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BARUCHALUMNI MAGAZINE to have had the opportunity to partner with the trustees of SPRING/SUMMER 2020 Farewell Message from the Baruch College Fund (BCF), the College’s fundraising IN THIS ISSUE foundation. I especially thank the BCF presidents during my tenure—Helen Mills, Max Berger (’68, LLD-Hon. ’19), PRESIDENT Joel J. Cohen (’59), and Lawrence Simon (’65)—as well as past BCF Chairman Lawrence Zicklin (’57, LHD-Hon. 6 COVER STORY Baruch Alumni Magazine ’99) for their vision, dedication, and commitment. WALLERSTEIN The Wallerstein Decade: Celebrating Cheryl de Jong–Lambert Director of Communications Dear Friends, Meeting alumni, literally all over the world, has been 10 Years of Transformative Change among the highlights of my tenure and has shown me what As President Mitchel B. Wallerstein, PhD, winds down his EDITOR IN CHIEF: Diane Harrigan Let me begin by expressing my hope that you, your family, a committed, purposeful group you are. Thus, on behalf decade-long tenure in June, the Baruch community looks back SENIOR EDITOR: Gregory M. Leporati and friends are safe and well. Our country—and the New of this June’s graduating class and recent alumni, I have a on a period of historic accomplishments, transformation, and GRAPHIC DESIGN: Vanguard York region, in particular—has endured tremendous request: If you have or know of employment opportunities, a culture of proactive problem solving that continues to this day. challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, and I send my OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS please share them with the College. Our graduating students Says Max Berger (’68, LLD-Hon. ’19), “I suspect that very few AND VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT deepest condolences to anyone who has suffered a loss. are facing one of the most difficult job markets since the college presidents can lay claim to a similar record of success.” Great Depression. They will need our help more than ever. Janet B. Rossbach, Director of Alumni Although my decade-long tenure as Baruch’s president is Relations and Volunteer Engagement ending very differently than I had envisioned, I am pleased Though I am signing off as president, I am surely not David Shanton, Vice President of College to have the opportunity to share the great strides we have saying goodbye. After a brief research leave, I look forward 2 UNPRECENTED CHALLENGES Advancement made during the past 10 years. In many ways, this terrible to returning in the fall to join the faculty ranks of the Amidst COVID-19 Crisis, crisis has brought into bold relief what Baruch excels at: Marxe School of Public and International Affairs as a Baruch Community Adapts Baruch Alumni Magazine community connectedness and economic opportunity. Despite CUNY University Professor, teaching graduate courses Innovation and teamwork were front and center as the College © 2020 by Baruch College the enormous hardships caused by the coronavirus, the in my specialty area, international security. The City University of New York College community—faculty, staff, administrators, and navigated the unprecedented and ever-shifting landscape. Read alumni—rose to the challenge, innovating and opening their I also look forward to seeing the College continue its how professors pivoted to entirely new instructional methods, Please address all editorial correspondence to: hearts and wallets to support the many students in need. trailblazing role as a premier provider of public higher how career services and Student Life expanded digital and education under the accomplished leadership of our virtual outreach and services, how alumni and donors rallied, Baruch Alumni Magazine Office of Communications, Marketing Needless to say, our students are at the heart of everything incoming president, S. David Wu, PhD. and more—all to support Baruch’s students. & Public Affairs we do. Since the beginning of my presidency, in August It’s been the greatest honor of my career to have led Baruch One Bernard Baruch Way, Box A-1503 2010, we have done everything possible within a highly New York, NY 10010-5585 constrained public budget to ensure student success. For College for the past 10 years. You, the College’s alumni, email: [email protected] 17 ALUMNI TRIBUTE example, we significantly expanded a “start-to-finish” truly make Baruch a special place and a force for positive change in the world. I offer my thanks and appreciation! Please send all inquiries about program designed to support low-income, first-generation Remembering Lawrence N. Field (’52) the Baruch College Fund, as well as college students through graduation and into the real His name is familiar to all who know and love Baruch College. address changes, to: Sincerely, world. And I am proud to report that for five consecutive For more than two decades, Lawrence N. Field—visionary entrepreneur, The Baruch College Fund years Baruch College has been recognized as the top college MITCHEL B. WALLERSTEIN business leader, and generous philanthropist—brought his many talents Office of College Advancement or university in the country for promoting the social President, Baruch College to bear on behalf of Baruch and its students. “Larry reminded all of One Bernard Baruch Way, Box A-1603 (2010–2020) New York, NY 10010-5585 mobility of our students. us how a Baruch education transformed his life,” says Dov Schlein phone: 646-660-6060 (’70, MBA ’75). email: [email protected] Baruch’s hardworking students deserve to learn in modern and up-to-date facilities. In this regard, there are a number For information about alumni programs of projects that were begun on my watch that are now either and activities, please contact: completed, nearing completion, or advancing, including ALSO INSIDE Baruch College Office of Alumni Relations the ongoing renovation of the Lawrence and Eris Field and Volunteer Engagement One Bernard Baruch Way, Box A-1603 Building at 17 Lexington Avenue, the Allen G. and Mary 4 NEWS & NOTES 12 CLASS NOTES New York, NY 10010-5585 E. Aaronson Student Center, and Clivner=Field Plaza. Baruch continues to earn Iyvon Edebiri (MA ’17) is phone: 646-660-6097 email: [email protected] accolades for excellence, making waves in theater. These capital projects—and so many other initiatives— online: alumni.baruch.cuny.edu would never have been possible without Baruch’s value, and social mobility, with The award-winning generous alumni community. I feel most fortunate recent honors from U.S. News producer showcases & World Report going to emerging, underrepresented artists. “American graduate programs in business theater often acts like these stories and writers Baruch Alumni Magazine online COLLEGIAL TRANSITION: Mitchel B. Wallerstein and S. David Wu, and public and international affairs. don’t exist,” she says, “but that’s a lie.” the seventh and eighth presidents of Baruch College, respectively, have baruch.cuny.edu/bam been working closely together to ensure a smooth transition since Cover photo by Karsten Moran, back cover and letter inset photos by Nadia Gomez and letter inset photos by back cover Karsten Moran, photo by Cover Tunis Sammy Sirin Samman; Edebiri photo by Commencement photo by February, when Dr. Wu was named Dr. Wallerstein’s successor.

