73
Recent Graduates (2001-2005)
Jonas H. Abramson ’04
Katherine Abreu ’04
Haydee Acevedo ’02
Juan L. Acosta ’02
Emmanuel Addy ’03
Seth K. Agyiri ’01
Hudu Ahmed ’01
Grant Akalonu ’01
Elizabeth C. Akong ’04
Md Habibul Alam ’05
Jason J. Almonte ’04
Jo L. Alston ’04
Samantha Amiker ’04
Melissa Anderson ’03
Juliet J. Annan ’02
Mario J. Arambolis ’04
Lynette Arroyo ’03
Zoila R. Baez
Donovan C. Bailey ’04
Mohamed A. Bali ’05
Michael P. Barakat ’05
Olanta N. Barton ’03
Josiane R. Bauke ’04
Carlos J. Benitez ’03
Tasha V. Beras ’03
Antoinette A. Black ’02
Suzette D. Blount ’03
Wendy J. Blount ’05
Belkis Bonilla ’03
Bernice A. Borow ’05
Gail A. Brandt ’03
Lisa A. Britt ’04
Tammie F. Brodie ’04
Michelle J. Bruce-Miller ’04
Linda Buckingham ’05
William E. Burnicke ’01
Darian D. Burrus ’02
Paul L. Cadichon ’05
Shaunte T. Cannon ’03
Kenseener O. Carpenter ’04
Marline Chavez ’01
Miran Chung ’05
Magalys O. Ciccosanti ’03
Lavonne A. Clarke ’05
Joseph Classpeters-William ’01
Aileen Claudio ’05
The Class of 2005 had the greatest number of donors. The Class of 1973 contributed the highest total in dollars.
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Joseph Colagene ’05
Shana Collingwoode-Williams ’04
Pauline Copeland ’05
Walter Corleto ’03
Donald R. Coy ’04
Andrew V. Craig ’05
Esilla Crick ’04
Ruben D. Cuevas ’04
Horace E. Cunningham ’02
Gary A. Delmonte ’03
Marie F. Des Rosiers ’04
Ronan Y. Desaque ’02
Elizabeth Diaz ’03
Richard L. Dicosmo ’03
Vidour Dihal ’03
Sheila R. Dinkins ’04
Kathleen A. Doherty ’04
Cheryl Drechsel-Orlandi ’04
Estelle M. Dutchin ’04
Eric F. Eigen ’02
Elizabeth Ellington ’01
Celia M. Eslampour ’01
Nicholas M. Esposito ’05
Kathleen E. Estes-Milano ’05
Serena R. Eteng ’04
Tarshica J. Evans ’05
Godwin C. Eze ’01
Victor M. Fabal ’03
Celia V. Fagan ’01
Yvonne R. Feliciano ’02
Aida G. Feliz ’04
Kashae Ferguson ’01
Charity G. Ferris ’04
Nazriet Fesehaye ’02
Barbara D. Flam ’05
Marvin N. Fleming ’03
Reuben L. Flowers ’01
Ainsworth J. Foster ’02
Althea Fuller ’05
Alshams A. Gallion ’03
Charles B. Gallo ’01
Laura A. Gandia ’01
Susan J. Garber ’01
Alberto F. Garces ’02
Francena Garcia ’01
Jemmiel A. Gardner ’01
Yoseph T. Gemta ’02
Robert Gerardi ’02
Hector L. Gonzalez, Jr. ’05
Sandra D. Green ’02
Patricia Griffin ’01
Clement B. Grose ’04
Efigenia Guevara ’04
George L. Guzman ’03
Larry R. Hall, Jr. ’05
Sandra A. Hall ’04
Corrie Hazel ’05
Lauren E. Henriquez ’04
Ivel O. Henry ’05
Edward Hernandez ’02
Ann Marie S. Hing ’02
Victoria F. Holmberg ’03
Daniel J. Hughes ’04
Nelson Igie ’02
Brenda Irizarry ’03
Tracy L. Jackson ’04
Jonathan M. James ’05
Tameka S. Jarrett ’04
Andrea Johnson ’05
Ethel Johnson ’01
Jeffrey W. Johnson ’03
Morning H. Johnson ’04
Sonia V. Jordan ’05
Gina Joseph ’02
Silvia Juarez ’04
Mahmoud A. Kallon ’05
Nyree L. Keith ’02
Zinoviy Khodik ’05
Chin W. Kim ’04
Elizabeth D. Kotey ’05
Kwanghwi Kwon ’05
Regina S. Laurato ’04
Fernando Leyton ’02
Eugene Li ’02
David Lieb ’01
Lavern E. Lindsay ’03
