The Magazine of Fall 2017 The Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation

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Ph.D.’s in Class

Surprise Reveals Tech Times 2 Contents Surprise Connections 10 Lifetime Giving Society 23 The Magazine of Inside Tech Unlikely Encounters 14 Class Notes 24 The Brooklyn Tech 2 Alumni Foundation From the Alumni Foundation President 5 Rising Stars 15, 17 Last Word 25 Principal’s Letter 5 Alumni Foundation Annual Report 19

Fall 2017

“I need a supercomputer to do my project”

— A Brooklyn Tech student

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In which we explore what Ph.D’s. on the faculty Floyd Warkol ’65 Alums thank A noted alum visits Tech today’s Technites think, makes buildings smarter the alma mater 73 years after graduation and think about

Note: All objects shown on cover represent actual responses by actual students to the question, “What’s on your mind?” Thanks to Romy Aran, Madelaine Lebetkin, Certified by the Forest Stewardship Coun- Ayane Naito, Valmira Popinara and Saikanam Siam. cil. The Mark of Responsible Forestry. Tech Times 2 it’s happening at fort greene 29 place for the Specialized High School Admissions Test. Of her own experience, she says: “The day of the admis- sions test, all my friends were nervous and I felt prepared. State Backs Expanded in 2016 thanks to a onetime $250,000 state And when I got to classes at Tech, I kept thinking ‘Oh my Everyone learns to grant, STEM Pipeline in four years has touched the lives gosh, I already know how to do this.’” Tech Pipeline Project of 169 middle school children. The first two cohorts have reached high school, and the results are: Of the STEM Pipeline program she says: “It is amazing that Ange Louis ’19 was one of a small handful of students in her the doors to a specialized high school are being opened.” Brooklyn middle school to gain admission to a specialized • 41 of the first 55 participants were accepted to Tech or code high school, and she knows why she succeeded: “I would another specialized high school * The depositing of a thin film crystalline overlayer on a crystalline not be at Brooklyn Tech if it were not for the STEM Pipeline substrate, currently a key tool in nanotechnology development. • 27 of the 41 were offered admission to Tech Reflecting the growing importance in all professions of “digital citizen- program.” • 22 of the 27 accepted the offer and are now Technites ship,” computer science is now a mandatory course for all Brooklyn • 19 of the 22 have a grade average of 90 or better in the Tech students. STEM Pipeline, an Alumni Foundation initiative now in its STEM disciplines fourth year with generous support from National Grid, intro- The class, Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles, is duces middle schoolers from underserved communities to One of those 19 is Ange. In addition to participating in City college-level. Tech being Tech, it is taken in the sophomore year. technology and science study — and provides preparation College of New York research into molecular beam epitaxy* “Brooklyn Tech students have shown us time and time again that they at age 15, she mentors seventh and eighth graders every are ready to be challenged,” says assistant principal Rosabeth Eddy. Saturday morning for the STEM pipeline program. The course was added to the curriculum last year. More than an In addition to helping them with admissions test prep, she Ange Louis ’19, (inset at Tech as a introduction to coding, it emphasizes creative problem solving and teaches them 3D modeling on Autodesk software, of which middle school participant in Pipeline, real-word applications, and focuses on exploring how computing and she is a certified user by virtue of her freshman year course- and today as a Technite) is the first technology shape today’s world. work at Tech. Pipeline graduate accepted into Tech’s prestigious Weston Research Scholar program. “These are skills to which all students need to be exposed,” Ms. Eddy adds.