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Rising to the Challenge staff-led weekly Zoom videoconferencing- based “coffee chats” to keep students Baruch’s Future: Dr. S. David Wu Named Amidst COVID-19 Crisis, Baruch Community Adapts up-to-date on services, resources, job and internship postings, and events. Eighth President of Baruch College Even more than usual, innovation and teamwork have Mentors—Baruch alumni and friends— fter a nationwide search, the chancellor and Board of Trustees of The City University been front and center as the Baruch community navigates also stepped up. It took the Executives on of New York appointed S. David Wu, PhD, as Baruch College’s next president. “Dr. Wu the evolving threat posed by the novel coronavirus. Some Campus (EOC) program less than 24 hours A brings an impressive record of academic leadership and vision to the university,” highlights of the College’s COVID-19 response: to shift the March 12 in-person Mentor said Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, PhD. “Baruch will benefit tremendously from his for a Morning to real-time phone- and skills, energy, and insights.” Zoom-based engagements that connected Learning Rebooted On the announcement of his appointment, which begins on July 1, Dr. Wu said, “It is a 150 students one-on-one with 80 business privilege to join this remarkable community, and I am both honored and humbled.” Dr. Wu During an emergency seven-day recess in March, the College leaders. Academic yearlong mentorships called Baruch “one of the most compelling institutions I have encountered in my academic rapidly pivoted from traditional, on-campus experiences to between junior-level undergraduates and career,” citing the College’s distinctive mix of academic strengths and successes, influential distance learning—“arguably the single greatest transition in first-year grad students also went digital. scholars, diverse student body, and devoted alumni. “On top of academic excellence Baruch College history,” noted James McCarthy, PhD, interim and social mobility, if you add the incredible location at the center of the world’s most provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. Resources]. “Having these sites ready, Relief at Hand important city, there are truly very few institutions that can compete,” he added. Providing distance-teaching support was key. Baruch’s Center as well as having a teaching culture Of course, focusing on academics and For the past six years, Dr. Wu, an accomplished scholar in systems engineering and for Teaching and Learning (CTL) worked collaboratively with to share best practices among career goals is only possible when necessities operations research, has been provost and executive vice president of George Mason the Baruch Computing and Technology Center (BCTC) and colleagues, better equipped us for are met. Many students faced hardships, University, outside of Washington, D.C. Under his leadership, Virginia’s largest public research with faculty already experienced in remote course delivery to this moment,” said CTL Director such as job loss and food insecurity. And university experienced historic growth in enrollment, increased student success and train the entire faculty in distance education methods. Before Allison Lehr Samuels (MBA ’02). thanks to the longstanding Carroll and diversity, and received recognition as one of the most innovative institutions in the nation. the recess, only 18 percent of Baruch’s 2,765 undergraduate Ensuring students’ access to Milton Petrie Student Emergency Fund During Dr. Wu’s tenure, George Mason emerged as a top-tier national research university and graduate class sections were offered in either fully online online learning was equally vital. (SEF), Baruch students were able to apply and became the youngest institution to earn Carnegie research-one (R1) designation. or hybrid formats. A week later, every single one was operating “Fortunately, because Baruch College for grants to ease their financial burden. Dr. Wu, a native of Taiwan who came to the U.S. as a student, will be the first Asian in full distance-learning mode. has always invested in technology to support online learning and But the COVID-19 crisis placed an American to serve as president of a CUNY college. He holds MS and PhD degrees The transition was aided by the CTL’s earlier development of academic services, many of the systems and services were already extraordinary strain on the SEF, which— in engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. the websites Teach Hybrid and TeachOER [Open Educational Prior to joining George Mason, for over a decade, in place,” explained Arthur Downing, PhD, vice president for with grant applications skyrocketing from Dr. Wu was Iacocca Professor and Dean of the information services and dean of the library. That preparedness two daily to 20 daily—was projected to run Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science allowed Dr. Downing and his team to scale up the longstanding out of money by mid-April. So the Baruch at Lehigh University. He has also served as a Lessons Learned equipment loan service with the addition of 1,200 tech devices community came together and raised Allison Lehr Samuels (MBA ’02), director long-term member of the board of Dartmouth provided by CUNY and individual Baruch College donors. more than $74,000 to replenish the fund. of Baruch’s Center for Teaching and College’s Thayer School of Engineering. A generous dollar-for-dollar match was Learning, led the efforts to transition the Eager to introduce him to the Baruch community, provided by BCF Trustee Debra Bernstein. College’s courses to distance instruction. Career Development Never Sleeps Chancellor Matos Rodríguez and Baruch President The College also marshaled resources “I was an MBA student at Baruch during Career services, key to Baruch students reaching professional Dr. Mitchel B. Wallerstein hosted a welcoming to address students’ emotional well-being, 9/11,” she said. “I remember then the goals, didn’t miss a beat. The Starr Career Development Center event for Dr. Wu on campus in late February. importance of acknowledging challenging seamlessly shifted to offer all services remotely while expanding including online stress-reduction tools and Baruch students, faculty, and staff, as well as and uncertain circumstances but not its online capabilities. “Not only can undergraduates sign up for twice-weekly Zoom sessions hosted by CUNY leadership, filled the College’s Simon losing sight of creating future opportunities. virtual appointments and job search groups, they can also apply Baruch’s Counseling Center. Conference Room in the Newman Vertical These lessons hold true for the current for jobs and internships online and attend some of our 60-plus crisis.” Ms. Lehr Samuels is also a Campus to greet the president-designate, virtual programs, including employer information sessions, In Conclusion: Gratitude lecturer in the Zicklin School’s accompanied by his family. Narendra Paul Loomba Department workshops, Instagram Live sessions, and alumni panels,” said “I have been gratified and deeply “I feel honored to conceive and guide of Management and a Field Mentor Director Ellen Stein, PhD. impressed by the collaboration, ingenuity, the next part of Baruch’s history,” said President-Designate S. David Wu, PhD, in the Lawrence N. Field Programs Meanwhile, the Zicklin School of Business’ Graduate Career accomplishments, and generosity of the Dr. Wu. “Together, you have created this met with Baruch students in February. Said in Entrepreneurship. Management Center (GCMC) continued to host employer Baruch community since the beginning masterpiece called Baruch, and it is Dakshatha Daggala (’20), Undergraduate Student Government president, “Student engagement opportunities, boot camps, and panel presentations of this crisis,” said President Mitchel B. our responsibility to continue that leaders look forward to learning about Dr. in addition to its longtime program offerings on YouTube. Wallerstein, PhD. “I am deeply grateful for creative process together.” Wu’s vision for this college and to seeing Noted GCMC Director Fred Burke, “Online attendance for everything that faculty, staff, and alumni have “I look forward to meeting and how he will take Baruch to new heights.” some programs doubled over in-person numbers.” Innovative done and are doing to support our students.” working with all of you,” he added. outreach at the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences and the —REPORTING BY NANETTE MAXIM

