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L E H M A N<br />
L I G H T N I N G<br />
inside…<br />
▼<br />
LEHMAN ALUMNUS MITCH WEISS<br />
WINS PULITZER PRIZE ........................2<br />
LEGOS® AREN'T JUST FOR KIDS<br />
ANYMORE ...........................................2<br />
COMMUNICATIONS STUDIO OPENS ......3<br />
THEATRE LEGENDS DROP BY CARMAN<br />
HA<strong>LL</strong> FOR 'CONVERSATIONS' ...............4<br />
BRONX SBDC PARTNERS WITH<br />
CLINTON FOUNDATION .......................5<br />
LEHMAN SPORTS ROUND-UP ..............6<br />
PROF. SPEAR (AND HIS WEBSITE)<br />
WIN PRESTIGIOUS FRENCH AWARD .....8<br />
TWO ALUMNI SHARE FRIENDSHIP,<br />
LOVE OF TEACHING AND NOW NBPTS<br />
CERTIFICATION ...................................9<br />
LEHMAN FAMILY DAY .......................12<br />
DEVELOPMENT NEWS ......10-11, 15-19<br />
'I was allowed to think and speak out.'<br />
From protesting as a student in the ‘70s, Myrna Rivera<br />
went on from <strong>Lehman</strong> to become the founder<br />
and CEO of one of the first Hispanic investment<br />
consulting firms. See page 14.<br />
LEHMAN CO<strong>LL</strong>EGE<br />
The City University of New York<br />
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West<br />
Bronx, New York 10468<br />
www.lehman.edu<br />
New Portrait<br />
Bust of HHL<br />
Helps Keep<br />
His Legacy<br />
Alive<br />
Herbert H. <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
spent over thirty<br />
years in public service,<br />
as a Governor, U.S. Senator and first director of<br />
the U.N. Relief and Rehabilitation Administration,<br />
but few portraits or statues remind the<br />
public of his contribution.<br />
This spring, thanks to sculptor John Belardo<br />
of the <strong>Lehman</strong> Art Department, visitors<br />
to the State Capitol not only are enjoying a<br />
new work of art but also are looking into the<br />
pages of history. A portrait bust of Governor<br />
Spring 2005<br />
Award-Winning Actress Chita Rivera Honored at <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
Chita Rivera has been dazzling<br />
Broadway audiences since she<br />
starred as the original Anita in the<br />
1956 debut of “West Side Story.”<br />
This spring, the two-time Tony<br />
Award-winning actress displayed<br />
another side of her talent—as a<br />
teacher—to fifteen aspiring young<br />
performers, who gathered at <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
for a musical theatre workshop<br />
sponsored by Walt Disney Entertainment.<br />
Leading the workshop was Kent<br />
Gash, associate artistic director of<br />
the Alliance Theater in Atlanta,<br />
who critiqued the performance of<br />
each student individually and offered<br />
advice about performing on stage, including<br />
the skills needed for successful auditions.<br />
This was the third such workshop held at<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong>, and the second one for senior Chaunice<br />
Chapman. It's an experience, she says, that<br />
she would not have had elsewhere.<br />
“The workshops showed me what I could<br />
do,” she explains. Besides the experience of<br />
being auditioned and critiqued by professionals,<br />
she was introduced to a group of influential<br />
people in the industry who described the steps<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong>, commissioned by the <strong>College</strong>, graces<br />
the Governor's Reception Area of the Capitol<br />
Building, along with a description of some of<br />
his accomplishments.<br />
Cast in bronze and standing over two feet<br />
high, the bust was unveiled in the fall at the<br />
FDR Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde<br />
Park, at a conference designed to raise awareness<br />
about Governor <strong>Lehman</strong>'s life and legacy.<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> served as Lieutenant Governor under<br />
FDR and succeeded to the Governor’s office<br />
when FDR won the 1932 presidential election.<br />
On hand for the conference were members<br />
of the <strong>Lehman</strong> family, as well as <strong>College</strong><br />
faculty and staff. Featured speakers included<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> President Ricardo R. Fernández;<br />
Governor <strong>Lehman</strong>’s niece, June Bingham Birge;<br />
and <strong>Lehman</strong> History Chair, Professor Duane<br />
Tananbaum, who was conference co-chair.<br />
The bust remains in Albany until May 13.◆<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> theatre majors Chaunice Chapman and Lawrence Lucero pick<br />
up encouragement and advice from Tony Award-winning actress Chita<br />
Rivera. Both students were selected from a round of auditions to take part<br />
in a musical theatre workshop sponsored by Walt Disney Entertainment.<br />
she needs to take in order to reach her goals.<br />
“Knowing that it's possible to be a professional<br />
in the theatre makes it more real. It adds<br />
to the drive to go out and achieve it.”<br />
Students at Celia Cruz Bronx High School<br />
of Music, meanwhile, also enjoyed a workshop<br />
led by Peter Flynn (“Lumiere” in the Broadway<br />
production of “Beauty and the Beast”). <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
is the lead partner in the high school.<br />
Highlighting the day was a luncheon honoring<br />
Ms. Rivera for her contributions, with the<br />
awarding not of an Oscar but of a “Mouscar.” ◆
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<strong>Lehman</strong>'s Golden Key<br />
Wins Chapter Award<br />
Ayanna Timothy, Haydee Acevedo<br />
accept the Chapter Award from<br />
Professor Di Yerbury, vice chancellor<br />
of Macquarie University in Australia.<br />
The <strong>Lehman</strong> chapter of Golden Key<br />
International Honor Society has<br />
won the prestigious Key Chapter<br />
Award, awarded to only one chapter<br />
each year.<br />
The award honors chapters that<br />
excel in communication, publicity,<br />
meeting management, chapter<br />
activities and leadership, as well<br />
as in participation in regional and<br />
international programs.<br />
Golden Key cited the <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
chapter's “outstanding teamwork,<br />
dedication and collaboration with<br />
other student organizations on their<br />
campus.” Golden Key has nearly 350<br />
chapters on four continents.<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong> of The City University of New<br />
York is located at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard<br />
West, Bronx, NY 10468. Anne Johnson, Vice<br />
President for Institutional Advancement; Barbara<br />
Smith, Director of Alumni Relations.<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> Lightning is produced in the Office of<br />
Media Relations and Publications.<br />
Editor: Marge Rice. Staff: Keisha-Gaye Anderson,<br />
Barbara Cardillo, Lisandra Merentis, Yeara Milton,<br />
Florian Penev and Phyllis Yip<br />
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Alumnus Mitch Weiss '81<br />
Credits <strong>Lehman</strong> Faculty for Giving Him a Strong Start<br />
Mitch Weiss was never that<br />
excited about school. He<br />
preferred hanging out with friends<br />
and checking out the hottest grafitti<br />
in the New York City subways.<br />
But when he enrolled in <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>, the Pulitzer Prize-winning<br />
journalist found the faculty support<br />
and academic foundation that he<br />
needed to speed him on his way to a<br />
successful journalistic career.<br />
“I wasn’t a great student in high<br />
school,” says Weiss, a writer for<br />
the Toledo Blade. “I was more into<br />
hanging out than I was into going to school.”<br />
Weiss won a Pulitzer Prize in 2004 for his<br />
four-part series, “Buried Secrets, Brutal Truths,”<br />
which exposed a U.S. government cover-up<br />
of Vietnam war crimes committed by the U.S.<br />
military group Tiger Force.<br />
He always knew that he wanted to be a<br />
writer, but it wasn’t until he entered <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
that he began to seriously nurture that dream.<br />
“<strong>Lehman</strong> gave me a great foundation,” he says.<br />
“The thing that really benefited me was the fact<br />
that the teachers were accessible and the classes<br />
were small. It was a world-class faculty.”<br />
After graduating from <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
in 1981, he went on to earn his<br />
master’s in journalism from<br />
Northwestern.<br />
Like many <strong>Lehman</strong> students,<br />
Weiss worked while going to<br />
school to help pay his tuition.<br />
He grew up in the Bronx in a<br />
working-class family that believed<br />
education was very important. He<br />
says that the one-on-one attention<br />
he received from his <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
Mitch Weiss '81 professors really helped him to stay<br />
on track with his educational goals.<br />
“If I didn’t have teachers who were interested<br />
in me, maybe I would have fallen through the<br />
cracks,” says Weiss, whose brother and sister<br />
also graduated from <strong>Lehman</strong>. He tries to give<br />
that same kind of personalized attention to the<br />
students he teaches at the University of Toledo.<br />
“It seemed that the teachers at <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
were more interested in connecting with the<br />
students. That was really helpful.”<br />
Weiss is taking time off to work on a book<br />
based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning article. The<br />
book, Tiger Force (Little, Brown and Company),<br />
is scheduled for release later this year. ◆<br />
The City and the Humanities Program at <strong>Lehman</strong> will sponsor a lecture by Mitch Weiss<br />
and his co-author, Michael Sala, on Thursday, December 1, 2005 at 12:30 pm. All alumni<br />
and friends of the <strong>College</strong> are invited. Details will be posted on the <strong>Lehman</strong> website<br />
(www.lehman.edu) and published in the next issue of <strong>Lehman</strong> Lightning.<br />
Legos ® Aren't Just for Kids Anymore<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> students are building programming<br />
skills by building robots.<br />
These robots are only about as smart as<br />
a microwave oven, but <strong>Lehman</strong> Scholars<br />
and Honors <strong>College</strong> students are able to<br />
make them do some interesting things.<br />
The students are looking at the effects<br />
of computers on society, especially<br />
how robotics impacts our interaction<br />
with the world. Besides traditional<br />
coursework, the students design, build<br />
and program Lego® Mindstorm Robots<br />
to perform various tasks and also create<br />
a technical guide to their use.<br />
Equipped with only an H8 Hitachi processor,<br />
the same type used in microwave ovens,<br />
the students program the robots to follow a<br />
flashlight, navigate an obstacle course, play<br />
catch with another robot, throw balls into<br />
baskets and send messages to other robots.<br />
“Compared to a regular laptop, the robots<br />
aren’t very smart,” says Professor Katherine<br />
St. John, who teaches the course. “It’s amazing<br />
Professor Katherine St. John (right) watches as Judy<br />
Figueroa runs her robot through its paces.<br />
how much you can do with so little processing<br />
power and speed.” The course also teaches students<br />
about geometry, gearing and locomotion.<br />
“The most practical thing the students learn<br />
is how to program a computer,” says Professor<br />
St. John. “These skills will transfer to programming<br />
in C, C++, and Java—all commonly used<br />
today.” ◆
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New Communications Studio Opens on Campus<br />
Live from <strong>Lehman</strong>...it’s COM<br />
200. This new course, entitled<br />
“Broadcast Workshop–Internet,<br />
Video and Audio Broadcasting,” is<br />
providing students with valuable<br />
hands-on training in television,<br />
radio and Internet production<br />
through a new, state-of-the-art<br />
studio in Carman Hall.<br />
For their premiere broadcast,<br />
students produced two half-hour<br />
segments of in-studio discus-<br />
Samuel de la Cruz, a junior majoring in Multilingual<br />
Journalism, prepares a new program.<br />
sion and analysis of the presidential and local<br />
elections, which aired on election night to over<br />
250,000 households via Bronxnet.<br />
“The election provided the perfect opportunity<br />
to launch the project,” says Professor<br />
James Carney, who teaches the course. “The<br />
importance of the election and the availability<br />
of research information for students gave them<br />
a great deal of material on which to base a freeflowing<br />
discussion.”<br />
The discussions covered specific aspects<br />
of each race, including the importance of the<br />
youth, religious and minority votes as well as<br />
gerrymandering of election districts.<br />
Students taking COM 200 are trained in<br />
radio production and engineering, semi-automated<br />
studio TV production and the produc-<br />
Professor James Carney (left), <strong>College</strong> Laboratory<br />
Technician Yves Dossous (seated) and some of the<br />
students of COM 200.<br />
tion of audio and video programming for the<br />
Internet. Equipped with Panasonic robotic<br />
camera systems similar to those used in the<br />
studios of WFAN and MSNBC, the <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
studio provides strong technical training for<br />
students planning careers in broadcasting.<br />
“The VT-3 computer switching/mixing/<br />
graphics and editing system represents one of<br />
the most recent ‘studio in a box’ concepts,” says<br />
Professor Carney.<br />
Students can also leave the course with a<br />
portfolio of their programs to present to future<br />
employers. Professor Carney hopes to eventually<br />
place a link on the <strong>Lehman</strong> website that<br />
will connect listeners to the virtual <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
NetRadio station where they can enjoy live,<br />
recorded and archived audio shows created by<br />
his students.<br />
One more long-term goal for the course is to<br />
feed the students' programming to Bronxnet,<br />
which in turn can cablecast the shows to over<br />
a quarter-million Bronx residences. Another<br />
objective is to produce nightly TV news breaks<br />
written, gathered and reported by students.<br />
“The goal is to have two-minute newsbreak<br />
windows on Bronxnet similar to the way CNN<br />
Headline News provides local breaks to local<br />
cable systems,” says Professor Carney. “This<br />
will take a few semesters to complete.” ◆<br />
The Awards Keep Coming for ‘Inside <strong>Lehman</strong>’<br />
“Inside <strong>Lehman</strong>” has won a first-place award<br />
from the Alliance for Community Media—on<br />
top of a bronze Telly Award from last spring.<br />
The student-produced video magazine<br />
originates from <strong>Lehman</strong>’s new Department of<br />
Journalism, Communication and Theatre.<br />
“With 100 entries more than last year’s<br />
competition, our group was up against some<br />
top-notch cable television programming,” says<br />
Professor Lynne Van Voorhis, the program’s<br />
executive producer. Last year, the group won<br />
in the special-interest programming category<br />
for the segment produced during Spring 2003.<br />
This time, the Spring 2004 program was honored.<br />
“It’s pretty impressive that we won,” says<br />
Lou Gonzales, a sophomore and reporter on<br />
the program. “We put a lot of time and dedication<br />
into making this a quality product.”<br />
“I feel that I’ve been working with an allstar<br />
team,” says Harvey Bien, another “Inside<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong>” reporter. ◆<br />
Home on the Range<br />
One <strong>Lehman</strong> graduate student recently<br />
enjoyed the opportunity to work in the<br />
wide open spaces of rural Montana,<br />
thanks to the Hispanic Association of<br />
<strong>College</strong>s and Universities (HACU).<br />
Juandy Paredes, who's studying recreation,<br />
wanted to gain some practical<br />
experience in her field, so she applied<br />
to the HACU internship program and<br />
was accepted for an internship with<br />
the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s<br />
Forest Service.<br />
“Employers are looking for experience.<br />
I wanted experience in that area and<br />
also to see if I would like it,” says Paredes,<br />
who admits she was nervous about<br />
going out to Montana. “Not only was<br />
I there to work but I was able to relax<br />
and make friends. It made a girl from<br />
the Bronx feel very at home.”<br />
Paredes was based at the ranger station<br />
in Neihart, Montana, during her<br />
two-month internship. She worked<br />
in the field, keeping the hiking trails<br />
safe for the visiting population and<br />
surveying trails to document how long<br />
they were and their level of difficulty.<br />
She was also trained in the use of<br />
ATV’s (all-terrain vehicles) as well as<br />
horseback riding. Paredes was the only<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> student awarded a placement<br />
in Montana.<br />
HACU covered Paredes’ airfare and<br />