Crispino Lopez ’01
Leonardo Lucenti ’01
Lisa M. Lucid ’02
Gustavo J. Lucin ’03
Jack Lugo ’99
Elizabeth Luna ’05
Rosalina Luongo ’05
Deborah Manzano ’05
Nadiuska Maria ’05
Dorina Martinez ’03
Evelyn I. Martinez ’03
Pedro Martinez ’04
Gennsily Matias ’05
Andrea V. McDonald ’04
Joseph B. McElligott ’04
Denise McLarty-Fox ’04
Angelique C. McMichael ’05
Bertram Meade ’04
Antonia Melton ’05
Teeka K. Minott ’02
Glenda Miranda ’02
Maria D. S. Molina ’03
Shanel C. Monroe ’04
Roxana Montanez-Smith ’05
Janina M. Morones ’05
Darmy E. Mota ’03
Judith Murphy ’01
Leonore B. Murray ’05
Lois M. Murray ’01
Nicole N. Nesbeth ’04
Cristyan D. Nevers ’04
Sharon M. Newby ’03
Kelly M. Nicholas ’03
Elaine Norford ’01
Jose A. Nunez ’01
Evelyn Nwabuzo ’05
Caritas Nzeyimana ’05
Lydia C. Obasi ’04
Ann P. O’Connor ’05
William Ortiz ’03
Harry Pakiakis ’01
Jaime Pena ’02
Jannice E. Penalba ’05
Wendy A. Perez ’03
Jacqueline G. Philibert ’05
Marlene Pichardo ’05
Diana R. Pico ’05
Kristin M. Picone ’05
Roseanne Pinto ’02
Tony B. Plata ’03
Nelson L. Proano ’03
Celso Quinones ’03
Tunde-Sadat Ra El ’01
Carlos M. Ramos ’03
George Ribadeneyra ’04
Savel M. Richards ’04
Jeffery D. Rieck ’03
Nadeen E. Robinson ’02
Peter A. Rock ’04
Joselina Rodriguez ’02
Norma C. Rodriguez ’05
Vicky S. Rodriguez ’04
Christopher R. Romaine ’02
Rafael Rosado, Jr. ’03
Carmen I. Rosario ’05
Francine D. Ross-Roden ’04
Helena A. Sackey ’04
Joseph Samuels ’01
Vivia A. Saunders ’02
Jeffrey A. Shaw ’02
Marilyn L. Shaw ’03
Xavian T. Shaw ’03
Ijnanya Shipman-Weaver ’03
Joanna Sikolas ’05
Ricky L. Smalls ’01
Christopher Smith ’01
Eileen J. Smith ’05
Margaret Smith ’02
Vivette A. Smitherman ’02
David Sosa ’01
W. R. Taylor ’05
Denise D. Thorne ’04
Gabriel F. Tirado ’02
Emanuel J. Torres ’03
Shajuana A. Townsend-Asse ’01
Vivian B. Tran ’05
Paul J. Trapani ’01
Jean Joseph E. Ulcena ’05
Shobi Varghese ’02
Gregorio A. Velez ’02
Fa Wang ’05
Kenneth Whitter ’01
Suzan B. Williams ’03
Nicholas Wilson ’05
Friends of the Library Donors
Gladys M. Aborchie-Idlet ’97
David Andre
Charles A. Casale ’74
Steven Assifuah
Ara J. Bahadourian
Bank of New York
Keith Bartfeld
Carl J. W. Becker ’87
Robbie C. Benitez
Antoinette Blum
Frank K. Boateng
Gaby Brown ’98
Geoffrey Cabat
Jose Corporan
CUNY Research Foundation
Marcus V. Daugherty
Frances A. DellaCava
Gerard F. DePaolo
Harold J. Diamond
Deborah I. Dunkley
Ricardo R. Fernández
Madeline Ford
Philip I. Freedman
Paul P. GaNun
Jemmiel A. Gardner ’01
Anthony Garro
Carol Kachuen Gee
Joseph Gordon
Marlene Gottlieb
Michael A. Greer
Margaret M. Groarke
Leslie Gueno
Kwang H. Ha
Dona L. Hamilton
Murray Hausknecht
Marsha S. Heiman ’66
Beryl F. Herdt
Maria Herencia
Katherine B. Hickey ’92
Mercy L. Hidalgo
John Mauk Hilliard
Anne Humpherys
Lydia Hunter
Lehman Community Scholarship
Each year, the awarded scholarship or scholarships will
be named in honor of one or more individuals who
have made a significant contribution through service or
participation to Lehman College.