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Launch of the Robert C. Weaver Society: Count on Baruch: A Black Alumni Network Students Join Census Positive Vibes: Professor and Alumna his February, as part of Black Heritage alumni community has not only a vested Campaign Study Haptic Technologies hether it’s your iPhone set to “vibrate” mode or your FitBit’s hourly alerts to get Month, Baruch College launched the interest in the experiences of the current Baruch students demonstrated their moving, haptic feedback—tactile technology that applies forces, vibrations, T Robert C. Weaver Society: A Black students but also the desire to connect with commitment to fighting for the future— or motions to the skin—has become commonplace, especially in consumers’ Alumni Network. More than 100 graduates each other and the institution. This combination of their college, their communities, and W smartphones and wearable devices. However, despite its prevalence, little research has from the 1970s through the 2010s attended will create a wealth of resources.” the country at large—by responding to been done to examine the psychological and behavioral effects of technology-mediated the evening meet-and-greet. The network is Attendees had an opportunity to meet the The City University of New York’s call the latest addition to the Office of Alumni new interim chair of the Department of Black to promote the nation’s Census 2020. touch on consumers. Relations and Volunteer Engagement’s and Latino Studies, Shelly Eversley, PhD. Brothers Davon Thompson (’19) and Troy They were among more than 270 CUNY To address these questions, Ana Valenzuela, PhD, professor in the Allen G. Aaronson growing list of alumni affinity groups. “I see this moment as an opportunity for Thompson (’16) at the launch. If you are interested students hired and trained by CUNY Department of Marketing and International Business and coordinator of the marketing Davon Thompson (’19) addressed the synchronicity between alumni and students,” in joining the Robert C. Weaver Society or have specialization within the Zicklin School of Business PhD Program, joined forces with an idea for a new alumni network, please email Census Corps, a partnership between gathering and encouraged his fellow alumni she said. “Together, we will energize an even [email protected]. CUNY and NYC Census 2020 that alumna Rhonda Hadi (PhD ’14), an associate professor at Oxford’s Saïd Business to “come back to Baruch” and be “a rock better college experience, one where Black launched in Fall 2019 and continued School. The two present the results of four experimental studies in the article “Good of inspiration for students who look like and Latino studies can be central.” Black alumni community among current through Spring 2020. Vibrations: Consumer Responses to Technology-Mediated Haptic Feedback,” published us, because it really does matter.” Also in The network is named in honor of Robert and potential students. CUNY Census in the Journal of Consumer Research this fall. attendance was Davon’s equally enthusiastic C. Weaver, PhD, the first president of the A survey following the kickoff event has Corps was created to “Professor Hadi and I were interested in the haptic properties of technology, touch older brother Troy (’16). newly independent Baruch College in 1968. shown that alumni are eager to reconnect help New Yorkers being a sense that technological devices had not exploited much yet,” explained Dr. “There is now a network between our The Weaver Society’s mission is to foster with former classmates, attend professional understand why the Valenzuela, a subject matter expert on consumer psychology in technology-driven students and alumni, a bridge for continued inclusion, celebrate the diversity within networking events, and give back to students census is important; environments as well as cross-cultural consumer behavior and biases in judgment and engagement,” said Damali Tolson, Baruch’s Baruch’s Black alumni community, and through mentoring and other volunteer why it needs to be decision making. Dr. Hadi studies topics in consumer-technology interactions, sensory director of student life, who also took to become a means of professional and social opportunities. Future events will include marketing, and product anthropomorphism. the podium. Ms. Tolson’s message to the networking among Black alumni. The network a Caribbean Heritage alumni event, cohosted Drawing on social psychology and computer science and focusing on the field of audience emphasized possibility: “The Black will also help foster greater awareness of the jointly with SOMOS, the Baruch Latinx Network. physical fitness, their studies demonstrate that haptic alerts, when combined with encouraging messages, improve user performance on objectively measured fitness tasks. This occurs, in part, because of the sense of “social presence” that haptic Still on Top: Marxe and Zicklin Rank #1 in U.S. News & World Report List feedback generates. To a degree, haptic feedback becomes a surrogate workout buddy, “To be once again the most decorated public institution in New York City, and among the leading public institutions nationally, is enormously transforming what may otherwise feel like a cold technological exchange into a personal satisfying,” said Marxe Dean David Birdsell, PhD, of the Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs’ top rankings in U.S. and, consequently, more motivating interaction. News & World Report’s “2021 Best Graduate Schools.” The latest USN&WR analysis of public and private institutions placed both the Their paper—the first to examine consumer responses to haptic exchanges “initiated” Marxe School and the Zicklin School of Business among the best in New York City and State. Census Corps student by the device (acting as an active agent)—has valuable insights for product designers, Marxe’s Master of Public Administration (MPA), nonprofit management, and urban policy programs and Zicklin’s Full-Time MBA, Vera Rilossi designed the official poster. service industries, retailers, and public policy makers. For example, brands that add Part-Time MBA, and MBA in accountancy programs secured their #1 spots, respectively, among public institutions in New York City. haptic feedback to devices may positively Nationally, Marxe received its highest ranking to date—#17—for nonprofit management, and Zicklin ranked in the top 13 percent of all fair, accurate, and comprehensive; and why institutions for its Full-Time MBA program. influence consumers’ responses to messages Of Zicklin’s showing, H. Fenwick Huss, PhD, Willem Kooyker Dean of everyone must complete it. On the line for and toward the brand itself. In terms the school, noted, “As one of the top-ranked business schools in the Baruch students in particular is funding to of public policy, haptic feedback nation, Zicklin continues to attract working professionals with the the Pell grant program: In 2018–19, more may bolster the effectiveness of innovative curriculum and flexibility of our programs.” than 50 percent of Baruch students received campaigns geared toward physical During this academic year, Baruch also earned recognition from Money these grants and would be unable to pursue fitness and health. magazine, which ranked the College #1 nationally in its “Top 10 Best a higher education without them. The collaboration is not the first Colleges for Business Majors” and #2 in its “Best Colleges in America, Census Corps placements were also between the two women: Valenzuela Ranked by Value.” designed to leverage the students’ ability started working with Hadi in Hadi’s first to speak languages other than English to Additionally, for the fifth year in a row, CollegeNET identified Baruch year in the doctoral program. Of her Weissman Winners: A team of Master of Financial Engineering (MFE) College as the #1 institution in the country on its Social Mobility Index. stimulate participation in areas deemed students, from Baruch’s Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, took top former research assistant, Valenzuela Of this distinction, Baruch President Mitchel B. Wallerstein, PhD, said, “hard to count”—neighborhoods many honors at the 2020 Rotman International Trading Competition in Toronto says, “Professor Hadi is one of the in February. The MFE students were victorious against teams from 47 “It is a testament to our incredible, hardworking students; strong faculty students call home. Undeterred in the universities across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. “This is success stories of our program. We and curriculum; comprehensive student support services; and the wake of COVID-19, corps students reached another example of the quality and competitiveness of our students on are very proud of her achievements.” the world stage,” said Weissman Dean Aldemaro Romero, Jr., PhD. partnerships we have developed with employers and mentors.” out through social media, telephone, and

Weaver Society photo by Gregory M. Leporati Gregory Society photo by M. Weaver text messaging.

