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LEHMAN ALUMNUS MITCH WEISS 

WINS PULITZER PRIZE ........................2 

LEGOS® AREN'T JUST FOR KIDS 

ANYMORE ...........................................2 

COMMUNICATIONS STUDIO OPENS ......3 

THEATRE LEGENDS DROP BY CARMAN 

HALL FOR 'CONVERSATIONS' ...............4 

BRONX SBDC PARTNERS WITH 

CLINTON FOUNDATION .......................5 

LEHMAN SPORTS ROUND-UP ..............6 

PROF. SPEAR (AND HIS WEBSITE) 

WIN PRESTIGIOUS FRENCH AWARD .....8 

TWO ALUMNI SHARE FRIENDSHIP, 

LOVE OF TEACHING AND NOW NBPTS 

CERTIFICATION ...................................9 

LEHMAN FAMILY DAY .......................12 

DEVELOPMENT NEWS ......10-11, 15-19 

'I was allowed to think and speak out.' 

From protesting as a student in the ‘70s, Myrna Rivera 

went on from Lehman to become the founder 

and CEO of one of the first Hispanic investment 

consulting firms. See page 14. 

LEHMAN COLLEGE 

The City University of New York 

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West 

Bronx, New York 10468 

www.lehman.edu 

New Portrait 

Bust of HHL 

Helps Keep 

His Legacy 

Alive 

Herbert H. Lehman 

spent over thirty 

years in public service, 

as a Governor, U.S. Senator and first director of 

the U.N. Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, 

but few portraits or statues remind the 

public of his contribution. 

This spring, thanks to sculptor John Belardo 

of the Lehman Art Department, visitors 

to the State Capitol not only are enjoying a 

new work of art but also are looking into the 

pages of history. A portrait bust of Governor 

Spring 2005 

Award-Winning Actress Chita Rivera Honored at Lehman 

Chita Rivera has been dazzling 

Broadway audiences since she 

starred as the original Anita in the 

1956 debut of “West Side Story.” 

This spring, the two-time Tony 

Award-winning actress displayed 

another side of her talent—as a 

teacher—to fifteen aspiring young 

performers, who gathered at Lehman 

for a musical theatre workshop 

sponsored by Walt Disney Entertainment. 

Leading the workshop was Kent 

Gash, associate artistic director of 

the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, 

who critiqued the performance of 

each student individually and offered 

advice about performing on stage, including 

the skills needed for successful auditions. 

This was the third such workshop held at 

Lehman, and the second one for senior Chaunice 

Chapman. It's an experience, she says, that 

she would not have had elsewhere. 

“The workshops showed me what I could 

do,” she explains. Besides the experience of 

being auditioned and critiqued by professionals, 

she was introduced to a group of influential 

people in the industry who described the steps 

Lehman, commissioned by the College, graces 

the Governor's Reception Area of the Capitol 

Building, along with a description of some of 

his accomplishments. 

Cast in bronze and standing over two feet 

high, the bust was unveiled in the fall at the 

FDR Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde 

Park, at a conference designed to raise awareness 

about Governor Lehman's life and legacy. 

Lehman served as Lieutenant Governor under 

FDR and succeeded to the Governor’s office 

when FDR won the 1932 presidential election. 

On hand for the conference were members 

of the Lehman family, as well as College 

faculty and staff. Featured speakers included 

Lehman President Ricardo R. Fernández; 

Governor Lehman’s niece, June Bingham Birge; 

and Lehman History Chair, Professor Duane 

Tananbaum, who was conference co-chair. 

The bust remains in Albany until May 13.◆ 

Lehman theatre majors Chaunice Chapman and Lawrence Lucero pick 

up encouragement and advice from Tony Award-winning actress Chita 

Rivera. Both students were selected from a round of auditions to take part 

in a musical theatre workshop sponsored by Walt Disney Entertainment. 

she needs to take in order to reach her goals. 

“Knowing that it's possible to be a professional 

in the theatre makes it more real. It adds 

to the drive to go out and achieve it.” 

Students at Celia Cruz Bronx High School 

of Music, meanwhile, also enjoyed a workshop 

led by Peter Flynn (“Lumiere” in the Broadway 

production of “Beauty and the Beast”). Lehman 

is the lead partner in the high school. 

Highlighting the day was a luncheon honoring 

Ms. Rivera for her contributions, with the 

awarding not of an Oscar but of a “Mouscar.” ◆

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Lehman's Golden Key 

Wins Chapter Award 

Ayanna Timothy, Haydee Acevedo 

accept the Chapter Award from 

Professor Di Yerbury, vice chancellor 

of Macquarie University in Australia. 

The Lehman chapter of Golden Key 

International Honor Society has 

won the prestigious Key Chapter 

Award, awarded to only one chapter 

each year. 

The award honors chapters that 

excel in communication, publicity, 

meeting management, chapter 

activities and leadership, as well 

as in participation in regional and 

international programs. 

Golden Key cited the Lehman 

chapter's “outstanding teamwork, 

dedication and collaboration with 

other student organizations on their 

campus.” Golden Key has nearly 350 

chapters on four continents. 

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 of 

Media Relations and Publications. 

Editor: Marge Rice. Staff: Keisha-Gaye Anderson, 

Barbara Cardillo, Lisandra Merentis, Yeara Milton, 

Florian Penev and Phyllis Yip 

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Alumnus Mitch Weiss '81 

Credits Lehman Faculty for Giving Him a Strong Start 

Mitch Weiss was never that 

excited about school. He 

preferred hanging out with friends 

and checking out the hottest grafitti 

in the New York City subways. 

But when he enrolled in Lehman 

College, the Pulitzer Prize-winning 

journalist found the faculty support 

and academic foundation that he 

needed to speed him on his way to a 

successful journalistic career. 

“I wasn’t a great student in high 

school,” says Weiss, a writer for 

the Toledo Blade. “I was more into 

hanging out than I was into going to school.” 

Weiss won a Pulitzer Prize in 2004 for his 

four-part series, “Buried Secrets, Brutal Truths,” 

which exposed a U.S. government cover-up 

of Vietnam war crimes committed by the U.S. 

military group Tiger Force. 

He always knew that he wanted to be a 

writer, but it wasn’t until he entered Lehman 

that he began to seriously nurture that dream. 

“Lehman gave me a great foundation,” he says. 

“The thing that really benefited me was the fact 

that the teachers were accessible and the classes 

were small. It was a world-class faculty.” 

After graduating from Lehman 

in 1981, he went on to earn his 

master’s in journalism from 

Northwestern. 

Like many Lehman students, 

Weiss worked while going to 

school to help pay his tuition. 

He grew up in the Bronx in a 

working-class family that believed 

education was very important. He 

says that the one-on-one attention 

he received from his Lehman 

Mitch Weiss '81 professors really helped him to stay 

on track with his educational goals. 

“If I didn’t have teachers who were interested 

in me, maybe I would have fallen through the 

cracks,” says Weiss, whose brother and sister 

also graduated from Lehman. He tries to give 

that same kind of personalized attention to the 

students he teaches at the University of Toledo. 

“It seemed that the teachers at Lehman 

were more interested in connecting with the 

students. That was really helpful.” 

Weiss is taking time off to work on a book 

based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning article. The 

book, Tiger Force (Little, Brown and Company), 

is scheduled for release later this year. ◆ 

The City and the Humanities Program at Lehman will sponsor a lecture by Mitch Weiss 

and his co-author, Michael Sala, on Thursday, December 1, 2005 at 12:30 pm. All alumni 

and friends of the College are invited. Details will be posted on the Lehman website 

(www.lehman.edu) and published in the next issue of Lehman Lightning. 

Legos ® Aren't Just for Kids Anymore 

Lehman students are building programming 

skills by building robots. 

These robots are only about as smart as 

a microwave oven, but Lehman Scholars 

and Honors College students are able to 

make them do some interesting things. 

The students are looking at the effects 

of computers on society, especially 

how robotics impacts our interaction 

with the world. Besides traditional 

coursework, the students design, build 

and program Lego® Mindstorm Robots 

to perform various tasks and also create 

a technical guide to their use. 

Equipped with only an H8 Hitachi processor, 

the same type used in microwave ovens, 

the students program the robots to follow a 

flashlight, navigate an obstacle course, play 

catch with another robot, throw balls into 

baskets and send messages to other robots. 

“Compared to a regular laptop, the robots 

aren’t very smart,” says Professor Katherine 

St. John, who teaches the course. “It’s amazing 

Professor Katherine St. John (right) watches as Judy 

Figueroa runs her robot through its paces. 

how much you can do with so little processing 

power and speed.” The course also teaches students 

about geometry, gearing and locomotion. 

“The most practical thing the students learn 

is how to program a computer,” says Professor 

St. John. “These skills will transfer to programming 

in C, C++, and Java—all commonly used 

today.” ◆

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New Communications Studio Opens on Campus 

Live from Lehman...it’s COM 

200. This new course, entitled 

“Broadcast Workshop–Internet, 

Video and Audio Broadcasting,” is 

providing students with valuable 

hands-on training in television, 

radio and Internet production 

through a new, state-of-the-art 

studio in Carman Hall. 

For their premiere broadcast, 

students produced two half-hour 

segments of in-studio discus- 

Samuel de la Cruz, a junior majoring in Multilingual 

Journalism, prepares a new program. 

sion and analysis of the presidential and local 

elections, which aired on election night to over 

250,000 households via Bronxnet. 

“The election provided the perfect opportunity 

to launch the project,” says Professor 

James Carney, who teaches the course. “The 

importance of the election and the availability 

of research information for students gave them 

a great deal of material on which to base a freeflowing 

discussion.” 

The discussions covered specific aspects 

of each race, including the importance of the 

youth, religious and minority votes as well as 

gerrymandering of election districts. 

Students taking COM 200 are trained in 

radio production and engineering, semi-automated 

studio TV production and the produc- 

Professor James Carney (left), College Laboratory 

Technician Yves Dossous (seated) and some of the 

students of COM 200. 

tion of audio and video programming for the 

Internet. Equipped with Panasonic robotic 

camera systems similar to those used in the 

studios of WFAN and MSNBC, the Lehman 

studio provides strong technical training for 

students planning careers in broadcasting. 

“The VT-3 computer switching/mixing/ 

graphics and editing system represents one of 

the most recent ‘studio in a box’ concepts,” says 

Professor Carney. 

Students can also leave the course with a 

portfolio of their programs to present to future 

employers. Professor Carney hopes to eventually 

place a link on the Lehman website that 

will connect listeners to the virtual Lehman 

NetRadio station where they can enjoy live, 

recorded and archived audio shows created by 

his students. 

One more long-term goal for the course is to 

feed the students' programming to Bronxnet, 

which in turn can cablecast the shows to over 

a quarter-million Bronx residences. Another 

objective is to produce nightly TV news breaks 

written, gathered and reported by students. 

“The goal is to have two-minute newsbreak 

windows on Bronxnet similar to the way CNN 

Headline News provides local breaks to local 

cable systems,” says Professor Carney. “This 

will take a few semesters to complete.” ◆ 

The Awards Keep Coming for ‘Inside Lehman’ 

“Inside Lehman” has won a first-place award 

from the Alliance for Community Media—on 

top of a bronze Telly Award from last spring. 

The student-produced video magazine 

originates from Lehman’s new Department of 

Journalism, Communication and Theatre. 

“With 100 entries more than last year’s 

competition, our group was up against some 

top-notch cable television programming,” says 

Professor Lynne Van Voorhis, the program’s 

executive producer. Last year, the group won 

in the special-interest programming category 

for the segment produced during Spring 2003. 

This time, the Spring 2004 program was honored. 

“It’s pretty impressive that we won,” says 

Lou Gonzales, a sophomore and reporter on 

the program. “We put a lot of time and dedication 

into making this a quality product.” 

“I feel that I’ve been working with an allstar 

team,” says Harvey Bien, another “Inside 

Lehman” reporter. ◆ 

Home on the Range 

One Lehman graduate student recently 

enjoyed the opportunity to work in the 

wide open spaces of rural Montana, 

thanks to the Hispanic Association of 

Colleges and Universities (HACU). 

Juandy Paredes, who's studying recreation, 

wanted to gain some practical 

experience in her field, so she applied 

to the HACU internship program and 

was accepted for an internship with 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 

Forest Service. 

“Employers are looking for experience. 

I wanted experience in that area and 

also to see if I would like it,” says Paredes, 

who admits she was nervous about 

going out to Montana. “Not only was 

I there to work but I was able to relax 

and make friends. It made a girl from 

the Bronx feel very at home.” 

Paredes was based at the ranger station 

in Neihart, Montana, during her 

two-month internship. She worked 

in the field, keeping the hiking trails 

safe for the visiting population and 

surveying trails to document how long 

they were and their level of difficulty. 

She was also trained in the use of 

ATV’s (all-terrain vehicles) as well as 

horseback riding. Paredes was the only 

Lehman student awarded a placement 

in Montana. 

HACU covered Paredes’ airfare and 

paid her a stipend from which housing 

costs were deducted. ◆ 

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Helping Teachers Helps Their 

Students, Study Shows 

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A new initiative of the New York 

City Mathematics Project—a 

program of the Lehman-based 

CUNY Institute for Literacy 

Studies—has shown dramatic 

results in improving student 

math skills. 

The five-year initiative, 

called “Teacher Leaders 

for Mathematics Success” 

(TL=MS), was funded by the 

National Science Foundation 

and evaluated in a longitudinal 

study by the Academy for 

Educational Development, a 

national educational assessment 

organization. 

TL=MS involved 280 K–8 

teachers in over 20 low-income 

schools throughout the 

Bronx, who received ongoing 

professional development that 

improved their understanding 

of math and how to teach it. 

The program, in turn, had a 

positive impact on students, 

with almost 90 percent showing 

increases in math performance, 

regardless of their gender, race, 

ethnicity or English-language 

skills. 

“It’s possible,” concludes Marcie 

Wolfe, the Institute’s Executive 

Director, “to increase children’s 

opportunities for success in 

mathematics if their teachers 

expand their content knowledge, 

develop more enthusiasm 

for teaching math, and use a 

range of instructional strategies 

that are both engaging and 

rigorous.” ◆ 

Theatre Legends Drop By Carman Hall 

For ‘Conversations’ with Professor Bill Hoffman 

When award-winning 

playwright Edward Albee 

last visited Lehman College, 

as a guest professor in an English 

drama course, his hair was considerably 

longer, and TV cameras 

weren't rolling. This time 

around, his appearance not only 

was captured for television but it 

was also part of an ongoing series 

of “Conversations” being held at 

Lehman with theatre legends. 