paid her a stipend from which housing<br />
costs were deducted. ◆<br />
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Helping Teachers Helps Their<br />
Students, Study Shows<br />
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A new initiative of the New York<br />
City Mathematics Project—a<br />
program of the <strong>Lehman</strong>-based<br />
CUNY Institute for Literacy<br />
Studies—has shown dramatic<br />
results in improving student<br />
math skills.<br />
The five-year initiative,<br />
called “Teacher Leaders<br />
for Mathematics Success”<br />
(TL=MS), was funded by the<br />
National Science Foundation<br />
and evaluated in a longitudinal<br />
study by the Academy for<br />
Educational Development, a<br />
national educational assessment<br />
organization.<br />
TL=MS involved 280 K–8<br />
teachers in over 20 low-income<br />
schools throughout the<br />
Bronx, who received ongoing<br />
professional development that<br />
improved their understanding<br />
of math and how to teach it.<br />
The program, in turn, had a<br />
positive impact on students,<br />
with almost 90 percent showing<br />
increases in math performance,<br />
regardless of their gender, race,<br />
ethnicity or English-language<br />
skills.<br />
“It’s possible,” concludes Marcie<br />
Wolfe, the Institute’s Executive<br />
Director, “to increase children’s<br />
opportunities for success in<br />
mathematics if their teachers<br />
expand their content knowledge,<br />
develop more enthusiasm<br />
for teaching math, and use a<br />
range of instructional strategies<br />
that are both engaging and<br />
rigorous.” ◆<br />
Theatre Legends Drop By Carman Hall<br />
For ‘Conversations’ with Professor Bill Hoffman<br />
When award-winning<br />
playwright Edward Albee<br />
last visited <strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong>,<br />
as a guest professor in an English<br />
drama course, his hair was considerably<br />
longer, and TV cameras<br />
weren't rolling. This time<br />
around, his appearance not only<br />
was captured for television but it<br />
was also part of an ongoing series<br />
of “Conversations” being held at<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> with theatre legends.<br />
Creator and host of the<br />
program is <strong>Lehman</strong> Professor<br />
William M. Hoffman, well-known<br />
in the theatre world in his own<br />
right. Winner of a Drama Desk<br />
Award and an Obie for his 1985<br />
Broadway play As Is, as well as<br />
Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize<br />
nominations, he has also won<br />
both a Writers Guild award and<br />
an Emmy nomination for his<br />
work in television.<br />
In his interview on “Conversations,”<br />
Albee fondly recounted the<br />
numerous odd jobs he held in Manhattan in his<br />
youth, including work as a Western Union messenger.<br />
He also discussed why each one of his<br />
plays is unique.<br />
Perhaps best known for Who’s Afraid of<br />
Virginia Woolf?—the play that won him the Tony<br />
Award in 1962—Albee also won the Pulitzer<br />
Prize for A Delicate Balance (1966), Seascape<br />
(1975) and Three Tall Women (1994). His play<br />
The Zoo Story first placed him in the public<br />
eye in 1959 and is credited with giving birth to<br />
American absurdist drama.<br />
Among other recent guests on “Conversations”<br />
have been Metropolitan Opera star<br />
Regina Resnik, caberet legend Barbara Cook,<br />
composer and librettist Mark Adamo, theatre<br />
critic Michael Feingold and playwright Lanford<br />
Wilson—and coming up this spring, famed<br />
playwright, novelist and screenwriter Arthur<br />
Laurents.<br />
Professor Hoffman has also brought his own<br />
original works to the <strong>Lehman</strong> campus, including<br />
this spring's debut of “The Stench of Art.” This<br />
is his third play in a series that has turned into a<br />
trilogy of comic/tragic works critically examining<br />
current American life.<br />
The first play, “Chico De Jazzzz,” examined<br />
the excesses of our criminal justice system, while<br />
Edward Albee on his first visit to <strong>Lehman</strong> (left)<br />
and appearing on the “Conversations” series<br />
(above), which is taped before a live audience in<br />
Room C-14 of Carman Hall (below).<br />
the second, “Cyberian Nights,” looked at how the<br />
Internet has impacted our lonely, isolated existences.<br />
The third play, he says, “will discuss how the<br />
arts have come to replace other spiritual values<br />
in America. We have come to literally worship art<br />
and artists, building museum after museum that<br />
contain wildly overpriced works that mystify the<br />
masses. Artists often feel under no obligation to<br />
communicate with their audiences.<br />
“In ‘The Stench of Art’ I raise the question if<br />
it is right to worship Art, as the ancient Israelites<br />
worshipped the Golden Calf, before being brought<br />
back to their senses by Moses.” ◆<br />
Coming to <strong>Lehman</strong> This Spring<br />
Friday, May 6, 8 pm<br />
A<strong>LL</strong> -STAR LATIN JAZZ TRIBUTE TO<br />
TITO PUENTE<br />
(in <strong>Lehman</strong> Center for the Performing Arts)<br />
Friday, May 13, and Saturday, May 14, 8 pm<br />
LA BOHÈME (in the Lovinger Theatre)<br />
Saturday, May 21, 12 pm<br />
ATHLETIC HA<strong>LL</strong> OF FAME INDUCTION<br />
LUNCHEON<br />
Sunday, May 22, 2 pm<br />
DRAGONS, DRUMS AND DAGGERS:<br />
ARTS OF IMPERIAL CHINA<br />
(in <strong>Lehman</strong> Center for the Performing Arts)
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Bronx SBDC Partners With<br />
William Jefferson Clinton Foundation<br />
For more than four years, the Small Business<br />
Development Center (SBDC) at <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> has helped thousands of clients start or<br />
expand their businesses—all for free.<br />
To date, the Center has counseled over 3,000<br />
people, saved and created over 1,200 jobs and<br />
helped identify over $28 million in financing for<br />
small business owners. Now the SBDC has taken<br />
its services one step further with help from the<br />
William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Foundation.<br />
Last spring, former President Clinton announced<br />
the expansion of the initial Harlem<br />
Small Business Initiative to include the Bronx and<br />
Brooklyn. The goal is to help small businesses<br />
compete in the growing marketplace. <strong>Lehman</strong>,<br />
along with NYU's Stern School of Business and<br />
other organizations, is leading the effort.<br />
The program provides hands-on project direction<br />
for small business start-ups and a maintenance<br />
plan for participating businesses. It is also<br />
enabling the SBDC to hire 10 <strong>Lehman</strong> students as<br />
paid interns in the Center for a two-year commitment.<br />
Past interns have gone on to work for<br />
companies like Citibank and Sony.<br />
Some of the businesses that have thrived with<br />
the help of the SBDC include the popular Cynergy<br />
Spa on 135th Street in Harlem and Sola Salon<br />
Systems in the Bronx, which has been featured in<br />
Crain’s New York Business.<br />
“We're targeting those who have difficulty<br />
obtaining financial and technical assistance from<br />
traditional sources,” says Clarence Stanley, director<br />
of the SBDC.<br />
Workshops Help Students Get Smart About Credit<br />
Thanks to a new initiative, <strong>Lehman</strong> students<br />
are getting free professional advice on managing<br />
their credit. <strong>Lehman</strong> is one of six colleges<br />
in the CreditSmart program, funded by Freddie<br />
Mac and the Hispanic Association of <strong>College</strong>s and<br />
Universities.<br />
“Indebtedness related to the cost of education<br />
could be compounded in a very negative way by<br />
the poor judgments people may make about consumer<br />
credit,” says Jose Magdaleno, vice president<br />
for Student Affairs at <strong>Lehman</strong>.<br />
“We want to help our students understand<br />
these processes and make sure they have the<br />
information to make the best possible personal<br />
decisions.” More and more employers, he adds, are<br />
factoring credit scores into the hiring process.<br />
Workshops cover topics such as debt management,<br />
understanding credit cards and credit<br />
scores, banking practices and avoiding credit traps.<br />
“The old saying, ‘banks lend money to people<br />
who don’t need it,’ holds true today,” says Stanley.<br />
“Our strength is the ability to help clients get<br />
bank-ready and<br />
put together professionalpresentations.”<br />
Rather than<br />
provide direct<br />
financial assistance,<br />
the Center<br />
helps businesses<br />
identify resources<br />
Clarence Stanley.<br />
and present their<br />
businesses in a<br />
way that will increase their chances of receiving<br />
private funding.<br />
The SBDC has helped clients from a broad<br />
range of businesses, such as retail, construction<br />
and agriculture, and from all walks of life, including<br />
veterans and Welfare to Work participants.<br />
“Due to the scarcity of jobs and because<br />
veterans have a work ethic that could be easy to<br />
adapt to entrepreneurship, the Veterans’ Business<br />
Outreach Program was launched to give<br />
veterans another option—entrepreneurship or<br />
employment,” says Alzie Glickstein, the SBDC’s<br />
business advisor, who is working on outreach to<br />
veterans throughout New York City.<br />
“Targeted business training and counseling,”<br />
she adds, “are necessary to assist the veterans<br />
over the obstacles that can stand between them<br />
and a successful business.” So far, the Center has<br />
aided over 100 veterans. ◆<br />
“They showed a skit about a teen who got<br />
a credit card and went crazy buying stuff she<br />
didn’t need,” says one junior. “I took the course<br />
because I was that girl who went crazy buying<br />
everything.”<br />
The student, who had at least ten credit cards<br />
when she started the workshop, has successfully<br />
paid off three of them already.<br />
According to Vice President Magdaleno,<br />
“The whole issue of consumer credit and money<br />
management is a critical one for young people.<br />
“For the first time, they're becoming exposed<br />
to processes like credit card use and the extent to<br />
which banks and other lenders offer credit fairly<br />
easily to college students. If they handle these<br />
choices wisely, it can really help set the stage for<br />
financial success later on.”<br />
Workshops are also open to alumni. Call 718-<br />
960-8366. ◆<br />
Students and Alums<br />
Embark on Job Search<br />
Hundreds of students and<br />
alumni packed their resumes<br />
and interviewing skills for this<br />
spring's Career Expo. Over 40<br />
employers from all over the tristate<br />
area were on hand for the<br />
annual event, sponsored by the<br />
<strong>College</strong>'s Career Services Center.<br />
According to the director of the<br />
center, Nancy Cintrón, about 30<br />
percent of the participants usually<br />
receive interviews.<br />
“This is a great opportunity<br />
for our students and alumni to<br />
network and learn about the different<br />
organizations that are out<br />
there,” she says. “The Expo is also<br />
a good source for students seeking<br />
internships.” ◆<br />
2004 graduate Hermes Guzman speaks<br />
to a U.S. Secret Service representative<br />
about employment possibilities. With a<br />
degree in accounting, he is looking for<br />
work in the business sector.<br />
Making a connection with the<br />
representative from the Social Security<br />
Administration is sociology major<br />
Monique Haley, who’s “looking for<br />
a company to jump start my career<br />
and give me a foot in the door.” Her<br />
long-term goal is to work in health care<br />
administration.<br />
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Freshman Amy Ruston<br />
Sets New Track Record<br />
One of the outstanding winners<br />
in <strong>Lehman</strong> athletics this year is<br />
freshman track star Amy Ruston,<br />
who took first place in the NCAA<br />
Division III Atlantic Regional Cross<br />
Country Championship.<br />
Amy Ruston races to win<br />
the CUNY Championships,<br />
setting a record pace for the<br />
event.<br />
With a time of 22:37:9, Ruston<br />
edged out the <strong>College</strong> of New Jersey’s<br />
runner at the regionals by 1.2<br />
seconds, winning the individual title<br />
against 200 others and setting a new<br />
course record.<br />
As a result of her win, Ruston went<br />
on to represent <strong>Lehman</strong> as an individual<br />
qualifier at the NCAA Division<br />
III Championships in Wisconsin,<br />
where she finished in 70th place<br />
out of 215 national competitors.<br />
Earlier in the season, Ruston—who<br />
comes from Maine—finished first<br />
in the CUNY Athletic Conference<br />
Cross Country’s Championships.<br />
Suffering through injuries that set<br />
back her training, she managed<br />
to still hit a record time of 19:00,<br />
which beat the CUNY record of<br />
20:27. ◆<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> Sports Round-Up:<br />
A Mix of Spirit, Action and Talent Marks the Fall Season<br />
The <strong>Lehman</strong> athletic season has witnessed<br />
some exciting matches and remarkable<br />
performances from both individual players and<br />
teams. Here's a round-up of the fall action.<br />
WOMEN'S VO<strong>LL</strong>EY-<br />
BA<strong>LL</strong>: Under the direction<br />
of first-year head<br />
coach Edwin Gonzalez,<br />
the team advanced to the<br />
CUNY Conference semifinals<br />
before losing to<br />
Baruch <strong>College</strong>. <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
sophomore Yaniza De Los<br />
Santos and junior Isabel<br />
Lorenzo were chosen for<br />
the all-tournament team.<br />
Yaniza De Los Santos<br />
WOMEN'S TENNIS: The team finished the<br />
season in seventh place in the CUNY Athletic<br />
Conference, receiving stellar performances<br />
from Micaela Tabing, who was named the<br />
number one seed for the Lightning.<br />
MEN'S SWIMMING:<br />
Finishing second overall<br />
in the CUNY Conference<br />
swim championships,<br />
the <strong>Lehman</strong> team was<br />
led by the freshman duo<br />
of Darnell James and<br />
Hector Pena. James and<br />
Pena both were selected<br />
as CUNY Conference allstars<br />
and recognized by the<br />
ECAC Committee.<br />
Darnell James<br />
WOMEN'S BASKETBA<strong>LL</strong>:<br />
This sport at <strong>Lehman</strong> has<br />
returned to the upper echelons<br />
of the CUNY Athletic<br />
Conference. With an outstanding<br />
freshman class and<br />
the return of CUNY all-star<br />
Shatasia Little, the Lightning<br />
surpassed the win total<br />
of the previous two seasons Maria Loor races<br />
and emerged as a force to down the court.<br />
be reckoned with—not<br />
only this season but in years to come. Seventhyear<br />
head coach Eric Harrison recorded his<br />
100th win in a contest against CUNY's Medgar<br />
Evers <strong>College</strong>, making him the leader for team<br />
victories in the history of women's basketball<br />
at <strong>Lehman</strong>. Little and freshman center Maria<br />
Loor, who comes to <strong>Lehman</strong> from Ecuador,<br />
were selected as CUNY Conference all-stars.<br />
Holding on to the chance of an upset in the<br />
CUNY championships, the Lightning made it<br />
into the semi-final round, but ran into trouble<br />
against the <strong>College</strong> of Staten Island. Next time<br />
around, the team looks forward to both a rematch<br />
and another record-breaking season.<br />
MEN'S BASKETBA<strong>LL</strong>:<br />
The <strong>Lehman</strong> team continued<br />
its dominance in the<br />
CUNY Athletic Conference<br />
and came very close<br />
to maintaining its 2003-04<br />
championship position. In<br />
a Conference game against<br />
John Jay <strong>College</strong>, senior<br />
forward Miguel Jorge, who Sekani Francis<br />
led the team, became the<br />
(above) and<br />
newest member of the 1,000 Miguel Jorge.<br />
point club.<br />
The Lightning came<br />
into the Conference championships<br />
with a 13-game<br />
winning streak, but lost in<br />
a close match against the<br />
<strong>College</strong> of Staten Island.<br />
Junior center 6’10” Sekani<br />
Francis, the CUNY Athletic<br />
Conference’s Player of the<br />
Year, came through for <strong>Lehman</strong>, scoring 27<br />
points and 11 rebounds. At his side was junior<br />
all-star guard Willy Vargas, who contributed 17<br />
points in the game.<br />
The season ended on a high note, however,<br />
with the ECAC quarterfinals, as Jorge scored at<br />
the buzzer, converting a game-winning jump<br />
shot that led <strong>Lehman</strong> to victory against New<br />
York University, 63-61, in overtime. ◆<br />
Spring Sports: The Road Ahead<br />
WOMEN'S SOFTBA<strong>LL</strong>: The women hope to<br />
win their way back to the championship form<br />
of three seasons ago.<br />
MEN’S BASEBA<strong>LL</strong>: The team is aiming for a<br />
return to post-season play in the CUNY AC.<br />
MEN’S VO<strong>LL</strong>EYBA<strong>LL</strong>: The men are becoming<br />
a team to be reckoned with.<br />
WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: The<br />
goal is to continue to advance nationally.