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thing I am proudest of is the fact that substantial amount of private and public PRESIDENT AND FUNDRAISER Baruch has been ranked for the last five fundraising (more than $7 million) and “In an era of shrinking public budgets years as the #1 school in the country lengthy delays due to the city’s complex and escalating costs, securing the financial THE WALLERSTEIN DECADE: for social mobility,” he says. “This has approval process. Slated to open at the end health and future of Baruch College has always been our historical mission. The of 2020, the plaza—which is named for been one of my highest priorities,” says methodology for measuring social mobility two generous alumni donors, the late President Wallerstein, who estimates that in the higher education context did not Lawrence Field (’52) and Daniel Clivner CELEBRATING he has spent 40-45 percent of his time on exist in 2010. But since then, there has (’85), whose gifts helped persuade others fundraising. Fortunately for Baruch, his been a seismic—and long overdue—shift to contribute—will provide a central skillful and diligent efforts paid off: Since in the national dialogue regarding what outdoor meeting place for the Baruch 10 YEARS OF College community as well as for those 2010, total College assets have grown defines prestige, relevance, and excellence by more than $104 million and before in our domain.” who live and work in the neighborhood. the recent economic decline caused by TRANSFORMATIVE Other impressive rankings underscore As for the Aaronson Student Center, COVID-19, the total endowment stood the growth of Baruch’s visibility and the College’s first permanent student at approximately $228 million. prestige during President Wallerstein’s center, it stands ready to welcome tenure, including a #1 ranking from Money students “as soon as Baruch is able CHANGE magazine (Best Colleges in the Northeast to safely resume face-to-face BY DIANE HARRIGAN for Value) and annual top-tier ratings by operations,” says President U.S News & World Report and Forbes. The Wallerstein. Located on the accolades continue, too numerous to list. lower level of the historic Madison Square Post Office, ASSEMBLY REQUIRED: diagonally across from the 24th ooking back on his decade as Academy of Sciences before moving on to a academia,” he says, “but it took a long TRANSFORMING THE CAMPUS Street entrance to the NVC, five-year role in the Clinton administration time.” His doorway back was the deanship and made possible by a gift president of Baruch College, Coming close second among his proudest as deputy assistant secretary of defense, of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and from the late Allen G. Aaronson Mitchel B. Wallerstein, PhD, achievements are the facilities upgrades and then to philanthropy at the John D. Public Affairs at Syracuse University, where (’48) and his wife Mary, the hopes to be remembered “as President Wallerstein has brought about. he had earned a master’s degree in public beautifully appointed, modern aL builder who saw and pursued Among the many projects, he highlights space offers students a place to administration, returning more than 30 the development of Clivner=Field Plaza opportunities, especially to create My presidency made me study, collaborate, or just hang years later as the dean. That’s where he and the Allen G. and Mary E. Aaronson badly needed new facilities; as a “even more aware of the started to think seriously about a college out in between classes. “Given Student Center. that almost all of our students highly successful fundraiser; and socioeconomic stratification presidency as “the culminating activity of Cause for Celebration: When asked what his favorite my career,” he says. Calling Clivner=Field Plaza (which was are commuters, having a space to Baruch event is, President Wallerstein resoundingly as a developer of new academic of our city and country and created by closing 25th Street between go between classes is extremely answers: “Commencement—the energy, the positive why public institutions like spirit, seeing all of the families. Given that so many of our programs. If I can be remembered FROM FIRST IMPRESSIONS Lexington and Third Avenues) “no small important and long needed.” students are the first in their family to go to college, this for these three things, I feel I will Baruch are so essential,” undertaking” but is such a proud moment.” Undaunted by the challenging TO FIRST PLACE state of affairs this year, on June 8, President Wallerstein says Mitchel B. Wallerstein, “ultimately the most have left a legacy at Baruch.” His dream came true at Baruch. Recalling led Baruch’s innovative Virtual Commencement PhD, the College’s seventh important” of his Experience for the class of 2020. For President Wallerstein, helping people his initial reaction to the College, when he presidency, he cites the has always been at the heart of his career president. “If Baruch and the came to be interviewed for the presidency, long and complicated motivations, even as his aspirations other CUNY colleges did not he describes sitting in the lobby of the history of the project, evolved. “It wasn’t until I got to college exist, many of our students Newman Vertical Campus (NVC) with which he introduced that I discovered politics, government, and would not be going to college. his wife, watching the students go by: “I Blue-Ribbon Builder: President during his first year. Wallerstein shepherded through issues of leadership,” he recalls, adding, remember commenting to her, ‘This is like My 10 years as president Creating the plaza several long-awaited additions and “I started out with a biology major and being at the United Nations.’ That’s when improvements to the campus and have underscored just how involved gaining the thought I was headed for a career in I saw with my own eyes what I had already facilities, including Clivner=Field important this role is. support of the local Plaza, which will be completed in late medicine.” read: how extraordinarily diverse Baruch ” community board 2020. “It’s been a dream of many of College is.” the presidents before me to create an After his undergraduate years at as well as multiple outdoor campus environment,” he says. Dartmouth, he went on to earn a PhD and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, From the start, President Wallerstein city agencies, elected Shown: The president happily wields the at MIT and became an academic for five where he served five years as vice president embraced Baruch’s legacy as an engine of officials, nearby ceremonial ribbon-cutting scissors at the official 2013 launch of the project. To his years. Then he was called to Washington, for international grant-making programs. social mobility, providing economically businesses, and area left are Daniel Clivner (’85) and the late DC, spending a decade at the National “I thought I would always get back to accessible, life-changing education. “The residents. Next came a Lawrence Field (’52).

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which was accomplished in five days, teaching graduate courses in the Marxe would have been far more chaotic. School beginning in the fall. SUPPORTING CAST: Whether that transition is temporary or The president also looks forward—pandemic A DECADE OF DONORS HELPED marks a fundamental shift in the way permitting—to having the time to travel higher education is executed remains to internationally. “Much of my career has MAKE THE DIFFERENCE be seen, although the outgoing president been international, and I have found that it Thousands of alumni and other supporters have shares his takeaway: “We should be is very difficult to take long trips when you contributed their time, money, and talent to Baruch realistic and forward-looking about the are a college president,” he laughs. College during the Wallerstein era. Hear from four, who worked alongside Baruch’s president in their Applauding Academic Excellence: “I never cease to be amazed potential for world events and natural “I leave the presidency full of admiration,” capacities with the Baruch College Fund (BCF) at the quality and the sophistication of our students’ work,” says ” disasters to impact us in unprecedented President Wallerstein of Creative Inquiry Day, another favorite event. he adds, emphasizing his appreciation for and who offer Mitch their compliments on behalf Co-sponsored by the Baruch Honors Program and the Bernard L. ways. I believe that online education will the faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, of a grateful institution. Schwartz Communication Institute, Creative Inquiry Day celebrates play an even more significant role going donors, and advisors who make up the undergraduate research. “The students are so impressive—well prepared, forward at