Creator and host of the 

program is Lehman Professor 

William M. Hoffman, well-known 

in the theatre world in his own 

right. Winner of a Drama Desk 

Award and an Obie for his 1985 

Broadway play As Is, as well as 

Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize 

nominations, he has also won 

both a Writers Guild award and 

an Emmy nomination for his 

work in television. 

In his interview on “Conversations,” 

Albee fondly recounted the 

numerous odd jobs he held in Manhattan in his 

youth, including work as a Western Union messenger. 

He also discussed why each one of his 

plays is unique. 

Perhaps best known for Who’s Afraid of 

Virginia Woolf?—the play that won him the Tony 

Award in 1962—Albee also won the Pulitzer 

Prize for A Delicate Balance (1966), Seascape 

(1975) and Three Tall Women (1994). His play 

The Zoo Story first placed him in the public 

eye in 1959 and is credited with giving birth to 

American absurdist drama. 

Among other recent guests on “Conversations” 

have been Metropolitan Opera star 

Regina Resnik, caberet legend Barbara Cook, 

composer and librettist Mark Adamo, theatre 

critic Michael Feingold and playwright Lanford 

Wilson—and coming up this spring, famed 

playwright, novelist and screenwriter Arthur 

Laurents. 

Professor Hoffman has also brought his own 

original works to the Lehman campus, including 

this spring's debut of “The Stench of Art.” This 

is his third play in a series that has turned into a 

trilogy of comic/tragic works critically examining 

current American life. 

The first play, “Chico De Jazzzz,” examined 

the excesses of our criminal justice system, while 

Edward Albee on his first visit to Lehman (left) 

and appearing on the “Conversations” series 

(above), which is taped before a live audience in 

Room C-14 of Carman Hall (below). 

the second, “Cyberian Nights,” looked at how the 

Internet has impacted our lonely, isolated existences. 

The third play, he says, “will discuss how the 

arts have come to replace other spiritual values 

in America. We have come to literally worship art 

and artists, building museum after museum that 

contain wildly overpriced works that mystify the 

masses. Artists often feel under no obligation to 

communicate with their audiences. 

“In ‘The Stench of Art’ I raise the question if 

it is right to worship Art, as the ancient Israelites 

worshipped the Golden Calf, before being brought 

back to their senses by Moses.” ◆ 

Coming to Lehman This Spring 

Friday, May 6, 8 pm 

ALL -STAR LATIN JAZZ TRIBUTE TO 

TITO PUENTE 

(in Lehman Center for the Performing Arts) 

Friday, May 13, and Saturday, May 14, 8 pm 

LA BOHÈME (in the Lovinger Theatre) 

Saturday, May 21, 12 pm 

ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTION 

LUNCHEON 

Sunday, May 22, 2 pm 

DRAGONS, DRUMS AND DAGGERS: 

ARTS OF IMPERIAL CHINA 

(in Lehman Center for the Performing Arts)

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Bronx SBDC Partners With 

William Jefferson Clinton Foundation 

For more than four years, the Small Business 

Development Center (SBDC) at Lehman 

College has helped thousands of clients start or 

expand their businesses—all for free. 

To date, the Center has counseled over 3,000 

people, saved and created over 1,200 jobs and 

helped identify over $28 million in financing for 

small business owners. Now the SBDC has taken 

its services one step further with help from the 

William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Foundation. 

Last spring, former President Clinton announced 

the expansion of the initial Harlem 

Small Business Initiative to include the Bronx and 

Brooklyn. The goal is to help small businesses 

compete in the growing marketplace. Lehman, 

along with NYU's Stern School of Business and 

other organizations, is leading the effort. 

The program provides hands-on project direction 

for small business start-ups and a maintenance 

plan for participating businesses. It is also 

enabling the SBDC to hire 10 Lehman students as 

paid interns in the Center for a two-year commitment. 

Past interns have gone on to work for 

companies like Citibank and Sony. 

Some of the businesses that have thrived with 

the help of the SBDC include the popular Cynergy 

Spa on 135th Street in Harlem and Sola Salon 

Systems in the Bronx, which has been featured in 

Crain’s New York Business. 

“We're targeting those who have difficulty 

obtaining financial and technical assistance from 

traditional sources,” says Clarence Stanley, director 

of the SBDC. 

Workshops Help Students Get Smart About Credit 

Thanks to a new initiative, Lehman students 

are getting free professional advice on managing 

their credit. Lehman is one of six colleges 

in the CreditSmart program, funded by Freddie 

Mac and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and 

Universities. 

“Indebtedness related to the cost of education 

could be compounded in a very negative way by 

the poor judgments people may make about consumer 

credit,” says Jose Magdaleno, vice president 

for Student Affairs at Lehman. 

“We want to help our students understand 

these processes and make sure they have the 

information to make the best possible personal 

decisions.” More and more employers, he adds, are 

factoring credit scores into the hiring process. 

Workshops cover topics such as debt management, 

understanding credit cards and credit 

scores, banking practices and avoiding credit traps. 

“The old saying, ‘banks lend money to people 

who don’t need it,’ holds true today,” says Stanley. 

“Our strength is the ability to help clients get 

bank-ready and 

put together professionalpresentations.” 

Rather than 

provide direct 

financial assistance, 

the Center 

helps businesses 

identify resources 

Clarence Stanley. 

and present their 

businesses in a 

way that will increase their chances of receiving 

private funding. 

The SBDC has helped clients from a broad 

range of businesses, such as retail, construction 

and agriculture, and from all walks of life, including 

veterans and Welfare to Work participants. 

“Due to the scarcity of jobs and because 

veterans have a work ethic that could be easy to 

adapt to entrepreneurship, the Veterans’ Business 

Outreach Program was launched to give 

veterans another option—entrepreneurship or 

employment,” says Alzie Glickstein, the SBDC’s 

business advisor, who is working on outreach to 

veterans throughout New York City. 

“Targeted business training and counseling,” 

she adds, “are necessary to assist the veterans 

over the obstacles that can stand between them 

and a successful business.” So far, the Center has 

aided over 100 veterans. ◆ 

“They showed a skit about a teen who got 

a credit card and went crazy buying stuff she 

didn’t need,” says one junior. “I took the course 

because I was that girl who went crazy buying 

everything.” 

The student, who had at least ten credit cards 

when she started the workshop, has successfully 

paid off three of them already. 

According to Vice President Magdaleno, 

“The whole issue of consumer credit and money 

management is a critical one for young people. 

“For the first time, they're becoming exposed 

to processes like credit card use and the extent to 

which banks and other lenders offer credit fairly 

easily to college students. If they handle these 

choices wisely, it can really help set the stage for 

financial success later on.” 

Workshops are also open to alumni. Call 718- 

960-8366. ◆ 

Students and Alums 

Embark on Job Search 

Hundreds of students and 

alumni packed their resumes 

and interviewing skills for this 

spring's Career Expo. Over 40 

employers from all over the tristate 

area were on hand for the 

annual event, sponsored by the 

College's Career Services Center. 

According to the director of the 

center, Nancy Cintrón, about 30 

percent of the participants usually 

receive interviews. 

“This is a great opportunity 

for our students and alumni to 

network and learn about the different 

organizations that are out 

there,” she says. “The Expo is also 

a good source for students seeking 

internships.” ◆ 

2004 graduate Hermes Guzman speaks 

to a U.S. Secret Service representative 

about employment possibilities. With a 

degree in accounting, he is looking for 

work in the business sector. 

Making a connection with the 

representative from the Social Security 

Administration is sociology major 

Monique Haley, who’s “looking for 

a company to jump start my career 

and give me a foot in the door.” Her 

long-term goal is to work in health care 

administration. 

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Freshman Amy Ruston 

Sets New Track Record 

One of the outstanding winners 

in Lehman athletics this year is 

freshman track star Amy Ruston, 

who took first place in the NCAA 

Division III Atlantic Regional Cross 

Country Championship. 

Amy Ruston races to win 

the CUNY Championships, 

setting a record pace for the 

event. 

With a time of 22:37:9, Ruston 

edged out the College of New Jersey’s 

runner at the regionals by 1.2 

seconds, winning the individual title 

against 200 others and setting a new 

course record. 

As a result of her win, Ruston went 

on to represent Lehman as an individual 

qualifier at the NCAA Division 

III Championships in Wisconsin, 

where she finished in 70th place 

out of 215 national competitors. 

Earlier in the season, Ruston—who 

comes from Maine—finished first 

in the CUNY Athletic Conference 

Cross Country’s Championships. 

Suffering through injuries that set 

back her training, she managed 

to still hit a record time of 19:00, 

which beat the CUNY record of 

20:27. ◆ 

Lehman Sports Round-Up: 

A Mix of Spirit, Action and Talent Marks the Fall Season 

The Lehman athletic season has witnessed 

some exciting matches and remarkable 

performances from both individual players and 

teams. Here's a round-up of the fall action. 

WOMEN'S VOLLEY- 

BALL: Under the direction 

of first-year head 

coach Edwin Gonzalez, 

the team advanced to the 

CUNY Conference semifinals 

before losing to 

Baruch College. Lehman 

sophomore Yaniza De Los 

Santos and junior Isabel 

Lorenzo were chosen for 

the all-tournament team. 

Yaniza De Los Santos 

WOMEN'S TENNIS: The team finished the 

season in seventh place in the CUNY Athletic 

Conference, receiving stellar performances 

from Micaela Tabing, who was named the 

number one seed for the Lightning. 

MEN'S SWIMMING: 

Finishing second overall 

in the CUNY Conference 

swim championships, 

the Lehman team was 

led by the freshman duo 

of Darnell James and 

Hector Pena. James and 

Pena both were selected 

as CUNY Conference allstars 

and recognized by the 

ECAC Committee. 

Darnell James 

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: 

This sport at Lehman has 

returned to the upper echelons 

of the CUNY Athletic 

Conference. With an outstanding 

freshman class and 

the return of CUNY all-star 

Shatasia Little, the Lightning 

surpassed the win total 

of the previous two seasons Maria Loor races 

and emerged as a force to down the court. 

be reckoned with—not 

only this season but in years to come. Seventhyear 

head coach Eric Harrison recorded his 

100th win in a contest against CUNY's Medgar 

Evers College, making him the leader for team 

victories in the history of women's basketball 

at Lehman. Little and freshman center Maria 

Loor, who comes to Lehman from Ecuador, 

were selected as CUNY Conference all-stars. 

Holding on to the chance of an upset in the 

CUNY championships, the Lightning made it 

into the semi-final round, but ran into trouble 

against the College of Staten Island. Next time 

around, the team looks forward to both a rematch 

and another record-breaking season. 

MEN'S BASKETBALL: 

The Lehman team continued 

its dominance in the 

CUNY Athletic Conference 

and came very close 

to maintaining its 2003-04 

championship position. In 

a Conference game against 

John Jay College, senior 

forward Miguel Jorge, who Sekani Francis 

led the team, became the 

(above) and 

newest member of the 1,000 Miguel Jorge. 

point club. 

The Lightning came 

into the Conference championships 

with a 13-game 

winning streak, but lost in 

a close match against the 

College of Staten Island. 

Junior center 6’10” Sekani 

Francis, the CUNY Athletic 

Conference’s Player of the 

Year, came through for Lehman, scoring 27 

points and 11 rebounds. At his side was junior 

all-star guard Willy Vargas, who contributed 17 

points in the game. 

The season ended on a high note, however, 

with the ECAC quarterfinals, as Jorge scored at 

the buzzer, converting a game-winning jump 

shot that led Lehman to victory against New 

York University, 63-61, in overtime. ◆ 

Spring Sports: The Road Ahead 

WOMEN'S SOFTBALL: The women hope to 

win their way back to the championship form 

of three seasons ago. 

MEN’S BASEBALL: The team is aiming for a 

return to post-season play in the CUNY AC. 

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL: The men are becoming 

a team to be reckoned with. 

WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: The 

goal is to continue to advance nationally.

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‘College Now’ Helps High School Students 

Prepare for College Learning 

College Now at Lehman is giving 

Bronx high school students the 

chance to experience college life and 

earn college credit—at no cost to them. 

For the past five years, Lehman has 

partnered with ten Bronx high schools 

to offer students a variety of high school 

and college credit-bearing courses, as 

well as non-credit workshops. All classes 

are held on the Lehman campus. 

According to Pedro L. Baez, director 

of the program, “The College Now 

experience allows students to envision 

themselves in college and to ‘demystify’ college 

life. They get an accurate portrayal of what it 

takes, particularly in terms of effort and time, to 

get into and be successful in higher education. 

“This ultimately leads to students making 

better choices for themselves,” he believes, 

“and provides a smoother transition from high 

school to college.” 

Baez adds that most students who enter 

the program could not afford to take college 

courses while in high school. College Now, 

funded largely by the CUNY Office of Academic 

Affairs, covers all expenses, including 

textbooks. 

Courses are divided into three groups. Cohort 

courses are college-level classes that enroll 

only College Now students. “For these courses, 

we schedule classes, hire the faculty—with the 

approval of Lehman department chairpersons—and 

closely monitor student progress,” 

explains Baez. 

Waiver-funded courses are also scheduled 

and run by Lehman, but the high school 

Cherry Dazzell started in College Now 

two years ago, during her sophomore 

year at Lehman High School. Her goal was 

to “learn how to study and digest collegelevel 

material” to become familiar with 

that style of teaching and learning. At the 

time, she was not enthusiastic about the 

prospect of entering college, anticipating 

“another four years of boredom.” 

All that changed as a result of her College 

Now experience, which turned out to 

be “not only fulfilling but also liberating.” 

She became more in control of her studies 

and more engaged in the material she was 

College Now Director Pedro L. Baez (right), with 

Corrdinator David Gantz, Program Assistant Khema 

Chan (left), and Cherry Dazzell, a “graduate” of the 

program. 

students take their courses with the rest of the 

Lehman student body. Students must fulfill 

academic criteria to be eligible for these classes. 

There are no academic requirements for 

non-credit workshops or for courses that carry 

high school credit. 

Eleventh- and twelfth-grade students are 

usually the main participants in College Now, 

but the program is increasingly recruiting more 

ninth- and tenth-graders. 

“At any given time, there is a limited pool 

of students in our high schools eligible to take 

college-level courses,” says Baez. “We have to 

‘grow’ our students in the early grades to increase 

the number of eligible students. 