Anybody Have a Supercomputer for Irwin? Made in High school teachers have heard all tute of Technology, where he interned the excuses, so there was little sympa- during his Tech years. Supercomput- Below, three alums recall the thy at first when Irwin Huang ’17 came ers, however, can do in one day what Brooklyn defining class projects of their in with his: “I couldn’t finish the project; I would take a standard PC 20 years. time. What was yours? didn’t have the right equipment.” Tell us. The Alumni Foundation’s Weston (Tech) Until Irwin explained further: Research mentors Every generation of Tech- Numeric Base Converter: Daniel Khait ’17, Robotic Device with Sensory Compo- Mark Perelman ’03: “I need a supercomputer.” reached high level officials “Tooth-pick bridges, wooden Irwin, as it happens, is a Weston at Brookhaven National nite has had its own iconic Mechatronics and Robotics nents: Lydia Stanford ’18, Mechatronics benches and 25-second Research Scholar investigating the Laboratory, who agreed to student project: In the pre- and Robotics marble machines.” behavior of light particles in space, at grant Irwin access to their digital age it was the leg- “The software program here is LabVIEW 2016. such an advanced level that profes- supercomputer after hear- endary Step V Block. Other The primary hardware is a myRIO microcon- “The software program is ROBOTC for VEX Cor- sional researchers have taken interest ing him deliver a graduate- cohorts had their equiva- troller. Daniel built a circuit and designed a pro- tex and the primary hardware is the VEX Cortex Donovan Wickline ’88 : in his work. level presentation on his lent. Today’s Tech experi- gram that converts a numeric value to another microcontroller with VEX robotic components. “The mallet we made in project. ence is more diverse and number system.” — Teacher Anthony Pigis Lydia’s robotic device is programmed to: machine shop.” • Autonomously drive through a maze with “I need supercomputers to simulate perhaps, dare we say, more “It shows how a student can imitate a conver- predetermined start and end points. a three dimensional quantum ran- Irwin, now a freshman at advanced. Here, two current Laurie Zephyrin ’92: sion calculator using nothing but some physical • Operate and drive guided by a joystick or dom walk,” he later told TechTimes. Stevens, will continue his day examples: “We made ship models His calculations had exhausted the research connected to accessories and some sparks of ingenuity.” controlling device. in shop.” capacity of all commercially available BlueGene, Brookhaven’s — Daniel • Navigate a maze with sensors, and a bump computers and those at Stevens Insti- supercomputer. switch and limit switch to detect obstructions.” — Teacher Anthony Pigis 2 3 Tech Times 2 Meeting the Challenge Larry Cary ’70 it’s happening at fort greene place The theme of this issue is “Inside a Technite’s Head.” It explores what motivates, inspires, and drives our amazing students. Having graduated Tech so long ago (1970), I can’t pretend to fully understand what is in 29 the head of every one of our 5,900 students. No one could. But I do have a few observations. The challenges Tech students face today are as real and confusing as they were for my generation, and (Our) Penny Found in the maybe more so. My generation had Vietnam, the fight for civil rights, the assassinations of Kennedy and Student Spins A Musical Win King, Watergate, and a counterculture urging us to “tune in, turn on, and drop out.” Today’s students are A 15 year old sophomore’s social media savvy netted Tech’s music department a $10,000 White House coming of age in a post 9/11 world with terrorism, Afghanistan and Iraq, the Great Recession and wide- grant, and brought a famous performer to the school for a free concert. Tech Alum Penelope “Penny” Kokkinides ’87 was one of eight female spread distrust of government. Many of us, not just the young, have a growing fear of the future. Kaskade is a multiple Grammy-nominated DJ and producer whom The New York Times called health care experts invited to the White House to brief the President and But, like my generation, today’s Technites have hope, courage and a determined drive to overcome what “the new face of electronic dance music.” top officials on the potential impact on women of health care legislation. for many would be overwhelming challenges. Fundamentally, today’s Technites have faith in themselves. Burlyn Andall-Blake is a violin-playingTechnite who likes Kaskade’s music. When she learned Kokkinides, an Alumni Foundation board member, is the chief By getting the very best education and of a social media contest with his concert and the grant as administrative officer of InnovaCare Health, a New Jersey-based first prize, she mobilized Tech students to enter en masse. working very hard, they believe they can medical management company. Her They did, and they won: Tech was named the nation’s “most achieve and succeed. company has extensive operations engaged” high school. I saw these traits in Bridget (not her in Puerto Rico, and she spoke