Baruch.” deeply knowledgeable, and clearly excited about their work.” Poster whole of Baruch College. “Everybody “The ‘Wallerstein Years’ will long be A Leader Among Leaders: Every year, President Wallerstein made attending sessions showcase a wide range of individual and group projects from has been there for the good times and the Leadership Weekend, run by the Office of Student Affairs in the fall, a priority. all three schools. READY FOR THE FUTURE remembered as a golden age in the storied Usually held in the Poconos, the retreat welcomes about 100 students for an challenging times. I will be handing off history of Baruch. Mitch has left us a truly immersive experience designed to maximize learning about leadership through Although he is passing the torch to to Dr. Wu a very strong and dedicated great institution, and we will do everything such activities as team-building and group decision-making. “It is a great way to community. I know that he will build possible to maintain its stature and fulfill interact with students away from the hustle and bustle and time pressures of the Baruch’s incoming president, S. David campus,” says the president. “These students are the cream of the crop!” Wu, PhD, President Wallerstein isn’t further from there.” its mission.” leaving Baruch. He has been appointed as —Jay Berman (’59) a CUNY University Professor and will be Thank you, President Wallerstein! BCF TRUSTEE AND CHAIR OF THE “BE IN THE President Wallerstein cites as his most and undergraduate programs in the dreams could I have imagined that I would LIFE-CHANGING BUSINESS” SCHOLARSHIP CAMPAIGN celebrated fundraising accomplishment Weissman School, and master’s degree complete my 10 years of service as president the $30 million gift provided by Austin programs and executive programs in the in my apartment, hunkered down and Curious to learn more about where Baruch stands today? W. Marxe (’65) to name and endow the Zicklin School, which has revamped its trying to keep the wheels moving from a Read President Wallerstein’s State of the College Report “Mitch has been a model of integrity Austin W. Marxe School of Public and MBA curriculum and is currently revising distance as the College shifted from mostly at baruch.cuny.edu/StateoftheCollege. in all he has done at Baruch. It defines International Affairs—the single largest its BBA program. Zicklin also launched in-person teaching to 100 percent online.” him, and under his leadership, it defines Baruch.” gift in the history of Baruch College an impressive eight dual-degree programs The COVID-19 crisis may be the worst —Helen Mills, CURRENT BCF PRESIDENT and the second-largest ever received in with partners in Israel, China, and Italy, President Wallerstein has faced, but it CUNY. During his tenure, the College among other countries, “increasing is not the first. Budget cuts have been a also completed two highly successful Baruch’s global reputation and visibility,” central and, unfortunately, a fairly regular says President Wallerstein. fundraising campaigns, both of which condition of his presidency, which began “It was Mitch’s intellect, vision, and exceeded their goals: the Baruch Means Baruch’s global footprint also extends shortly after the Great Recession. And enthusiasm that convinced me to make Business campaign, which concluded in to the College’s alumni networks, which Baruch endured ill winds of another sort my gift to Baruch. Without his 2013 having raised $157 million, and the have grown exponentially in the past when Hurricane Sandy struck the city in leadership, it would not have happened.” —Austin W. Marxe (’65) first-ever dedicated scholarship campaign, decade. The number of engaged alumni 2012, which plunged the College (and Be in the Life-Changing Business, which BCF TRUSTEE AND NAMESAKE OF THE has expanded by 40 percent, and there has much of lower Manhattan) into darkness AUSTIN W. MARXE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC raised $21 million at its 2017 completion been a 200 percent increase in the number for nearly five days; in its wake, the Baruch AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS and created 89 new scholarship funds. of alumni attending events worldwide. community mobilized to serve as one of “I have participated in alumni events in New York’s largest emergency shelters. many places around the world, including EXPANDING HORIZONS Preparedness is an essential part of “Mitch’s leadership has been unmatched On the academic front, President Istanbul, Tel Aviv, and Shanghai—just to crisis management, as has been shown and because of that, Baruch College Wallerstein’s tenure has been marked name a few,” says President Wallerstein. in the current challenge. Was President stands at the pinnacle of public colleges by ambitious initiatives. “In the last Wallerstein prescient when he established in the United States. I suspect that very 10 years, we have launched numerous CRISIS-TESTED the goal of 20 percent hybrid/online few college presidents can lay claim to a similar record of success.” 2013–2018 Strategic new programs—both in New York and Although not on the list of President courses in his —Max Berger (’68, LLD-Hon. ’19) Plan? Without that goal and the work of abroad—and reinvigorated the curriculum Wallerstein’s aspirational goals, BCF TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT (2015–17), across all three schools,” he recounts. competence in crisis management will the College’s Center for Teaching and AND CURRENT CHAIR Among the forward-looking new additions doubtless be an attribute with which he is Learning, which was established in 2013, Fundraiser in Chief: President Wallerstein’s most celebrated fundraising accomplishment was the single largest donation in the history of Baruch and the second-largest ever received in CUNY: the $30 million are a master’s program in international indelibly linked. Of his final semester as the coronavirus-mandated pivot from gift provided by Austin W. Marxe (’65) to name and endow the Austin W. Marxe School of Public and

affairs in the Marxe School, five graduate president, he says, “Never in my wildest in-person classes to distance learning, Sirin Samman Elena Olivo, Karsten Moran, Nadia Gomez, Contributing photographers: International Affairs. Shown: With Marxe School namesake Austin Marxe at the school’s dedication in 2017.

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Jacqueline Lederman (’52, MS only museum, he says, “The purpose is Employees at CPA advisory Louis Ventura (’73) managing director and 50s ’54) wrote to the Office of to preserve the West, started by a cowboy 70s firm Kaufman Rossin, wealth manager on its six-member team in College Advancement to note that her from the Bronx.” including Glenn Davis (’70), director south Florida. Barrington Wright (MPA ’74) Merger and Shaker grandson, Evan Goldberg (MA ’10), had of risk management services; Gerald published the novel Asleep in Coronation Crain’s Notable Woman in Law been named the “2019 PR Professional The December 2019 edition Michelson (’73), chief operating officer; Market (Book Vine Press, 2019), which Helene Banks (’85) of the Year” by PR News’ Agency Elite 60s of The Nassau Lawyer, the and Einat Laver (’15, MS ’16), tax senior, tells the story of a young countryman Awards. “I am a very proud grandmother newspaper of the Nassau County Bar served as panelists at a Baruch in Miami sleepwalking through Jamaica’s largest hen Coca-Cola Enterprises merged multiple and also very proud alumna,” she wrote. Association, published “The Practical alumni networking event in January. food market. Joel Flig (’77) formed European partners to create its largest global bottling company, millions of lives Florence Isaacs (’57) released her 12th Aspects of Qualified Charitable Barry Rabinowitz (’70, MBA ’73) was Mountainside Capital, an investment W were impacted all across the world—and Helene nonfiction book, Distributions from a Traditional IRA,” appointed to the board and became company. Jerry Walsh (’78) was inducted Do I Have to Wear Black Banks was right at the center of it. to a Funeral? 