“We also have to get students talking and 

thinking about college before they reach eleventh 

grade. By then, too many critical decisions—and 

mistakes—have been made.” ◆ 

Cherry Dazzell Transitions 

From ‘College Now’ to Lehman Scholar 

studying. “I learned how to educate myself 

and contribute my knowledge to others in 

class discussions.” 

The program also made her “very confident” 

about entering college. She chose 

Lehman both because she felt comfortable 

on the campus and because of its advantages, 

including the Lehman Scholars 

Program for academically gifted students. 

Today, Cherry Dazzell is a Lehman 

Scholar, a double major in math and 

political science, and an aspiring teacher 

who’s looking forward to getting the most 

out of her college career. ◆ 

Student Sculptor Wins Prize 

Gordon Murray, a Master of Fine Arts student 

at Lehman, has won the William and 

Marie Samuels Prize at the National Arts 

Club Annual Student Exhibition. 

Gordon Murray and Maria Gulko, 

with their work. 

Murray, who worked as a printmaker 

before entering the master’s program, won 

the award for a steel-and-stone sculpture 

that sits on a steel base, which he also 

created. The piece is meant to capture the 

contrasts and differences in nature. “I tried 

to make something that I believe is beautiful, 

warm and elegant out of this hardedged 

material,” he explains. 

Also entering her work in the competition 

was Maria Gulko, a graduate student with 

a background, like Murray, in printmaking. 

She presented a photolithograph 

featuring an x-ray of her skull with other 

pieces of imagery stamped into the work. 

She worked from her own memories of her 

childhood and life to create the image. 

Every year, the Art Department selects just 

two students to present their work at the 

exclusive exhibition, which draws artists 

from over 30 colleges and universities. ◆ 

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Composing Music 

Can Be Child’s Play 

Edgy driving rhythms, spicy dissonances 

and bright melodic lines filled Merkin 

Concert Hall in Manhattan this spring, 

as Lehman faculty member—and 

composer—Timothy Polashek debuted his 

new jazz-inspired works. In the audience 

were Lehman music faculty, including 

famed composer and Distinguished 

Professor John Corigliano. 

Professor Polashek in Lehman’s 

Electronic Music Center. 

Professor Polashek, who directs Lehman’s 

Electronic Music Center, has pioneered 

new courses in the genre and also tells 

educators how they can teach this type 

of music without making a significant 

investment in equipment. 

“Children of all ages love computers,” he 

says, “because of the graphic interfaces, 

the variety of sounds they make and the 

fact that the computer is a communicative 

tool through the Internet. Students who 

are learning music can jump right into 

creative projects, even though all their 

musical skills haven’t been developed. 

“Children create and make up songs and 

sing them all the time. They don’t know 

how to notate the songs yet for musicians 

to play, but they still know how to compose 

them. Computers help them exercise and 

develop this creativity.” 

For more information on electronic music, 

and to hear some of Professor Polashek’s 

works, visit http://www.tdpmusic.com. ◆ 

Professor Spear (and His Website) 

Win Prestigious French Award 

French Professor Thomas Spear has won 

the prestigious “Trophée de la Diversité 

Culturelle” (Trophy of Cultural Diversity) for his 

popular website “île en île” (from island to island). 

Professor Spear, who was flown to France 

for the award ceremony, shared the honor with 

Sylvie Roussel Gaucherand of the non-profit Association 

d’île en île, with whom he started the 

website. The event, hosted by French television 

personality Bernard Pivot, was held in Amiens at 

a theater begun in 1889 by the writer Jules Verne. 

The award—one of four “trophées de la 

langue française” (Trophies of the French Language) 

presented during the ceremony—is given 

to an individual or an organization that has 

contributed to the upholding or development of 

cultural diversity in the Francophone world. 

With biographies, bibliographies, photos and 

texts, “île en île” (www.lehman.cuny.edu/ile. 

en.ile) presents authors from the world’s Frenchspeaking 

islands, such as 

Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe, 

Madagascar, Réunion, and the 

Polynesian islands. It also contains 

an historical chronology 

and audio recordings. 

The website has served as 

a teaching tool for educators 

After the awards ceremony, Professor Spear (right) 

chats with French Minister of Culture Renaud 

Donnedieu de Vabres. 

who want to present works by French-speaking 

writers. “If you do your studies in French 

literature in Senegal, you’ll only be studying 

European literature,” says Professor Spear. 

“I’ve been putting these authors out there so 

people know they’re there. People can view 

the writers and judge who’s good for themselves.” 

Professor Spear also presents self-published 

works on his site, as well as examples 

of other diverse and popular forms of writing 

often neglected by the traditional literary 

establishment. ◆ 

FACULTY BRIEFS Eugene Chudnovsky (Physics and Astronomy) has written several 

new papers and served on a National Science Foundation panel on Material Research Science 

and Engineering. ... Eric Delson (Anthropology) and French colleagues continue their 

research at the two-million-year-old fossil site of Senèze in central France. Last summer, 

a team that included several Lehman undergraduates excavated for fossils and mapped 

their positions as well as the geological stratigraphic context. ... Anne Humpherys 

(English) was awarded a Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at the University of London 

from January through July 2005, which involves a series of lectures and presentations 

across the U.K. ... A new study by Edward Kennelly (Biological Sciences), in collaboration 

with researchers from the New York Botanical Garden and Columbia University, 

found that an 85 year-old specimen of black cohosh root still contains many of the 

naturally occurring chemicals that are believed to contribute to reduced menopause-related 

symptoms. ...Andrew Robertson (History) is co-editor of the newly published Beyond the Founders: 

New Approaches to Political History in the Early American Republic. ... Patricia J. Thompson (Specialized Services 

in Education) has made several recent appearances in her “parallel life” as Yelena Vladimirovna Mayakovskya, 

daughter of the famous 

Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, 

and accepted the 

Tower Award in her father’s 

memory at a ceremony at 

the Museum of the City 

of New York. In her life 

as a scholar and feminist 

theorist, her “Hestia Triology” 

was nominated by 

Professor Thompson is interviewed 

by Russian TV after accepting the 

Tower Award. 

Dr. Bei Jiang of Columbia University 

and Professor Edward Kennelly 

collaborate on the black cohosh study. 

her publisher, Peter Lang, 

for the 2005 Criticos Prize 

from the London Hellenic 

Society. ◆

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Olive Archer ‘88 and Irene Rabinowitz ‘83, ‘93 

Share Friendship, a Love of Teaching 

And Now NBPTS Certification 

Two Lehman alumnae—Olive Archer ‘88 

(M.S.) and Irene Rabinowitz ‘83 (B.A.), 

‘93 (M.S.)—have achieved the highest academic 

credential a teacher can earn next to the 

doctorate. 

Both loved working in education so they 

decided to take their careers to the next level 

by completing the rigorous National Board 

for Professional Teaching Standards’ (NBPTS) 

certification process. Statistically, NBPTS-certified 

teachers are at the top of the profession. 

“The process for achieving National Board 

certification was grueling, demanding and 

required close to 400 hours of work beyond 

the time I spent at school,” says Archer. 

Applicants complete a four-part portfolio 

related to the certificate area. In her case, that 

was Early and Middle Childhood Literacy/ 

Reading and Language Arts. Applicants also 

complete a three-hour online exam related to 

the certificate area. “I wanted to see if I could 

achieve something that I didn’t think I could,” 

she says. The certification costs $2,300 and is 

valid for ten years. 

Archer began teaching after working in 

banking for 28 years and went on to earn her 

master’s in Early Childhood and Childhood 

over 50 nursing alumni put away their 

caps and uniforms for a few hours last 

fall to enjoy the Nursing Department's Homecoming 

celebration. Welcoming them back 

was Professor C. Alicia Georges, department 

chair, who told the returning graduates about 

some new developments at Lehman, including 

the Foreign Nurses Program, which helps 

nurses from other countries become Regis- 

Nursing alumni take the time to relax and catch up 

on their professional and personal lives over dinner in 

the Faculty Dining Room. 

Education from Lehman. She taught elementary 

school for 15 years before becoming a staff 

developer for the United Federation of Teachers 

(UFT) Teaching Center, where she works as a 

literacy coach with District 9 and 10 teachers. 

“Although I’m not in the classroom, whatever 

I do ultimately supports students and 

student achievement, and for me, that’s what it’s 

all about,” she says. 

Archer might not have completed her certification 

process were it not for her friend and 

fellow Lehman alumna, Irene Rabinowitz. The 

two worked together and motivated each other 

through the difficult certification process. 

Rabinowitz, who has taught for 20 years, 

earned both her bachelor’s in Speech and her 

master’s in Special Education from Lehman. 

She first worked as a speech teacher for the 

Board of Education and then as a teacher 

trainer with the title of language coordinator. 

“I did that for several years, working in 

classrooms with teachers to enhance lessons 

with language strategies,” she explains. “I began 

to need more, so I attended Teacher Center 

workshops. They noticed me and the work I did 

and I was encouraged to apply by a colleague. 

The rest is history.” 

Nurses Show Their Pride at Department's Homecoming 

tered Nurses in the U.S., and highlighted recent 

faculty accomplishments. 

Those accomplishments include publication 

of an article on teaching cultural competence 

to undergraduate nursing students by Professor 

Susan Kleiman, which was co-authored with 

Professors Keville Frederickson and Theresa 

Lundy. Professor Frederickson received the 

prestigious R. Louis McManus Medal from 

‘I wanted to see if I could achieve 

something I didn’t think I could.’ 

— Olive Archer 

Irene works for the UFT Teacher Center as 

a field liaison supporting 24 Teacher Centers 

in Region 2 of the Bronx. She decided to work 

toward the reading and language arts certificate 

for Early and Middle Elementary because she 

wanted to become better at teaching reading. 

“The process was more arduous than I could 

have ever expected,” she says. “It was daunting, 

rewarding, frustrating and joyful when it was 

over.” 

She says her certification training has given 

her insight into how children learn as well as 

methods for teaching them in a different way. 

“Had I not received accreditation, I would still 

consider myself ahead of the game,” adds Rabinowitz. 

“I learned so much in the process.” ◆ 

the Nursing Education Alumni Association 

at Teachers College. This award recognizes 

long-standing contributions of a distinguished 

nature to the profession. 

Lehman's nursing program runs workshops 

for local hospitals, covering topics like chemotherapy 

(Lincoln Hospital), pain management 

(Metropolitan Hospital) and emergency-room 

care (Mt. Sinai Medical Center). ◆ 

(L) Vivette Smitherman, a 

registered nurse who's earning 

her master’s in music at Lehman, 

and Hillary J. White '92 with her 

son. (R) Kate Galambos ‘94 and 

Harriet Parness ‘77 (B.S.), ‘86 

(M.A.). 

(L) Wendy Brathwaite, Pearline 

Boothe and Nicole Chen, all 2004 

graduates. (R) Thelma Arzu and 

Rose Clarke from the Class of 

1994. 

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The reception establishing 

the Billy Collins 

adding that “the best thing 

is you don’t have to be dead 

Endowed Scholarship Fund 

to have it named after you.” 

sparkled, as one might 

The fund will support a de- 

expect, with dry wit and selfserving 

student in any field. 

deprecating humor. 

Also speaking at the 

“I started at Lehman in 

event, held in the Dining 

the sub-professorial rank 

Commons of the CUNY 

called full-time lecturer,” 

Graduate Center, were Pres- 

recalled the now-famous poet Distinguished Professor Billy Collins ident Ricardo R. Fernández; 

and Distinguished Professor. enjoys the evening’s speakers. John Mauk Hilliard, director 

“The only group you could 

of Testing and Scholarships 

look down on was the part-time lecturer.” (retired); Samina Shahidi-McDonald, who 

This was still not “ample condescension,” he studied with Professor Collins at Lehman; and 

noted, for the wide gulf between the lecturer Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes and 

and the professor, a chasm resembling that ‘Tis, who told the audience that the writer is 

“between the paramecium and the archangel.” “confined and imprisoned” in prose, while the 

But, he went on, he did get to evaluate scores poet is free to “flutter around.” 

of freshman writing assignments, making mar- In Billy Collins’s poems, he explained, the 

ginal comments like “awkward” and “comma reader is “caught off-guard because of the 

splice” and asking one-word questions like humor.” The poems “tremble,” as he put it, 

“coherence?,” “sense?” and “logic?” 

because the meaning “is under the surface.” 

Students, faculty and friends gathered last Professor Collins was Poet Laureate of the 

fall to help start the fund and to honor its United States (2001-2003) and is Poet Laure- 

namesake for his contribution to Lehman Colate of New York State (2004-2006). The Poetry 

lege and to the world of poetry. 

Foundation recently gave him the Mark Twain 

“My hope,” said the former U.S. Poet Laure- Award, and his most recent poetry book, Nine 

ate, “is that your generosity and my reputation Horses, was short listed for the T.S. Eliot Prize 

will continue to grow through the scholarship, and the Forward Prize. ◆ 

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Billy Collins Scholarship Fund Honors a Gifted Teacher and a Poet 

What’s It Like to Be a Student of Billy Collins? 

Helping to honor Billy 

Collins was Samina 

Shahidi-McDonald, a 

public school teacher 

who studied with him 

during his first year as 

Poet Laureate of the 

United States. Here 

are excerpts from her 

remarks: 

“While I was invariably assigning a Billy Collins 

poem to my students in my morning sessions, 

Prof. Collins, himself, would stroll into class 

in the early evenings, the rain of New Zealand, 

New Mexico or New Jersey still pearling his 

lapels. It meant a great deal to the graduate 

students at Lehman to have Prof. Collins teaching 

there, particularly at the beginning of his 

national reign. Most of us, teachers in the public 

school system, took heed of the Poetry 180 

program he had developed, relieved to find that 

poetry could not only be discussed, but taught 

in a straightforward, demystified manner... 

“Being a student of Billy Collins means that 

you will be listened to patiently, and encouraged 

generously. It entails a learning of the 

discourses of aesthetics, structure, form and 

language. Simultaneously, you are also being 

taught how to teach, bringing with you into 

your classroom that care for literature, that 

necessary regard for your students. 

“I have had the good fortune to work with 

professors at Lehman who have demanded 

rigorous effort and practice, coupled with a 

dedication to serve a student population that 

arguably has its considerable share of responsibility. 

This purpose is what Billy Collins has 

come to exemplify. 