about The music department will use the grant on new instru- real name), a Tech student I hired some how proposals to reform health care From ments and supplies which Burlyn, an orchestra member years ago to do office work at my law firm. would affect the island. since freshman year, knew were needed. “This contest was Bridget was in the law and society T he Principal David Newman the perfect opportunity for us to get the funds,” she said. Burlyn Andall-Blake and Kaskade Penny Kokkinides ’87 (second from left) major and wanted someday to become an earlier this year at the White House I have called this fine institution my home for 18 years as a attorney. During the interview for a sum- teacher, head of Health and Safety and Assistant Principal of Su- mer job, I discovered that Bridget, at 16, pervision. Last January I was bestowed the honor of becoming was the sole person working to support her Acting Principal of Brooklyn Tech when Principal Randy Asher Could You Get IN? Could You Get OUT? family. Her mother was dead, her father joined Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña’s team as the senior ad- was disabled, and her sister was a single viser for talent management. In addition, Principal Asher main- Alright, let’s say you could pass the admissions test. You did it once… when barely into your teens, at that. mom with an infant. On top of that, tains a connection to Tech as a Master Ambassador Principal in Could you get out of Tech today – pass your exams, earn stellar But could you do it again….today? Bridget had just lost her part-time grocery an advisory capacity to myself. I aspire to continue the great work grades and earn a diploma? Are you still smart enough to qualify for a seat in Brooklyn Tech? store cashier’s job. of my predecessor in STEM education and maintaining and taking Brooklyn Tech In truth, almost no one flunks out of the 21st century Tech. Still, we Below, some sample questions from the New York City Specialized High I immediately hired her for slightly to greater heights as a premier STEM school in New York City and the country at can’t help but wonder – how would we fare in Advanced Placement Schools Admissions Test. large. Calculus, Computer Science Principles, and the rest of Tech’s chal- fewer hours and a bit more pay. She con- See how you do. I have surely hit the ground running, introducing a new major, LIU PharmD, lenging curriculum? tinued to work at the firm after graduat- (answers on inside back cover) which upon completion guarantees students admission into the Doctor of Phar- Below, questions from actual 2017 Tech final exams. ing and while a student at Baruch College. macy program at LIU. We now have a state of the art flight simulator to be utilized 1. (answers on inside back cover) After her father died, she followed her dream of studying abroad, transferring to by our Aerospace Engineering students. In a true partnership between the Alumni the 500-year-old University of Aberdeen. Foundation and the administration of the school, we were awarded a $750,000 1. Digital Systems Design: Last year Bridget returned to New York, grant from Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to build a new forensic science laboratory/classroom. This will enable students to explore the field of forensic sci- with a Scottish husband in tow, to start ence with modern technology, bringing a real world work experience to our students law school. and rendering an environment that taps into how students learn today. I am grate- Bridget typifies today’s Technites – 2. ful to Matt Mandery and Liz Sciabarra of the Alumni Foundation who assisted me moving forward regardless of the chal- greatly in writing the grant application. This is the largest single grant ever received 2. Principles of Engineering: lenges, with hope and confidence in the by the school from any government agency. future. But like Bridget, today’s Technites A tow truck used a winch to lift a 10,000 N car, 15 m out of a ditch. if In addition, we have secured a $200,000 grant from New York City council- also need a bit of help. Please do your part; the power of the winch system is 750 W, how long did it take to get the member and alum Laurie Cumbo ’93 to build a modern, cutting edge strength and car out of the ditch? give them an internship, a summer job or materials lab. I plan to move forward with seeking funds to build a new anatomy become a mentor. And, contribute to the lab to facilitate virtual anatomical discovery to prepare our students for the major Alumni Foundation, so these kids get the advancements technology is bringing to the practice. 3. Organic Chemistry: cutting edge education they deserve and With these funds and plans, we are creating exciting new hubs and iconic class- 3. Show the synthesis of the desired product from the starting materials. need to achieve and succeed. rooms for learning in the modern world at Brooklyn Tech; I cannot wait to create these new facilities, and for each of you to see them! 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O O O O What’s What Motivates You?