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‘<strong>College</strong> Now’ Helps High School Students<br />
Prepare for <strong>College</strong> Learning<br />
<strong>College</strong> Now at <strong>Lehman</strong> is giving<br />
Bronx high school students the<br />
chance to experience college life and<br />
earn college credit—at no cost to them.<br />
For the past five years, <strong>Lehman</strong> has<br />
partnered with ten Bronx high schools<br />
to offer students a variety of high school<br />
and college credit-bearing courses, as<br />
well as non-credit workshops. All classes<br />
are held on the <strong>Lehman</strong> campus.<br />
According to Pedro L. Baez, director<br />
of the program, “The <strong>College</strong> Now<br />
experience allows students to envision<br />
themselves in college and to ‘demystify’ college<br />
life. They get an accurate portrayal of what it<br />
takes, particularly in terms of effort and time, to<br />
get into and be successful in higher education.<br />
“This ultimately leads to students making<br />
better choices for themselves,” he believes,<br />
“and provides a smoother transition from high<br />
school to college.”<br />
Baez adds that most students who enter<br />
the program could not afford to take college<br />
courses while in high school. <strong>College</strong> Now,<br />
funded largely by the CUNY Office of Academic<br />
Affairs, covers all expenses, including<br />
textbooks.<br />
Courses are divided into three groups. Cohort<br />
courses are college-level classes that enroll<br />
only <strong>College</strong> Now students. “For these courses,<br />
we schedule classes, hire the faculty—with the<br />
approval of <strong>Lehman</strong> department chairpersons—and<br />
closely monitor student progress,”<br />
explains Baez.<br />
Waiver-funded courses are also scheduled<br />
and run by <strong>Lehman</strong>, but the high school<br />
Cherry Dazzell started in <strong>College</strong> Now<br />
two years ago, during her sophomore<br />
year at <strong>Lehman</strong> High School. Her goal was<br />
to “learn how to study and digest collegelevel<br />
material” to become familiar with<br />
that style of teaching and learning. At the<br />
time, she was not enthusiastic about the<br />
prospect of entering college, anticipating<br />
“another four years of boredom.”<br />
All that changed as a result of her <strong>College</strong><br />
Now experience, which turned out to<br />
be “not only fulfilling but also liberating.”<br />
She became more in control of her studies<br />
and more engaged in the material she was<br />
<strong>College</strong> Now Director Pedro L. Baez (right), with<br />
Corrdinator David Gantz, Program Assistant Khema<br />
Chan (left), and Cherry Dazzell, a “graduate” of the<br />
program.<br />
students take their courses with the rest of the<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> student body. Students must fulfill<br />
academic criteria to be eligible for these classes.<br />
There are no academic requirements for<br />
non-credit workshops or for courses that carry<br />
high school credit.<br />
Eleventh- and twelfth-grade students are<br />
usually the main participants in <strong>College</strong> Now,<br />
but the program is increasingly recruiting more<br />
ninth- and tenth-graders.<br />
“At any given time, there is a limited pool<br />
of students in our high schools eligible to take<br />
college-level courses,” says Baez. “We have to<br />
‘grow’ our students in the early grades to increase<br />
the number of eligible students.<br />
“We also have to get students talking and<br />
thinking about college before they reach eleventh<br />
grade. By then, too many critical decisions—and<br />
mistakes—have been made.” ◆<br />
Cherry Dazzell Transitions<br />
From ‘<strong>College</strong> Now’ to <strong>Lehman</strong> Scholar<br />
studying. “I learned how to educate myself<br />
and contribute my knowledge to others in<br />
class discussions.”<br />
The program also made her “very confident”<br />
about entering college. She chose<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> both because she felt comfortable<br />
on the campus and because of its advantages,<br />
including the <strong>Lehman</strong> Scholars<br />
Program for academically gifted students.<br />
Today, Cherry Dazzell is a <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
Scholar, a double major in math and<br />
political science, and an aspiring teacher<br />
who’s looking forward to getting the most<br />
out of her college career. ◆<br />
Student Sculptor Wins Prize<br />
Gordon Murray, a Master of Fine Arts student<br />
at <strong>Lehman</strong>, has won the William and<br />
Marie Samuels Prize at the National Arts<br />
Club Annual Student Exhibition.<br />
Gordon Murray and Maria Gulko,<br />
with their work.<br />
Murray, who worked as a printmaker<br />
before entering the master’s program, won<br />
the award for a steel-and-stone sculpture<br />
that sits on a steel base, which he also<br />
created. The piece is meant to capture the<br />
contrasts and differences in nature. “I tried<br />
to make something that I believe is beautiful,<br />
warm and elegant out of this hardedged<br />
material,” he explains.<br />
Also entering her work in the competition<br />
was Maria Gulko, a graduate student with<br />
a background, like Murray, in printmaking.<br />
She presented a photolithograph<br />
featuring an x-ray of her skull with other<br />
pieces of imagery stamped into the work.<br />
She worked from her own memories of her<br />
childhood and life to create the image.<br />
Every year, the Art Department selects just<br />
two students to present their work at the<br />
exclusive exhibition, which draws artists<br />
from over 30 colleges and universities. ◆<br />
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Composing Music<br />
Can Be Child’s Play<br />
Edgy driving rhythms, spicy dissonances<br />
and bright melodic lines filled Merkin<br />
Concert Hall in Manhattan this spring,<br />
as <strong>Lehman</strong> faculty member—and<br />
composer—Timothy Polashek debuted his<br />
new jazz-inspired works. In the audience<br />
were <strong>Lehman</strong> music faculty, including<br />
famed composer and Distinguished<br />
Professor John Corigliano.<br />
Professor Polashek in <strong>Lehman</strong>’s<br />
Electronic Music Center.<br />
Professor Polashek, who directs <strong>Lehman</strong>’s<br />
Electronic Music Center, has pioneered<br />
new courses in the genre and also tells<br />
educators how they can teach this type<br />
of music without making a significant<br />
investment in equipment.<br />
“Children of all ages love computers,” he<br />
says, “because of the graphic interfaces,<br />
the variety of sounds they make and the<br />
fact that the computer is a communicative<br />
tool through the Internet. Students who<br />
are learning music can jump right into<br />
creative projects, even though all their<br />
musical skills haven’t been developed.<br />
“Children create and make up songs and<br />
sing them all the time. They don’t know<br />
how to notate the songs yet for musicians<br />
to play, but they still know how to compose<br />
them. Computers help them exercise and<br />
develop this creativity.”<br />
For more information on electronic music,<br />
and to hear some of Professor Polashek’s<br />
works, visit http://www.tdpmusic.com. ◆<br />
Professor Spear (and His Website)<br />
Win Prestigious French Award<br />
French Professor Thomas Spear has won<br />
the prestigious “Trophée de la Diversité<br />
Culturelle” (Trophy of Cultural Diversity) for his<br />
popular website “île en île” (from island to island).<br />
Professor Spear, who was flown to France<br />
for the award ceremony, shared the honor with<br />
Sylvie Roussel Gaucherand of the non-profit Association<br />
d’île en île, with whom he started the<br />
website. The event, hosted by French television<br />
personality Bernard Pivot, was held in Amiens at<br />
a theater begun in 1889 by the writer Jules Verne.<br />
The award—one of four “trophées de la<br />
langue française” (Trophies of the French Language)<br />
presented during the ceremony—is given<br />
to an individual or an organization that has<br />
contributed to the upholding or development of<br />
cultural diversity in the Francophone world.<br />
With biographies, bibliographies, photos and<br />
texts, “île en île” (www.lehman.cuny.edu/ile.<br />
en.ile) presents authors from the world’s Frenchspeaking<br />
islands, such as<br />
Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe,<br />
Madagascar, Réunion, and the<br />
Polynesian islands. It also contains<br />
an historical chronology<br />
and audio recordings.<br />
The website has served as<br />
a teaching tool for educators<br />
After the awards ceremony, Professor Spear (right)<br />
chats with French Minister of Culture Renaud<br />
Donnedieu de Vabres.<br />
who want to present works by French-speaking<br />
writers. “If you do your studies in French<br />
literature in Senegal, you’ll only be studying<br />
European literature,” says Professor Spear.<br />
“I’ve been putting these authors out there so<br />
people know they’re there. People can view<br />
the writers and judge who’s good for themselves.”<br />
Professor Spear also presents self-published<br />
works on his site, as well as examples<br />
of other diverse and popular forms of writing<br />
often neglected by the traditional literary<br />
establishment. ◆<br />
FACULTY BRIEFS Eugene Chudnovsky (Physics and Astronomy) has written several<br />
new papers and served on a National Science Foundation panel on Material Research Science<br />
and Engineering. ... Eric Delson (Anthropology) and French colleagues continue their<br />
research at the two-million-year-old fossil site of Senèze in central France. Last summer,<br />
a team that included several <strong>Lehman</strong> undergraduates excavated for fossils and mapped<br />
their positions as well as the geological stratigraphic context. ... Anne Humpherys<br />
(English) was awarded a Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at the University of London<br />
from January through July 2005, which involves a series of lectures and presentations<br />
across the U.K. ... A new study by Edward Kennelly (Biological Sciences), in collaboration<br />
with researchers from the New York Botanical Garden and Columbia University,<br />
found that an 85 year-old specimen of black cohosh root still contains many of the<br />
naturally occurring chemicals that are believed to contribute to reduced menopause-related<br />
symptoms. ...Andrew Robertson (History) is co-editor of the newly published Beyond the Founders:<br />
New Approaches to Political History in the Early American Republic. ... Patricia J. Thompson (Specialized Services<br />
in Education) has made several recent appearances in her “parallel life” as Yelena Vladimirovna Mayakovskya,<br />
daughter of the famous<br />
Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky,<br />
and accepted the<br />
Tower Award in her father’s<br />
memory at a ceremony at<br />
the Museum of the City<br />
of New York. In her life<br />
as a scholar and feminist<br />
theorist, her “Hestia Triology”<br />
was nominated by<br />
Professor Thompson is interviewed<br />
by Russian TV after accepting the<br />
Tower Award.<br />
Dr. Bei Jiang of Columbia University<br />
and Professor Edward Kennelly<br />
collaborate on the black cohosh study.<br />
her publisher, Peter Lang,<br />
for the 2005 Criticos Prize<br />
from the London Hellenic<br />
Society. ◆
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Olive Archer ‘88 and Irene Rabinowitz ‘83, ‘93<br />
Share Friendship, a Love of Teaching<br />
And Now NBPTS Certification<br />
Two <strong>Lehman</strong> alumnae—Olive Archer ‘88<br />
(M.S.) and Irene Rabinowitz ‘83 (B.A.),<br />
‘93 (M.S.)—have achieved the highest academic<br />
credential a teacher can earn next to the<br />
doctorate.<br />
Both loved working in education so they<br />
decided to take their careers to the next level<br />
by completing the rigorous National Board<br />
for Professional Teaching Standards’ (NBPTS)<br />
certification process. Statistically, NBPTS-certified<br />
teachers are at the top of the profession.<br />
“The process for achieving National Board<br />
certification was grueling, demanding and<br />
required close to 400 hours of work beyond<br />
the time I spent at school,” says Archer.<br />
Applicants complete a four-part portfolio<br />
related to the certificate area. In her case, that<br />
was Early and Middle Childhood Literacy/<br />
Reading and Language Arts. Applicants also<br />
complete a three-hour online exam related to<br />
the certificate area. “I wanted to see if I could<br />
achieve something that I didn’t think I could,”<br />
she says. The certification costs $2,300 and is<br />
valid for ten years.<br />
Archer began teaching after working in<br />
banking for 28 years and went on to earn her<br />
master’s in Early Childhood and Childhood<br />
over 50 nursing alumni put away their<br />
caps and uniforms for a few hours last<br />
fall to enjoy the Nursing Department's Homecoming<br />
celebration. Welcoming them back<br />
was Professor C. Alicia Georges, department<br />
chair, who told the returning graduates about<br />
some new developments at <strong>Lehman</strong>, including<br />
the Foreign Nurses Program, which helps<br />
nurses from other countries become Regis-<br />
Nursing alumni take the time to relax and catch up<br />
on their professional and personal lives over dinner in<br />
the Faculty Dining Room.<br />
Education from <strong>Lehman</strong>. She taught elementary<br />
school for 15 years before becoming a staff<br />
developer for the United Federation of Teachers<br />
(UFT) Teaching Center, where she works as a<br />
literacy coach with District 9 and 10 teachers.<br />
“Although I’m not in the classroom, whatever<br />
I do ultimately supports students and<br />
student achievement, and for me, that’s what it’s<br />
all about,” she says.<br />
Archer might not have completed her certification<br />
process were it not for her friend and<br />
fellow <strong>Lehman</strong> alumna, Irene Rabinowitz. The<br />
two worked together and motivated each other<br />
through the difficult certification process.<br />
Rabinowitz, who has taught for 20 years,<br />
earned both her bachelor’s in Speech and her<br />
master’s in Special Education from <strong>Lehman</strong>.<br />
She first worked as a speech teacher for the<br />
Board of Education and then as a teacher<br />
trainer with the title of language coordinator.<br />
“I did that for several years, working in<br />
classrooms with teachers to enhance lessons<br />
with language strategies,” she explains. “I began<br />
to need more, so I attended Teacher Center<br />
workshops. They noticed me and the work I did<br />
and I was encouraged to apply by a colleague.<br />
The rest is history.”<br />
Nurses Show Their Pride at Department's Homecoming<br />
tered Nurses in the U.S., and highlighted recent<br />
faculty accomplishments.<br />
Those accomplishments include publication<br />
of an article on teaching cultural competence<br />
to undergraduate nursing students by Professor<br />
Susan Kleiman, which was co-authored with<br />
Professors Keville Frederickson and Theresa<br />
Lundy. Professor Frederickson received the<br />
prestigious R. Louis McManus Medal from<br />
‘I wanted to see if I could achieve<br />
something I didn’t think I could.’<br />
— Olive Archer<br />
Irene works for the UFT Teacher Center as<br />
a field liaison supporting 24 Teacher Centers<br />
in Region 2 of the Bronx. She decided to work<br />
toward the reading and language arts certificate<br />
for Early and Middle Elementary because she<br />
wanted to become better at teaching reading.<br />
“The process was more arduous than I could<br />
have ever expected,” she says. “It was daunting,<br />
rewarding, frustrating and joyful when it was<br />
over.”<br />
She says her certification training has given<br />
her insight into how children learn as well as<br />
methods for teaching them in a different way.<br />
“Had I not received accreditation, I would still<br />
consider myself ahead of the game,” adds Rabinowitz.<br />
“I learned so much in the process.” ◆<br />
the Nursing Education Alumni Association<br />
at Teachers <strong>College</strong>. This award recognizes<br />
long-standing contributions of a distinguished<br />
nature to the profession.<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong>'s nursing program runs workshops<br />
for local hospitals, covering topics like chemotherapy<br />
(Lincoln Hospital), pain management<br />
(Metropolitan Hospital) and emergency-room<br />
care (Mt. Sinai Medical Center). ◆<br />
(L) Vivette Smitherman, a<br />
registered nurse who's earning<br />
her master’s in music at <strong>Lehman</strong>,<br />
and Hillary J. White '92 with her<br />
son. (R) Kate Galambos ‘94 and<br />
Harriet Parness ‘77 (B.S.), ‘86<br />
(M.A.).<br />
(L) Wendy Brathwaite, Pearline<br />
Boothe and Nicole Chen, all 2004<br />
graduates. (R) Thelma Arzu and<br />
Rose Clarke from the Class of<br />
1994.<br />
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The reception establishing<br />
the Billy Collins<br />
adding that “the best thing<br />
is you don’t have to be dead<br />
Endowed Scholarship Fund<br />
to have it named after you.”<br />
sparkled, as one might<br />
The fund will support a de-<br />
expect, with dry wit and selfserving<br />
student in any field.<br />
deprecating humor.<br />
Also speaking at the<br />
“I started at <strong>Lehman</strong> in<br />
event, held in the Dining<br />
the sub-professorial rank<br />
Commons of the CUNY<br />
called full-time lecturer,”<br />
Graduate Center, were Pres-<br />
recalled the now-famous poet Distinguished Professor Billy Collins ident Ricardo R. Fernández;<br />
and Distinguished Professor. enjoys the evening’s speakers. John Mauk Hilliard, director<br />
“The only group you could<br />
of Testing and Scholarships<br />
look down on was the part-time lecturer.” (retired); Samina Shahidi-McDonald, who<br />
This was still not “ample condescension,” he studied with Professor Collins at <strong>Lehman</strong>; and<br />
noted, for the wide gulf between the lecturer Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes and<br />
and the professor, a chasm resembling that ‘Tis, who told the audience that the writer is<br />
“between the paramecium and the archangel.” “confined and imprisoned” in prose, while the<br />
But, he went on, he did get to evaluate scores poet is free to “flutter around.”<br />
of freshman writing assignments, making mar- In Billy Collins’s poems, he explained, the<br />
ginal comments like “awkward” and “comma reader is “caught off-guard because of the<br />
splice” and asking one-word questions like humor.” The poems “tremble,” as he put it,<br />
“coherence?,” “sense?” and “logic?”<br />
because the meaning “is under the surface.”<br />
Students, faculty and friends gathered last Professor Collins was Poet Laureate of the<br />
fall to help start the fund and to honor its United States (2001-2003) and is Poet Laure-<br />
namesake for his contribution to <strong>Lehman</strong> Colate of New York State (2004-2006). The Poetry<br />
lege and to the world of poetry.<br />
Foundation recently gave him the Mark Twain<br />
“My hope,” said the former U.S. Poet Laure- Award, and his most recent poetry book, Nine<br />
ate, “is that your generosity and my reputation Horses, was short listed for the T.S. Eliot Prize<br />
will continue to grow through the scholarship, and the Forward Prize. ◆<br />
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Billy Collins Scholarship Fund Honors a Gifted Teacher and a Poet<br />
What’s It Like to Be a Student of Billy Collins?<br />
Helping to honor Billy<br />
Collins was Samina<br />
Shahidi-McDonald, a<br />
public school teacher<br />
who studied with him<br />
during his first year as<br />
Poet Laureate of the<br />
United States. Here<br />
are excerpts from her<br />
remarks:<br />
“While I was invariably assigning a Billy Collins<br />
poem to my students in my morning sessions,<br />
Prof. Collins, himself, would stroll into class<br />
in the early evenings, the rain of New Zealand,<br />
New Mexico or New Jersey still pearling his<br />
lapels. It meant a great deal to the graduate<br />
students at <strong>Lehman</strong> to have Prof. Collins teaching<br />
there, particularly at the beginning of his<br />
national reign. Most of us, teachers in the public<br />
school system, took heed of the Poetry 180<br />
program he had developed, relieved to find that<br />
poetry could not only be discussed, but taught<br />
in a straightforward, demystified manner...<br />
“Being a student of Billy Collins means that<br />
you will be listened to patiently, and encouraged<br />
generously. It entails a learning of the<br />
discourses of aesthetics, structure, form and<br />
language. Simultaneously, you are also being<br />
taught how to teach, bringing with you into<br />
your classroom that care for literature, that<br />
necessary regard for your students.<br />
“I have had the good fortune to work with<br />
professors at <strong>Lehman</strong> who have demanded<br />
rigorous effort and practice, coupled with a<br />
dedication to serve a student population that<br />
arguably has its considerable share of responsibility.<br />
This purpose is what Billy Collins has<br />
come to exemplify.<br />
“I can think of no better way to honor this<br />
kind of commitment....In supporting this<br />
scholarship, we stand behind this son of Irish<br />
and French Canadian immigrants extending<br />
his considerable knowledge and craft to<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> students, themselves the writing sons<br />
and daughters of North Americans and Latino,<br />
African, Arab, Eastern European and Asian immigrants—our<br />
future poets and writers.” ◆<br />
Another guest at the event,<br />
the Empire State Building,<br />
as seen through the<br />
skylight.<br />
Below: Professor Collins<br />
(left) and his wife, Diane<br />
(second from right), with<br />
President Fernández and<br />
his wife, Patricia.<br />
From left: (above) Authors Frank McCourt and<br />
Jane Mayer (The New Yorker) with Professor<br />
Collins and Sam Menache, winner of the Neglected<br />
Masters Award from the Poetry Foundation.<br />
(below) Professor Fred Phelps (Psychology),<br />
co-chair of the Leonard Lief Drive; John Mauk<br />
Hilliard, M.C. for the evening; and Professor<br />
Thomas Ihde, director of the CUNY Institute for<br />
Irish-American Studies, based at <strong>Lehman</strong>.<br />
English faculty members recall old times: From<br />
left, Professors Billy Collins, Walter Dubler, Walter<br />
Blanco and Michael Paull.