“I can think of no better way to honor this 

kind of commitment....In supporting this 

scholarship, we stand behind this son of Irish 

and French Canadian immigrants extending 

his considerable knowledge and craft to 

Lehman students, themselves the writing sons 

and daughters of North Americans and Latino, 

African, Arab, Eastern European and Asian immigrants—our 

future poets and writers.” ◆ 

Another guest at the event, 

the Empire State Building, 

as seen through the 

skylight. 

Below: Professor Collins 

(left) and his wife, Diane 

(second from right), with 

President Fernández and 

his wife, Patricia. 

From left: (above) Authors Frank McCourt and 

Jane Mayer (The New Yorker) with Professor 

Collins and Sam Menache, winner of the Neglected 

Masters Award from the Poetry Foundation. 

(below) Professor Fred Phelps (Psychology), 

co-chair of the Leonard Lief Drive; John Mauk 

Hilliard, M.C. for the evening; and Professor 

Thomas Ihde, director of the CUNY Institute for 

Irish-American Studies, based at Lehman. 

English faculty members recall old times: From 

left, Professors Billy Collins, Walter Dubler, Walter 

Blanco and Michael Paull.

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Generosity of Candido Maldonado ‘79 Honors Professor Dauben 

And Supports Lehman History Students 

Candido Maldonado ‘79 was a first-generation 

American, whose parents were newly 

arrived from Puerto Rico. First he learned to 

speak English through television and then he 

learned about responsibility, when he would 

come home after school to care for his mother, 

who was ill. 

Enlisting in the Marine Corps, where he 

played saxophone in its military band, he later 

enrolled in Lehman College. At Lehman, he 

met a member of the history faculty—Professor 

Joseph Dauben, who encouraged his studies 

and inspired his lifelong love of learning. 

As Maldonado spent his career in the New 

York City Transit System, guiding commuters 

on their way, he spent much of his free time in 

libraries, reading and learning about other cultures 

and their history, and also accumulating 

his own extensive personal collection of books. 

When he died in 1999, Candido Maldonado—a 

generous man with an enormous heart, 

even though his income was modest—left 

major gifts in his will to the Eastern Paralyzed 

Veterans Association and to Lehman College. 

At Lehman, as he intended, the gift will 

fund a “scholarship for a student majoring in 

history...in honor of Distinguished Professor 

Joseph Dauben, without whose encouragement 

I would not have graduated.” It is the largest 

alumni gift the College has ever received. 

Speaking at a luncheon honoring this legacy, 

Lehman President Ricardo R. Fernández noted 

that “Candido must have been a hard-working 

student because otherwise he would not have 

made it through Professor Dauben’s class.” He 

told Mrs. Maldonado that he hopes she “will 

find great joy in knowing that your husband’s 

bequest will help students for as long as 

Lehman exists.” 

In recalling her husband’s impact both 

on herself and on others around him, Mrs. 

Maldonado compared his life to a pebble that 

is thrown into a perfectly still lake and causes 

many ripples. 

“He had such a big heart and an inquisitive 

mind that he was like a teacher to me, encouraging 

me to pursue my interest in yoga to the 

point where I, too, became a teacher. 

“Bless you for seeing in Candido what I saw 

in him.” 

Representing the History Department, 

Professor Duane Tananbaum, the department 

chair, said that Maldonado was typical of the 

Lehman student in that he “had very realistic 

Ervin Goodson ‘03 (standing) with Professor Dauben 

and Mrs. Candido Maldonado at a luncheon honoring 

her husband’s memory and his gift to Lehman College, 

the largest contribution from an alumnus in the 

College’s history. 

dreams and achieved many of them.” Introducing 

Ervin Goodson, a recent student of Professor 

Dauben’s, Professor Tananbaum noted that 

Goodson had played saxophone at various 

subway stops to earn the money he needed for 

tuition. 

“With this scholarship,” Professor Tananbaum 

said, “a student will be able to work ten 

hours a week perhaps, rather than 20, 30 or 40 

hours, and that will enable them to get A’s so 

they can go on to graduate school.” 

He noted also that Professor Dauben had 

chosen to become involved as a teacher of 

“writing-intensive” courses, even though he 

was not required, as a senior professor, to take 

on this additional commitment to the students. 

Thinking back to one of those courses—one 

of his last history courses before graduation— 

Goodson recalled that Professor Dauben’s criticism 

was always constructive and helpful. 

“Candido Maldonado’s gift is going to 

honor a wonderful person,” he said, “who is 

always very cordial and kind, as well as an eminent 

and formidable scholar. I thank Professor 

Dauben for being such a great teacher of such 

high academic integrity and for sharing his 

knowledge with us.” 

Remembering Maldonado’s days as a student, 

Professor Dauben praised him for “not 

being afraid to come and ask questions. That 

set him apart. 

“Teaching at Lehman is a privilege for me,” 

he said, explaining that at other colleges where 

he has taught, “There’s no question what will 

happen to the students. Their paths are set.” 

At Lehman, though, he noted, the students 

are not aware of these opportunities so teachers 

can make more of an impact. ◆ 

Scholarship Benefit May 10 to Honor Professor Corigliano 

Distinguished members of the academic and music communities are planning 

a gala benefit to honor Distinguished Professor of Music John Corigliano and 

establish the Corigliano Music Scholarships at Lehman College. The event 

will be held on Tuesday, May 10, from 6 to 9 pm in the Stanley H. Kaplan 

Penthouse at Lincoln Center. 

Professor Corigliano is renowned as one of the world’s leading composers. In 

orchestral, chamber, opera and film work, he has won critical acclaim for his 

highly expressive and compelling works. In 2000, he received an Academy 

Award for his original score of “The Red Violin” and in 2001, he was awarded 

a Pulitzer Prize for his Symphony No. 2. He received the coveted Grawemeyer 

Award for Music Composition for his Symphony No. 1 in 1991. 

His latest work, “Circus Maximus” (Symphony No. 3 for large wind ensemble), made its New York 

premiere—to thunderous applause—at Carnegie Hall this February. Performed by the University of Texas 

Wind Ensemble, the work is the first that Professor Corigliano has specifically written for concert band. 

Commissioned by the Ensemble’s director, it is scored for large wind ensemble onstage, along with an 

ensemble that surrounds the audience. The title stems from the visual image of musicians encircling the 

audience, placing spectators in the center of an ancient Rome-like arena. Indeed, Circus Maximus was a real 

place in ancient Rome—the largest arena in the world. For his theme, the composer drew parallels between 

the high decadence of those Roman days and certain forms of today’s entertainment. ◆ 

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Lehman E-News Brings 

The College Home 

Would you like to keep in touch with 

the news and events taking place at 

Lehman? With the debut this spring of 

“Lehman E-news,” the College’s online 

newsletter, you can do just that. 

To read the newsletter, 

visit www.lehman.edu 

and click on any of 

the photos under 

the “Lehman 

E-news” column 

on the right. This will 

bring you to the current issue. 

Scroll down to the end of the page and 

click on “subscribe” to receive an e-mail 

announcement every time a new issue 

is posted online. 

The newsletter is produced by the Office 

of Media Relations and Publications 

and published bimonthly during the 

academic year. ◆ 

Alumni Notes 

1972 

Mary Crescenzo, a playwright and 

director, opened her new work “The Old 

Woman Who Slew a Dragon-Fox,” at the 

Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, New 

York, on March 6, 2005. 

1999 

Dr. James Martyniak, D.D.S., earned 

his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from 

Lehman, went on to graduate from the 

Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine 

and then complete his residency at 

Montefiore Medical Center. He is 

currently an associate in the Rifkin Dental 

Droup in Yorktown Heights, New York 

and an attending dentist at Montifiore. He 

writes that “Lehman gave me all the tools 

necessary to become as successful as I am 

in a very short period of time,” and he 

urges the College to “keep up the Lehman 

degree of excellence.” 

Please send alumni news to Marge Rice 

at margaret.rice@lehman.cuny.edu and 

changes of name and address to Barbara 

Smith at barbara.smith@lehman.cuny.edu 

Lehman Family Day: From Sports to Sassafras, 

Adults and Kids Alike Join in the Activities 

Lehman alumni and 

students brought 

their families and 

friends to campus for 

a day of fun this fall, 

sponsored by the College's 

Alumni Association. 

From face-painting 

to salsa lessons, the 

day featured something 

for everyone, both the 

young and the youngat-heart. 

Adults and children 

alike were able to 

choose from a full 

schedule of activities, 

including basketball 

and baseball clinics 

with Lehman's team 

coaches and swimming 

in the APEX pool. The 

racquetball courts, 

exercise rooms and 

other facilities at the 

APEX were open to the 

families throughout the 

entire day. 

Sassafras the Clown 

was also on hand, entertaining 

the children 

with balloons and facepainting, 

while an Arts 

and Crafts session in 

the Art Gallery brought 

out the creativity in 

everyone. A barbecue 

lunch gave families 

plenty of time for chatting 

and relaxing. ◆ 

Bon Voyage, Lehman Alumni 

John Pirrone warms up to hit a homer while Alyssa Moore gets set for a 

frisbee toss and Teddy Rosner sits very, very still while Sassafras the Clown 

works his face-painting magic. John is the nephew of Lehman's Director of 

Annual Giving, Josephine Pirrone. Alyssa is the granddaughter of Alumni 

Relations Director Barbara Smith (pictured below). Teddy is the son of 

Alumni Board President Norman Rosner '80. 

Some of Lehman's alumni family take the opportunity to renew old 

friendships. From left (bottom row) are Robin Brown '73 and Susan 

Greenberg Schneider '73, who are both members of the Alumni Board, Evan 

Schneider, Gladys Comeau-Morales '79, '83, who is vice president of the 

Board, and (top row) Aravind Mallipudi '98, Andrea Rockower '73 and 

Margaret Smith '02, who are also both members of the Board, Dora Villani 

'71, secretary of the Board, Vice President of Institutional Advancement 

Anne Johnson, Director of Alumni Relations Barbara Smith '92 and Thomas 

Gallagher '74, also a member of the Board. 

The Lehman Alumni Association invites all College alumni to enjoy a Spirit Cruise in New York 

Harbor. The Association sponsored a harbor cruise several years ago, and it proved so popular 

that alumni have asked for a repeat performance. This is a great opportunity to catch up on the 

city's changing skyline, on new developments at the College, and most of all, on each other's lives. 

Date: Sunday, June 5, 2005 

Boarding Time: 11:30 a.m. 

Tickets: $45. 

For more information, call Barbara Smith at 718-960-8975 

or email barbara.smith@lehman.cuny.edu.

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Alumni Express the Lehman Spirit 

And Salute Career of Coach Ed Kramer at Homecoming 

Homecoming 2005, featuring a tribute 

to the late Dr. Edwin Kramer, brought 

alumni back to the campus from as far away 

as California, Oregon and Florida. All were on 

hand to enjoy the day’s events, including men’s 

and women’s basketball games against Baruch, 

and to get acquainted once more with both the 

College and their classmates. 

The day started with an alumni coed basketball 

game that saw alumni from the 1970s 

all the way up to 2004 participating in the 

game and other alumni making up the very 

vocal cheering section. Many of the alumni 

had played on basketball teams coached by Dr. 

Kramer. 

Directly following the game, a tribute was 

held in memory of the coach who led Lehman’s 

basketball teams for seven formative years, 

from 1969 to 1976. His wife, Cheryl Kramer, 

along with family and friends, attended the 

The Lehman College Library celebrated 

the contribution of veterans by paying 

tribute last fall to Harry Riconda '87, a U.S. 

intelligence officer in the Korean War whose 

research on American prisoners of war was 

published posthumously in 2003. 

In Prisoners of War in American Conflicts 

(Scarecrow Press, 2003), Riconda discussed 

the treatment of these soldiers from ancient 

to modern times, including the methods 

of their capture and the tortures and living 

conditions they endured. 

The Lehman event included a talk by 

Jacques Bloch, a World War II prisoner of 

war who recounted both his own experiences 

while in captivity in France and his eventual 

escape to Allied lines. Bloch, who is Senior 

Vice Commander of the Greater New York 

chapter of American Ex-POWS, volunteered 

for the French Army in 1939 and was part 

of the 83rd U.S. Infantry Regiment when his 

company was captured by the German Army. 

Kathleen Riconda, widow of the author, 

spoke about her husband’s experience writing 

the book as well as his time at Lehman. He received 

his first master’s degree from Teacher’s 

College in the 1950s and taught English at 

Xavier High School, his alma mater. 

But he always had a desire to further his 

education in English and chose Lehman to 

event. Dr. Martin Zwiren, director of Lehman 

Athletics, spoke about the importance of Coach 

Kramer in the history of Lehman athletics and 

presented Mrs. Kramer with a special award 

commemorating her husband’s contributions 

to building the Lehman spirit of achievement. 

Closing the day with action again on the 

court, the Lightning men’s team went on to defeat 

Baruch in a very close game, 70–67, while 

the Lightning women fought to the finish in 

their game against Baruch, ultimately losing in 

an equally exciting match, 52–56. The fast pace 

of both games reminded many of the alumni 

of their own days on the Lehman teams and 

of their drive both on the playing field and in 

their studies. 

The Alumni Office is already hard at work 

planning the next Homecoming. Look in future 

issues of Lehman Lightning for more information 

on reunion and other alumni events. ◆ 

Paying Tribute to Veterans, Especially Harry Riconda ‘87 

Jacques Bloch, a World War II prisoner of war, and 

Kathleen Riconda, wife of the late Harry Riconda 

'87. Mrs. Riconda holds a copy of her husband’s 

book, Prisoners of War in American Conflicts. 

accomplish that goal. He received his second 

master’s degree from Lehman when he was in 

his late fifties. 

“Lehman opened up a new world to him,” 

Mrs. Riconda recalled, “and he would have 

been thrilled that Lehman honored him.” She 

added that the Lehman Library staff assisted 

her husband with a great deal of the research 

for his book and “really went out of their way 

for him.” 

Her husband died of diabetes and heart 

failure in spring 2003, a few months before 

his book was published. ◆ 

Former Lehman athletes who played under Coach 

Kramer join with former coaches who served during 

the years he was at Lehman. From left (front row): 

Perry San, Silvio Conte, Billy Dolhon, Jeff Bucholtz, 

Ted Hurwitz, Nick McNickle and Stanley Brown; 

(back row): Phil Travers, Steve Rolston, Ray Rankis, 

Ed Sullivan, Bobby Ramos, Brendan Burke and Peter 

Gartlan. 

Nick McNickle ‘75 (B.A.), 

‘79 (M.S.) represents the 

athletes at the tribute to 

Coach Kramer. 