Donors to the fund as well as those honored and
memorialized throuh the fund are listed below.
The individual for whom an awarded scholarship
or scholarships is named on an annual basis will be
recognized in correspondence with students and at an
annual scholarship recognition event.
Lehman College Community Scholarship Tributes
Jerold Barnard ’94
Elizabeth Cuttino
Migdio A. Dominguez ’98
Robert Johnson
Irene ’70 and Jacob Judd
James Kearns
James R. Kreuzer
Paul G. Kreuzer
Joseph M. Magdaleno, Sr.
Dene T. T. Hurley
Thomas W. Ihde
Nathan Joseph
Irene ’70 and Jacob Judd*
Elias Karmon
John D. Kelly
Martin J. Kelly
Donna Kirchheimer
Yoo Kyun-Ran
Julian D. Laderman
John J. Lally, Jr.
Lehman College Association for
Campus Activities
Galina Letnikova
Ralph Lucena ’98
Robert L. Lundberg
Margarita Luque
Annelen C. Madigan ’95
Tanya Marcial
Jose Mateo
Joseph A. Middleton
Philip Misliore
Valentine Ngufor
Christine M. O’Rourke ’76
Donald Ojo
Steven A. Ostrow
Kathleen J. Parreno
Anthony V. Patti ’80
Barry C. Pearce ’70
Bob Perkins
Esther R. Phillips
Deborah Pines ’97
Susan Polirstok
Irwin H. Polishook
Dawn Powers ’99
Kathleen G. Quinn-Miller
Joseph W. Rachlin
William J. Rider, Jr.
Martha Rodríguez ’91
Irwin I. Rofman
Salvatore M. Romano
Arcides Rondon
Joanne Rosado
Sonia Rosado ’00
Enrique Sagaldo
Pamela Scheinman
Frank M. Schonfeld ’90
Nydia R. Senquiz ’98
Susan B. Morgenthau
Beverly Nygreen
Glen T. Nygreen
Jane ’69 and Fred D. Phelps
Rosemarie and Leonard Rockower
Anji Sun
Duane A. Tananbaum
Millie Wheeler
William Seraile
Ijnanya Shipman-Weaver
Carol M. Sicherman
Petra A. Silva
Ellen Simms
Kenneth P. Stein ’93
Ernest Strom
B. Lorraine Stuart ’72
Irving R. Stuart
Stanley F. Taback
Duane A. Tananbaum
Patricia J. Thompson ’73
Constance C. Usera ’96
Barbara E. Warkentine ’82
Nazlin B. Warner
William Waters
Sara B. and Albert K. Webster
Esther I. Wilder
Charlynn A. Willis ’97
Mariann Pezzella Winick
Marianne P. Winick
Gifts have been made honoring:
James V. Bruni
Billy Collins
John Corigliano
Ricardo R. Fernández
John K. Hilliard
Elias Karmon
Leonard Lief
Glen T. Nygreen
Sorosh Roshan
Anne Rothstein
The Rothstein Family
Rosanne Wille
Gifts have been made in memory of:
Frederick L. Callahan
Ann E. Chlebnikow
Michael J. Duffy
José L. Fernández Marchese
Charles Greenberg
Edwin Kramer
Herbert H. Lehman
Ruth Ann Lief
Rose M. Moehring
Rosemarie Rockower
Eugene A. Spatola
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Alumni Notes
A Man of Vision, Steve Sloan (’81) Sees with His Heart
1969
Dr. Michael Klausner, an associate professor
of sociology at the University of Pitt–Bradford has been inducted into the Pitt-Bradford
Athletic Hall of Fame. Dr. Klausner, a sociology and psychology major at Lehman, earned
his master’s and doctoral degrees from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
and began teaching at Pitt-Bradford in 1976.
Throughout his career, he has been involved
with the intellectual and academic development of student athletes and has incorporated athletics into his lessons. A confirmed
Yankees fan from his days growing up in the
Bronx, he auditioned as a young player at an
“open tryout” for the Philadelphia Phillies.
That experience led him to appreciate the
complexity and sacrifice made by athletes in
professional sports and the skills they need
to succeed.
1972
Bill Grossman, who earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in art from Lehman, has retired from teaching and moved
with his wife, Helene, to Chesterfield, Va.,
where he continues his pastime of making
collectible fishing lures. His work, which
has won several awards, begins with hardwoods like mahogany, maple or walnut and
incorporates a range of materials, from antique glass to guitar picks. Experts say his
lures capture both folk art and the creative
experience. As Grossman told the Richmond
Times-Dispatch, however, the real test of his
art form occurs in the water. “I pride myself
on the fact that my fishing lures really catch
fish,” he says.