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Generosity of Candido Maldonado ‘79 Honors Professor Dauben<br />
And Supports <strong>Lehman</strong> History Students<br />
Candido Maldonado ‘79 was a first-generation<br />
American, whose parents were newly<br />
arrived from Puerto Rico. First he learned to<br />
speak English through television and then he<br />
learned about responsibility, when he would<br />
come home after school to care for his mother,<br />
who was ill.<br />
Enlisting in the Marine Corps, where he<br />
played saxophone in its military band, he later<br />
enrolled in <strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong>. At <strong>Lehman</strong>, he<br />
met a member of the history faculty—Professor<br />
Joseph Dauben, who encouraged his studies<br />
and inspired his lifelong love of learning.<br />
As Maldonado spent his career in the New<br />
York City Transit System, guiding commuters<br />
on their way, he spent much of his free time in<br />
libraries, reading and learning about other cultures<br />
and their history, and also accumulating<br />
his own extensive personal collection of books.<br />
When he died in 1999, Candido Maldonado—a<br />
generous man with an enormous heart,<br />
even though his income was modest—left<br />
major gifts in his will to the Eastern Paralyzed<br />
Veterans Association and to <strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
At <strong>Lehman</strong>, as he intended, the gift will<br />
fund a “scholarship for a student majoring in<br />
history...in honor of Distinguished Professor<br />
Joseph Dauben, without whose encouragement<br />
I would not have graduated.” It is the largest<br />
alumni gift the <strong>College</strong> has ever received.<br />
Speaking at a luncheon honoring this legacy,<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> President Ricardo R. Fernández noted<br />
that “Candido must have been a hard-working<br />
student because otherwise he would not have<br />
made it through Professor Dauben’s class.” He<br />
told Mrs. Maldonado that he hopes she “will<br />
find great joy in knowing that your husband’s<br />
bequest will help students for as long as<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> exists.”<br />
In recalling her husband’s impact both<br />
on herself and on others around him, Mrs.<br />
Maldonado compared his life to a pebble that<br />
is thrown into a perfectly still lake and causes<br />
many ripples.<br />
“He had such a big heart and an inquisitive<br />
mind that he was like a teacher to me, encouraging<br />
me to pursue my interest in yoga to the<br />
point where I, too, became a teacher.<br />
“Bless you for seeing in Candido what I saw<br />
in him.”<br />
Representing the History Department,<br />
Professor Duane Tananbaum, the department<br />
chair, said that Maldonado was typical of the<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> student in that he “had very realistic<br />
Ervin Goodson ‘03 (standing) with Professor Dauben<br />
and Mrs. Candido Maldonado at a luncheon honoring<br />
her husband’s memory and his gift to <strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong>,<br />
the largest contribution from an alumnus in the<br />
<strong>College</strong>’s history.<br />
dreams and achieved many of them.” Introducing<br />
Ervin Goodson, a recent student of Professor<br />
Dauben’s, Professor Tananbaum noted that<br />
Goodson had played saxophone at various<br />
subway stops to earn the money he needed for<br />
tuition.<br />
“With this scholarship,” Professor Tananbaum<br />
said, “a student will be able to work ten<br />
hours a week perhaps, rather than 20, 30 or 40<br />
hours, and that will enable them to get A’s so<br />
they can go on to graduate school.”<br />
He noted also that Professor Dauben had<br />
chosen to become involved as a teacher of<br />
“writing-intensive” courses, even though he<br />
was not required, as a senior professor, to take<br />
on this additional commitment to the students.<br />
Thinking back to one of those courses—one<br />
of his last history courses before graduation—<br />
Goodson recalled that Professor Dauben’s criticism<br />
was always constructive and helpful.<br />
“Candido Maldonado’s gift is going to<br />
honor a wonderful person,” he said, “who is<br />
always very cordial and kind, as well as an eminent<br />
and formidable scholar. I thank Professor<br />
Dauben for being such a great teacher of such<br />
high academic integrity and for sharing his<br />
knowledge with us.”<br />
Remembering Maldonado’s days as a student,<br />
Professor Dauben praised him for “not<br />
being afraid to come and ask questions. That<br />
set him apart.<br />
“Teaching at <strong>Lehman</strong> is a privilege for me,”<br />
he said, explaining that at other colleges where<br />
he has taught, “There’s no question what will<br />
happen to the students. Their paths are set.”<br />
At <strong>Lehman</strong>, though, he noted, the students<br />
are not aware of these opportunities so teachers<br />
can make more of an impact. ◆<br />
Scholarship Benefit May 10 to Honor Professor Corigliano<br />
Distinguished members of the academic and music communities are planning<br />
a gala benefit to honor Distinguished Professor of Music John Corigliano and<br />
establish the Corigliano Music Scholarships at <strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong>. The event<br />
will be held on Tuesday, May 10, from 6 to 9 pm in the Stanley H. Kaplan<br />
Penthouse at Lincoln Center.<br />
Professor Corigliano is renowned as one of the world’s leading composers. In<br />
orchestral, chamber, opera and film work, he has won critical acclaim for his<br />
highly expressive and compelling works. In 2000, he received an Academy<br />
Award for his original score of “The Red Violin” and in 2001, he was awarded<br />
a Pulitzer Prize for his Symphony No. 2. He received the coveted Grawemeyer<br />
Award for Music Composition for his Symphony No. 1 in 1991.<br />
His latest work, “Circus Maximus” (Symphony No. 3 for large wind ensemble), made its New York<br />
premiere—to thunderous applause—at Carnegie Hall this February. Performed by the University of Texas<br />
Wind Ensemble, the work is the first that Professor Corigliano has specifically written for concert band.<br />
Commissioned by the Ensemble’s director, it is scored for large wind ensemble onstage, along with an<br />
ensemble that surrounds the audience. The title stems from the visual image of musicians encircling the<br />
audience, placing spectators in the center of an ancient Rome-like arena. Indeed, Circus Maximus was a real<br />
place in ancient Rome—the largest arena in the world. For his theme, the composer drew parallels between<br />
the high decadence of those Roman days and certain forms of today’s entertainment. ◆<br />
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<strong>Lehman</strong> E-News Brings<br />
The <strong>College</strong> Home<br />
Would you like to keep in touch with<br />
the news and events taking place at<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong>? With the debut this spring of<br />
“<strong>Lehman</strong> E-news,” the <strong>College</strong>’s online<br />
newsletter, you can do just that.<br />
To read the newsletter,<br />
visit www.lehman.edu<br />
and click on any of<br />
the photos under<br />
the “<strong>Lehman</strong><br />
E-news” column<br />
on the right. This will<br />
bring you to the current issue.<br />
Scroll down to the end of the page and<br />
click on “subscribe” to receive an e-mail<br />
announcement every time a new issue<br />
is posted online.<br />
The newsletter is produced by the Office<br />
of Media Relations and Publications<br />
and published bimonthly during the<br />
academic year. ◆<br />
Alumni Notes<br />
1972<br />
Mary Crescenzo, a playwright and<br />
director, opened her new work “The Old<br />
Woman Who Slew a Dragon-Fox,” at the<br />
Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, New<br />
York, on March 6, 2005.<br />
1999<br />
Dr. James Martyniak, D.D.S., earned<br />
his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong>, went on to graduate from the<br />
Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine<br />
and then complete his residency at<br />
Montefiore Medical Center. He is<br />
currently an associate in the Rifkin Dental<br />
Droup in Yorktown Heights, New York<br />
and an attending dentist at Montifiore. He<br />
writes that “<strong>Lehman</strong> gave me all the tools<br />
necessary to become as successful as I am<br />
in a very short period of time,” and he<br />
urges the <strong>College</strong> to “keep up the <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
degree of excellence.”<br />
Please send alumni news to Marge Rice<br />
at margaret.rice@lehman.cuny.edu and<br />
changes of name and address to Barbara<br />
Smith at barbara.smith@lehman.cuny.edu<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> Family Day: From Sports to Sassafras,<br />
Adults and Kids Alike Join in the Activities<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> alumni and<br />
students brought<br />
their families and<br />
friends to campus for<br />
a day of fun this fall,<br />
sponsored by the <strong>College</strong>'s<br />
Alumni Association.<br />
From face-painting<br />
to salsa lessons, the<br />
day featured something<br />
for everyone, both the<br />
young and the youngat-heart.<br />
Adults and children<br />
alike were able to<br />
choose from a full<br />
schedule of activities,<br />
including basketball<br />
and baseball clinics<br />
with <strong>Lehman</strong>'s team<br />
coaches and swimming<br />
in the APEX pool. The<br />
racquetball courts,<br />
exercise rooms and<br />
other facilities at the<br />
APEX were open to the<br />
families throughout the<br />
entire day.<br />
Sassafras the Clown<br />
was also on hand, entertaining<br />
the children<br />
with balloons and facepainting,<br />
while an Arts<br />
and Crafts session in<br />
the Art Gallery brought<br />
out the creativity in<br />
everyone. A barbecue<br />
lunch gave families<br />
plenty of time for chatting<br />
and relaxing. ◆<br />
Bon Voyage, <strong>Lehman</strong> Alumni<br />
John Pirrone warms up to hit a homer while Alyssa Moore gets set for a<br />
frisbee toss and Teddy Rosner sits very, very still while Sassafras the Clown<br />
works his face-painting magic. John is the nephew of <strong>Lehman</strong>'s Director of<br />
Annual Giving, Josephine Pirrone. Alyssa is the granddaughter of Alumni<br />
Relations Director Barbara Smith (pictured below). Teddy is the son of<br />
Alumni Board President Norman Rosner '80.<br />
Some of <strong>Lehman</strong>'s alumni family take the opportunity to renew old<br />
friendships. From left (bottom row) are Robin Brown '73 and Susan<br />
Greenberg Schneider '73, who are both members of the Alumni Board, Evan<br />
Schneider, Gladys Comeau-Morales '79, '83, who is vice president of the<br />
Board, and (top row) Aravind Mallipudi '98, Andrea Rockower '73 and<br />
Margaret Smith '02, who are also both members of the Board, Dora Villani<br />
'71, secretary of the Board, Vice President of Institutional Advancement<br />
Anne Johnson, Director of Alumni Relations Barbara Smith '92 and Thomas<br />
Gallagher '74, also a member of the Board.<br />
The <strong>Lehman</strong> Alumni Association invites all <strong>College</strong> alumni to enjoy a Spirit Cruise in New York<br />
Harbor. The Association sponsored a harbor cruise several years ago, and it proved so popular<br />
that alumni have asked for a repeat performance. This is a great opportunity to catch up on the<br />
city's changing skyline, on new developments at the <strong>College</strong>, and most of all, on each other's lives.<br />
Date: Sunday, June 5, 2005<br />
Boarding Time: 11:30 a.m.<br />
Tickets: $45.<br />
For more information, call Barbara Smith at 718-960-8975<br />
or email barbara.smith@lehman.cuny.edu.
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Alumni Express the <strong>Lehman</strong> Spirit<br />
And Salute Career of Coach Ed Kramer at Homecoming<br />
Homecoming 2005, featuring a tribute<br />
to the late Dr. Edwin Kramer, brought<br />
alumni back to the campus from as far away<br />
as California, Oregon and Florida. All were on<br />
hand to enjoy the day’s events, including men’s<br />
and women’s basketball games against Baruch,<br />
and to get acquainted once more with both the<br />
<strong>College</strong> and their classmates.<br />
The day started with an alumni coed basketball<br />
game that saw alumni from the 1970s<br />
all the way up to 2004 participating in the<br />
game and other alumni making up the very<br />
vocal cheering section. Many of the alumni<br />
had played on basketball teams coached by Dr.<br />
Kramer.<br />
Directly following the game, a tribute was<br />
held in memory of the coach who led <strong>Lehman</strong>’s<br />
basketball teams for seven formative years,<br />
from 1969 to 1976. His wife, Cheryl Kramer,<br />
along with family and friends, attended the<br />
The <strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong> Library celebrated<br />
the contribution of veterans by paying<br />
tribute last fall to Harry Riconda '87, a U.S.<br />
intelligence officer in the Korean War whose<br />
research on American prisoners of war was<br />
published posthumously in 2003.<br />
In Prisoners of War in American Conflicts<br />
(Scarecrow Press, 2003), Riconda discussed<br />
the treatment of these soldiers from ancient<br />
to modern times, including the methods<br />
of their capture and the tortures and living<br />
conditions they endured.<br />
The <strong>Lehman</strong> event included a talk by<br />
Jacques Bloch, a World War II prisoner of<br />
war who recounted both his own experiences<br />
while in captivity in France and his eventual<br />
escape to Allied lines. Bloch, who is Senior<br />
Vice Commander of the Greater New York<br />
chapter of American Ex-POWS, volunteered<br />
for the French Army in 1939 and was part<br />
of the 83rd U.S. Infantry Regiment when his<br />
company was captured by the German Army.<br />
Kathleen Riconda, widow of the author,<br />
spoke about her husband’s experience writing<br />
the book as well as his time at <strong>Lehman</strong>. He received<br />
his first master’s degree from Teacher’s<br />
<strong>College</strong> in the 1950s and taught English at<br />
Xavier High School, his alma mater.<br />
But he always had a desire to further his<br />
education in English and chose <strong>Lehman</strong> to<br />
event. Dr. Martin Zwiren, director of <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
Athletics, spoke about the importance of Coach<br />