112 Etiquette Guidelines for an article authored by Alan E. Weiner vice president for public relations for into St. Augustine High School’s Hall the New Rules of Death (Countryman (’63), CPA, JD, LLM. Legal media the Opera Society of Fort Lauderdale, of Fame. Walsh, who previously worked “Hundreds of people were working on the deal in the U.S. and across Europe,” recalls Ms. Banks, a partner Press, 2020). The advertising major and company Lawdragon named Max W. FL. Barry Pitegoff (’71) was elected to for Merrill Lynch and owned MayDay at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP who steered the legal former Ticker editor has enjoyed a long Berger (’68, LLD-Hon. ’19), founding the board of Neshama: Association of Hardware in Prospect Heights, received aspects of the merger. “The Coca-Cola folks were based in Richard Friedman and successful writing career, focused partner of Bernstein Litowitz Berger Jewish Chaplains. (’72), the Certificate of Leadership Award. The Atlanta and London, and the deal merged the UK-based bottler with Spanish, German, largely on etiquette. In 2016 the New & Grossmann LLP, to its 2020 Hall of retired math teacher and second-career Museum of Contemporary Art North and Icelandic bottlers to form the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler.” York Times humorously dubbed her the Fame. One of 41 distinguished attorneys political cartoonist, showcases his work Miami welcomed singer and violinist The deal stands as arguably the highlight, to date, of what has been an impressive “Dear Abby of Death.” Alvin Singer (’58) inducted, Berger was recognized for his on Twitter as “BronxCartoonist” (handle Nicole Yarling (’78) in February as career. In recognition of her accomplishments, Crain’s New York Business included opened a museum of the American West success litigating many of the firm’s @rjfcartoons). His books are available part of its monthly Jazz at MOCA series. Banks in its “2019 Notable Women in Law” list, reporting that she was the first female in Litchfield, CT. Of the appointment- most significant, high-profile cases. on Amazon. First Republic Bank named Broadway World describes her as having a partner elected to her firm’s corporate practice group. “velvet voice, high technical skills, and Banks had never considered a legal career until she took Business Law at Baruch with energetic personality.” Richard L. DiNardo Seth Lipner, JD, LLM, associate professor of law, who later hired her as a research (’79) authored his ninth book, Turning assistant. Those experiences opened a window to aspects of the profession she finds Class Act 2020 Points: The Eastern Front in 1915 (Praeger, most appealing. “A lot of thinking on your feet and a lot of analytical thinking,” she notes. 2020). He is a professor for national security On January 14, the College celebrated the latest dedication in its longstanding affairs at the U.S. Marine Corps Command After graduating from Baruch, Banks attended Fordham University School of Law and eventually Class Act campaign. John J. Raggio (’68) dedicated Newman Vertical Campus and Staff College at Quantico, VA. (NVC) Room 11-145 to his father, Victor. On the classroom plaque, the alumnus I tell students, turned a summer internship with Cahill into a full-time thanks and praises his father, “a factory worker that inspired his children to attend position. She has remained there ever since. “The Regina Lewis Ward (’82) college, succeed, and give back to others.” A Baruch College Fund Trustee since “‘I was in your work I do changes constantly based on the client, published her first book, 2019, Mr. Raggio (shown with his wife Donna Kesselman Raggio) 80s shoes.’ I, too, so it doesn’t feel like I’ve been at the same place for is founding partner of shipping company Sealift Inc. Since the Jason Keeps a Secret (Archway Publishing, so long,” she says. “And I’ve enjoyed being a mentor Class Act campaign began in 2006, generous donors have 2019), a children’s story about safety on struggled to make to other women here and serving on our Women’s named more than 50 classrooms. the Internet. After a successful career in ends meet and Initiatives Committee.” graphic design, marketing, and production figure out how to When Banks is not dispensing advice to colleagues, in NYC and Long Island, Elliot Greenberg she is mentoring the next generation of Baruch (’83) moved to Charleston, SC, and is now pay for law school. students. She particularly enjoys speaking with a full-time realtor. MacKenzie Partners, Inc., Now that I’m on students in Baruch’s Max Berger Pre-Law Fellows a full-service proxy solicitation and advisory Program. firm, appointed Robert Marese (’86, MBA the other side, it’s “I tell students, ‘I was in your shoes,’” Banks says. ’94) its president. Yann Beaullan-Thong so rewarding to “I, too, struggled to make ends meet and figure out (’89) was hired as executive vice president share advice and how to pay for law school. Now that I’m on the other of MResult Corp., a technology company side, it’s so rewarding to share advice and serve as that offers business intelligence services. serve as an inspi- an inspiration to them.” In this role, he is creating new revenue ration to them. —GREGORY M. LEPORATI models to expand the company from 500 ” employees to 1,000 within two years. continued on next page Raggio dedication photo by Gregory M. Leporati GregoryRaggio dedication photo by M.

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E. Elizabeth Carter (MBA ’90) Biology and chemistry teacher Baruch College is an affiliate member. been appointed its deputy commissioner 90s has been named executive 00s Paul Orbe (MPA ’00) received Alina Moran (MPA ’01) was named for higher education. Elizabeth Rodriguez director of the Rhode Island Business the 2019 American Chemical Society, president of Dignity Health–California (’01) joined EMX, a marketing technology Competition. An entrepreneur, she is New York Section’s Nichols Foundation Hospital Medical Center. She previously company, as senior vice president of client also a human capital leadership and Chemistry Teacher Award, recognizing served as chief executive officer for NYC services. City & State named Allison Sesso development specialist for her two him for his “highly effective teaching and Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan, a care (MPA ’04) to its “2019 Nonprofit Power companies, Beth Carter Enterprises inspirational leadership” in the classroom. facility in East Harlem. Having served the 100” list. She serves as executive director of and Carter Consultants Ltd. Blue Wolf Marlyn Cazeau (’01) is the sales manager of NY State Department of Education for the Human Services Council of New York. Capital Partners LLC, an NYC-based the Princeton Club of New York, of which 15 years, William Murphy (MSEd ’01) has continued on next page private equity firm, named Glenn P. Cummins (’90) chief operating officer. Christopher Demers (’90, MBA ’96) was named regional manager at Advocate Werq-aholic Brandon Voss (MBA ’05) Parsnip Ship podcast host Iyvon Edebiri (MA ’17) (right) speaks with playwright Ashley Lauren Rogers. Health Advisors, a veteran-owned and Partners with RuPaul’s Drag Race veteran-operated health and wellbeing lexibility and ingenuity are skills that Brandon Voss has tapped into often during his career. For the past three years, he and his advisory company. Tracy Poltie (’91) company, Voss Events, have partnered with RuPaul’s Drag Race—among the most popular television shows of the past decade— Making Waves in Theater: Iyvon joined the Bellmore-Merrick office of F to produce Werq the World, a global tour featuring the show’s former drag queen contestants. (The slang term ‘werq’ is used in Edebiri (MA ’17) and the Parsnip Ship Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage the drag community and beyond as a declaration of enthusiastic support.) on Long Island. Anthony Saitta (’91) “Around 2009, during the first couple seasons of the show, the prize for the winner was to perform at one of ot even a global pandemic can stop great theater, as award-winning producer joined FTI Consulting as managing Manhattan’s biggest gay dance clubs,” explains Mr. Voss. “Those were my events, so from there I met the Iyvon Edebiri can attest. Despite the COVID-19 outbreak limiting public gatherings director of its Real Estate Solutions producers and formed the partnership we have today.” Nand events, her nonprofit—the Parsnip Ship—continues to highlight compelling industry group. Ying So (’91) was play readings and music via podcasts and social media. To date, the Werq the World Tour has visited 95 cities across 28 countries over five continents. Voss’s company named head of post trade at Hong has expanded its offerings, serving as talent management for the drag queens and working with social media “We typically record in front of a live studio audience in Brooklyn,” Ms. Edebiri says. Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. influencers to broaden its reach. “Amid the COVID-19 crisis, people still want to hear theater—in fact, they’re rallying The Green Bay Press-Gazette included But it hasn’t always been easy for Voss. “I was a victim of the dot-com bust in the nineties,” he recalls. behind it—so we launched digital programs to sustain that need.” Colleen Simpson (’92, MSEd ’96) in its A few years after he’d earned his Zicklin MBA, with his career in investment banking just starting to take off, Ever since she was a child, Edebiri has loved theater. During her undergraduate years roundup of “five women who made their the mortgage crisis of 2009 hit and he lost his job. Undaunted, Voss worked in nightclubs to make ends meet at Brandeis University, she transitioned her focus from singing to producing, developing own black history in Green Bay.” She is the and leaned on his graduate school experience to pursue a totally different endeavor. a particular fondness for the logistics and attention to detail needed to bring a play first black vice president of student services “I decided to get into event promotion almost as a hobby,” he explains. “So it was pretty amazing to watch it grow to life. at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. into a booming business with multiple world tours, a Vegas residency, and several other shows nationwide.” She created the Parsnip Ship in 2015 to showcase emerging, underrepresented artists, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley previously focusing on playwrights of color and currently highlighting female-identifying (LSHV), a civil legal services provider, Voss and his company are now dealing with a whole new challenge. The COVID-19 crisis—and the world’s writers. “American theater often acts like these stories and writers don’t exist,” says named Maureen Fox (MPA ’93) its chief emphasis on social distancing—led to the Werq the World Tour being suspended until at least fall 2020. Edebiri, “but that’s a lie. So by showcasing them on our platform, we’re giving American development officer. She is responsible In its place, Voss’s company has been working with drag queens to stream content and benefit shows to support the artists impacted by canceled events. “We’re getting creative,” says Voss, “although it’s theater less of an excuse not to feature them.” for LSHV’s strategic fundraising and hard to replace the revenue we all have lost.” Edebiri’s efforts have not gone unnoticed. The Actors Fund and Playwrights Horizons communications avenues. Deloitte awarded her the 2019 Mark O’Donnell Prize, named after and funded by the late writer & Touche’s Lara Abrash (MBA ’94), Still, he remains optimistic about the future. “COVID-19 might be the latest challenge,” he says, “but I’m of Hairspray. The award, which recognizes “America’s most anomalous, singular, and CEO and head of the company’s U.S. sure we’ll all come through this even stronger than before.” curious” emerging theater artists, includes a $15,000 cash prize. Audit & Assurance services business, To find out when the Werq the World Tour will visit a city near you, or to find out more about digital events, Edebiri refined her skills as a member of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences’ was honored by AACSB International— visit vossevents.com. second cohort of Master of Arts in arts administration students. For the alumna, it was the world’s largest business education —GREGORY M. LEPORATI an exciting opportunity to be part of a new and growing program. “It was my chance alliance—as one of its 25-member to geek out,” she jokes. “There are so many arts administrators in New York who 2020 Class of Influential Leaders. work in all facets of the arts, and it’s great to have those conversations about Jeffrey Brown (MBA ’99) was named what’s happening at other institutions.” chief operating officer of Seattle-Tacoma As for her future in the arts, Edebiri plans to continue to produce unique and compelling International Airport. He previously content—whether that’s online, in person, or otherwise. The Parsnip Ship podcast can served as the director, aviation facilities be found on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, and all other major platforms. and capital programs, for the Port —GREGORY M. LEPORATI of Seattle. Parsnip Ship photo by Matthew Hunter Matthew Ship photo by Parsnip

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Dwayne Thomas (’04) is the associate court campus, frequently participating as a attorney to the Hon. Cenceria P. Edwards mentor in Baruch’s Executives on Campus True to Big Blue: Vince Masi (’80) in NYC Civil Court, Kings County. He program. Crain’s New York named Alex Picture-Perfect Wedding n February 3, 1980, also writes a blog for Psychology Today, Pollak (MBA ’08) to its “40 Under 40” list. Ben Guttmann (’11) and Stephania Quiroz (’12) only a few weeks after “The Cross-Examined Life.” Anusree Nair He is the founder and CEO of Paradocs tied the knot in fall 2019 at picturesque Forest Ograduating from Baruch (’06), a partner at Klasko Immigration Worldwide, which supplies emergency Lake Camp in Chestertown, NY. Guttmann is College, Vince Masi began Law Partners, LLP, was honored at room doctors and paramedics at such co-founder and partner of Digital Natives Group, an entry-level job at IBM. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law’s major NYC events as Governors Ball and a marketing agency, and Quiroz serves as senior Fast forward 40 years and 10th annual BALLSA alumni dinner, New York Fashion Week. Luz Rosado retention marketing manager at charity: water, Mr. Masi is still at IBM—a which celebrates graduates who “have (’08), a wealth management advisor at a nonprofit that brings safe drinking water to four-decade-long career that people in developing countries. he describes as anything pushed forward by excelling in the face Bank of America Merrill Lynch, was but boring. of adversity.” An immigrant herself, named to Working Mother magazine/ Nair has filed thousands of petitions SHOOK Research’s “Top Wealth Advisor “Though IBM is one company,” for immigrants looking to secure green Moms” list published in fall 2019. explains Masi, “it comprises cards through visa programs. Stephen several unique businesses, all with different missions and O’Brien (MPA ’06), director of the NYC Travel Leaders Group, one deliverables. So it’s not as if Department of Education Office of School 10s of North America’s largest I’ve been working the same Food, helped to quickly coordinate grab- travel agency groups, appointed Elizabeth job every day for 40 years. and-go meals for NYC students when Gaerlan (MBA ’10) as vice president of It’s been exciting, constantly schools shifted to distance learning during public relations and communications. changing, and challenging.” the COVID-19 crisis. His team readied Cristina Jiménez (MPA ’11) was named Indeed, change has been the hallmark of his IBM career. The alumnus estimates that more than 200,000 meals on the first day. to Community Resource Exchange’s he changed roles every 18 months during his first two decades at Big Blue and, since Lee Hsieh (’07, EMBA ’18) was nominated 2019 year-end “40 Trailblazers” list, becoming an executive, he’s continued to take on new roles every two or three years. to the National Advertising Review Board, which recognizes social-sector leaders His areas of responsibility have encompassed functions from accounting to finance, an appellate body for the advertising who are driving meaningful change in and everything in between, culminating in his most recent position, vice president for industry’s their communities and the larger world. global accounting and controls. program of Evertrue recognized Ciara Ginyard (MPA “What’s amazing is that I’m still learning every day,” says Masi, who also serves as self-regulation. ’12) as one of its “Top 40 Under 40 treasurer of the Baruch College Fund, the fundraising arm of the College. In his current Hsieh is no National Fundraisers” in recognition of role at IBM, about 1,500 people report to him (“not directly,” he laughs). Responsibilities stranger to her role as associate director of alumni include oversight of far-flung accounting centers in Kuala Lumpur, Bratislava, and relations and development at Brandeis Buenos Aires. “Everything has become much more global than when I started.” International Business School. Full-time In fact, the Brooklyn native’s career has taken him all across the world, including tax CPA Philip Adikimenakis (’14, MS to Australia, Hong Kong, Germany, France, and Brazil. ’15) launched a fascinating side hustle: Sticking with a company for 40 years is something today’s aspiring professionals Relaxation Zensation, a community-based should consider. For starters, Masi says, you can build a reputation that leads health and wellness organization, serves Welcome to the to continued advancement. With that in mind, he advises today’s students the needs of the elderly with programs Bearcat Family! to think differently about their first job interviews. focused on tai chi, chair yoga, and Qigong In October, Marc (’02) and Lori Benathen “You should always ask the interviewer, ‘Two years from now, what opportunities breathing exercises. Adrienne Bricker (MSEd ’14) was named university registrar welcomed twins, Alexis Rose and Aidan will be presented?’” Masi notes. “‘And what about five years? Or 10?’ You Blake. The baby Bearcats were born at the Ohio State University. Daniel should leave the interview not only with a sense of that job, but with a sense into a family steeped in Baruch College of what opportunities will be there for you down the road. And if there aren’t Landesberg (MBA ’14) was promoted Alumni Association (BCAA) history: many, that first job might not be the right fit.” to associate vice president, clinical Marc currently serves as president —GREGORY M. LEPORATI operations, at Geisinger Northeast, a of the BCAA, Lori served as its regional healthcare provider. In this role, executive director for nearly 10 years, he oversees operations at three Geisinger True Love: Masi’s daughter, Brittany, recently married Anthony and Lori’s uncle, Paul Douglas (’57), Doring (MBA ’20), who works at ESPN/Disney as an associate facilities. Goldman Sachs promoted was a founding member and former manager, audio marketing. Masi says he enjoys chatting with Jeffrey McClellan (’14) to vice president, president. Welcome to the his son-in-law about their shared Baruch experiences. campus recruiting. Readers may remember association, Alexis and Aidan! continued on next page