Vice President of Institutional Advancement Dr. Anne 

Johnson (left) and APEX and Athletics Director Dr. 

Martin Zwiren present Mrs. Kramer with the award 

honoring her late husband. Also pictured are two of the 

Kramers’ grandchildren. 

A portrait of the Kramer family after the ceremony. 

Granddaughter Hannah (center) stands in front of 

her sister Rachel and next to her brother Ethan. Adults 

from left are Rob(ert) Denenberg, Kim Denenberg, 

Ellen Kramer, Cheryl Kramer and Ray Rankis. 

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When Myrna Rivera left Puerto Rico at 

21 to pursue her master’s degree at 

Lehman College, she could not have guessed 

how the experience would permanently change 

her life. Now the founder and CEO of one of 

the first Hispanic investment consulting firms 

in the United States and the first Hispanic 

woman to be elected to “Who’s Who of Investment 

Management Consulting,” Rivera says her 

years at Lehman played a crucial role in preparing 

her for the success she has since achieved. 

Rivera’s parents were not thrilled when 

their 21-year-old daughter announced out of 

the blue that she was going to New York City 

on her own for graduate school. The family 

had moved with their four children from New 

York City to Puerto Rico for a better quality 

of life when she was 14. And Rivera had truly 

flourished in her new home, becoming fully 

bilingual, getting straight A’s in high school and 

graduating magna cum laude from the University 

of Puerto Rico in three short years with a 

bachelor’s degree in mathematics. 

After graduating, she 

thought she had her career 

plans all worked out. “I 

walked into the president’s 

office and said I was interested 

in working there,” 

says Rivera, who had been 

a professor’s assistant in the 

University's Math Depart- 

dreams.’ 

ment. Instead, she was 

advised to start by getting a 

graduate degree. 

Through the Math Department, Rivera 

learned about a new exchange program between 

CUNY and the University of Puerto 

Rico. The Puerto Rican Legislature secured a 

small scholarship for her to attend Lehman 

College in 1973, and she entered Lehman as 

a graduate student of mathematics, teaching 

as an adjunct by day and attending classes at 

night. 

“The campus was beautiful and really 

conducive to academic work and social interaction,” 

she says. “It was also a time of tremendous 

cultural awakening, personally and for the 

community in general.” 

Taking advantage of the social and academic 

climate, Rivera was able to explore multiple 

interests. She founded a theater group called 

Guasabara and expressed her love of music by 

playing her guitar at student events. Having 

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Myrna Rivera ‘74 : At the Top of the Investment Management World, 

She Believes that Lehman Prepared Her to Succeed 

‘The diversity I learned 

at Lehman helped me 

not to put limits on my 

Myrna Rivera as a graduate student at Lehman in 1974 and today, 

as the founder and CEO of one of the first Hispanic investment 

consulting firms in the United States. 

studied classical music as an undergraduate, 

she found music to be a good counterbalance 

to the discipline of mathematics. She also explored 

the city with a diverse group of friends. 

“My experience at Lehman afforded me an 

opportunity to have a more rounded experience,” 

Rivera says, adding that what she learned 

at Lehman also enabled 

her to be well rounded in 

the corporate world. “I was 

allowed to blossom. I was 

allowed to think. I was allowed 

to speak out. That’s 

vital when you’re in your 

twenties.” Not wasting any 

time after graduating from 

the master’s program—once 

more magna cum laude—Rivera 

set her sights again on 

teaching and expressed her interest in being 

made a full-time professor in Lehman's Math 

Department. But CUNY was in the midst of a 

hiring freeze at the time so she had to rethink 

her options. “I had fallen in love, I was engaged. 

I figured I’m going to be here a while so I’d better 

get myself a job,” Rivera jokes. 

Not long afterwards, she met two of the first 

Hispanic women to graduate from Harvard 

Business School, who advised her to start 

shaping a corporate career. Then she landed 

a position working as a marketing specialist 

and training coordinator for the Control Data 

Corporation in New York in 1976. 

Rivera admits that this particular time, 

when companies were seeking to diversify their 

staff, helped her get her foot in the door—but 

she also never stopped striving to shape her 

own individual career. In 1981, she joined Mer- 

rill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith in 

Puerto Rico as a retail account executive. 

By 1983, Rivera no longer felt 

inspired working as a broker and was 

looking for a new direction to take 

her career in. She discovered asset 

management and consulting, which 

turned out to be a more creative process 

for her. “The diversity I learned at 

Lehman helped me not to put limits 

on my dreams,” she says. 

A former Senior Vice President 

and Consulting Group Director at 

Salomon Smith Barney, Rivera left 

her 17-year career in 1999 to open 

her own management consulting firm, Consultiva 

Internacional, Inc., which enables her to 

provide investment management consulting to 

individuals and institutions in Puerto Rico and 

New York. 

With some 40 million Latinos in the U.S. 

alone, she felt this was a great niche market for 

her. “I fell in love with the opportunity to empower 

and help shape the destiny of organizations 

and families,” says Rivera. “Creating and 

managing wealth is a very sexy endeavor.” 

Consultiva, which now has 20 employees, 

has just been hired by the Los Angeles County 

Employees Retirement System (LACERS). 

Consultiva will help LACERS gain an understanding 

of the emerging minority brokerage 

landscape. 

A Certified Investment Management 

Analyst, Rivera is a member of the Investment 

Management Consultants Association and a 

director of the National Association of Securities 

Professionals. Never straying too far from 

her love of music, she is also a director of New 

York City’s Música de Cámara, an organization 

founded by Puerto Rican soprano Eva de la O. 

Música de Cámara supports Puerto Rican and 

other Latino classical musicians by presenting 

them in concert venues throughout the city. 

She fondly remembers her time at Lehman 

as one that shaped her leadership skills. “Lehman 

was one of those experiences that taught 

me to be fearless,” says Rivera, who still has her 

Lehman math books and the first paycheck stub 

she received as an adjunct. 

“It was an opportunity to be a mathematician, 

an artist, an activist. Being thrown into 

that environment helped to shape a very independent 

character.” ◆

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Contributors to 

Lehman College 

During 2004, 1,295 donors 

contributed $732,439 to the 

Lehman College Foundation. 

We thank our donors. 


Leadership Circle 

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center 

City University of New York 

IBM 

LCU Foundation 

Lehman Brothers, Inc. 

Arthur L. Loeb 

John L. Loeb, Jr. 

Monroe and Rose Lovinger* 

Candido Maldonado ’79 

Maxene and Eugene Posman 

Research Foundation Grant 

(Title V) 

President’s Circle 

Anheuser Busch Co. 

William J. Collins 

Dean Investment Associates 

Lewis R. Gordon ’84 

Cheryl Kramer 

Ellen J. Kramer 

Susan and Robert P. Morgenthau 

Anne Rothstein* 

Joseph Salim 

The Tomorrow Foundation 

Thomson Learning 

Millennium Club 

Anonymous 

Arthur Ross Foundation 

Bank of America 

Bartner Family Foundation 

Robert A. Bernhard 

William L. Bernhard 

June Bingham Birge 

Borough of Manhattan 

Community College 

Bronx Council On The Arts, Inc. 

James V. Bruni 

Trent A. and Susan Carmichael 

City College of New York/ CUNY 

Collazo Carling & Mish LLP 

Deloitte Foundation 

Ricardo R. and Patricia Fernández* 

Aramina Ferrer ’73 

Ruben Franco 

Victoria J. Friedman ’95 

Michael J. Gill 

William H. Goodhart 

Elizabeth B. Grant 

Martin Greenberg ’71 

Susan E. Greenberg-Schneider ’73* 

Beatrice Hartman ’82 

Beryl F. Herdt* 

Maria I. Herencia* 

John M. Hilliard* 

Anne Johnson 

Elias Karmon 

Hessam Kassaii 

Edward J. Kennelly 

Masood Khatamee 

John R. Luongo ’71 

PepsiCo Foundation 

Ponce De Leon Federal Bank 

Queensborough Community College 

Isadore Rosenfeld 

The PKL Foundation Inc. 

Patricia J. Thompson ’73* 

Gary A. Tobin 

United Way of New York City* 

Gregory Williams 

Lehman College Associates 

Altria Group, Inc. 

Taraneh Amirparviz-Sabouri 

Deena Bernstein 

Brooklyn College Auxiliary Enterprises 

Corp. 

City University of New York General 

Account 

Coca Cola Enterprises Bottling 

Company 

Samuel F. Coleman ’74 

Environmental Strategies 

David R. Fryer 

Anthony Garro 

GFS Chemicals, Inc. 

Gary S. Goldstein 

John D. Gordan, III 

George F. Heinrich 

Elinor H. Hirschhorn 

Philip H. Isles 

Jacob Judd* 

Carl Kaffeman ’73 

Alexander C. Karp 

Kingsborough Community College 

Auxiliary Enterprises, Inc 

Peter R. Limburg 

Loeb & Troper 

Geraldine H. Maxwell 

Orin A. McCluskey 

Albert M. P. Medvec ’71 

Melnick Research Association 

Joan Morgenthau 

Robert M. Morgenthau 

Sarah E. Morgenthau 

Mary Alice O’Dowd 

Frances M. Piscitelli 

Peter A. Piscitelli 

Professional Staff Congress 

Richard J. Radna ’69 

Rogers M. Smith 

Norma K. Stegmaier* 

The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt 

Institute 

The Library Association of the City 

University of New York 

William Tramontano 

William J. vanden Heuvel 

Michael W. Yackira ’72 

Lehman College Sponsors 

Ira S. Behr ’74 

Bernd Brecher 

Judith J. Chang ’92 

Judith B. Chiara 

Eugene Chudnovsky 

John L. Comaroff 

Consolidated Edison Company of 

NY, Inc. 

Derrin Culp ’75 

Susan M. Dacks ’72 

Michael V. Dicosimo ’75 

Thomas E. Gallagher ’74 

Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery 

Sophie J. Goodhart 

Robert C. Graham, Jr. 

Anne Grand 

Horace M. Gray 

Verona Greenland 

Murray Hausknecht* 

Clarita Herrera 

Peter W. Josten 

Martin J. Kelly* 

Cecily Kooijman 

Lehman College Association for 

Campus Activities, Inc. 

Penelope Lehman 

Jose Magdaleno, Jr. 

Cynthia N. Mayer 

William R. Mayer 

Theodore R. Miro ’82 

Henry Morgenthau, III 

Peter Morrell 

Andrea Murphy ’91 

Diane E. Nicosia ’85 

Glen T. Nygreen 

Steven A. Ostrow 

Michael Paull 

Edgar V. Roberts 

Andrea J. Rockower ’73 

Salvatore M. Romano 

Norman M. Rosner ’80 

Nick Salvatore ’68 

Mahnaz Sarachi 

Karel Simek 

LeeAnn O. Simmons ’94* 

Barbara A. Smith ’92 

Kenneth J. Swan 

Esdras Tulier 

Ida Van Lindt 

Verizon Foundation 

Carlton Williams ’88 

Century Club 

Rogaia M. Abusharaf 

Sultan Ahmed 

Linda Alcoff 

Parvin Assadi 

Wilma A. Bailey ’72 

Catherine E. Bambrick ’02 

Marina P. Banchetti 

Bank of New York 

Michael and Barbara Barnard 

Reuben L. Baumgarten* 

Reginald Bender ’91 

Marsha Benjamin 

Lily Birnbach ’70 

Carole M. Boccumini ’70 

Bronx Community College 

BRONXNET 

Rosemary G. Brooke ’71 

Clifford Brown ’76 

John H. Brown ’95 

Pamela A. Brown ’98 

Robin H. Brown ’73 

Susan Broxmeyer ’75 

Seyna J. Bruskin 

Gail E. Bryan ’75 

William Burnicke ’01 

Cornelius Cadigan ’98 

Christopher N. Calhoun ’88 

Barbara P. Cardillo ’92 

Clare L. Carroll 

Patricia A. Cawly ’76 

Rene Chevray 

Betty Chlebnikow* 

Ralph Chlebnikow 

Leslie A. Cobb ’95 

Thomas P. Cocke ’81 

Faye M. Cohen ’84 

Shirlee Cohen 

Bridie A. Collins 

Gladys M. Comeau-Morales ’79 

Ramón E. Cordíes ’96* 

John Corigliano 

Carol A. Coscia ’74 

Ann M. Crawford ’93 

Raymond B. Croskey 

Virginia C. Cupiola ’88 

David G. Dannenbring 

Shelley M. Danziger ’76 

Joseph Dauben 

Frances A. DellaCava 

Donald J. Devaney ’85 

Lisa L. Dever 

Annette Digby 

Catherine Donohue ’73 

Nancy J. Dougherty ’81 

Margaret F. Drago ’89 

Edmund J. Drake ’71 

Randi Dubno Gardner 

Hugh A. Dunne 

Wilbur Edel 

Bonnie S. Edwards 

Victor M. Eichorn, Jr. ’78 

Toy L. Eng ’83 

Giving Sources from January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004 

Title V Match 28% 

Organizations 20% 

*Donors with an asterisk have contributed for five consecutive years or more. 

Hunter Bronx Campus 2% 

Alumni 27% 

Friends 17% 

Faculty and 

Administrators 6% 

Eve Ensler 

Giselle Eric 

Nicholas Esposito 

Dawn Ewing Morgan 

Nancy B. Fields ’88 

Sharon Freedberg 

Philip I. Freedman* 

Kate French 

Elsy Fuentes ’88 

Maryann Garro ’80 

Robert N. Georgalas ’72 

Geraldine E. Gerardi ’76 

Nancy G. Gherardi ’69 

Martin R. Gitterman ’70 

Jack Globenfelt 

David S. Goldberger ’71 

Renee Goods ’90 

Marlene Gottlieb 

Robert T. Gregory ’80 

Gerhard J. Haas 

Reginetta Haboucha 

Elhum Haghighat-Sordellini 

Dona L. Hamilton 

Stephanie L. Harley ’78 

Gilbert B. Harris ’77 

Clevis R. Headley 

Dolores H. Henchy ’72 

Carla E. Herman ’74 

Emita B. Hill 

Casper E. Hoist, Jr. ’71 

Jack Hyatt 

IBM International Foundation 

International Health Awareness 

Network 

Barbara C. Ioia ’71 

J.P. Morgan Chase Manhattan 

Bank, N.A. 