Kramer in the history of <strong>Lehman</strong> athletics and<br />
presented Mrs. Kramer with a special award<br />
commemorating her husband’s contributions<br />
to building the <strong>Lehman</strong> spirit of achievement.<br />
Closing the day with action again on the<br />
court, the Lightning men’s team went on to defeat<br />
Baruch in a very close game, 70–67, while<br />
the Lightning women fought to the finish in<br />
their game against Baruch, ultimately losing in<br />
an equally exciting match, 52–56. The fast pace<br />
of both games reminded many of the alumni<br />
of their own days on the <strong>Lehman</strong> teams and<br />
of their drive both on the playing field and in<br />
their studies.<br />
The Alumni Office is already hard at work<br />
planning the next Homecoming. Look in future<br />
issues of <strong>Lehman</strong> Lightning for more information<br />
on reunion and other alumni events. ◆<br />
Paying Tribute to Veterans, Especially Harry Riconda ‘87<br />
Jacques Bloch, a World War II prisoner of war, and<br />
Kathleen Riconda, wife of the late Harry Riconda<br />
'87. Mrs. Riconda holds a copy of her husband’s<br />
book, Prisoners of War in American Conflicts.<br />
accomplish that goal. He received his second<br />
master’s degree from <strong>Lehman</strong> when he was in<br />
his late fifties.<br />
“<strong>Lehman</strong> opened up a new world to him,”<br />
Mrs. Riconda recalled, “and he would have<br />
been thrilled that <strong>Lehman</strong> honored him.” She<br />
added that the <strong>Lehman</strong> Library staff assisted<br />
her husband with a great deal of the research<br />
for his book and “really went out of their way<br />
for him.”<br />
Her husband died of diabetes and heart<br />
failure in spring 2003, a few months before<br />
his book was published. ◆<br />
Former <strong>Lehman</strong> athletes who played under Coach<br />
Kramer join with former coaches who served during<br />
the years he was at <strong>Lehman</strong>. From left (front row):<br />
Perry San, Silvio Conte, Billy Dolhon, Jeff Bucholtz,<br />
Ted Hurwitz, Nick McNickle and Stanley Brown;<br />
(back row): Phil Travers, Steve Rolston, Ray Rankis,<br />
Ed Sullivan, Bobby Ramos, Brendan Burke and Peter<br />
Gartlan.<br />
Nick McNickle ‘75 (B.A.),<br />
‘79 (M.S.) represents the<br />
athletes at the tribute to<br />
Coach Kramer.<br />
Vice President of Institutional Advancement Dr. Anne<br />
Johnson (left) and APEX and Athletics Director Dr.<br />
Martin Zwiren present Mrs. Kramer with the award<br />
honoring her late husband. Also pictured are two of the<br />
Kramers’ grandchildren.<br />
A portrait of the Kramer family after the ceremony.<br />
Granddaughter Hannah (center) stands in front of<br />
her sister Rachel and next to her brother Ethan. Adults<br />
from left are Rob(ert) Denenberg, Kim Denenberg,<br />
Ellen Kramer, Cheryl Kramer and Ray Rankis.<br />
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When Myrna Rivera left Puerto Rico at<br />
21 to pursue her master’s degree at<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong>, she could not have guessed<br />
how the experience would permanently change<br />
her life. Now the founder and CEO of one of<br />
the first Hispanic investment consulting firms<br />
in the United States and the first Hispanic<br />
woman to be elected to “Who’s Who of Investment<br />
Management Consulting,” Rivera says her<br />
years at <strong>Lehman</strong> played a crucial role in preparing<br />
her for the success she has since achieved.<br />
Rivera’s parents were not thrilled when<br />
their 21-year-old daughter announced out of<br />
the blue that she was going to New York City<br />
on her own for graduate school. The family<br />
had moved with their four children from New<br />
York City to Puerto Rico for a better quality<br />
of life when she was 14. And Rivera had truly<br />
flourished in her new home, becoming fully<br />
bilingual, getting straight A’s in high school and<br />
graduating magna cum laude from the University<br />
of Puerto Rico in three short years with a<br />
bachelor’s degree in mathematics.<br />
After graduating, she<br />
thought she had her career<br />
plans all worked out. “I<br />
walked into the president’s<br />
office and said I was interested<br />
in working there,”<br />
says Rivera, who had been<br />
a professor’s assistant in the<br />
University's Math Depart-<br />
dreams.’<br />
ment. Instead, she was<br />
advised to start by getting a<br />
graduate degree.<br />
Through the Math Department, Rivera<br />
learned about a new exchange program between<br />
CUNY and the University of Puerto<br />
Rico. The Puerto Rican Legislature secured a<br />
small scholarship for her to attend <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> in 1973, and she entered <strong>Lehman</strong> as<br />
a graduate student of mathematics, teaching<br />
as an adjunct by day and attending classes at<br />
night.<br />
“The campus was beautiful and really<br />
conducive to academic work and social interaction,”<br />
she says. “It was also a time of tremendous<br />
cultural awakening, personally and for the<br />
community in general.”<br />
Taking advantage of the social and academic<br />
climate, Rivera was able to explore multiple<br />
interests. She founded a theater group called<br />
Guasabara and expressed her love of music by<br />
playing her guitar at student events. Having<br />
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Myrna Rivera ‘74 : At the Top of the Investment Management World,<br />
She Believes that <strong>Lehman</strong> Prepared Her to Succeed<br />
‘The diversity I learned<br />
at <strong>Lehman</strong> helped me<br />
not to put limits on my<br />
Myrna Rivera as a graduate student at <strong>Lehman</strong> in 1974 and today,<br />
as the founder and CEO of one of the first Hispanic investment<br />
consulting firms in the United States.<br />
studied classical music as an undergraduate,<br />
she found music to be a good counterbalance<br />
to the discipline of mathematics. She also explored<br />
the city with a diverse group of friends.<br />
“My experience at <strong>Lehman</strong> afforded me an<br />
opportunity to have a more rounded experience,”<br />
Rivera says, adding that what she learned<br />
at <strong>Lehman</strong> also enabled<br />
her to be well rounded in<br />
the corporate world. “I was<br />
allowed to blossom. I was<br />
allowed to think. I was allowed<br />
to speak out. That’s<br />
vital when you’re in your<br />
twenties.” Not wasting any<br />
time after graduating from<br />
the master’s program—once<br />
more magna cum laude—Rivera<br />
set her sights again on<br />
teaching and expressed her interest in being<br />
made a full-time professor in <strong>Lehman</strong>'s Math<br />
Department. But CUNY was in the midst of a<br />
hiring freeze at the time so she had to rethink<br />
her options. “I had fallen in love, I was engaged.<br />
I figured I’m going to be here a while so I’d better<br />
get myself a job,” Rivera jokes.<br />
Not long afterwards, she met two of the first<br />
Hispanic women to graduate from Harvard<br />
Business School, who advised her to start<br />
shaping a corporate career. Then she landed<br />
a position working as a marketing specialist<br />
and training coordinator for the Control Data<br />
Corporation in New York in 1976.<br />
Rivera admits that this particular time,<br />
when companies were seeking to diversify their<br />
staff, helped her get her foot in the door—but<br />
she also never stopped striving to shape her<br />
own individual career. In 1981, she joined Mer-<br />
rill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith in<br />
Puerto Rico as a retail account executive.<br />
By 1983, Rivera no longer felt<br />
inspired working as a broker and was<br />
looking for a new direction to take<br />
her career in. She discovered asset<br />
management and consulting, which<br />
turned out to be a more creative process<br />
for her. “The diversity I learned at<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> helped me not to put limits<br />
on my dreams,” she says.<br />
A former Senior Vice President<br />
and Consulting Group Director at<br />
Salomon Smith Barney, Rivera left<br />
her 17-year career in 1999 to open<br />
her own management consulting firm, Consultiva<br />
Internacional, Inc., which enables her to<br />
provide investment management consulting to<br />
individuals and institutions in Puerto Rico and<br />
New York.<br />
With some 40 million Latinos in the U.S.<br />
alone, she felt this was a great niche market for<br />
her. “I fell in love with the opportunity to empower<br />
and help shape the destiny of organizations<br />
and families,” says Rivera. “Creating and<br />
managing wealth is a very sexy endeavor.”<br />
Consultiva, which now has 20 employees,<br />
has just been hired by the Los Angeles County<br />
Employees Retirement System (LACERS).<br />
Consultiva will help LACERS gain an understanding<br />
of the emerging minority brokerage<br />
landscape.<br />
A Certified Investment Management<br />
Analyst, Rivera is a member of the Investment<br />
Management Consultants Association and a<br />
director of the National Association of Securities<br />
Professionals. Never straying too far from<br />
her love of music, she is also a director of New<br />
York City’s Música de Cámara, an organization<br />
founded by Puerto Rican soprano Eva de la O.<br />
Música de Cámara supports Puerto Rican and<br />
other Latino classical musicians by presenting<br />
them in concert venues throughout the city.<br />
She fondly remembers her time at <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
as one that shaped her leadership skills. “<strong>Lehman</strong><br />
was one of those experiences that taught<br />
me to be fearless,” says Rivera, who still has her<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> math books and the first paycheck stub<br />
she received as an adjunct.<br />
“It was an opportunity to be a mathematician,<br />
an artist, an activist. Being thrown into<br />
that environment helped to shape a very independent<br />
character.” ◆
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Contributors to<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
During 2004, 1,295 donors<br />
contributed $732,439 to the<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong> Foundation.<br />
We thank our donors.<br />
Herbert H. <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
Leadership Circle<br />
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center<br />
City University of New York<br />
IBM<br />
LCU Foundation<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> Brothers, Inc.<br />
Arthur L. Loeb<br />
John L. Loeb, Jr.<br />
Monroe and Rose Lovinger*<br />
Candido Maldonado ’79<br />
Maxene and Eugene Posman<br />
Research Foundation Grant<br />
(Title V)<br />
President’s Circle<br />
Anheuser Busch Co.<br />
William J. Collins<br />
Dean Investment Associates<br />
Lewis R. Gordon ’84<br />
Cheryl Kramer<br />
Ellen J. Kramer<br />
Susan and Robert P. Morgenthau<br />
Anne Rothstein*<br />
Joseph Salim<br />
The Tomorrow Foundation<br />
Thomson Learning<br />
Millennium Club<br />
Anonymous<br />
Arthur Ross Foundation<br />
Bank of America<br />
Bartner Family Foundation<br />
Robert A. Bernhard<br />
William L. Bernhard<br />
June Bingham Birge<br />
Borough of Manhattan<br />
Community <strong>College</strong><br />
Bronx Council On The Arts, Inc.<br />
James V. Bruni<br />
Trent A. and Susan Carmichael<br />
City <strong>College</strong> of New York/ CUNY<br />
Collazo Carling & Mish <strong>LL</strong>P<br />
Deloitte Foundation<br />
Ricardo R. and Patricia Fernández*<br />
Aramina Ferrer ’73<br />
Ruben Franco<br />
Victoria J. Friedman ’95<br />
Michael J. Gill<br />
William H. Goodhart<br />
Elizabeth B. Grant<br />
Martin Greenberg ’71<br />
Susan E. Greenberg-Schneider ’73*<br />
Beatrice Hartman ’82<br />
Beryl F. Herdt*<br />
Maria I. Herencia*<br />
John M. Hilliard*<br />
Anne Johnson<br />
Elias Karmon<br />
Hessam Kassaii<br />
Edward J. Kennelly<br />
Masood Khatamee<br />
John R. Luongo ’71<br />
PepsiCo Foundation<br />
Ponce De Leon Federal Bank<br />
Queensborough Community <strong>College</strong><br />
Isadore Rosenfeld<br />
The PKL Foundation Inc.<br />
Patricia J. Thompson ’73*<br />
Gary A. Tobin<br />
United Way of New York City*<br />
Gregory Williams<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong> Associates<br />
Altria Group, Inc.<br />
Taraneh Amirparviz-Sabouri<br />
Deena Bernstein<br />
Brooklyn <strong>College</strong> Auxiliary Enterprises<br />
Corp.<br />
City University of New York General<br />
Account<br />
Coca Cola Enterprises Bottling<br />
Company<br />
Samuel F. Coleman ’74<br />
Environmental Strategies<br />
David R. Fryer<br />
Anthony Garro<br />
GFS Chemicals, Inc.<br />
Gary S. Goldstein<br />
John D. Gordan, III<br />
George F. Heinrich<br />
Elinor H. Hirschhorn<br />
Philip H. Isles<br />
Jacob Judd*<br />
Carl Kaffeman ’73<br />
Alexander C. Karp<br />
Kingsborough Community <strong>College</strong><br />
Auxiliary Enterprises, Inc<br />
Peter R. Limburg<br />
Loeb & Troper<br />
Geraldine H. Maxwell<br />
Orin A. McCluskey<br />
Albert M. P. Medvec ’71<br />
Melnick Research Association<br />
Joan Morgenthau<br />
Robert M. Morgenthau<br />
Sarah E. Morgenthau<br />
Mary Alice O’Dowd<br />
Frances M. Piscitelli<br />
Peter A. Piscitelli<br />
Professional Staff Congress<br />
Richard J. Radna ’69<br />
Rogers M. Smith<br />
Norma K. Stegmaier*<br />
The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt<br />
Institute<br />
The Library Association of the City<br />
University of New York<br />
William Tramontano<br />
William J. vanden Heuvel<br />
Michael W. Yackira ’72<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong> Sponsors<br />
Ira S. Behr ’74<br />
Bernd Brecher<br />
Judith J. Chang ’92<br />
Judith B. Chiara<br />
Eugene Chudnovsky<br />
John L. Comaroff<br />
Consolidated Edison Company of<br />
NY, Inc.<br />
Derrin Culp ’75<br />
Susan M. Dacks ’72<br />
Michael V. Dicosimo ’75<br />
Thomas E. Gallagher ’74<br />
Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery<br />
Sophie J. Goodhart<br />
Robert C. Graham, Jr.<br />
Anne Grand<br />
Horace M. Gray<br />
Verona Greenland<br />
Murray Hausknecht*<br />
Clarita Herrera<br />
Peter W. Josten<br />
Martin J. Kelly*<br />
Cecily Kooijman<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong> Association for<br />
Campus Activities, Inc.<br />
Penelope <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
Jose Magdaleno, Jr.<br />
Cynthia N. Mayer<br />
William R. Mayer<br />
Theodore R. Miro ’82<br />
Henry Morgenthau, III<br />