Barbara M. (Sardinas) Roberts teaches in a
small elementary school in New Jersey. She
has taught all grades, from pre-kindergarten
to high school English and was also a writer
and editor for several publishers. She’s attending nursing school at night because “I
guess I’m just a professional academic at
heart.” About the public acclaim for her former teacher, Distinguished Professor of English Billy Collins, she writes that she always
knew he would “rock the literary world.”
1974
Charles Celauro, who earned his master’s
in elementary education from Lehman, is
the new principal of Sacred Heart School in
Yonkers. Celauro initially taught in the parochial school system before moving into
the public schools, where he rose to the position of principal at PS 9 in the Bronx, as
well as later in Highland Falls, N.Y., and at
MS/PS 111 in Queens. Retiring from public
school education, he began a new career in
the Catholic schools, first as principal at St.
John the Evangelist School in White Plains
and now at Sacred Heart.
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Steve Sloan (r) and Tony Danza, surrounded by a sea of smiling faces in the gym at PS 102.
A
s Steve Sloan (’81) sprints across the
PS 102 gymnasium among his fifthgraders, it’s almost impossible to
believe he is completely blind. But Sloan has
never let that fact become an obstacle. He has
spent over 20 years teaching physical education
and was recently chosen to carry the Olympic
Torch in Italy.
“I like what I’m doing because of the
children,” says Sloan. “I’m able to mold them
and develop them from pre-K on up to the
sixth grade. It’s like a family.”
Raised in various group homes and
orphanages, Sloan didn’t have a conventional
family, but this fact did not stop him from
aggressively pursuing his goals. After turning
18, he moved into Associated Blind Housing in
Manhattan but soon decided to leave because
the atmosphere was “too handicapped” for
him. He eventually settled in Parkchester
and never looked back. “I like being with
everybody. I like to party, and I like to mingle.”
With his students, Sloan is stern and
demanding. But his booming voice has a gentle
edge, and the students know he is genuinely
concerned about their welfare.
“We really wouldn’t come to the gym if he
wasn’t here,” says one 11-year-old, whom Sloan
calls “sweet chocolate.” (Sloan gives playful
nicknames to each one of his students.) “He’s
fun, but if you don’t listen to him, he becomes
strict,” the girl adds.
Her 12-year-old friend, whom Sloan calls
“macaroni and cheese,” says, “He teaches us a
lot about leadership and how we work together
and shape ourselves up. Even though he can’t
see, I think of him as a very artistic person. He
can picture us even though he can’t see.”
Early on, Sloan wanted to help people
with special needs. He came to Lehman as
a SEEK student and majored in therapeutic
recreation—one of only three blind students on
campus at the time.
He went on to earn his master’s in adapted
physical education and physical education in
sports and is also thinking about pursuing a
Ph.D. in education or psychology. “I am always
in tune with how the mind works,” he says.
Recently, Sloan appeared on “The Tony
Danza Show” after his school was chosen for a
gym makeover. PS 102 received a rock-climbing
wall and money for new equipment, as well as
500 sneakers for its students. That appearance opened the door for Sloan
to travel to Italy to carry the Olympic Torch, a
trip sponsored by Samsung. “That was a very
successful trip,” Sloan recalls. “It gave me a
sense of power and happiness.” ◆
Mark your calendars for Lehman’s next
Family Day event on Saturday, October
7, 2006. That’s when alumni and their
kids can enjoy a day of special activities
on campus. As the date gets closer, check
the website for more information (www.
lehman.edu) or call Barbara Smith at
718-960-8975.
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Annual ‘Climbathon’ Honors
Hero John D’Allara (’78)
Alumni Notes
Photos courtesy of The New Jersey Herald/Kelly Hill. Copyright, NJH, 2005. Used with permission.
M
ore than 500 Cub Scouts and Boy
Scouts found a special way to salute
the memory of New York City Police
Department rescue specialist John D’Allara
(’78), who died on 9/11 rescuing victims from
the burning second tower of the World Trade
Center. The Scouts took part in the second
annual John D’Allara Climbathon at the Mount
Allamuchy (N.J.) Scout Reservation, organized
by D’Allara’s Lehman classmate Dean Hoffman,
head of a Cub Scout pack in nearby Montville.
Hoffman told The New Jersey Herald that
D’Allara “attributed most of his success to his
career in scouting.” In his job with the city’s elite
Emergency Service Unit, D’Allara made many
rescues rappelling down bridges and tunnels.