Ayat Jafari 

Marzie Jafari 

James R. Johnson 

Nicole M. Johnson-Gellineau 

David S. Jordan ’75 

Winston L. Joseph ’96 

Irene N. Judd 

Robert Kanner ’75 

Nancy Kaye 

William J. Kelly ’68 

John R. Kennedy ’90 

Diana K. Kent 

Edward L. King ’81 

Harriet E. Klausner ’73 

Jessica S. Klein 

Anne M. Knight 

Sandra E. Kolodny ’77 

Gifty A. Kudayah ’99 

Marion Lahn 

Nancy Lau ’88 

Josephine P. Law 

Jean O. Lee ’76 

Lehman College Art Gallery 

Sandra Lerner 

Ruth M. Levell ’78 

David H. Levey 

Sandra Levey 

Jane E. Levitt 

Jacob Lichy ’65 

Victoria H. Lightman ’75 

Brian M. Lobel ’73* 

John Locke 

Elisabeth Lorin 

Barbara D. Luftglass-Morea ’83* 

Robert Lundberg 

Eleanor E. Lundeen 

Vito E. Maggiolo ’75 

Edward J. Mahoney ’81 

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Michael Mahoney ’77 

Juliane E. Manko ’80 

Thomas N. Marshall, Jr. ’93 

Debra Martinez ’75 

Herminio Martinez 

Joanna Matos ’00 

Carl Mazza, Jr. 

MBNA America 

Andrew McGowan 

David K. McCauseland ’97 

Myles McCormick 

Morton Meisler ’65 

Robert D. Menaker 

Samuel Menashe 

Stacy Mendleson ’76 

Walid Michelen ’91 

Joan A. Miller 

Brenda P. Moffitt 

Mary C. Moore ’86 

Lawrence Morgan ’87 

Martin Murphy 

Daniel P. Nagle ’86 

NationsCredit Commercial Corporation* 

Bertrade B. Ngo-Ngijol Banoum 

Linda S. Ochser ’69 

Stephen O’Neill 

Rona L. Ostrow 

Luz N. Padro Rivera ’96 

David Park 

Marcia A. Patel ’74 

Anthony V. Patti ’80 

Rosemary E. Pearce ’78 

Anne D. Perryman ’93* 

Elizabeth Peters ’74 

Susan Polirstok 

Irwin H. Polishook 

Balwant Praimraj ’99 

Anne Prisco-Sergi 

Louise C. Puschel ’75 

Joel C. Quall ’79 

Kathleen G. Quinn-Miller 

Jennifer Raab 

Aubyn M. Reid ’89 

Mary C. Reilly ’71 

Margaret A. Rice 

Irwin I. Rofman* 

Carole S. Rothman ’69 

Michelle A. Saccurato ’77 

Bijan Safai 

Michael Saltz 

Gerry K. Sandell ’80 

Milton Santiago 

Evelyn Santos ’73 

Andrew Schmidt 

Paul F. Schneider ’84 

Edward Schwartz ’66 

Barbara G. Shaiman ’68 

Jay Snyder 

Deborah M. Sohr 

Steven A. Solomon 

Gloria S. Spear ’88 

Robert M. Specter 

Hedi Sperling ’90 

Dianne B. Stillman ’98 

Lorraine K. Stock ’70 

Hannelore H. Stoumen 

Gloria F. Stradford ’70 

Reid Strieby 

Jack M. Stryker ’79 

William Swenson 

Carmine J. Tabacco ’81 

Esther R. Taus 

Steven Tepikian ’79 

The Workmen’s Circle 

Maria Theodoulou 

16 

Maureen A. Thompson ’97 

Carlos L. Toledo ’89 

Towers Perrin 

Mardi Valgemae 

Milan Valuch ’69 

Leonard A. Van Lowe, Jr. ’77 

Lynne Van Voorhis 

George C. Vatore ’75 

Stephen B. Walsh ’82 

Stanley Walters ’59 

Albert K. Webster 

Jacqueline L. Weidner ’71 

Karen D. Weinberg ’76 

Joyce F. West 

Derek Wheeler 

Linda C. Williams ’70* 

Mark H. Winnegrad ’71 

Eric V. Wright 

Margaret Yard 

Lawrence D. Young ’80 

Laura L. Zambano-Greechan ’74 

Stephen Zuckerman ’75 

Martin L. Zwiren 

Friends of Lehman College 

Gladys M. Aborchie-Idlet ’97 

Hilduara P. Abreu ’96 

Haydee Acevedo ’02 

Jacqueline Acevedo 

Kossi A. Acolitse* 

Juan L. Acosta ’02 

Miguel A. Acosta ’02 

Zelma Acosta ’98 

Affiong I. Adanga ’89 

Taiwo G. Adeniji ’96 

Esther O. Afolayan ’03 

Hudu Ahmed ’01 

Alex I. Akhimien ’98 

Phoebe Alexander ’95 

Jose A. Alexandrino ’96 

Jose Alfaro ’70 

Carmen M. Alicea ’02 

Nolvia Altamirano ’01 

Gerard Altieri ’74 

Maria E. Alvarez ’84 

Noelia Alvarez ’94 

Ana Amaro ’83 

Geraldine Ambrosio ’75 

American International Group, 

Inc. 

Steven Amfwan 

Benora N. Andrews 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 

Mary D. Antenucci ’74 

Rosemarie Antoine 

Elliott M. Antokoletz ’68 

Ellen A. Appelle ’71 

Nydia Arezza 

Karen M. Argenti ’78 

Richard L. Aronowitz ’73 

Lynette Arroyo ’03 

Bahar Arsoy ’98 

Augustus Aryee ’98 

Rochelle M. Asaro ’74 

Rikki Asher ’81 

Michael Aurichio ’75 

Alla Avdashchenko ’99 

Edgar Ayala ’00 

Maria S. Ayala ’81 

Rider Babbit 

Dorothy M. Babcock ’75 

Sandy Badson ’01 

Zoila R. Baez 

Jacqueline A. Bailey ’79* 

Sylvia Banton 

Daniel R. Barber ’94 

Florence I. Barber 

John W. Bardo 

Patricia A. Barile ’69 

Leah Barkan ’76 

Debra J. Barksdale ’99 

Geri A. Baron ’71 

Irene A. Barros ’99 

Leliane B. Barroso-Maldonado ’98 

Luisa A. Barry ’78 

Andrew F. Bata ’71 

Patricia A. Bauer ’76 

Stuart I. Baum ’95 

Carl J. W. Becker ’92 

Shirley Becker* 

Ada C. Begelman* 

Judith Beiss ’97 

Christine Bellacero ’76 

Leslie A. Benardo ’75 

Steven M. Benardo ’69 

Dorothy Berest* 

Kevin P. Bergmann ’03 

Jeffrey Berkowitz ’76 

Frieda Bernstein 

Carmen J. Betancourt ’03 

Elizabeth A. Betz ’84 

Mildred H. Birkmann ’72 

Kpangbala Blamah ’80 

Julio E. Blanco ’94 

Ruth Block ’83 

Antoinette Blum 

Betty L. Blume ’75 

Frank K. Boateng 

Henry O. Boateng ’98 

Steven M. Bobker ’03 

Jeanette M. Bonet ’97 

Stanley J. Boots ’78 

Ellin Bousel ’73 

Felice A. Brady ’75 

Marian L. Brady ’00 

Lottie V. Bragg ’92 

Cosmo Branca ’87 

Gail A. Brandt ’03 

Linda M. Brandt ’71 

Norma I. Brenes ’89 

Igor V. Brikman 

Theresa M. Broglio ’81 

Rachel Brookoff ’78 

Barbara W. Brown ’00 

Frances L. Brown ’78 

Theresa A. Brown-Mullins ’97 

Steven A. Bruce ’93 

Willy Brujan ’00 

Sandra A. Buckley ’77 

Margaret K. Bunzick ’91 

Almeida Burgos ’95 

Orville E. Burnett ’97 

Darian D. Burrus ’02 

James M. Byrne ’75 

Louis Cabello 

Aleta M. Cabral ’88 

Eugenia C. Cameron ’86 

Kerry A. Campbell-Jones ’87 

Barbara I. Canavan ’88 

Shaunte T. Cannon ’03 

John R. Capasso ’69 

Barbara J. Cappelli ’00 

Peter R. Carelli ’86 

Patricia (Pat) E. Carey ’75 

Robert Carmona ’00 

Suzanne Carpiniello ’69 

Magaly D. Carro ’80 

Toni M. Carter ’90 

Cartridge Recovery Center 

Charles A. Casale ’74 

Theresa A. Casper ’85 

Mary Cassidy ’74 

Sonia S. Castellanos ’85 

Wanda I. Castro ’89 

Sherri D. Caver ’03 

Michael J. Cea ’78 

Annmarie Cefoli ’76 

Milton Centeno ’01 

Philippa G. Centini ’68 

Loraine Centrilla ’94 

Ricardo Charriez ’04 

Susan L. Chasky 

Yolanda Chavez ’00 

Jay H. Cheraskin ’88* 

Perla M. Cherubini ’76 

Takman Cheung 

Sal Chiariello ’68 

Alan F. Chibnik ’68 

Roman W. Chornodolsky ’71 

Pierre Choute ’87 

Nathan M. Chukueke ’96 

Magalys O. Ciccosanti ’03 

Donna M. Classe ’03 

Jewel Cleckley ’01 

Carmen Clemente ’80 

Crystal Clemons ’93 

Betty Coalmon ’77 

Mavis A. Coalmon ’92 

Nancy H. Cobb 

Gregg S. Cohen 

Joseph S. Cohen ’99 

Richard Cohen 

Bonnie M. Cohn ’95 

Howard S. Cohn 

Hazel M. Coleman ’78 

Frank D. Conforti ’70 

Lawrence M. Connors ’74 

Glenn W. Conway ’74 

Dwight R. Cook ’02 

Allen S. Cooper ’79 

Dominick A. Corrado ’76 

Wanda Cortes ’01 

Andrea Cortese ’83 

Andrew J. Costello ’75 

Monica A. Cover ’77 

Pearl W. Cross ’04 

Elizabeth Cruz ’02 

Marisol Cruz 

Kwawo K. Cudjoe ’95 

Clarence Cunningham ’00 

Horace E. Cunningham ’02 

Elida O. Cylich ’81 

Martha C. Czitter ’76 

Neuza A. Da Gloria ’97 

Mariana T. D’Alessandro ’98 

Rexford E. Daley ’87 

Phyllis E. Daniel ’94 

Marcus V. Daugherty 

Jennifer M. Davids ’02 

Maria Davila ’97 

Anne L. Davis ’70 

Kathleen M. Davis ’71 

Rosalind Y. Davis ’02 

Andrea M. De George-Garbarini 

’84 

Anne M. Defino ’76 

Lillian DeJesus-Martinez ’99 

Hiram Del Valle ’92 

Jean M. Delamothe ’85 

Toni M. Demirali ’74 

Gerard F. DePaolo 

Geraldine DeSantis ’72 

Pamela B. DeWees ’82 

Richard L. Dicosmo ’03 

Patrick M. Diffley ’92 

Gwendolyn C. Dillard-Hatcher ’74 

Marie J. Dimaria ’96 

Evelyn A. Disla ’00 

Mario N. DiStefano ’89 

Trudi T. Diubaldo ’76 

Lydia Domanico ’70 

Hilton N. Dominguez ’03 

Evelyn Donner 

Edward N. Doohan ’68 

Mamadou Doumbouya ’00 

Morfeia M. Dulgeroff ’03 

Hazel P. Duncan ’99 

Edmund J. Dunn ’80 

Denise Dupree-Woodbury ’93 

Kenneth E. Dupuy ’75 

Sari H. Dworkin ’76 

Mary A. Dziomba ’82 

John Eboli ’74 

Angelita M. Ebreo ’96 

Thompson U. Echi ’04 

Charles Edusei ’98 

Beverly P. Ellman ’70 

Neil S. Elson ’71 

Gloria I. Encarnacion ’99 

Celia M. Eslampour ’01 

Aida C. Esposito ’83 

Monique Esposito 

Bernard Etheridge ’87 

Thelma Etheridge ’94 

Fay Ettman ’38* 

Wesley C. Evans ’91* 

Angela Fagan ’82 

Celia V. Fagan ’01 

Danny J. Faingnaert ’79 

Julie A. Fairley-Hollington ’91 

Paul A. Fallon ’76 

Richard P. Farrugia ’77 

Fred Feibusch 

Samuel Feinberg 

Eve Feinstein ’73 

Albert Feliciano ’95 

James V. Ferebee ’95 

Cedric C. Fergus ’83 

Kashae Ferguson ’01 

Esther M. Fernandez 

José M. Fernández ’94 

Leonel Fernandez ’04 

Yohanny C. Fernandez ’03 

Barbara A. Ferraro ’71 

Alan Z. Feuer 

Katherine D. Figueroa ’02 

Mary H. Finnerty ’93 

John J. Fischer ’00 

Elizabeth Fishman ’77 

Sandra O. Fishman ’75 

Maura E. Fitton ’86 

Richard G. Fitzmaurice ’68 

Agnes T. Fitzpatrick ’88 

Franklyn A. Fleury ’80 

Rachelle A. Flisser ’69 

Reuben L. Flowers ’01 

Ainsworth J. Foster ’02 

Marva P. Fray ’83 

Sheila Y. Fredericks ’89 

Lillian C. Frederickson ’81 

Linda M. Freeman ’68 

Nora Freeman ’00 

Carol A. Freidman ’80 

Jack B. Freindlich ’78 

Michael J. Friedman ’82* 

Bernard H. Friese ’84 

Susanne H. Fruchter ’94 

Austin A. Frye ’75 

Jack Funt ’90 

Charles J. Gaffner ’69 

Ouida Y. Gaillard ’81 

Angelo Galeazzi ’76 

Charles B. Gallo ’01 

*Donors with an asterisk have contributed for five consecutive years or more.