“My parents are my primary motivation.” – Joey

a Technite’s Head? “I like seeing the transformation when someting I drew on paper comes to life with 3D printing and Aboard any packed morning-rush Brooklyn-bound train, it’s easy to pick I actually hold it in my hands.” out the Technites amid the varied clusters of students from schools all – Ange over the city. Just tune out the usual teen talk, and sharpen your ears for “Fear of the future, the college process, family drifts of conversation about… calculus, coding and college. expectations, personal goals and sometimes – competition.” – Maddie Tech Times got to wondering: What thoughts fill the minds of today’s Technites? What are they really thinking as they excel, achieve and grow?

What gets them up in the morning? What gets them through the day? What keeps them up at night? (Hint: it often involves home­work.)

Running a four-year marathon through one of Eavesdropping on a crowded subway train can the nation’s most challenging high school cours­ be difficult. Not to mention impolite. es, they’re reaching for a coveted spot in a lead­ ing college that will position them for careers of But… we wanted to know. So we invited a group achievement and influence. Many of them, soon of them to share their thoughts. To offer us older if not already, will be the most highly educated alums a glimpse of what – besides a whole lot of members their families have ever produced. smarts – resides inside a Technite’s head.

“I’m not really special. I’m normal in the sense of what I’ve been given. Madelaine Lebetkin Ange Louis Joey Jiemjitpolchai • Aerospace engineering, 2019 • Electrical engineering, 2019 • Software engineering, 2017 However in the sense of determination, and what I’m taking from what • Performs in band and theatre • Taking four Advanced Placement classes (and four • Stony Brook University Class of 2021 • “I have been raised to focus on the ‘destination’ others) this year • President, programming team I’ve been given – that’s where the real difference lies. I am determined to or goal, but it is important to enjoy your path to it. • First student to enter Tech through the STEM • BTHS Con Edison summer intern gain something from the education I’m being provided.” I do not want to miss my entire life on my way to Pipeline program and become a Weston Research • “Through computer science and coding, you my goals. The journey is the chance to experi- Scholar have freedom, power, control.” — A Freshman ment towards the destination.” • “I really want to balance all the things in my life and 6 make sure I’m happy with how things are going.” 7 Is it About the I Don’t Leave Do You Need coffee Advice I’d Give Journey Home to Get Through The Day? My Younger Self or the Without My… Yes: “Don’t stress as much as I did during the first months at Tech. One bad test grade is not going to determine my future.” – Simrun Destination? – Theresa – Ayane – Hans – Karina “The journey is where all the stories reside, where “Use the center-west staircase, not the east.” – Maddie – Joey – Joey all the growth and development happens.” – Karina – Hans – Joey – James “Take a step back from academics and enjoy being with (“Too much.”) friends and family. Join more clubs.” – Hans “I think it’s about the journey. You can reach your “My watch. It won’t die like my phone.” “Spend more time doing what you love. Spend less goal, but you have to live with how you got to it.” No: – Ange – Simrun time procrastinating and just start doing” – Dominic – Maddie “I understand that the journey is important, but I “Pen and paper in my pocket.” (“Energems - a chocolate “Never put off anything to the last minute. Always think I will feel kind of incomplete if I go through – Dominic energy supplement”) know your limits in terms of responsibility and work- load.” the whole journey just not to make it to the desti- – Ange – Karina “A case full of mechanical pencils nation.” – Simrun – Simrun and pens in every color imaginable.” “Be open to change. Talk to new – Dominic (“Just tea.”) people: everyone is just as – Ayane – Theresa awkward as you.” – Joey “Sweet Mint Orbit gum. It helps me stay focused.” – Maddie

“My notebook. In case creativity strikes.” – James

Theresa Antony Simrun Bose James Kettle Karina Popovich Ayane Naito Dominic Yong • Class of 2020 • Class of 2020 Hans Montero • Law & Society, 2018 • Mechatronics/Robotics, 2019 • Software engineering, 2019 • Mechatronics/Robotics, 2018 • Weston Research Scholar • Weston Research Scholar • Software Engineering, 2017 • Interests include: • Interests: “Inventing… helping students in the tech • Likes to: solve puzzles • Interests include: engineering, physics, • “Brooklyn Tech so far • Interests include: soccer • Columbia University Class of 2021 “ferocious reading” field…studying abroad and researching neurology.” • Interests: violin, coding, art ballroom dancing has been a journey. There • “I want to be successful in whatever I • VP and Webmaster, National Honor • President of BTHS ski club • “Often, I did not share my ideas for fear others • “We know we can get by on • Goals: attend a top college, work for a major are many things still to do – academically or athletically. I en- Society • “Do more of what you would steal them. Then a mentor told me, the bare minimum, but we company, start a business “that helps the explore.” joy the thrill of working on a challeng- • Con Edison intern want, and follow your ‘Nobody will ever be as passionate about your choose to try to improve, world and inspires young people.” • “Science is amazing!” ing problem and the satisfaction when • “I hit the snooze button more often gut.” idea as you.’ After that I began to open up and to push ourselves, because • “I’d like to see more clubs like Makerspace I’ve finally figured something out.” than I should.” share, and this helped me improve my ideas.” we know we can do better.” and robotics that promote the STEM 8 culture in Tech.” 9 Talking With…. went there too? Floyd Warkol It Took A While, But These Technites Finally Made the Connection.

Irfan Haider ’14 and Erica D Cochran Hameen ’92 ’65 She was the professor, he the student in a Carnegie Mellon University architecture class. Technology is changing how buildings are built… and Irfan: “I research my professors before semesters begin. I had how we live and work in them. Floyd Warkol ’65 works my suspicions when I saw she was part of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. They were confirmed one day in a class discussion Ray McNeary ’57 and right on the cutting edge of the changes. about high school experiences, and I mentioned elevator crowding.” John Stagnaro ’57 (deceased) An afterschool job as a contractor’s errand boy on Atlantic Avenue gave Floyd War- ERICA: “CMU’s architecture program is one of the best in the coun- Ray: “I played golf and went for pizza kol his start in the construction industry. He came to work in a suit on the day he try and has very high standards. Irfan exhibits all the qualities of a and a beer in Rhinebeck, NY with a guy posed for his yearbook photo ­— prompting supervisors to try him at a desk job for prepared, smart and enthusiastic student. Exactly what we would every weekend for 15 years. One day the day...then the next, and the next. By college, they had him managing projects, expect from BTHS.” I told him ‘John, I’m going to my 25th and he never looked back. Today he is chairman of the board and CEO of KSW high school reunion next week.’ He said, 2 Mechanical LLC, a leading subcontractor, deeply involved in the massive emerging T : What grade did you get? ‘Funny, so am I.’ I told him, ‘But mine is in Hudson Yards development. KSW specializes in heating-ventilating-air condition- Irfan: I got an ‘A.’ Brooklyn.’ He said, ‘Hey, so is mine…’” 10 Hudson Yards ing (HVAC) systems, but Warkol describes his work as “value engineering.”