Carol D’Allara—who met her husband
while she, too, was studying at Lehman—said
the Scouts were “the foundation of his service
to others.” At the first climbathon, she made
it to the top of the 30-foot rock-climbing wall.
Her son, Nick, did as well—three times, in
fact. Other family present included John’s twin
brother, Daniel, and the couple’s older son,
John, 11. All proceeds from the events are being used
to help pay for a new climbing wall that meets
new Boy Scouts’ standards. The current wall
must be replaced by 2010, at a cost of $60,000. ◆
Mom, Carol D’Allara, records the moment as
her son, Nick, 7, works his way to the top in
honor of his father.
In Memoriam
Alumni
1987
Firoozeh Khazrai (B.A., music), who taught Persian
at Princeton University, died last July after a two-year
battle with brain cancer. She was devoted to her students and continued to teach throughout her illness.
Khazrai, who grew up in a politically tumultuous Iran,
saw her brother imprisoned for political opposition to
the Shah and sought refuge in the arts, especially music. She was studying music when Iran’s fundamentalist
Islamic government shut down all universities in 1980.
Although the universities later reopened, the music departments did not. Khazrai changed her major to English language and literature, one of eight languages she
eventually learned. In 1986, she and her husband came
to the United States. Besides her degree from Lehman,
Khazrai earned an M.A. in musicology from City College and enrolled in Princeton in 1990 as a doctoral student in that field.
Faculty
Dr. Julius Golubow, Associate Professor Emeritus and
former Chair of Biological Sciences, died on Nov. 1,
2005. Besides teaching both undergraduate and gradu-
ate students, including science teachers, he served for
many years as the College’s pre-medical and pre-dental advisor, helping numerous Lehman students attain
admission into professional programs and embark on
successful careers in these fields. He joined the Lehman
faculty in 1968 and retired in 1995, returning as an adjunct until 1996.
Dr. Matthew Kerner, Assistant Professor of Health Sciences, died on March 18, 2006. An expert in exercise
physiology and childhood obesity, he joined the faculty
in 2002 and established the College’s human performance laboratory. He also designed a new degree program in exercise science.
Dr. Richard L. Larson, Professor of English Emeritus
and former Associate Dean of Education and Dean of
Professional Studies, died on Jan. 20, 2006. As Dean,
he helped to guide the College through the difficult
financial period that began in 1975 and enabled it to
move forward afterwards. His early research analyzed
discourse structure at the sentence and paragraph levels. His later work focused on writing curricula and assessment. He began teaching at Lehman in 1973 and
retired in 2003. ◆
1974
Joseph Zeolla, who owns a hardware store in
Ardsley, N.Y., always loved the theatre when
he was a student at Lehman and has been
pursuing that interest in community productions. Among the roles he’s successfully
taken on at the Irvington Town Hall Theatre
is the part of Bellamy, one of the fathers in
“The Fantasticks,” and that of Nathan Detroit in “Guys and Dolls.”
1975
Harry Jakubowitz (B.S., accounting) has
been elected Treasurer of Curtiss-Wright
Corporation in Roseland, N.J. Besides managing the company’s worldwide tax function, he oversees its treasury and risk management functions. Jakubowitz joined the
firm in 2002 as Director of Taxes and has
been instrumental in structuring numerous
acquisitions and reducing the firm’s effective tax rate. Before that, he was Vice President of Taxes and Treasurer and Assistant
Secretary of General Semiconductor, Inc.,
and had earlier been Director of Taxes and
Assistant Treasurer of General Instrument
Corporation, a multinational cable equipment manufacturer. He earned an M.B.A. in
tax from St. John’s University.
1977
Patricia (Rogers) Alelov (B.A., psychology)
has been promoted from Coordinator of
Non-Credit Programs to Assistant Director
of Continuing Education at the West Essex
campus of Essex County College in New Jersey. She is working toward a master’s degree
in administrative science at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
1978
Michael F. Nocito has been elected Vice
President of Administration and Planning
of the Newsprint Division of Bowater Incorporated, a leading producer of newsprint,
coated mechanical and specialty papers. Previously, he was Vice President–Controller of
the company, headquartered in Greenville,
S.C. He holds an M.B.A. from the University
of Connecticut.