Peter Morrell<br />
Andrea Murphy ’91<br />
Diane E. Nicosia ’85<br />
Glen T. Nygreen<br />
Steven A. Ostrow<br />
Michael Paull<br />
Edgar V. Roberts<br />
Andrea J. Rockower ’73<br />
Salvatore M. Romano<br />
Norman M. Rosner ’80<br />
Nick Salvatore ’68<br />
Mahnaz Sarachi<br />
Karel Simek<br />
LeeAnn O. Simmons ’94*<br />
Barbara A. Smith ’92<br />
Kenneth J. Swan<br />
Esdras Tulier<br />
Ida Van Lindt<br />
Verizon Foundation<br />
Carlton Williams ’88<br />
Century Club<br />
Rogaia M. Abusharaf<br />
Sultan Ahmed<br />
Linda Alcoff<br />
Parvin Assadi<br />
Wilma A. Bailey ’72<br />
Catherine E. Bambrick ’02<br />
Marina P. Banchetti<br />
Bank of New York<br />
Michael and Barbara Barnard<br />
Reuben L. Baumgarten*<br />
Reginald Bender ’91<br />
Marsha Benjamin<br />
Lily Birnbach ’70<br />
Carole M. Boccumini ’70<br />
Bronx Community <strong>College</strong><br />
BRONXNET<br />
Rosemary G. Brooke ’71<br />
Clifford Brown ’76<br />
John H. Brown ’95<br />
Pamela A. Brown ’98<br />
Robin H. Brown ’73<br />
Susan Broxmeyer ’75<br />
Seyna J. Bruskin<br />
Gail E. Bryan ’75<br />
William Burnicke ’01<br />
Cornelius Cadigan ’98<br />
Christopher N. Calhoun ’88<br />
Barbara P. Cardillo ’92<br />
Clare L. Carroll<br />
Patricia A. Cawly ’76<br />
Rene Chevray<br />
Betty Chlebnikow*<br />
Ralph Chlebnikow<br />
Leslie A. Cobb ’95<br />
Thomas P. Cocke ’81<br />
Faye M. Cohen ’84<br />
Shirlee Cohen<br />
Bridie A. Collins<br />
Gladys M. Comeau-Morales ’79<br />
Ramón E. Cordíes ’96*<br />
John Corigliano<br />
Carol A. Coscia ’74<br />
Ann M. Crawford ’93<br />
Raymond B. Croskey<br />
Virginia C. Cupiola ’88<br />
David G. Dannenbring<br />
Shelley M. Danziger ’76<br />
Joseph Dauben<br />
Frances A. DellaCava<br />
Donald J. Devaney ’85<br />
Lisa L. Dever<br />
Annette Digby<br />
Catherine Donohue ’73<br />
Nancy J. Dougherty ’81<br />
Margaret F. Drago ’89<br />
Edmund J. Drake ’71<br />
Randi Dubno Gardner<br />
Hugh A. Dunne<br />
Wilbur Edel<br />
Bonnie S. Edwards<br />
Victor M. Eichorn, Jr. ’78<br />
Toy L. Eng ’83<br />
Giving Sources from January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004<br />
Title V Match 28%<br />
Organizations 20%<br />
*Donors with an asterisk have contributed for five consecutive years or more.<br />
Hunter Bronx Campus 2%<br />
Alumni 27%<br />
Friends 17%<br />
Faculty and<br />
Administrators 6%<br />
Eve Ensler<br />
Giselle Eric<br />
Nicholas Esposito<br />
Dawn Ewing Morgan<br />
Nancy B. Fields ’88<br />
Sharon Freedberg<br />
Philip I. Freedman*<br />
Kate French<br />
Elsy Fuentes ’88<br />
Maryann Garro ’80<br />
Robert N. Georgalas ’72<br />
Geraldine E. Gerardi ’76<br />
Nancy G. Gherardi ’69<br />
Martin R. Gitterman ’70<br />
Jack Globenfelt<br />
David S. Goldberger ’71<br />
Renee Goods ’90<br />
Marlene Gottlieb<br />
Robert T. Gregory ’80<br />
Gerhard J. Haas<br />
Reginetta Haboucha<br />
Elhum Haghighat-Sordellini<br />
Dona L. Hamilton<br />
Stephanie L. Harley ’78<br />
Gilbert B. Harris ’77<br />
Clevis R. Headley<br />
Dolores H. Henchy ’72<br />
Carla E. Herman ’74<br />
Emita B. Hill<br />
Casper E. Hoist, Jr. ’71<br />
Jack Hyatt<br />
IBM International Foundation<br />
International Health Awareness<br />
Network<br />
Barbara C. Ioia ’71<br />
J.P. Morgan Chase Manhattan<br />
Bank, N.A.<br />
Ayat Jafari<br />
Marzie Jafari<br />
James R. Johnson<br />
Nicole M. Johnson-Gellineau<br />
David S. Jordan ’75<br />
Winston L. Joseph ’96<br />
Irene N. Judd<br />
Robert Kanner ’75<br />
Nancy Kaye<br />
William J. Kelly ’68<br />
John R. Kennedy ’90<br />
Diana K. Kent<br />
Edward L. King ’81<br />
Harriet E. Klausner ’73<br />
Jessica S. Klein<br />
Anne M. Knight<br />
Sandra E. Kolodny ’77<br />
Gifty A. Kudayah ’99<br />
Marion Lahn<br />
Nancy Lau ’88<br />
Josephine P. Law<br />
Jean O. Lee ’76<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong> Art Gallery<br />
Sandra Lerner<br />
Ruth M. Levell ’78<br />
David H. Levey<br />
Sandra Levey<br />
Jane E. Levitt<br />
Jacob Lichy ’65<br />
Victoria H. Lightman ’75<br />
Brian M. Lobel ’73*<br />
John Locke<br />
Elisabeth Lorin<br />
Barbara D. Luftglass-Morea ’83*<br />
Robert Lundberg<br />
Eleanor E. Lundeen<br />
Vito E. Maggiolo ’75<br />
Edward J. Mahoney ’81<br />
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Michael Mahoney ’77<br />
Juliane E. Manko ’80<br />
Thomas N. Marshall, Jr. ’93<br />
Debra Martinez ’75<br />
Herminio Martinez<br />
Joanna Matos ’00<br />
Carl Mazza, Jr.<br />
MBNA America<br />
Andrew McGowan<br />
David K. McCauseland ’97<br />
Myles McCormick<br />
Morton Meisler ’65<br />
Robert D. Menaker<br />
Samuel Menashe<br />
Stacy Mendleson ’76<br />
Walid Michelen ’91<br />
Joan A. Miller<br />
Brenda P. Moffitt<br />
Mary C. Moore ’86<br />
Lawrence Morgan ’87<br />
Martin Murphy<br />
Daniel P. Nagle ’86<br />
NationsCredit Commercial Corporation*<br />
Bertrade B. Ngo-Ngijol Banoum<br />
Linda S. Ochser ’69<br />
Stephen O’Neill<br />
Rona L. Ostrow<br />
Luz N. Padro Rivera ’96<br />
David Park<br />
Marcia A. Patel ’74<br />
Anthony V. Patti ’80<br />
Rosemary E. Pearce ’78<br />
Anne D. Perryman ’93*<br />
Elizabeth Peters ’74<br />
Susan Polirstok<br />
Irwin H. Polishook<br />
Balwant Praimraj ’99<br />
Anne Prisco-Sergi<br />
Louise C. Puschel ’75<br />
Joel C. Quall ’79<br />
Kathleen G. Quinn-Miller<br />
Jennifer Raab<br />
Aubyn M. Reid ’89<br />
Mary C. Reilly ’71<br />
Margaret A. Rice<br />
Irwin I. Rofman*<br />
Carole S. Rothman ’69<br />
Michelle A. Saccurato ’77<br />
Bijan Safai<br />
Michael Saltz<br />
Gerry K. Sandell ’80<br />
Milton Santiago<br />
Evelyn Santos ’73<br />
Andrew Schmidt<br />
Paul F. Schneider ’84<br />
Edward Schwartz ’66<br />
Barbara G. Shaiman ’68<br />
Jay Snyder<br />
Deborah M. Sohr<br />
Steven A. Solomon<br />
Gloria S. Spear ’88<br />
Robert M. Specter<br />
Hedi Sperling ’90<br />
Dianne B. Stillman ’98<br />
Lorraine K. Stock ’70<br />
Hannelore H. Stoumen<br />
Gloria F. Stradford ’70<br />
Reid Strieby<br />
Jack M. Stryker ’79<br />
William Swenson<br />
Carmine J. Tabacco ’81<br />
Esther R. Taus<br />
Steven Tepikian ’79<br />
The Workmen’s Circle<br />
Maria Theodoulou<br />
16<br />
Maureen A. Thompson ’97<br />
Carlos L. Toledo ’89<br />
Towers Perrin<br />
Mardi Valgemae<br />
Milan Valuch ’69<br />
Leonard A. Van Lowe, Jr. ’77<br />
Lynne Van Voorhis<br />
George C. Vatore ’75<br />
Stephen B. Walsh ’82<br />
Stanley Walters ’59<br />
Albert K. Webster<br />
Jacqueline L. Weidner ’71<br />
Karen D. Weinberg ’76<br />
Joyce F. West<br />
Derek Wheeler<br />
Linda C. Williams ’70*<br />
Mark H. Winnegrad ’71<br />
Eric V. Wright<br />
Margaret Yard<br />
Lawrence D. Young ’80<br />
Laura L. Zambano-Greechan ’74<br />
Stephen Zuckerman ’75<br />
Martin L. Zwiren<br />
Friends of <strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Gladys M. Aborchie-Idlet ’97<br />
Hilduara P. Abreu ’96<br />
Haydee Acevedo ’02<br />
Jacqueline Acevedo<br />
Kossi A. Acolitse*<br />
Juan L. Acosta ’02<br />
Miguel A. Acosta ’02<br />
Zelma Acosta ’98<br />
Affiong I. Adanga ’89<br />
Taiwo G. Adeniji ’96<br />
Esther O. Afolayan ’03<br />
Hudu Ahmed ’01<br />
Alex I. Akhimien ’98<br />
Phoebe Alexander ’95<br />
Jose A. Alexandrino ’96<br />
Jose Alfaro ’70<br />
Carmen M. Alicea ’02<br />
Nolvia Altamirano ’01<br />
Gerard Altieri ’74<br />
Maria E. Alvarez ’84<br />
Noelia Alvarez ’94<br />
Ana Amaro ’83<br />
Geraldine Ambrosio ’75<br />
American International Group,<br />
Inc.<br />
Steven Amfwan<br />
Benora N. Andrews<br />
Anonymous<br />
Anonymous<br />
Mary D. Antenucci ’74<br />
Rosemarie Antoine<br />
Elliott M. Antokoletz ’68<br />
Ellen A. Appelle ’71<br />
Nydia Arezza<br />
Karen M. Argenti ’78<br />
Richard L. Aronowitz ’73<br />
Lynette Arroyo ’03<br />
Bahar Arsoy ’98<br />
Augustus Aryee ’98<br />
Rochelle M. Asaro ’74<br />
Rikki Asher ’81<br />
Michael Aurichio ’75<br />
Alla Avdashchenko ’99<br />
Edgar Ayala ’00<br />
Maria S. Ayala ’81<br />
Rider Babbit<br />
Dorothy M. Babcock ’75<br />
Sandy Badson ’01<br />
Zoila R. Baez<br />
Jacqueline A. Bailey ’79*<br />
Sylvia Banton<br />
Daniel R. Barber ’94<br />
Florence I. Barber<br />
John W. Bardo<br />
Patricia A. Barile ’69<br />
Leah Barkan ’76<br />
Debra J. Barksdale ’99<br />
Geri A. Baron ’71<br />
Irene A. Barros ’99<br />
Leliane B. Barroso-Maldonado ’98<br />
Luisa A. Barry ’78<br />
Andrew F. Bata ’71<br />
Patricia A. Bauer ’76<br />
Stuart I. Baum ’95<br />
Carl J. W. Becker ’92<br />
Shirley Becker*<br />
Ada C. Begelman*<br />
Judith Beiss ’97<br />
Christine Bellacero ’76<br />
Leslie A. Benardo ’75<br />
Steven M. Benardo ’69<br />
Dorothy Berest*<br />
Kevin P. Bergmann ’03<br />
Jeffrey Berkowitz ’76<br />
Frieda Bernstein<br />
Carmen J. Betancourt ’03<br />
Elizabeth A. Betz ’84<br />
Mildred H. Birkmann ’72<br />
Kpangbala Blamah ’80<br />
Julio E. Blanco ’94<br />
Ruth Block ’83<br />
Antoinette Blum<br />
Betty L. Blume ’75<br />
Frank K. Boateng<br />
Henry O. Boateng ’98<br />
Steven M. Bobker ’03<br />
Jeanette M. Bonet ’97<br />
Stanley J. Boots ’78<br />
Ellin Bousel ’73<br />
Felice A. Brady ’75<br />
Marian L. Brady ’00<br />
Lottie V. Bragg ’92<br />
Cosmo Branca ’87<br />
Gail A. Brandt ’03<br />
Linda M. Brandt ’71<br />
Norma I. Brenes ’89<br />
Igor V. Brikman<br />
Theresa M. Broglio ’81<br />
Rachel Brookoff ’78<br />
Barbara W. Brown ’00<br />
Frances L. Brown ’78<br />
Theresa A. Brown-Mullins ’97<br />
Steven A. Bruce ’93<br />
Willy Brujan ’00<br />
Sandra A. Buckley ’77<br />
Margaret K. Bunzick ’91<br />
Almeida Burgos ’95<br />
Orville E. Burnett ’97<br />
Darian D. Burrus ’02<br />
James M. Byrne ’75<br />
Louis Cabello<br />
Aleta M. Cabral ’88<br />
Eugenia C. Cameron ’86<br />
Kerry A. Campbell-Jones ’87<br />
Barbara I. Canavan ’88<br />
Shaunte T. Cannon ’03<br />
John R. Capasso ’69<br />
Barbara J. Cappelli ’00<br />
Peter R. Carelli ’86<br />
Patricia (Pat) E. Carey ’75<br />
Robert Carmona ’00<br />
Suzanne Carpiniello ’69<br />
Magaly D. Carro ’80<br />
Toni M. Carter ’90<br />
Cartridge Recovery Center<br />
Charles A. Casale ’74<br />
Theresa A. Casper ’85<br />
Mary Cassidy ’74<br />
Sonia S. Castellanos ’85<br />
Wanda I. Castro ’89<br />
Sherri D. Caver ’03<br />
Michael J. Cea ’78<br />
Annmarie Cefoli ’76<br />
Milton Centeno ’01<br />
Philippa G. Centini ’68<br />
Loraine Centrilla ’94<br />
Ricardo Charriez ’04<br />
Susan L. Chasky<br />
Yolanda Chavez ’00<br />
Jay H. Cheraskin ’88*<br />
Perla M. Cherubini ’76<br />
Takman Cheung<br />
Sal Chiariello ’68<br />
Alan F. Chibnik ’68<br />
Roman W. Chornodolsky ’71<br />
Pierre Choute ’87<br />
Nathan M. Chukueke ’96<br />
Magalys O. Ciccosanti ’03<br />
Donna M. Classe ’03<br />
Jewel Cleckley ’01<br />
Carmen Clemente ’80<br />
Crystal Clemons ’93<br />
Betty Coalmon ’77<br />
Mavis A. Coalmon ’92<br />
Nancy H. Cobb<br />
Gregg S. Cohen<br />
Joseph S. Cohen ’99<br />
Richard Cohen<br />
Bonnie M. Cohn ’95<br />
Howard S. Cohn<br />
Hazel M. Coleman ’78<br />
Frank D. Conforti ’70<br />
Lawrence M. Connors ’74<br />
Glenn W. Conway ’74<br />
Dwight R. Cook ’02<br />
Allen S. Cooper ’79<br />
Dominick A. Corrado ’76<br />
Wanda Cortes ’01<br />
Andrea Cortese ’83<br />
Andrew J. Costello ’75<br />
Monica A. Cover ’77<br />
Pearl W. Cross ’04<br />
Elizabeth Cruz ’02<br />
Marisol Cruz<br />
Kwawo K. Cudjoe ’95<br />
Clarence Cunningham ’00<br />
Horace E. Cunningham ’02<br />
Elida O. Cylich ’81<br />
Martha C. Czitter ’76<br />
Neuza A. Da Gloria ’97<br />
Mariana T. D’Alessandro ’98<br />
Rexford E. Daley ’87<br />
Phyllis E. Daniel ’94<br />
Marcus V. Daugherty<br />
Jennifer M. Davids ’02<br />
Maria Davila ’97<br />
Anne L. Davis ’70<br />
Kathleen M. Davis ’71<br />
Rosalind Y. Davis ’02<br />
Andrea M. De George-Garbarini<br />
’84<br />
Anne M. Defino ’76<br />
Lillian DeJesus-Martinez ’99<br />
Hiram Del Valle ’92<br />
Jean M. Delamothe ’85<br />
Toni M. Demirali ’74<br />
Gerard F. DePaolo<br />
Geraldine DeSantis ’72<br />
Pamela B. DeWees ’82<br />
Richard L. Dicosmo ’03<br />
Patrick M. Diffley ’92<br />
Gwendolyn C. Dillard-Hatcher ’74<br />
Marie J. Dimaria ’96<br />
Evelyn A. Disla ’00<br />
Mario N. DiStefano ’89<br />
Trudi T. Diubaldo ’76<br />
Lydia Domanico ’70<br />
Hilton N. Dominguez ’03<br />
Evelyn Donner<br />
Edward N. Doohan ’68<br />
Mamadou Doumbouya ’00<br />
Morfeia M. Dulgeroff ’03<br />
Hazel P. Duncan ’99<br />
Edmund J. Dunn ’80<br />
Denise Dupree-Woodbury ’93<br />
Kenneth E. Dupuy ’75<br />
Sari H. Dworkin ’76<br />
Mary A. Dziomba ’82<br />
John Eboli ’74<br />
Angelita M. Ebreo ’96<br />
Thompson U. Echi ’04<br />
Charles Edusei ’98<br />
Beverly P. Ellman ’70<br />
Neil S. Elson ’71<br />
Gloria I. Encarnacion ’99<br />
Celia M. Eslampour ’01<br />
Aida C. Esposito ’83<br />
Monique Esposito<br />
Bernard Etheridge ’87<br />
Thelma Etheridge ’94<br />
Fay Ettman ’38*<br />
Wesley C. Evans ’91*<br />
Angela Fagan ’82<br />
Celia V. Fagan ’01<br />
Danny J. Faingnaert ’79<br />
Julie A. Fairley-Hollington ’91<br />
Paul A. Fallon ’76<br />
Richard P. Farrugia ’77<br />
Fred Feibusch<br />
Samuel Feinberg<br />
Eve Feinstein ’73<br />
Albert Feliciano ’95<br />
James V. Ferebee ’95<br />
Cedric C. Fergus ’83<br />
Kashae Ferguson ’01<br />
Esther M. Fernandez<br />
José M. Fernández ’94<br />
Leonel Fernandez ’04<br />
Yohanny C. Fernandez ’03<br />
Barbara A. Ferraro ’71<br />
Alan Z. Feuer<br />
Katherine D. Figueroa ’02<br />
Mary H. Finnerty ’93<br />
John J. Fischer ’00<br />
Elizabeth Fishman ’77<br />
Sandra O. Fishman ’75<br />
Maura E. Fitton ’86<br />
Richard G. Fitzmaurice ’68<br />
Agnes T. Fitzpatrick ’88<br />
Franklyn A. Fleury ’80<br />
Rachelle A. Flisser ’69<br />
Reuben L. Flowers ’01<br />
Ainsworth J. Foster ’02<br />
Marva P. Fray ’83<br />
Sheila Y. Fredericks ’89<br />
Lillian C. Frederickson ’81<br />
Linda M. Freeman ’68<br />
Nora Freeman ’00<br />
Carol A. Freidman ’80<br />
Jack B. Freindlich ’78<br />
Michael J. Friedman ’82*<br />
Bernard H. Friese ’84<br />
Susanne H. Fruchter ’94<br />
Austin A. Frye ’75<br />
Jack Funt ’90<br />
Charles J. Gaffner ’69<br />
Ouida Y. Gaillard ’81<br />
Angelo Galeazzi ’76<br />
Charles B. Gallo ’01<br />
*Donors with an asterisk have contributed for five consecutive years or more.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • DEVELOPMENT • • • • • • • • • • NEWS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •<br />
Joann Galst*<br />
Tunde S. Gantt ’01<br />
Carlos A. Garcia ’01<br />
Francena Garcia ’01<br />
Wendy Garcia ’04<br />
Jemmiel A. Gardner ’01<br />
Susan E. Gardner ’73<br />
Terri Garrity ’79<br />
Peter Gartlan ’81<br />
Rosalyn Gass ’80<br />
Monica V. Gayle ’90*<br />
Yoseph T. Gemta ’02<br />
Carlene M. Gentilesco ’68<br />
Joseph W. Gentilesco ’72<br />
Roxanne A. George<br />
Robert Gerardi ’02<br />
Anna F. Gergley<br />
Linda F. Gesoff ’69<br />
