Lehman Center Turns Thirty - Lehman College

Features
Commencement 2010:
A Grand Day for Celebrating
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Four Alumni Win Fulbrights 10
Lehman Center Turns Thirty 12
Photographing Woodlawn 16
Where in the USA Are 20
Lehman Alumni?
Dr. Lesco Rogers (‘84): 24
Alumni ‘Linked by Our
Lehman Educational DNA’
Alumni Mentors/Arts and 26
Humanities Alumni Reception
New Alumni Director and 30
Board Offi cers
Spotlight on Alumni 27-29
Dennis Goode (‘72), Estrella Rivera Jacobowitz (‘72),
Patricia M. Smith (‘74), Theodore Swetz (‘76),
David Willinger (‘72, ‘75)
Plus:
Spring Events Calendar 18-19
Annual Fund Report, 2010 31-35
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Contents
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Photo by Adi Talwar
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Departments
2 Campus Walk
6 Sports News
7 Development News
8 Bookshelf
36 Remember When?
On the Cover: A trumpeter sounds the majestic notes of Handel’s Messiah,
one of many popular and classical performances that take place in Lehman
Center for the Performing Arts. Cover photos by Adi Talwar.
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A message from
President Ricardo R. Fernández
This issue of Lehman Today is fi lled with stories of accomplishment. These stories
are created by alumni who are winning prestigious Fulbright Awards, writing
books, and achieving their dreams ... by faculty who are making new discoveries
and leading us along new intellectual journeys ... and by our current students, who
are winning recognition for their academics, competing hard in varsity sports, and
serving our campus and community in dozens of different ways.
Lehman College, as well, has an accomplishment to celebrate: a ranking by
US News & World Report as both a Tier 1 institution and one of the Northeast’s
Top 50 Public Colleges.
We applaud this news. The excellence of Lehman College, and of the exceptional
learning that takes place across our programs, is becoming less of a “best-kept
secret.” The record carved by you, our alumni, in dozens of careers and professions
is one reason the larger world is hearing more about Lehman. We continue to be
proud of the work you do—and surprised by all the many different places that are
now your home. The map on page 21 says it all: Lehman alumni are living coast to
coast, in all fi fty states, as well as Puerto Rico. Wherever you settle, however far from
the Bronx, I urge you to stay in touch with Lehman’s Alumni Offi ce, which offers
many ways for you to connect with your fellow graduates, as well as opportunities
to become involved with today’s students.
If you are still part of the New York metropolitan area or if you travel back here for
a visit, I encourage you to stop by the College and see again both the old, familiar
places as well as the new facilities recently opened or under way. Enjoy a lecture
or recital or one of the other events listed on pages 18-19. In particular, take note
of the remarkable series of concerts and performances scheduled this spring at
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts. The Center, which is celebrating its thirtieth
anniversary, is attracting ever-wider critical recognition and capacity audiences.
My special thanks go to the 1,456 alumni and friends who contributed more than
$924,000 to the College’s Annual Fund and whose name appears in the report
contained in this issue. Your support of the education Lehman offers and of the
students we serve is vital to the College’s mission and enables the men and women
of another generation to continue writing their own stories of accomplishment.