1979
Shain Bard (M.F.A.) won first place for
her “Sunset Series #1” in the 30th Annual
Juried Fine Arts Exhibition and sale at the
Mills Pond House Gallery in Saint James,
N.Y. The show was sponsored by the Smithtown Township Arts Gallery. Bard, who
lives, paints and teaches in Westbury, N.Y.,
has received numerous “Best in Show” and
awards of excellence for her landscapes. Her
work has been included in many gallery exhibitions, as well as in corporate and private
collections.
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Love Found at Lehman
Comforts Military Family in Wartime
Alumni Notes
1980
James Curcio (M.S., recreation education),
who directs physical education and athletics at Franklin K. Lane School in Brooklyn,
is also the varsity boys’ basketball coach at
the Wheatley School in Mineola, N.Y. He
recently achieved a significant coaching
milestone: his 200th career varsity basketball victory. The win came on January 30 in
Wheatley’s overtime defeat of Locust Valley. His first win was during the 1985-86
season when he was coaching varsity basketball at Transit Tech High School in New
York City.
1997
Henry Vázquez (B.A.), a writer and producer for WCAU/NBC in Philadelphia, won
an Emmy last year for “Individual Achievement in Writing in Promotions.” Vázquez,
who majored in mass communication at
Lehman, started his career at WB11 in New
York City and attributes his success to the
collaborative environment at WCAU. He
is married to fellow Lehman alum Joanna
Deleón. They met when both were officers
in CASA (the Campus Association for Student Activities).
2000
Fatima R. Vásquez, along with more than
470 Navy reservists, was mobilized from
the Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support
Force Charlie, based in Williamsburg, Va.,
and deployed to Iraq and Kuwait. Her unit
is working directly for the Army to provide
a combat service support mission, relieving
Army personnel as part of a scheduled force
rotation. Their primary mission is cargo
handling, including vessel on- and off-loading, as well as yard operations.
Eli Yamin (M.A.T.) is the Director, Piano,
at the Middle School Jazz Academy, which
is the first formal instrumental instruction program of “Jazz at Lincoln Center.”
Thirteen New York City students from
fifth through eighth grades were chosen to
be part of the tuition-free Academy. They
work with a faculty composed of acclaimed
professional jazz musicians who are equally
qualified as educators. Yamin, an alumnus
of the Illinois Jacquet Big Band, was Musical Director for the tenth anniversary tour
of Duke Ellington’s “Sophisticated Ladies.”
A long-time teaching artist with the Lincoln
Center Institute for the Arts in Education,
he is a jazz pianist, composer, educator and
broadcaster. He co-founded the New Yorkbased Jazz Drama Program and created and
continues to perform “The Magic and Mechanics of Jazz,” an interactive jazz education program initially presented by Young
Audiences New York.
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W
hen Steven and Janet Rivera met at
Lehman in 1990, they had an instant
rapport. Now married with three
children, they have forged an unshakable bond
over the years that
has helped them cope
with Steven’s recent
deployments in Iraq.
They met on
the first day of
class, as Janet was
familiarizing herself
with the campus.
“It was love at first
sight,” she says. They
Above: ‘Love at first sight’
spent many happy
at Lehman. Right: Steven
times in the Student
on tour in Iraq with PFC
Life Center, the gym
Maynard (l), who’s from
and taking classes
Wisconsin, and, below,
together. Even when
reunited with his children.
Janet transferred to
another college after her first year, the two South
Bronx natives continued their relationship and
eventually married.
In 1994, the couple moved to Puerto Rico so
she could be closer to her family. While there,
Steven joined the National Guard and shortly
afterwards went on active duty in the Army.
Although he was sent to Kuwait in 1996 and
Iraq in 2003, Steven’s most recent tour of duty in
Iraq was the most difficult for both him and his
family. “I got depressed a couple of times,” says
Steven, who was stationed in Bacuba for one year
starting January 2005. “I would find any means
to call home. Once I called, it made my day.”
“At the time he left, we were all devastated and
scared,” says Janet, whose father fought in World
War II, “but we hoped and prayed for the best.”
Steven prepared for the reality that he might not
return by buying a house, preparing his will and
life insurance, and making a videotape of his
goodbyes for Janet and their children, ages 13,
9 and 4. “People questioned why he would go
to such extremes,” Janet adds, “but being in the
Army, you never know what can happen.”
Steven says this last tour was something he
had to do. As part of the Third Brigade, Third
Infantry Division, he spent most of his time on
patrol and monitoring the Iraqi police in the
government center. Although he was fortunate
not to have confronted insurgents, on one
occasion he was dangerously close to a suicide
car bomber, and also lost one of his friends in
combat. He returned to his Columbus, Ga., home
this January—just in time to celebrate his 34th
birthday with his family, who threw him a party.