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Joann Galst* 

Tunde S. Gantt ’01 

Carlos A. Garcia ’01 

Francena Garcia ’01 

Wendy Garcia ’04 

Jemmiel A. Gardner ’01 

Susan E. Gardner ’73 

Terri Garrity ’79 

Peter Gartlan ’81 

Rosalyn Gass ’80 

Monica V. Gayle ’90* 

Yoseph T. Gemta ’02 

Carlene M. Gentilesco ’68 

Joseph W. Gentilesco ’72 

Roxanne A. George 

Robert Gerardi ’02 

Anna F. Gergley 

Linda F. Gesoff ’69 

Mary L. Gilbert ’88 

Irwin F. Giles ’71 

John J. Gilligan ’95 

Frances B. Giuffre ’74 

Nadeen Glover ’00 

Sol E. Goichman ’90 

Elise M. Gold ’76 

Lloyd A. Goldman ’75 

Roy E. Goldman ’76 

Vicki L. Goldman ’82 

Migdalia Gomez ’85 

Robin R. Gomez ’99 

Frank González ’70 

Brad Goodwin ’99 

Fran S. Gordon ’75 

Christiane T. Gorycki 

Scott P. Grader ’77 

Rochelle H. Grant ’77 

Sandra Green ’02 

Jean D. Greenberg ’75 

Judith L. Greenberg ’64 

Daron M. Greene ’00 

Angela B. Griefen ’69 

Ian L. Griffin ’99 

Patricia Griffin ’01 

Margaret Groake 

Malvin N. Groce ’89 

Mark I. Grossman ’72 

Maria-Elena E. Guerrero- 

Papson ’91 

Anna M. Guidotti ’02 

Gladys Guillet-Brown ’90 

Laura Guity ’03 

Barbara V. Gurley ’70 

Francine A. Gurtler ’85 

Adar Gurvitch 

Hilde Guttenplan ’91 

William A. Guzman ’99 

Iris A. Haburay ’73 

Sonya F. Hammer ’75 

Nora M. Hamond-Gallardo ’79 

Robert J. Hanan ’86 

Wade Hanley ’97 

Jane C. Hannon 

Beris M. Harper ’88 

Julie-Ann W. Harris ’00 

Michael G. Harrison ’80 

Edwin Hastings ’89 

Jacqueline A. Hayes ’98 

Mary F. Hayes ’00 

Violet L. Hayes ’76 

Cecelia M. Hedley ’93 

Charlotte A. Heese ’79 

Marsha S. Heiman ’66 

Maureen A. Heller ’99 

Ronald A. Henry, Jr. ’91 

Ingrid Heraldo 

Marisa Hermon 

Harry Hernandez ’92 

Jessica R. Hernandez ’00 

Raphael Hernandez ’70 

Steve Herskovits ’74 

Eugene M. Hewitt ’74 

Katherine B. Hickey ’92 

Ryon H. Higgins ’01 

Ann Marie S. Hing ’02 

Alrita Hodge ’79 

Arax L. Hogroian 

Virginia M. Holek ’74 

Victoria F. Holmberg ’03 

Lucile H. Holt ’74 

Camisha Huff ’02 

Gilton O. Huggett ’00 

Gloria B. Hughes ’97* 

Kathleen Hughes ’89 

Veronica C. Humphreys ’93 

Kirsten D. Hunter ’03 

Jerome Hyacinth ’96 

Boonchua Iamkulworapong ’03 

IBM International Foundation 

Nelson Igie ’02 

Roseline C. Ikedinma-Atkinson ’98 

Janet A. Ilori ’04 

Lynn C. Imergoot ’69 

Lucia Imparato ’97 

Brenda Irizarry ’03 

Joshua B. Isaacson ’00 

Rita Iturralde ’76 

Ruth E. Iuliano ’77 

Eleanor J. Jackson ’80 

Kaitlyn M. Jackson ’00 

Paulette C. Jackson ’79 

Marie Berthe M. Jacob ’03 

Jennifer A. James ’71 

Joan E. James ’99 

Theodora Jembelis ’99 

Vivian C. Jenkins 

Marilyn E. Jervey ’81 

Jeser Jimenez 

Catherine W. Johnson ’03 

Ethel Johnson ’01 

Ivylyn Johnson ’99 

Mabel E. Johnson ’73 

Phaedra L. Johnson ’98 

Leslie Jones ’95 

Ruth Jordan ’00 

Elaine A. Joseph ’88 

Ronald B. Joseph ’74 

Loretta M. Judge ’89 

Meredith T. Kanner ’73 

Darinka S. Kantcheva ’97 

Janet E. Kaplan ’79 

Leslie C. Kaplan ’72 

Ruth R. Kaplan ’73 

Karen R. Karlsson ’89 

Darlene M. Katsch ’71 

Ellen Katz ’74 

Lynn Kauderer ’75 

Mary C. Keane ’91 

Christine A. Keller ’84 

David Kelly ’95 

John D. Kelly 

Martha Kelly ’90 

Stella T. Kelly ’68 

Isabel L. Kessler ’74 

Peter J. Kiernan ’91 

Brendan J. Kilcawley ’84* 

Henry King ’88* 

Rebecca J. Kirkland ’74 

Paul H. Klein ’73 

Samuel D. Kleinman ’69 

Bruce G. Klonsky ’71 

Joan A. Kneider ’68 

Kim M. Knight ’91 


Phonathon Callers Stay in Touch 

With Lehman Alumni 

Each fall and winter, a team of Lehman students calls 

alumni to say hello and ask for contributions to support 

the College. A gift to the College through the Lehman 

College Foundation is an excellent way to say “Thank you 

for a great education!” and to extend a helping hand to 

current students. 

(Above, from left): 

Kerlys Feliz, Paul Tamayo, Ode 

Hoppie and Cyndia Montero 

Tulsa Knox-Rice 

Kathleen A. Koch ’72 

Linda Kofa ’94 

Minnie Krakowsky ’76 

Barry A. Krissoff ’72 

Theresa M. Kurtz ’77 

Judith A. Kurzawa ’91 

Helen R. Kuttner ’75 

Rita J. La Bar ’89 

John J. Lally, Jr. 

Hazel R. Lammers ’77 

Susan D. LaMonica ’79 

Henrietta R. Landauer ’71 

Alfred Z. Lanquah ’99 

Regina S. Laurato ’04 

Claudia S. Lawrence ’97 

Barbara M. Lazarus ’76 

Toby W. Lebenson ’86 

Robert F. Lebowitz ’98 

Joanne R. Lehrer ’70 

Betty Ann Leibowitz 

Mark A. Lenahan ’97 

Paula E. Lester ’74 

Ramona A. Letterese ’95 

James Levanos ’81 

Sylvia Levinson 

Zelda Levitan ’69 

Joan M. Levitt ’88 

Karen K. Lewis 

Rowena Lewis ’01 

Fernando Leyton ’02 

Cristina Liantonio ’03 

Salvatore Licciardello ’73 

David Lieb ’01 

Susan G. Lilien ’93 

Maria D. Lima-Isaac ’92 

Pamela Lindsay ’02 

Jennie M. Lipari ’92 

Francine Lobel 

Marie I. Londrigan ’76 

Emilio W. Lopez 

Anthony J. Lopiano ’98 

Carmen Loran 

Julio Lorenzo ’95 

Arlene A. Love ’98 

Dorothy Lowery ’91 

Ralph Lucena ’98 

Lisa M. Lucid ’02 

Gustavo J. Lucin ’03 

Eliot S. Lugo, Jr. ’85 

Iris L. Lugo ’95 

Anna Lukaj ’00 

Mirjana Lukic-Kim ’89 

Irmgard H. Lukmann ’85 

Rosemary T. Lunstead ’75 

Diane S. Lynch ’81 

Elizabeth B. A. Lynch ’76 

Mona T. Lynch ’78 

Myrna A. Lynch ’93 

Patricia Y. Mack ’71 

William J. Madden ’90 

Mahammed S. Mahammed ’99 

Lloyd G. Mair, Jr. ’72 

Robert E. Malberti ’83 

(Above, from left): 

Ellen Amo-Nyarko and 

Robert Molina 

(Above, from left): Yiranny Almonte, Coralia Barrios, 

Jeimy Rosado and Cyndia Montero 

Aravind Mallipudi ’98 

Joann M. Maloney 

Frida L. Malpica ’74 

Theodosia Maltas ’00 

Carole Mandelkorn ’84 

Shirley Mandell ’90 

Joseph A. Mannozzi, Jr. ’91 

Earl B. Manywether ’80 

Paul F. Mapelli ’80 

Diane T. Markarian ’76 

Gisela Marrero ’00 

Joann R. Marrone ’75 

Wadih R. Marte ’03 

Amira R. Martin ’01 

Cheryl D. Martin ’01 

Joan F. Martin ’85 

Ana M. Martinez ’92 

Benilde A. Martinez ’00 

Dorina Martinez ’03 

Evelyn I. Martinez ’03 

Judy E. Martinez ’03 

Julio Martinez ’00 

Maria I. Martinez ’02 

Pedro Martinez ’04 

Renzo Martinez ’96 

Rosa M. Martinez ’00 

Thelma L. Martinez ’02 

Audrey D. Marutollo ’75 

Sandra A. Masiello ’87 

Rodolph T. Massop ’01 

Lorraine M. Mastracchio ’74 

Hideko Masuoka ’96 

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Victor Matamala ’02 

Lini Mathew ’02 

Vivian Matias ’82 

Erica Matthews ’74 

Rebecca A. Mattos ’96 

Shirley E. Maxwell ’03 

Leslie D. May ’00 

Geraldine F. Mazzella ’76 

Richard D. McBride ’87 

Philip E. McCaffrey ’79 

Jennifer C. McCarthy ’03 

Naomi McCooe 

Mary P. McCullough ’78 

Michael J. McFadden ’91 

Nikki O. McGann 

Maureen E. McGuire ’69 

Shoundel P. Mcintosh ’03 

Robert G. McKay ’79* 

Catherine A. McKenna 

William E. McNairy ’04 

Eileen M. McNamee ’93 

Harold E. McNulty ’90 

Barbara R. Meara ’91 

Ana R. Medina ’89 

Howard B. Medow ’74 

Patricia A. Meehan ’97 

Maria E. Melendez ’86 

Liliana M. Melendez Morales ’03 

Ruby Melendez ’01 

Jesus E. Mena ’93 

Denise L. Mercado ’87 

Susan A. Merguerian ’92 

Peter L. Merker ’75 

Linda R. Meyer ’74* 

Ruth Milberg-Kaye 

18 

President Leonard Lief 

Leonard Lief Fundraising Drive Goes Over the Top 

The President Leonard Lief Fundraising Drive 

Committee recently celebrated the completion of 

its campaign at a small gathering at Willow Towers in 

New Rochelle, where Dr. Lief lives. Under the leadership 

of Vice President Emeritus Glen T. Nygreen and 

Professor Fred D. Phelps, the Committee met the Title 

V Challenge grant of $425,000, increased the endowment 

holdings by more than $1.1 million, attracted 

734 donors (429 of whom were first-time donors), and 

established 18 new scholarships, three academic funds 

and three unrestricted endowed funds. 

Endowment dollars are part of the Lehman College Foundation’s permanent holdings. 

A strong endowment is a hallmark of a strong institution that provides value-added 

support for student scholarships, faculty development and academic programs. In describing 

President Lief’s leadership, President Fernández said, “President Lief guided the 

institution toward independence by reviewing, changing and adapting the entire curriculum 

to make offerings relevant and strong, to best serve its students. He shepherded 

the institution not only into an independent senior college of the City University of New 

York, but into a major cultural force in the region, with handsome new facilities that 

included the Library, the Art Gallery and the Performing Arts Center. He also created a 

stable bastion of academic freedom, stressing the ‘disinterested pursuit of knowledge for 

its own sake.’ We continue to enjoy Dr. Lief’s legacy today. We congratulate Leonard on 