Mary L. Gilbert ’88<br />
Irwin F. Giles ’71<br />
John J. Gilligan ’95<br />
Frances B. Giuffre ’74<br />
Nadeen Glover ’00<br />
Sol E. Goichman ’90<br />
Elise M. Gold ’76<br />
Lloyd A. Goldman ’75<br />
Roy E. Goldman ’76<br />
Vicki L. Goldman ’82<br />
Migdalia Gomez ’85<br />
Robin R. Gomez ’99<br />
Frank González ’70<br />
Brad Goodwin ’99<br />
Fran S. Gordon ’75<br />
Christiane T. Gorycki<br />
Scott P. Grader ’77<br />
Rochelle H. Grant ’77<br />
Sandra Green ’02<br />
Jean D. Greenberg ’75<br />
Judith L. Greenberg ’64<br />
Daron M. Greene ’00<br />
Angela B. Griefen ’69<br />
Ian L. Griffin ’99<br />
Patricia Griffin ’01<br />
Margaret Groake<br />
Malvin N. Groce ’89<br />
Mark I. Grossman ’72<br />
Maria-Elena E. Guerrero-<br />
Papson ’91<br />
Anna M. Guidotti ’02<br />
Gladys Guillet-Brown ’90<br />
Laura Guity ’03<br />
Barbara V. Gurley ’70<br />
Francine A. Gurtler ’85<br />
Adar Gurvitch<br />
Hilde Guttenplan ’91<br />
William A. Guzman ’99<br />
Iris A. Haburay ’73<br />
Sonya F. Hammer ’75<br />
Nora M. Hamond-Gallardo ’79<br />
Robert J. Hanan ’86<br />
Wade Hanley ’97<br />
Jane C. Hannon<br />
Beris M. Harper ’88<br />
Julie-Ann W. Harris ’00<br />
Michael G. Harrison ’80<br />
Edwin Hastings ’89<br />
Jacqueline A. Hayes ’98<br />
Mary F. Hayes ’00<br />
Violet L. Hayes ’76<br />
Cecelia M. Hedley ’93<br />
Charlotte A. Heese ’79<br />
Marsha S. Heiman ’66<br />
Maureen A. Heller ’99<br />
Ronald A. Henry, Jr. ’91<br />
Ingrid Heraldo<br />
Marisa Hermon<br />
Harry Hernandez ’92<br />
Jessica R. Hernandez ’00<br />
Raphael Hernandez ’70<br />
Steve Herskovits ’74<br />
Eugene M. Hewitt ’74<br />
Katherine B. Hickey ’92<br />
Ryon H. Higgins ’01<br />
Ann Marie S. Hing ’02<br />
Alrita Hodge ’79<br />
Arax L. Hogroian<br />
Virginia M. Holek ’74<br />
Victoria F. Holmberg ’03<br />
Lucile H. Holt ’74<br />
Camisha Huff ’02<br />
Gilton O. Huggett ’00<br />
Gloria B. Hughes ’97*<br />
Kathleen Hughes ’89<br />
Veronica C. Humphreys ’93<br />
Kirsten D. Hunter ’03<br />
Jerome Hyacinth ’96<br />
Boonchua Iamkulworapong ’03<br />
IBM International Foundation<br />
Nelson Igie ’02<br />
Roseline C. Ikedinma-Atkinson ’98<br />
Janet A. Ilori ’04<br />
Lynn C. Imergoot ’69<br />
Lucia Imparato ’97<br />
Brenda Irizarry ’03<br />
Joshua B. Isaacson ’00<br />
Rita Iturralde ’76<br />
Ruth E. Iuliano ’77<br />
Eleanor J. Jackson ’80<br />
Kaitlyn M. Jackson ’00<br />
Paulette C. Jackson ’79<br />
Marie Berthe M. Jacob ’03<br />
Jennifer A. James ’71<br />
Joan E. James ’99<br />
Theodora Jembelis ’99<br />
Vivian C. Jenkins<br />
Marilyn E. Jervey ’81<br />
Jeser Jimenez<br />
Catherine W. Johnson ’03<br />
Ethel Johnson ’01<br />
Ivylyn Johnson ’99<br />
Mabel E. Johnson ’73<br />
Phaedra L. Johnson ’98<br />
Leslie Jones ’95<br />
Ruth Jordan ’00<br />
Elaine A. Joseph ’88<br />
Ronald B. Joseph ’74<br />
Loretta M. Judge ’89<br />
Meredith T. Kanner ’73<br />
Darinka S. Kantcheva ’97<br />
Janet E. Kaplan ’79<br />
Leslie C. Kaplan ’72<br />
Ruth R. Kaplan ’73<br />
Karen R. Karlsson ’89<br />
Darlene M. Katsch ’71<br />
Ellen Katz ’74<br />
Lynn Kauderer ’75<br />
Mary C. Keane ’91<br />
Christine A. Keller ’84<br />
David Kelly ’95<br />
John D. Kelly<br />
Martha Kelly ’90<br />
Stella T. Kelly ’68<br />
Isabel L. Kessler ’74<br />
Peter J. Kiernan ’91<br />
Brendan J. Kilcawley ’84*<br />
Henry King ’88*<br />
Rebecca J. Kirkland ’74<br />
Paul H. Klein ’73<br />
Samuel D. Kleinman ’69<br />
Bruce G. Klonsky ’71<br />
Joan A. Kneider ’68<br />
Kim M. Knight ’91<br />
*Donors with an asterisk have contributed for five consecutive years or more.<br />
Phonathon Callers Stay in Touch<br />
With <strong>Lehman</strong> Alumni<br />
Each fall and winter, a team of <strong>Lehman</strong> students calls<br />
alumni to say hello and ask for contributions to support<br />
the <strong>College</strong>. A gift to the <strong>College</strong> through the <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> Foundation is an excellent way to say “Thank you<br />
for a great education!” and to extend a helping hand to<br />
current students.<br />
(Above, from left):<br />
Kerlys Feliz, Paul Tamayo, Ode<br />
Hoppie and Cyndia Montero<br />
Tulsa Knox-Rice<br />
Kathleen A. Koch ’72<br />
Linda Kofa ’94<br />
Minnie Krakowsky ’76<br />
Barry A. Krissoff ’72<br />
Theresa M. Kurtz ’77<br />
Judith A. Kurzawa ’91<br />
Helen R. Kuttner ’75<br />
Rita J. La Bar ’89<br />
John J. Lally, Jr.<br />
Hazel R. Lammers ’77<br />
Susan D. LaMonica ’79<br />
Henrietta R. Landauer ’71<br />
Alfred Z. Lanquah ’99<br />
Regina S. Laurato ’04<br />
Claudia S. Lawrence ’97<br />
Barbara M. Lazarus ’76<br />
Toby W. Lebenson ’86<br />
Robert F. Lebowitz ’98<br />
Joanne R. Lehrer ’70<br />
Betty Ann Leibowitz<br />
Mark A. Lenahan ’97<br />
Paula E. Lester ’74<br />
Ramona A. Letterese ’95<br />
James Levanos ’81<br />
Sylvia Levinson<br />
Zelda Levitan ’69<br />
Joan M. Levitt ’88<br />
Karen K. Lewis<br />
Rowena Lewis ’01<br />
Fernando Leyton ’02<br />
Cristina Liantonio ’03<br />
Salvatore Licciardello ’73<br />
David Lieb ’01<br />
Susan G. Lilien ’93<br />
Maria D. Lima-Isaac ’92<br />
Pamela Lindsay ’02<br />
Jennie M. Lipari ’92<br />
Francine Lobel<br />
Marie I. Londrigan ’76<br />
Emilio W. Lopez<br />
Anthony J. Lopiano ’98<br />
Carmen Loran<br />
Julio Lorenzo ’95<br />
Arlene A. Love ’98<br />
Dorothy Lowery ’91<br />
Ralph Lucena ’98<br />
Lisa M. Lucid ’02<br />
Gustavo J. Lucin ’03<br />
Eliot S. Lugo, Jr. ’85<br />
Iris L. Lugo ’95<br />
Anna Lukaj ’00<br />
Mirjana Lukic-Kim ’89<br />
Irmgard H. Lukmann ’85<br />
Rosemary T. Lunstead ’75<br />
Diane S. Lynch ’81<br />
Elizabeth B. A. Lynch ’76<br />
Mona T. Lynch ’78<br />
Myrna A. Lynch ’93<br />
Patricia Y. Mack ’71<br />
William J. Madden ’90<br />
Mahammed S. Mahammed ’99<br />
Lloyd G. Mair, Jr. ’72<br />
Robert E. Malberti ’83<br />
(Above, from left):<br />
Ellen Amo-Nyarko and<br />
Robert Molina<br />
(Above, from left): Yiranny Almonte, Coralia Barrios,<br />
Jeimy Rosado and Cyndia Montero<br />
Aravind Mallipudi ’98<br />
Joann M. Maloney<br />
Frida L. Malpica ’74<br />
Theodosia Maltas ’00<br />
Carole Mandelkorn ’84<br />
Shirley Mandell ’90<br />
Joseph A. Mannozzi, Jr. ’91<br />
Earl B. Manywether ’80<br />
Paul F. Mapelli ’80<br />
Diane T. Markarian ’76<br />
Gisela Marrero ’00<br />
Joann R. Marrone ’75<br />
Wadih R. Marte ’03<br />
Amira R. Martin ’01<br />
Cheryl D. Martin ’01<br />
Joan F. Martin ’85<br />
Ana M. Martinez ’92<br />
Benilde A. Martinez ’00<br />
Dorina Martinez ’03<br />
Evelyn I. Martinez ’03<br />
Judy E. Martinez ’03<br />
Julio Martinez ’00<br />
Maria I. Martinez ’02<br />
Pedro Martinez ’04<br />
Renzo Martinez ’96<br />
Rosa M. Martinez ’00<br />
Thelma L. Martinez ’02<br />
Audrey D. Marutollo ’75<br />
Sandra A. Masiello ’87<br />
Rodolph T. Massop ’01<br />
Lorraine M. Mastracchio ’74<br />
Hideko Masuoka ’96<br />
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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • DEVELOPMENT • • • • • • • • • • NEWS<br />
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •<br />
Victor Matamala ’02<br />
Lini Mathew ’02<br />
Vivian Matias ’82<br />
Erica Matthews ’74<br />
Rebecca A. Mattos ’96<br />
Shirley E. Maxwell ’03<br />
Leslie D. May ’00<br />
Geraldine F. Mazzella ’76<br />
Richard D. McBride ’87<br />
Philip E. McCaffrey ’79<br />
Jennifer C. McCarthy ’03<br />
Naomi McCooe<br />
Mary P. McCullough ’78<br />
Michael J. McFadden ’91<br />
Nikki O. McGann<br />
Maureen E. McGuire ’69<br />
Shoundel P. Mcintosh ’03<br />
Robert G. McKay ’79*<br />
Catherine A. McKenna<br />
William E. McNairy ’04<br />
Eileen M. McNamee ’93<br />
Harold E. McNulty ’90<br />
Barbara R. Meara ’91<br />
Ana R. Medina ’89<br />
Howard B. Medow ’74<br />
Patricia A. Meehan ’97<br />
Maria E. Melendez ’86<br />
Liliana M. Melendez Morales ’03<br />
Ruby Melendez ’01<br />
Jesus E. Mena ’93<br />
Denise L. Mercado ’87<br />
Susan A. Merguerian ’92<br />
Peter L. Merker ’75<br />
Linda R. Meyer ’74*<br />
Ruth Milberg-Kaye<br />
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President Leonard Lief<br />
Leonard Lief Fundraising Drive Goes Over the Top<br />
The President Leonard Lief Fundraising Drive<br />
Committee recently celebrated the completion of<br />
its campaign at a small gathering at Willow Towers in<br />
New Rochelle, where Dr. Lief lives. Under the leadership<br />
of Vice President Emeritus Glen T. Nygreen and<br />
Professor Fred D. Phelps, the Committee met the Title<br />
V Challenge grant of $425,000, increased the endowment<br />
holdings by more than $1.1 million, attracted<br />
734 donors (429 of whom were first-time donors), and<br />
established 18 new scholarships, three academic funds<br />
and three unrestricted endowed funds.<br />
Endowment dollars are part of the <strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong> Foundation’s permanent holdings.<br />
A strong endowment is a hallmark of a strong institution that provides value-added<br />
support for student scholarships, faculty development and academic programs. In describing<br />
President Lief’s leadership, President Fernández said, “President Lief guided the<br />
institution toward independence by reviewing, changing and adapting the entire curriculum<br />
to make offerings relevant and strong, to best serve its students. He shepherded<br />
the institution not only into an independent senior college of the City University of New<br />
York, but into a major cultural force in the region, with handsome new facilities that<br />
included the Library, the Art Gallery and the Performing Arts Center. He also created a<br />
stable bastion of academic freedom, stressing the ‘disinterested pursuit of knowledge for<br />
its own sake.’ We continue to enjoy Dr. Lief’s legacy today. We congratulate Leonard on<br />
the fulfillment of this goal in his honor.” ◆<br />
Eric Miller ’99<br />
Maranela Miller<br />
Mildred Miller ’77<br />
Susan R. Miller ’04<br />
Joette Mindlin*<br />
Glenda Miranda ’02<br />
Jose A. Mojica ’89*<br />
Pedro A. Molano, Jr. ’97<br />
Arlene A. Moliterno. ’70<br />
Thelma Monroe ’77<br />
Neita Montague<br />
Indira Mookhram ’03<br />
Luisa A. Morales ’79<br />
Madeline H. Moran<br />
Roxann Moraza ’84<br />
Juana N. Moreira ’82<br />
Shaun Moreno ’04<br />
Jacqueline A. Morris ’91<br />
John R. Moskal ’74<br />
Nancy E. Moskowitz ’80<br />
Lautaro E. Mosquera ’01<br />
Darmy E. Mota ’03<br />
Breda T. Muller ’85<br />
William Mulvihill ’91<br />
Crestwell J. Munnings ’86<br />
Alice P. Munzo ’70<br />
Ellen M. Murphy ’90<br />
Judith Murphy ’01<br />
Dorothy O. Murray ’03<br />
Lois M. Murray ’01<br />
Alice S. Myerson ’91<br />
Roland M. Naglieri ’73<br />
Tomoki Nanjo ’04<br />
Nancy K. Nardozzi ’72<br />
Bruce J. Nathan ’76<br />
Vicente N. Navarro-Pareja ’96<br />
Fred Negron ’87<br />
Susan J. Netburn ’91<br />
Sharon M. Newby ’03<br />
Ellen M. Newman ’80<br />
Valentine Ngufor*<br />
John S. Nguyen<br />
Elizabeth A. Nicastro ’94<br />
Faith C. Nnaji ’03<br />
Francis C. Nugent, Jr. ’74<br />
Jose A. Nunez ’01<br />
Maribel C. Nunez ’94<br />
Paula B. Oberman ’73<br />
George C. Obinero<br />
Lavona Odingo ’03<br />
Alozie A. Ogbonna ’02<br />
Louise O’Hanlon ’89<br />
Abimbola O. Ojurongbe ’99<br />
John C. Ongley<br />
Barbara A. Oppenheimer ’94<br />
Ingeborg J. Oppenheimer ’70<br />
Christine M. O’Rourke ’76<br />
Ramon Ortiz ’95<br />
Raquel Ortiz ’90<br />
William Ortiz ’03<br />
Judith Z. Osten ’78<br />
Luz A. Pacheco<br />
Manuel E. Padilla ’85<br />
Jackie Padilla-DiMirco ’04<br />
Salvatore Paese ’81*<br />
Viny J. Palmeri ’72<br />
Yvonne M. Palmieri ’84<br />
Louise A. Paluzzi ’78<br />
Michele A. Panossian ’79<br />
Michael P. Panzarino ’80<br />
President Leonard Lief Endowment Campaign<br />
Scholarships and Funds<br />
Billy Collins Endowed Scholarship<br />
Candido Maldonado ’79 Scholarship Honoring Distinguished<br />
Prof. Joseph Dauben<br />
Cezarina Edelstein Endowment Fund<br />
Charles Greenberg Endowed Scholarship<br />
Dean Maria Herencia Scholarship<br />
Dr. Jose Luis Fernández Marchese Memorial Scholarship<br />
Edwin Kramer Scholarship<br />
Emita B. Hill Adult Continuing Education<br />
Scholarship<br />
Governor Herbert H. <strong>Lehman</strong> Endowed Scholarship Fund<br />
Helen Kleinberg Prize for Sudent Affairs<br />
James V. Bruni <strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong> Education Library Fund<br />
James V. Bruni Scholarship<br />
John Kent Hilliard and Jane Mauk Hilliard<br />
Scholarship<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong> Community Scholarship Fund<br />
Michael J. Duffy Scholarship<br />
Neville Andrews Sr. Scholarship<br />
Patricia Solomon Scholarship<br />
President Lief Endowment Fund<br />
Rose M. Moehring Endowed Scholarship<br />
Rothstein Family Scholarship<br />
Ruth Ann Lief Endowment<br />
Ruth Mischkind Kolbe Scholarship<br />
Student Development Endowment<br />
Yvette Nicole Moreno Scholarship<br />
Ruth Pariser ’76<br />
Michael D. Parker ’83<br />
Carole E. Parkey ’97<br />
Barry C. Pearce ’70<br />
Gino A. Pelaez ’02<br />
Jaime Pena ’02<br />
Sonia Pena ’02<br />
Vanessa Pena ’00<br />
Tomo Pepdonovic ’98<br />
Rosa D. Peralta ’99<br />
Robert H. Perlman ’79<br />
Elisa A. Perratore ’78<br />
Chniqua Perrino ’00<br />
Deeram Persaud ’03<br />
Jaydeo Persaud ’98<br />
Dorothy D. Phinn ’94<br />
Pablo E. Pimentel ’01<br />
Patricia R. Pinales ’78<br />
Roseanne Pinto ’02<br />
Joan M. Piscitello ’77<br />
Epifania Pitillo ’99<br />
Wilfredo Pizarro ’90<br />
Richard R. Polanco ’97<br />
Marie E. Powell<br />
Michele F. Power ’93<br />
Mayoris Y. Presbot ’98<br />
Nelson L. Proano ’03<br />
Promark Direct Marketing<br />
Gaoyin Quian<br />
Celso Quinones ’03<br />
Victor M. Quintana ’82<br />
Belle M. Raines ’92<br />
Marlo Ramirez<br />
Sobeida A. Ramirez ’02<br />
Carlos M. Ramos ’03<br />
Diana Ramos ’02<br />
Iris Ramos ’79<br />
Jose G. Ramos ’01<br />
Norma Ramos ’90<br />
Sandra Ramos-Alamo ’93<br />
Virginia-Holly Rango ’66<br />
Susan A. Rappaport ’69<br />
Richard A. Rauh ’97<br />
Sonia S. Reid ’03<br />
Anna M. Reis ’74<br />
Marilyn E. Reiter ’75<br />
Christine E. Reitman ’02<br />
Aida L. Resto ’88<br />
Stephanie Ribaudo ’93<br />
Shana N. Richards ’98<br />
Colleen M. Richman ’97<br />
Jeffery D. Rieck ’03<br />
Virginia Riklin ’78<br />
Dennis Riley ’99*<br />
Joan M. Riley ’68<br />
Ronald Rimi ’77<br />
Hector A. Rivera ’70<br />
Michael Rivera<br />
Rolando Rivera ’00<br />
Karen A. Roback ’76<br />
Ann S. Roberts ’87<br />
Humberto R. Roberts ’93*<br />
Carol L. Robinson ’03<br />
Gail L. Robinson ’77<br />
Michael G. Robinson ’98<br />
Nadeen E. Robinson ’02<br />
Stephanie Robock<br />
Jean A. Roccanova ’81<br />
Julia Rockoff ’72<br />
Ana G. Rodriguez ’03<br />
*Donors with an asterisk have contributed for five consecutive years or more.