While Steven was deployed, Janet did her best
to protect their children from the horrors of war
and assuage their fears that their father would not
return. “I tried not to watch the news as much,
especially around the kids,” she says. “Our relief
was hearing his voice and chatting with him on
the computer.”
As a military family, the Riveras always have
to be prepared for the possibility of Steven’s
deployment, which he says will be more than
likely in the near future. Janet admits the
uncertainty of military life is difficult to handle,
but so far they have weathered the challenges by
facing them together.
“It’s like people say, the Army will either break
you or make you,” she says, “and so far, it has
made us stronger.” ◆
Weddings
Andrea Selena Eder (M.A., health education and promotion, ’02) was married on July 17, 2005, to Leonard Steven
Salis. She is an instructor in health education at Queensborough Community College, an independent fitness
instructor and a doctoral candidate in educational psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her husband is an
associate at a midtown law firm. They met on the Long Island Rail Road, and their first conversation, she told The
New York Times, “was more like catching up with an old friend than meeting someone for the first time.”
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Abdel Salaam, One of Lehman’s First Dance Majors,
Becomes a Creative Force in His Field
J
ust two days before Abdel Salaam
was scheduled to report for active
duty in Vietnam, he received his
acceptance letter from Lehman College.
Not only did his enrollment at Lehman
save him from the draft, it also helped
Salaam find his true calling, ultimately
propelling him into a career as a dancer,
choreographer and co-founder of his
own dance troupe.
“I had no intention of being a
dancer,” says Salaam, who graduated
from the High School
of Music and Art and
entered Lehman as
a SEEK student. “I
wanted to be a jazz
saxophonist. I wanted
to be Coltrane.” He
gave up on the idea
after being told he
Abdel Salaam
would have to play a
more orchestral instrument, like viola, in order
to specialize in music at his high school.
He spent his freshman year at Lehman
searching for a discipline that really excited
him. Then, while jogging along the reservoir for
physical education class, he met Professor and
choreographer Joan Miller, who asked him if
he’d ever thought about being a dancer.
“She told me she was starting a dance
program at Lehman and asked if I would
consider dancing professionally,” says Salaam.
He was skeptical at first but then decided to
consider her offer. It didn’t take much for him
to get hooked and he went on to become one
of the College’s first dance majors in the new
Bachelor of Fine Arts program.
After just two years of training, Salaam
was offered a spot with the Alvin Ailey Dance
Company but chose to remain in school and
follow his own artistic vision. In 1973, he left
Lehman to take a position as a member of the
Chuck Davis Dance Company and as Davis’s
assistant in the National Artist in the Schools
Program, a program funded by the National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA). During his career, he has held a string of
impressive jobs in professional dance, including
principal dancer with the Joan Miller Chamber
Arts/Dance Players; associate artistic director
of the Chuck Davis Dance Company; guest
artist with the American Contemporary
Ballet Company; and guest artist with the
Contemporary Chamber Dance Theater.
The company performs “Express Way” (2005).
He has served as a choreographer for
television programs like “Expressions in
Black: Story of a People” (WABC), “The
Caribbean Music Awards” (BET) and “Great
Performances” (PBS/WNET). In the 1990s, he
received two Choreographer’s Fellowships from
the National Endowment for the Arts and also
became a movement specialist for the NEA, a
lifetime appointment.
In 1981, Salaam, together with his
professional partner, Olabamidele Husbands,
and his wife, Dyane Harvey, founded Forces of
Nature Dance Theater. The company, which
has performed in Europe, Africa and all over
the United States, celebrates its 25th anniversary
this year.
“A strong part of the repertoire is about
ecology and the environment,” says Salaam.
“We stress the importance of living in harmony
with nature and using dance as a vehicle for
social reform. The arts are one of the greatest
tools of social enhancement and human reform
that we have.” The company also uses dance to
explore the history and cultures of peoples of
the African Diaspora.
Salaam credits much of what he has learned
about his craft to Lehman’s Joan Miller, whom
he calls his “dance mother.” He adds that the
curriculum at Lehman covered such a broad
range of dance, from ballet to West African,
that it provided him and fellow students with a
very rounded, philosophical view of the field.
“Lehman was just an amazing experience for
me,” says Salaam, who entered college during
both the civil rights movement and the black
power movement. “I was a young character
being impacted by all of these things, and
dance and the arts became the through line for
me. I don’t think I would have had the same
experience anywhere else.” ◆
Alumni Notes
2001
Rafael Jiménez (B.A., anthropology) has
taught history in the New York City public
school system and also used music to teach
ESL (English as a Second Language) through
a program called “Los Cumbancheros,”
which began at MS 391 in Region One of the
Bronx. He is the first director of the program
at PS/MS 15 and also dean of the elementary
school there. In 2004, he published a book of
poetry, Captured Thoughts.