the fulfillment of this goal in his honor.” ◆ 

Eric Miller ’99 

Maranela Miller 

Mildred Miller ’77 

Susan R. Miller ’04 

Joette Mindlin* 

Glenda Miranda ’02 

Jose A. Mojica ’89* 

Pedro A. Molano, Jr. ’97 

Arlene A. Moliterno. ’70 

Thelma Monroe ’77 

Neita Montague 

Indira Mookhram ’03 

Luisa A. Morales ’79 

Madeline H. Moran 

Roxann Moraza ’84 

Juana N. Moreira ’82 

Shaun Moreno ’04 

Jacqueline A. Morris ’91 

John R. Moskal ’74 

Nancy E. Moskowitz ’80 

Lautaro E. Mosquera ’01 

Darmy E. Mota ’03 

Breda T. Muller ’85 

William Mulvihill ’91 

Crestwell J. Munnings ’86 

Alice P. Munzo ’70 

Ellen M. Murphy ’90 

Judith Murphy ’01 

Dorothy O. Murray ’03 

Lois M. Murray ’01 

Alice S. Myerson ’91 

Roland M. Naglieri ’73 

Tomoki Nanjo ’04 

Nancy K. Nardozzi ’72 

Bruce J. Nathan ’76 

Vicente N. Navarro-Pareja ’96 

Fred Negron ’87 

Susan J. Netburn ’91 

Sharon M. Newby ’03 

Ellen M. Newman ’80 

Valentine Ngufor* 

John S. Nguyen 

Elizabeth A. Nicastro ’94 

Faith C. Nnaji ’03 

Francis C. Nugent, Jr. ’74 

Jose A. Nunez ’01 

Maribel C. Nunez ’94 

Paula B. Oberman ’73 

George C. Obinero 

Lavona Odingo ’03 

Alozie A. Ogbonna ’02 

Louise O’Hanlon ’89 

Abimbola O. Ojurongbe ’99 

John C. Ongley 

Barbara A. Oppenheimer ’94 

Ingeborg J. Oppenheimer ’70 

Christine M. O’Rourke ’76 

Ramon Ortiz ’95 

Raquel Ortiz ’90 

William Ortiz ’03 

Judith Z. Osten ’78 

Luz A. Pacheco 

Manuel E. Padilla ’85 

Jackie Padilla-DiMirco ’04 

Salvatore Paese ’81* 

Viny J. Palmeri ’72 

Yvonne M. Palmieri ’84 

Louise A. Paluzzi ’78 

Michele A. Panossian ’79 

Michael P. Panzarino ’80 

President Leonard Lief Endowment Campaign 

Scholarships and Funds 

Billy Collins Endowed Scholarship 

Candido Maldonado ’79 Scholarship Honoring Distinguished 

Prof. Joseph Dauben 

Cezarina Edelstein Endowment Fund 

Charles Greenberg Endowed Scholarship 

Dean Maria Herencia Scholarship 

Dr. Jose Luis Fernández Marchese Memorial Scholarship 

Edwin Kramer Scholarship 

Emita B. Hill Adult Continuing Education 

Scholarship 

Governor Herbert H. Lehman Endowed Scholarship Fund 

Helen Kleinberg Prize for Sudent Affairs 

James V. Bruni Lehman College Education Library Fund 

James V. Bruni Scholarship 

John Kent Hilliard and Jane Mauk Hilliard 

Scholarship 

Lehman College Community Scholarship Fund 

Michael J. Duffy Scholarship 

Neville Andrews Sr. Scholarship 

Patricia Solomon Scholarship 

President Lief Endowment Fund 

Rose M. Moehring Endowed Scholarship 

Rothstein Family Scholarship 

Ruth Ann Lief Endowment 

Ruth Mischkind Kolbe Scholarship 

Student Development Endowment 

Yvette Nicole Moreno Scholarship 

Ruth Pariser ’76 

Michael D. Parker ’83 

Carole E. Parkey ’97 

Barry C. Pearce ’70 

Gino A. Pelaez ’02 

Jaime Pena ’02 

Sonia Pena ’02 

Vanessa Pena ’00 

Tomo Pepdonovic ’98 

Rosa D. Peralta ’99 

Robert H. Perlman ’79 

Elisa A. Perratore ’78 

Chniqua Perrino ’00 

Deeram Persaud ’03 

Jaydeo Persaud ’98 

Dorothy D. Phinn ’94 

Pablo E. Pimentel ’01 

Patricia R. Pinales ’78 

Roseanne Pinto ’02 

Joan M. Piscitello ’77 

Epifania Pitillo ’99 

Wilfredo Pizarro ’90 

Richard R. Polanco ’97 

Marie E. Powell 

Michele F. Power ’93 

Mayoris Y. Presbot ’98 

Nelson L. Proano ’03 

Promark Direct Marketing 

Gaoyin Quian 

Celso Quinones ’03 

Victor M. Quintana ’82 

Belle M. Raines ’92 

Marlo Ramirez 

Sobeida A. Ramirez ’02 

Carlos M. Ramos ’03 

Diana Ramos ’02 

Iris Ramos ’79 

Jose G. Ramos ’01 

Norma Ramos ’90 

Sandra Ramos-Alamo ’93 

Virginia-Holly Rango ’66 

Susan A. Rappaport ’69 

Richard A. Rauh ’97 

Sonia S. Reid ’03 

Anna M. Reis ’74 

Marilyn E. Reiter ’75 

Christine E. Reitman ’02 

Aida L. Resto ’88 

Stephanie Ribaudo ’93 

Shana N. Richards ’98 

Colleen M. Richman ’97 

Jeffery D. Rieck ’03 

Virginia Riklin ’78 

Dennis Riley ’99* 

Joan M. Riley ’68 

Ronald Rimi ’77 

Hector A. Rivera ’70 

Michael Rivera 

Rolando Rivera ’00 

Karen A. Roback ’76 

Ann S. Roberts ’87 

Humberto R. Roberts ’93* 

Carol L. Robinson ’03 

Gail L. Robinson ’77 

Michael G. Robinson ’98 

Nadeen E. Robinson ’02 

Stephanie Robock 

Jean A. Roccanova ’81 

Julia Rockoff ’72 

Ana G. Rodriguez ’03 

*Donors with an asterisk have contributed for five consecutive years or more.

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Lehman College Community Scholarship Tributes 

The Lehman College Community Scholarship continually 

recognizes people named by individual donors. 

Robert Johnson 

Jacob Judd 

James Kearns 

James R. Kreuzer 

Joseph M. Magdaleno, Sr. 

Susan Morgenthau 

Beverly Nygreen 

Ana I. Rodriguez ’99 

Carmen Rodriguez 

Iris Rodriguez ’96 

Barry T. Rooney ’03 

Zoraida Rosa 

Joanne Rosado 

Rafael Rosado Jr. ’03 

Adrian Rosario ’04 

Andrew Rosario 

Arelis Rosario ’91 

Joan E. Rose ’89 

Rose K. Rose* 

Javonne J. Rosen ’92 

Norma K. Rosenberg ’73 

Christopher J. Rowan ’81* 

Martin Rrjolli 

Lillian Rubin ’85 

Miles Rubin 

Cynthia Russell ’70 

Catherine M. Ryall 

Joanne P. Sabato ’75 

Harold Sabedra, Sr. ’94 

Khalid M. Sabha ’96 

Helena A. Sackey ’04 

Junior A. Sadler ’98 

Craig A. Salerno ’03 

Enrique Salgado ’80 

Kalif Salim ’93 

Jacqueline J. Saltzman ’76 

Gail D. Sanders ’93 

Fidelina Santana ’87 

Anthony Santiago ’94 

María L. Santiago ’97* 

Pablo D. Santiago ’90 

Pablo C. Sanz ’96 

Felice M. Saracco ’74 

Brian O. Sarvis ’96 

Betty Saygbe ’96 

Joseph V. Scelsa ’78 

Patricia Sceusa 

Bernard M. Schiff ’82 

Vivian S. Schiffman ’70 

Michael A. Schneider ’75 

Frank M. Schonfeld ’90 

Larry Schonfeld ’71 

Frank Scoglio ’71 

Lorna A. Scott ’99 

Madeleine Secunda ’80 

Malinda Selby ’98 

Jacqueline C. Seltzer ’73 

Steven Selwyn 

Harris T. Semegram ’71 

Susan L. Serrano ’69 

Maharanie Sewbhajan ’97 

Terry T. Seymore-Collins ’87 

Jeffrey A. Shaw ’02 

Marilyn L. Shaw ’03 

Phyllis R. Shawhan ’72 

Richard M. Sheldon ’68 

Diana S. Siegel ’71 

Beverly Silverman ’81 

Helene J. Silverman 

Glen T. Nygreen 

Fred D. Phelps 

Leonard Rockower 

Rosemarie Rockower 

Anne Rothstein 

Anji Sun 

Millie Wheeler 

Peter Silverman 

Ellen Simms 

Eleanor Simms-Armfield ’84 

Sonia Simon ’72 

Yolanda M. Simpson ’97 

Calvin Sims ’87 

Gregory G. Singer ’69 

Kenneth J. Singer ’85* 

Nalinie D. Singh ’93 

Lottie M. Singh-Collins ’94 

Norman J. Slawsky ’76 

Shirley Small ’83 

Benjamin A. Smith ’97 

Derrick Smith 

Cheryl D. Smith Gabig ’93 

Janet T. Smith ’83* 

Latonia A. Smith ’02 

Margaret G. Smith ’83 

Myrtle L. Smith ’76 

Ronald S. Smith ’98 

Thomas Smithwick ’96 

Michelle A. Smyth ’76 

Beverly P. Soares ’94 

Luisa Soler-Gonzalez ’92 

Henry O. Solly ’99 

Jennifer A. Sonsini ’88 

Babucarr Sowe ’03 

Kenneth E. Spatta ’91 

Kim N. Speights ’96* 

Benjamin A. Spero ’86* 

Jose J. Sprouse, Jr. ’69 

Margaret Staiano ’71 

Marie R. Standford ’85* 

Kenneth P. Stein ’93 

Dale Stephenson ’01 

Kerstine A. Stephenson-Anyu ’81* 

Arlene R. Stern ’70 

David A. Sternberg ’88 

Jacqueline A. Sternberg ’78 

Jessica L. Stockham ’83 

Joseph R. Straus ’94 

Torya G. Strother ’00 

Roberta Strugger ’77 

Beth Stuckey ’77 

Iris Suarez ’95 

Harold W. Suckenik 

Paulette P. Sudano ’79 

Elizabeth E. Surcouf ’76 

Linda Sussman ’90 

Michael S. Switzer ’02 

Jewel F. Taitt ’03 

DEVELOPMENT NEWS 

Duane A. Tananbaum* 

Oskar S. Tanasijczuk ’69 

Mark L. Taub ’00 

Josefina Tavarez ’00 

Mihaela I. Teodorescu-Sadean ’87 

Shirley Thaler ’81 

Deni K. Thomas ’95 

Shaji Thomas ’91 

Ana Ligia Thompson ’75 

Anne E. Thompson ’90 

Georgette Thompson ’01 

Reginald R. Thompson ’96 

Debra B. Tirado ’01 

Brenda Tolinchi 

Annette J. Tomasetti ’81 

Milagros Tompkins ’90 

Cathleen A. Towey ’77 

Shajuana A. Townsend-Asse ’01 

Daphne G. Tracey ’86 

Jenny A. Tranfaglia ’74 

Bernadette C. Traub ’75 

Phillip J. Travers ’80* 

Sandra J. Trent ’93 

Rosemarie G. Trotman ’91 

Debbie L. Tucker ’88 

Matthew D. Tucker ’94 

Cynthia A. Tuohy ’78 

Sherrie L. Turkheimer ’72 

Sarah L. Turpin ’96 

Robert P. Tyra ’74 

Evmorfia Tzanis ’78 

Nicholas D. Tzanis ’81 

Scarlet Ubaldo ’03 

Chinedu Ugwuibe ’01 

Genarina Usera ’97 

John Usera Jr. ’00 

Juan Valdes 

Elvis Valdez ’01 

Melody P. Valitutto ’87 

Linda J. Van Valkenburg ’73* 

Patricia L. Vanderwerff ’96 

Shobi Varghese ’02 

Diana A. Vartabedian ’70 

Mildred X. Vazquez ’93 

Gregorio A. Velez ’02 

Margaret M. Vescovi ’78 

Plinio O. Villablanca ’85 

Dora L. Villani ’71 

Edward J. Vincenzi ’01 

Anna E. Viruet ’85 

Henry D. Walker ’96 

Janet C. Walker ’67 

Maria D. Wallmar ’76 

Theresa C. Walsh ’70 

Eilish Walsh-Lennon ’01 

Douglas Walter ’96 

Mary R. Walter ’88 

Miriam Wanderman ’75 

Norma W. Ward ’88 

Robert P. Ward ’87 

Nazlin B. Warner 

Diana L. Warren ’96 

Odella N. Washington ’74 

Irene M. Wasnick ’69 

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 

Friends ............................................................................................. LESS THAN 100 

Friends of the Library ...................................................................... ALL GIFT LEVELS 


Malvina Watson ’77 

Leslee L. Wechsler ’78 

Berenice Weiler 

Laura L. Weill ’75 

Harriet Weinbaum ’80 

Leon S. Weinberg ’75 

Rhoda Weinstein ’69 

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Janice A. Wright ’02 

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Richard W. Wynne ’72 

Ilana Yakobson ’01 

Eli B. Yamin ’00 

Joseph A. Yarina ’79 

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Sharon Young ’74 

Lisa H. Zeitoun ’78 

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Charles Greenberg 

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L E H M A N C O L L E G E 

The City University of New York 

250 Bedford Park Boulevard West 

Bronx, New York 10468-1589 

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In 2005, President Ricardo R. 

Fernández was cited by Hispanic 

Magazine (March 2005 issue) as 

one of the most influential Hispanic 

educators in the U.S. 

For fiscal year 2004, Lehman ranked 

third in extramural funding among 

all CUNY colleges. External funding, 

including contracts, educational 

awards and research grants, reached 

just under $16.3 million, almost 

double that of 1999. 

In 2004, Dr. Joseph Dauben, one of 

the world’s leading scholars of the 

history of mathematics, became 

the eighth member of the current 

Lehman faculty to join the rank of 

“Distinguished Professor.” 

In 2004, out of nearly 350 chapters 

on four continents, the Lehman 

chapter of Golden Key International 

Honor Society won the prestigious 

Key Chapter award. 

In 2003-04, Lehman opened stateof-the-art 

facilities in biology, speech 

pathology, foreign language learning, 

radio broadcasting, and geographic 

information science. 

In 2003-05, the student-produced 

video magazine “Inside Lehman” 

won two Telly Awards; First Prize in 

the Alliance for Community Media’s 

Northeast Regional competition 

(two years in a row); and an 

Award of Distinction from The 

Communicator Awards. 

In 2002, Lehman was one of eight 

senior colleges across the country 

to be selected as “institutions of 

excellence” by the Policy Center on 

the First Year of College, a national 

research center. 

In 2002, Lehman became the 

first college in CUNY to earn 

accreditation from NCATE (National 

Counci for the Accreditation of 

Teacher Education) for its teacher 

and school counselor programs. 

‘The City: Contemporary Views of the Built Environment’ 

On Exhibit at Lehman This Spring 

The newest exhibit 

in the Lehman 

Art Gallery—“The 

City: Contemporary 

Views of the Built Environment”—explores 

the notion of the city 

as a focal point for 

utopian dreams and 

shared histories and 

represents a sequel to 

the Gallery’s earlier 

landscape exhibit, 

“Images of Time and 

Place.” 

The new exhibit examines 

work in a broad 

range of media—painting, 

drawings, photography, 

video and installation—and 

explores 

innovative approaches 

to the traditional genre 

of the “cityscape.” 

The work ranges 

from Kahn and 

Selesnick’s fictive narrative 

“City of Salt” to 

Bertrand Ivanoff’s conceptual proposal to deconstruct 

an abandoned building in the South 

Bronx. 

Sze Tsung Leong documents the striking 

contrasts and displacements of China’s urbanization, 

while Shimon Attie marks the loss 

of Jewish neighborhoods of pre-World War 

II Berlin with archival photographs projected 

onto contemporary buildings. 

The exhibition also includes Benjamin 

Above: (left) Yvonne Jacquette’s “Herald Square 

Composite II,” oil on linen, and Monika Bravo’s “Times 

Square.” Below: Tomie Arai’s Chinatown of silkscreen 

construction and mixed media and Kahn and Selesnick’s 

“Two Streets” from the “City of Salt” Series. 

Edward’s contemporary 

city, depicted as a 

place where fast-food 

franchaises and corporate 

logos merge with 

townhouses and parking 

lots. Meanwhile, 

Nancy Davenport’s 

manipulated photographs 

offer views of 

city buildings under 

siege. 

New York City is 

represented in many 

of the works, including 

the jewel-like imagery 

of Monika Bravo’s 

“Times Square” and 

Yvonne Jacquette’s 

night view of Herald 

Square. City infrastructure 

is seen in Red 

Groom’s “Loop the 

Loop,” Jane Dickson’s 

“Green Tunnel” and 

Carlos Vega’s “Cross 

Bronx Expressway.” 

Oblique references 

to the events of September 11 are found in a 

video of the Brooklyn Bridge captured from a 

studio in the World Trade Center by Jaime Davidovich 

and as an impetus for Jacobo Borges’ 

documentation of the Chrysler Building. 

The exhibition is funded in part by the 

New York State Council on the Arts and was 

curated by Nina Sundell and Susan Hoeltzel. It 

is on view until May 14 in the Edith Altschul 

Lehman wing and the Robert Lehman wing. ◆ 

Nonprofit 

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