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<strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong> Community Scholarship Tributes<br />
The <strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong> Community Scholarship continually<br />
recognizes people named by individual donors.<br />
Robert Johnson<br />
Jacob Judd<br />
James Kearns<br />
James R. Kreuzer<br />
Joseph M. Magdaleno, Sr.<br />
Susan Morgenthau<br />
Beverly Nygreen<br />
Ana I. Rodriguez ’99<br />
Carmen Rodriguez<br />
Iris Rodriguez ’96<br />
Barry T. Rooney ’03<br />
Zoraida Rosa<br />
Joanne Rosado<br />
Rafael Rosado Jr. ’03<br />
Adrian Rosario ’04<br />
Andrew Rosario<br />
Arelis Rosario ’91<br />
Joan E. Rose ’89<br />
Rose K. Rose*<br />
Javonne J. Rosen ’92<br />
Norma K. Rosenberg ’73<br />
Christopher J. Rowan ’81*<br />
Martin Rrjolli<br />
Lillian Rubin ’85<br />
Miles Rubin<br />
Cynthia Russell ’70<br />
Catherine M. Ryall<br />
Joanne P. Sabato ’75<br />
Harold Sabedra, Sr. ’94<br />
Khalid M. Sabha ’96<br />
Helena A. Sackey ’04<br />
Junior A. Sadler ’98<br />
Craig A. Salerno ’03<br />
Enrique Salgado ’80<br />
Kalif Salim ’93<br />
Jacqueline J. Saltzman ’76<br />
Gail D. Sanders ’93<br />
Fidelina Santana ’87<br />
Anthony Santiago ’94<br />
María L. Santiago ’97*<br />
Pablo D. Santiago ’90<br />
Pablo C. Sanz ’96<br />
Felice M. Saracco ’74<br />
Brian O. Sarvis ’96<br />
Betty Saygbe ’96<br />
Joseph V. Scelsa ’78<br />
Patricia Sceusa<br />
Bernard M. Schiff ’82<br />
Vivian S. Schiffman ’70<br />
Michael A. Schneider ’75<br />
Frank M. Schonfeld ’90<br />
Larry Schonfeld ’71<br />
Frank Scoglio ’71<br />
Lorna A. Scott ’99<br />
Madeleine Secunda ’80<br />
Malinda Selby ’98<br />
Jacqueline C. Seltzer ’73<br />
Steven Selwyn<br />
Harris T. Semegram ’71<br />
Susan L. Serrano ’69<br />
Maharanie Sewbhajan ’97<br />
Terry T. Seymore-Collins ’87<br />
Jeffrey A. Shaw ’02<br />
Marilyn L. Shaw ’03<br />
Phyllis R. Shawhan ’72<br />
Richard M. Sheldon ’68<br />
Diana S. Siegel ’71<br />
Beverly Silverman ’81<br />
Helene J. Silverman<br />
Glen T. Nygreen<br />
Fred D. Phelps<br />
Leonard Rockower<br />
Rosemarie Rockower<br />
Anne Rothstein<br />
Anji Sun<br />
Millie Wheeler<br />
Peter Silverman<br />
Ellen Simms<br />
Eleanor Simms-Armfield ’84<br />
Sonia Simon ’72<br />
Yolanda M. Simpson ’97<br />
Calvin Sims ’87<br />
Gregory G. Singer ’69<br />
Kenneth J. Singer ’85*<br />
Nalinie D. Singh ’93<br />
Lottie M. Singh-Collins ’94<br />
Norman J. Slawsky ’76<br />
Shirley Small ’83<br />
Benjamin A. Smith ’97<br />
Derrick Smith<br />
Cheryl D. Smith Gabig ’93<br />
Janet T. Smith ’83*<br />
Latonia A. Smith ’02<br />
Margaret G. Smith ’83<br />
Myrtle L. Smith ’76<br />
Ronald S. Smith ’98<br />
Thomas Smithwick ’96<br />
Michelle A. Smyth ’76<br />
Beverly P. Soares ’94<br />
Luisa Soler-Gonzalez ’92<br />
Henry O. Solly ’99<br />
Jennifer A. Sonsini ’88<br />
Babucarr Sowe ’03<br />
Kenneth E. Spatta ’91<br />
Kim N. Speights ’96*<br />
Benjamin A. Spero ’86*<br />
Jose J. Sprouse, Jr. ’69<br />
Margaret Staiano ’71<br />
Marie R. Standford ’85*<br />
Kenneth P. Stein ’93<br />
Dale Stephenson ’01<br />
Kerstine A. Stephenson-Anyu ’81*<br />
Arlene R. Stern ’70<br />
David A. Sternberg ’88<br />
Jacqueline A. Sternberg ’78<br />
Jessica L. Stockham ’83<br />
Joseph R. Straus ’94<br />
Torya G. Strother ’00<br />
Roberta Strugger ’77<br />
Beth Stuckey ’77<br />
Iris Suarez ’95<br />
Harold W. Suckenik<br />
Paulette P. Sudano ’79<br />
Elizabeth E. Surcouf ’76<br />
Linda Sussman ’90<br />
Michael S. Switzer ’02<br />
Jewel F. Taitt ’03<br />
DEVELOPMENT NEWS<br />
Duane A. Tananbaum*<br />
Oskar S. Tanasijczuk ’69<br />
Mark L. Taub ’00<br />
Josefina Tavarez ’00<br />
Mihaela I. Teodorescu-Sadean ’87<br />
Shirley Thaler ’81<br />
Deni K. Thomas ’95<br />
Shaji Thomas ’91<br />
Ana Ligia Thompson ’75<br />
Anne E. Thompson ’90<br />
Georgette Thompson ’01<br />
Reginald R. Thompson ’96<br />
Debra B. Tirado ’01<br />
Brenda Tolinchi<br />
Annette J. Tomasetti ’81<br />
Milagros Tompkins ’90<br />
Cathleen A. Towey ’77<br />
Shajuana A. Townsend-Asse ’01<br />
Daphne G. Tracey ’86<br />
Jenny A. Tranfaglia ’74<br />
Bernadette C. Traub ’75<br />
Phillip J. Travers ’80*<br />
Sandra J. Trent ’93<br />
Rosemarie G. Trotman ’91<br />
Debbie L. Tucker ’88<br />
Matthew D. Tucker ’94<br />
Cynthia A. Tuohy ’78<br />
Sherrie L. Turkheimer ’72<br />
Sarah L. Turpin ’96<br />
Robert P. Tyra ’74<br />
Evmorfia Tzanis ’78<br />
Nicholas D. Tzanis ’81<br />
Scarlet Ubaldo ’03<br />
Chinedu Ugwuibe ’01<br />
Genarina Usera ’97<br />
John Usera Jr. ’00<br />
Juan Valdes<br />
Elvis Valdez ’01<br />
Melody P. Valitutto ’87<br />
Linda J. Van Valkenburg ’73*<br />
Patricia L. Vanderwerff ’96<br />
Shobi Varghese ’02<br />
Diana A. Vartabedian ’70<br />
Mildred X. Vazquez ’93<br />
Gregorio A. Velez ’02<br />
Margaret M. Vescovi ’78<br />
Plinio O. Villablanca ’85<br />
Dora L. Villani ’71<br />
Edward J. Vincenzi ’01<br />
Anna E. Viruet ’85<br />
Henry D. Walker ’96<br />
Janet C. Walker ’67<br />
Maria D. Wallmar ’76<br />
Theresa C. Walsh ’70<br />
Eilish Walsh-Lennon ’01<br />
Douglas Walter ’96<br />
Mary R. Walter ’88<br />
Miriam Wanderman ’75<br />
Norma W. Ward ’88<br />
Robert P. Ward ’87<br />
Nazlin B. Warner<br />
Diana L. Warren ’96<br />
Odella N. Washington ’74<br />
Irene M. Wasnick ’69<br />
DONOR RECOGNITION LEVELS<br />
Herbert H. <strong>Lehman</strong> Leadership Circle ....................................................... $10,000<br />
President’s Circle ............................................................................................. 5,000<br />
Millennium Club ............................................................................................ 1,000<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong> Associates ................................................................................ 500<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong> Sponsors ................................................................................ 250<br />
Century Club ...................................................................................................... 100<br />
Friends ............................................................................................. LESS THAN 100<br />
Friends of the Library ...................................................................... A<strong>LL</strong> GIFT LEVELS<br />
*Donors with an asterisk have contributed for five consecutive years or more.<br />
Malvina Watson ’77<br />
Leslee L. Wechsler ’78<br />
Berenice Weiler<br />
Laura L. Weill ’75<br />
Harriet Weinbaum ’80<br />
Leon S. Weinberg ’75<br />
Rhoda Weinstein ’69<br />
Michael I. Weisberg ’72<br />
Jessica H. Weiss ’78<br />
Myron Weiss ’91<br />
Arthur S. Welch ’93<br />
Brenda H. Wells ’89<br />
Patrick O. Whitford ’88<br />
Elizabeth A. Whitney ’89<br />
Esther I. Wilder<br />
Ellen Wilkinson ’97<br />
Suzan B. Williams ’03<br />
Osmond E. Wilson ’96<br />
Blossom Wittlin ’76<br />
Kenneth Wong ’77<br />
Myron A. Woodley ’02<br />
Roosevelt O. Woods ’00<br />
Andrea G. Woodstock<br />
Patricia Wooters ’83<br />
Janice A. Wright ’02<br />
Hannelore M. Wurzinger ’81<br />
Richard W. Wynne ’72<br />
Ilana Yakobson ’01<br />
Eli B. Yamin ’00<br />
Joseph A. Yarina ’79<br />
Anita M. Yessian ’81<br />
Miranda E. Young ’99<br />
Sharon Young ’74<br />
Lisa H. Zeitoun ’78<br />
Yolanda L. M. Zick ’86<br />
Friends of the Library<br />
Jacqueline Acevedo<br />
Kossi A. Acolitse<br />
Steven Amfwan<br />
Benora N. Andrews<br />
Anonymous<br />
Rosemarie Antoine<br />
Rider Babbit<br />
Bank of New York<br />
John W. Bardo<br />
Judith Beiss ’97<br />
Marsha Benjamin<br />
Antoinette Blum<br />
Frank K. Boateng<br />
Cartridge Recovery Center<br />
Charles A. Casale ’74<br />
Susan L. Chasky<br />
Takman Cheung<br />
City University of New York General<br />
Account<br />
Howard S. Cohn<br />
Marcus V. Daugherty<br />
Frances A. DellaCava<br />
Gerard F. DePaolo<br />
Wilbur Edel<br />
Ricardo R. Fernández<br />
Nora Freeman ’00<br />
Roxanne A. George<br />
Judith L. Greenberg ’64<br />
Margaret Groake<br />
Dona L. Hamilton<br />
Jane C. Hannon<br />
Marsha S. Heiman ’66<br />
Katherine B. Hickey ’92<br />
John M. Hilliard<br />
Jack Hyatt<br />
Jeser Jimenez<br />
Anne Johnson<br />
Ruth Jordan ’00<br />
Jacob Judd<br />
Elias Karmon<br />
John D. Kelly<br />
Tulsa Knox-Rice<br />
John J. Lally, Jr.<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> <strong>College</strong> Association for<br />
Campus Activities, Inc.<br />
Betty Ann Leibowitz<br />
Jane E. Levitt<br />
Carl Mazza, Jr.<br />
David K. McCauseland ’97<br />
Maranela Miller<br />
Valentine Ngufor<br />
George C. Obinero<br />
John C. Ongley<br />
Rona and Steven A. Ostrow<br />
Luz A. Pacheco<br />
Anthony V. Patti ’80<br />
Susan Polirstok<br />
Gaoyin Quian<br />
Kathleen G. Quinn-Miller<br />
Michael Rivera<br />
Joanne Rosado<br />
Maharanie Sewbhajan ’97<br />
Ellen Simms<br />
Kenneth P. Stein ’93<br />
Harold W. Suckenik<br />
Duane A. Tananbaum<br />
The Library Association of the City<br />
University of NY<br />
The Workmen’s Circle<br />
Brenda Tolinchi<br />
Verizon Foundation<br />
Maria D. Wallmar ’76<br />
Nazlin B. Warner<br />
Albert K. Webster<br />
Esther I. Wilder<br />
Carlton Williams ’88<br />
Gifts have been made<br />
honoring:<br />
James V. Bruni<br />
William J. Collins<br />
Joseph Dauben<br />
Shirin Ebadi<br />
Carmen Esteves<br />
Maria I. Herencia<br />
John M. Hilliard<br />
Robert Johnson<br />
Helen Kleinberg<br />
Leonard Lief<br />
Anne D. Perryman ’93<br />
Gifts have been made<br />
in memory of:<br />
Ann E. Chlebnikow<br />
Michael J. Duffy<br />
Clarence P. Fenton<br />
José L. Fernández Marchese<br />
Carmen A. Franco ’82<br />
Charles Greenberg<br />
John Kent and Jane Mauk Hilliard<br />
James Kearns<br />
Edwin Kramer<br />
James Kraus<br />
Herbert H. <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
Ruth Ann Lief<br />
Candido Maldonado ’79<br />
Ruth Mischkind Kolbe<br />
Joan Moody<br />
Rothstein Family<br />
Patricia Solomon<br />
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In 2005, President Ricardo R.<br />
Fernández was cited by Hispanic<br />
Magazine (March 2005 issue) as<br />
one of the most influential Hispanic<br />
educators in the U.S.<br />
For fiscal year 2004, <strong>Lehman</strong> ranked<br />
third in extramural funding among<br />
all CUNY colleges. External funding,<br />
including contracts, educational<br />
awards and research grants, reached<br />
just under $16.3 million, almost<br />
double that of 1999.<br />
In 2004, Dr. Joseph Dauben, one of<br />
the world’s leading scholars of the<br />
history of mathematics, became<br />
the eighth member of the current<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> faculty to join the rank of<br />
“Distinguished Professor.”<br />
In 2004, out of nearly 350 chapters<br />
on four continents, the <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
chapter of Golden Key International<br />
Honor Society won the prestigious<br />
Key Chapter award.<br />
In 2003-04, <strong>Lehman</strong> opened stateof-the-art<br />
facilities in biology, speech<br />
pathology, foreign language learning,<br />
radio broadcasting, and geographic<br />
information science.<br />
In 2003-05, the student-produced<br />
video magazine “Inside <strong>Lehman</strong>”<br />
won two Telly Awards; First Prize in<br />
the Alliance for Community Media’s<br />
Northeast Regional competition<br />
(two years in a row); and an<br />
Award of Distinction from The<br />
Communicator Awards.<br />
In 2002, <strong>Lehman</strong> was one of eight<br />
senior colleges across the country<br />
to be selected as “institutions of<br />
excellence” by the Policy Center on<br />
the First Year of <strong>College</strong>, a national<br />
research center.<br />
In 2002, <strong>Lehman</strong> became the<br />
first college in CUNY to earn<br />
accreditation from NCATE (National<br />
Counci for the Accreditation of<br />
Teacher Education) for its teacher<br />
and school counselor programs.<br />
‘The City: Contemporary Views of the Built Environment’<br />
On Exhibit at <strong>Lehman</strong> This Spring<br />
The newest exhibit<br />
in the <strong>Lehman</strong><br />
Art Gallery—“The<br />
City: Contemporary<br />
Views of the Built Environment”—explores<br />
the notion of the city<br />
as a focal point for<br />
utopian dreams and<br />
shared histories and<br />
represents a sequel to<br />
the Gallery’s earlier<br />
landscape exhibit,<br />
“Images of Time and<br />
Place.”<br />
The new exhibit examines<br />
work in a broad<br />
range of media—painting,<br />
drawings, photography,<br />
video and installation—and<br />
explores<br />
innovative approaches<br />
to the traditional genre<br />
of the “cityscape.”<br />
The work ranges<br />
from Kahn and<br />
Selesnick’s fictive narrative<br />
“City of Salt” to<br />
Bertrand Ivanoff’s conceptual proposal to deconstruct<br />
an abandoned building in the South<br />
Bronx.<br />
Sze Tsung Leong documents the striking<br />
contrasts and displacements of China’s urbanization,<br />
while Shimon Attie marks the loss<br />
of Jewish neighborhoods of pre-World War<br />
II Berlin with archival photographs projected<br />
onto contemporary buildings.<br />
The exhibition also includes Benjamin<br />
Above: (left) Yvonne Jacquette’s “Herald Square<br />
Composite II,” oil on linen, and Monika Bravo’s “Times<br />
Square.” Below: Tomie Arai’s Chinatown of silkscreen<br />
construction and mixed media and Kahn and Selesnick’s<br />
“Two Streets” from the “City of Salt” Series.<br />
Edward’s contemporary<br />
city, depicted as a<br />
place where fast-food<br />
franchaises and corporate<br />
logos merge with<br />
townhouses and parking<br />
lots. Meanwhile,<br />
Nancy Davenport’s<br />
manipulated photographs<br />
offer views of<br />
city buildings under<br />
siege.<br />
New York City is<br />
represented in many<br />
of the works, including<br />
the jewel-like imagery<br />
of Monika Bravo’s<br />
“Times Square” and<br />
Yvonne Jacquette’s<br />
night view of Herald<br />
Square. City infrastructure<br />
is seen in Red<br />
Groom’s “Loop the<br />
Loop,” Jane Dickson’s<br />
“Green Tunnel” and<br />
Carlos Vega’s “Cross<br />
Bronx Expressway.”<br />
Oblique references<br />
to the events of September 11 are found in a<br />
video of the Brooklyn Bridge captured from a<br />
studio in the World Trade Center by Jaime Davidovich<br />
and as an impetus for Jacobo Borges’<br />
documentation of the Chrysler Building.<br />
The exhibition is funded in part by the<br />
New York State Council on the Arts and was<br />
curated by Nina Sundell and Susan Hoeltzel. It<br />
is on view until May 14 in the Edith Altschul<br />
<strong>Lehman</strong> wing and the Robert <strong>Lehman</strong> wing. ◆<br />
Nonprofit<br />
Organization<br />
U.S. POSTAGE<br />
P A I D<br />
Bronx, NY<br />
Permit No. 632