Ana Rodríguez is a Business Specialist at
Bank of America. At Lehman, she majored in
accounting and interned at both the Bronx
Small Business Development Center and the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority. At
the SBDC, she says she received “the best
professional and personal support anyone
could ever receive from their employer and
coworkers.” She met with small business
owners at every stage of their development,
from start-up to maturity, and was promoted
to the position of business counselor, which
gave her the opportunity to meet with various New York bankers who represented different nationalities and cultures. Those professional connections later helped her in her
job search. Most importantly, she adds, her
education at Lehman and her involvement
with the SBDC “empowered me to move on
to bigger and better experiences in life.”
2004
Patrick Scanlon is the facility manager and
“ice engineer” at the E.J. Murray Memorial
Skating Center in Yonkers. He uses his experience from playing and coaching hockey
to help maintain a perfectly clean sheet of
ice—despite the outdoor temperatures—at
the semi-enclosed rink.
2005
Harold Harris (B.S., music) has remained
busy as a musician and educator. He toured
the West Coast over Christmas, teaching a
master class at the University of California at
San Diego, and recently finished a week at the
Iridium Club with Mose Allison. This spring,
he will be taking part in the Jazz Month Celebration in Monterrey, Mexico, at the invitation of the American Consulate there. Harris
was born in Indianapolis (not San Francisco),
as previously reported in Lehman Lightning
(Summer/Fall 2006), and has taught music
at New York University and Mannes College
(not Rutgers).
Ann Layvey (B.A., biology) has been accepted to the University of Pennsylvania School
of Dental Medicine and awarded the Dean’s
Scholarship. This award—given to a very
small number of highly qualified and talented
individuals—provides a grant equal to onehalf of the annual tuition for all four years of
dental school. ◆
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Waiting for a Train? Take Time to Admire the Work
Of Alumni and Other Artists in Public Art Project
T
he Lehman College Art Gallery this
spring is presenting “Bronx Bound,” an
exhibition featuring 27 new MTA public art projects planned for train stations along
the 2, 4 and 5 lines in the Bronx.
These permanent, site-specific projects are
being commissioned as part of the MTA’s capital program to rehabilitate stations in the transit network. Artists are selected by a panel of
arts professionals and community representa-
tives organized by the Arts for Transit program
through a competitive process. The exhibition
includes drawings, studies, installation photographs and related materials and runs through
May 16. After that, the works will be included
as part of the gallery’s website, “Public Art in
the Bronx,” which features over 100 public
projects. Included in the exhibit were works
by Lehman alumni Lisa Amowitz and George
Crespo. ◆
LISA AMOWITZ (M.F.A., ’98) chairs the
Art and Music programs at Bronx Community College. In her work as an artist,
she often uses images drawn from nature
to make statements about herself and the
human condition. With a background in
graphic design, she says she never really
considered herself a “fine artist” until she
studied at Lehman, even though she had
taken numerous figure-drawing classes.
“Lehman helped me connect with my artistic voice,” she says, “and helped define me as a fine artist.” The work she undertook for the MTA
came out of the events of 9/11 and focuses on “rebuilding, renewal and hope.” Conveying her belief
that “nothing can really destroy the human spirit,” it is entitled “What We Build Is Not Permanent;
We Are Not What We Build.” Above: The artist, who was pregnant while she was studying at Lehman, visited the exhibition and showed her new work to her daughter, Rebecca, who’s now 9.
GEORGE CRESPO (M.F.A., ’01) loves the fact that he
is teaching sixth-grade art in the middle school he attended as a child. “I feel that I’m giving back to my Latino community,” he says. In fact, because he is also an
author and illustrator of children’s books, some of his
work is even in his students’ textbooks. Children’s literature from different parts of Latin America inspires
his art, including his project for the MTA. Left: The
artist and his work, “Latin American Stories,” soon to
be displayed at the Freeman station on the #2 line.
LEHMAN CO L L E G E
The City University of New York
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx, New York 10468-1589
“Reaching Out for Each Other” by Juan Sánchez.
176th Street Station, #4 line.
“A Trip Up the Bronx River, 2004” by Daniel Del
Valle. 174th Street Station, #2 and #5 lines.
“Homage, 2006” by Joseph D’Alesandro. 219th Street
Station, #2 and #5 lines.
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