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McClellan from the Spring/Summer Remembering 2014 issue of Baruch Alumni Magazine, IN MEMORIAM in which he penned an essay chronicling Kathleen (Metsal) Morehead ’36 Lawrence N. Field (’52) *Igor S. Koulichkov ’61 his first job out of college at Goldman as Jack P. Delson ’40 *Sherry (Kershnar) Jacobson ’62 a full-time analyst. David Pessah (MBA Sidney Feldman ’42 Harvey P. Sandler ’64 Visionary Entrepreneur, ’16) was named principal accounting *Salvatore Palestro ’43 Sidney Yoskowitz ’64 officer of Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. He Jacob Wurtzel ’43 Joseph H. Moran ’65 Philanthropist, Loyal Alumnus is responsible for fund accounting and Melvin Paradise ’47 Neil M. Boyle ’66 Herman Schwartzman ’47 Henry H. Kahn ’66 financial reporting oversight. Baruch Norman Blum ’48, MBA ’56 William E. Macaulay ’66, LHD-Hon. ’07 is name is familiar to all who know and continue to have that same opportunity,” said Assistant Professor Stephen Gosnell, Leona (Gruenbaum) Fialk ’48 Ronald P. Mullane MBA ’66 love Baruch College. For more than two Dov Schlein (’70, MBA ’75), who met Field PhD, along with Weissman alumna Seymour Barasch ’49 George A. Damiano MPA ’67 decades, Lawrence N. Field, class of What matters about more than 20 years ago when they first served Arthur Farb ’49 H “ Minkyung Sarah Lee (’18), created the Stephen J. McCabe MBA ’68 1952—visionary entrepreneur, business leader, together on the BCF board. “His generosity Mervyn Hodos ’49 John Greves ’69 my story, and the educational exercise “Building Marine and generous philanthropist—brought his many and leadership transformed the BCF. I will Sheldon R. Mead ’49 George T. Wendler ’69, MBA ’78 talents to bear on behalf of Baruch and its countless others like miss him.” Reserve Networks to Fit Multiple Needs: Joseph Tangredi ’49 *Hugh R. Lamle MBA ’70 students. Mr. Field passed away in January at BCF Trustee Lawrence Zicklin (’57, An Introduction to Marine Spatial David M. Diness ’50 Anthony Martini ’70 it, is that it reminds Planning Using SeaSketch,” published Donald S. Hirschhorn ’50 Michael R. Richter MBA ’70 the age of 89. LHD-Hon. ’99) recalled the personal bonds Field and his late wife, Eris, provided the us to continue to he shared with his fellow board member. by the Center for Biodiversity and Seymour Sklar ’50 Robert N. Steckler MBA ’70 Martin H. Bodian ’52 Cecil B. Kenefick ’71 naming gift for Baruch’s historic building at “One of the delights of my life was sitting Conservation at the American Museum recognize the potential Gerald P. Carmen ’52 Rea Joy Turet MBA ’72 17 Lexington Avenue, now known as the down with Larry and talking about the old of Natural History. After more than 20 *Lawrence N. Field ’52, DCS-Hon. ’04 Andrew Schmitt MBA ’73 Lawrence and Eris Field Building. His devotion for success that exists neighborhoods. We talked about our fathers years developing global education and Bentley Fredane ’52 Louise M. Bechtoldt ’74 to Baruch students is also manifest in and their little retail stores. In those moments, William B. Jaeger ’52 Gerald A. Rubinfeld MBA ’74 in all of us. cultural exchange programs to the U.S. Clivner=Field Plaza, the outdoor urban space we could laugh and reminisce about a life *Albert J. Melzl ’52 ” and abroad for the YMCA of Greater Judith N. Abel MBA ’79 —Lawrence N. Field in his *Ruth (Printz) O’Hara ’52 Dalchand A. Rampaul ’79 currently under construction on 25th Street, that no longer exists.” New York, Rayda Marquez (EMPA ’19) Arthur E. Goodmann ’53, MBA ’63 Lester A. Shick MPA ’79 for which he provided catalytic funding. An autobiography, Not So Bad: From Daniel Clivner (’85), current BCF vice founded her own company, Cultural Ira S. Gottfried ’53 Daniel Creange MA ’80 innovative entrepreneur himself, Field invested the Bronx to Beverly Hills (2019) president, credits Field with reconnecting Connections, creating immersive travel Harvey Kaufman ’53 Tod Wassmer ’80 deeply in Baruch’s entrepreneurship programs him to his alma mater. Says Mr. Clivner, and curated adventures for people of Valentine Chmel ’54 Kathleen Winkler ’81 through his endowment of the Lawrence N. a fellow California-based alumnus, “Larry Herman Cohen ’54, MBA ’63 Donald B. Marron LLD-Hon. ’83 all ages, with a focus on youth. Dipika Field Center for Entrepreneurship and through to Los Angeles to be near his wife’s close- adopted me and my family into the Field Lewis Silver ’55 Susan E. Maynard ’83 his establishment of the Larry and Eris Field knit, extended family. He eventually formed family. Later he motivated me to join him Shrestha (MIA ’19) received the 2019 Gerald H. Sandler ’56 *Peter Homel MS ’95 Family Chair in Entrepreneurship and Lawrence his own business, NSB Associates, named in creating Baruch’s Clivner=Field Plaza. President’s Award for Excellence in Bernard Zuckerman ’57 Nicholas Panzarino ’95 N. Field Professorship in Entrepreneurship. for his catchphrase when asked how things For that, the entire Baruch community and Leadership from the LCU Fund for Mary Chin ’58 Anthony J. Surdich ’95 Field gave of his knowledge and wisdom as were going: “Not So Bad.” NSB went on to I will be eternally grateful to him.” For Women’s Education. The Nepali alumna Angelo L. Santiago ’58 Dana M. Lanzaro ’01 Edgar A. Walker ’58 Michelle P. Small ’03 well. From 1999 until his passing, he served become one of the region’s most successful Clivner, his friend personified generosity. hosts the weekly podcast “At the End Thomas R. Amantea ’59 Carl A. Joseph ’04 as a trustee of the Baruch College Fund (BCF). developers and managers of commercial “The measure of Larry was not how much of the Day,” a career-oriented program Bernard S. Amsterdam ’59 Shavita D. Persaud ’15 In recognition of his lifetime of achievements and industrial real estate. he made, but how much he gave—to Baruch geared toward immigrants newly arrived Sheldon Jaffe ’59 Vivian E. (Jones Storey) Hobbs MPA and leadership, Baruch bestowed on him Field considered giving back to Baruch and many other causes.” in the U.S. Howard S. Breslow ’61 an honorary doctoral degree in 2004, its “both a privilege and an obligation.” His was Field’s other charitable and community Jacqueline A. Eberhardt ’61 *Benchmark Society member Distinguished Alumni Award in 2008, and the the classic Baruch social mobility narrative: affiliations included Girls and Boys Town prestigious Newman Medal for Philanthropy in His parents, Hungarian immigrants who owned USA, the Jewish Federation Council, American ABOUT THE BENCHMARK SOCIETY 2013. Most recently, in October 2019, Baruch a grocery store, hoped their only son might Associates Ben-Gurion University of the Class Notes are provided to our readers on an “AS one day be a schoolteacher or a mail carrier. IS” basis. Baruch College/The City University of honored this favorite son at the rededication of Negev, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and New York does not make any warranties, express The society honors individuals who have included Baruch College the renovated Field Center for Entrepreneurship, But the boy from the Bronx dreamed big. the LA Philharmonic. or implied, regarding the items included and in their will or trust, used retirement fund assets or life insurance to the ceremony attended by Field’s daughters, “Baruch showed me the wider world,” he said “Larry Field was a man of energy disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for make a gift, or established life income gifts that benefit the College. Lisa and Robyn. in an interview in 2005. “The College gave me and vision. 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