2 What is “value engineering?” temperature is going in and out. better glass, better walls and insulation, better Eddy Valasquez ’90 and T : It is about offering choices that owners U-values (heat transmission through building Shaina Doherty ’01 A.: don’t realize they have. We look at a build- T2: So smart buildings are more efficient and elements). And co-generation. The Hudson ing plan and make recommendations that economical? Yards complex will have 13.4 megawatts of Faculty colleagues at BTHS since 2014… un- save money or energy, all with the engineer’s You can know where every bit of electric co-generation, plus additional emergency aware of their alma mater connection for three A.: approval. We are contractors: we understand usage is. That helps you shed load, because power. If there’s a blackout, the co-gen takes years…. or that Eddy had been a teacher when owner costs. now you know where the load is. If you have over and you’ll see all our buildings lit up. Shaina was a student… until summoned to a a water leak: the water bill comes only every Not just life safety but enough power to light story meeting for this magazine at which teach- 2 T : New York’s skyline has changed dramati- six months, so you get a bill you didn’t expect up the entire complex. ers were asked to state their credentials. cally. What’s new and different inside those new for $100,000, and then you know you have a Tom Carroll ’67 and skyscrapers? leak. Well, guess what? I could put a device in T2: So technology lets the architects draw it and Jerry Moy ’67 A.: What you’re looking at is larger buildings, the building that will tell you instantly. Wa- the builders build it. It sounds like the distinc- and smarter buildings. You enter the lobby, ter treatment and concern for Legionnaire’s tions from past days – mechanical engineering Sophia Khan ’98 and Worked side by side at AT&T for five and the building knows you’re coming. Your disease: smart meters today will tell you im- for builders like you, coding for the computer Haig Rickerby ’76 years. Several years later, on the eve iPhone tells it who you are and where you’re mediately if you have a problem. crowd, are merging. of his 25th BTHS class reunion, Tom going, and the elevator takes you to that A.: Now those paths are coming together. Her recollection: As a dental student, she showed his daughter his Blueprint floor and that floor only. Smart buildings are T2: The new towers even look different. How asked her mentor of several years, Dr. Rick- yearbook… and was startled to find a prewired for all your possible needs. It’s a fi- has technology affected design? T2: A lot exciting is happening in your industry. erby, to review her c.v. and the bond was page bearing the photo – and signa- ber network highway, running through the A.: All that curved glass? What you can build Are young people sufficiently aware of the op- discovered. ture – of ex-colleague Jerry. building. today, you couldn’t draw not too long ago. portunities? You couldn’t dimension it. Square buildings A.: This is a monster industry that doesn’t at- His recollection: A reference he made in 2 What runs on that highway? are one thing, but oval shaped with arcs go- tract as much talent as it should. It is very Readers: Did you have a similar experience? Send T : class to his high school architecture teacher A.: Security, wi-fi: You always see people ing this way and that way – you have to 3D rewarding. it to Ned Steele ’68 [email protected], sparked her curiosity, since he was now a dentist. walking into a hallway, or toward a window, model that. You think it’s easy putting in Think about it: you do something, it stays editor of TechTimes -- who grilled his medical to get better cell phone reception. Not a pipes and ducts on an angle? Well, what do there. Every time you pass by, you know you care provider extensively about Dr. Rickerby influenced his mentee to join a volunteer dentist group serving Marie Chan ’87 problem in new buildings. And systems talk you do when it curves? had something to do with it. That’s some- her higher education credentials before start- impoverished children in Jamaica – a life-changing activity she and he continue to each other and to us: an air conditioning thing that should be turning students on. ing a treatment…. but never asked her about 2 to do nearly every year. unit can tell me the leaving temperature and T : What’s new in energy savings? But we are one of those industries that aren’t high school…. until he bumped into her one the returning temperature. A chiller will tell A.: LEED was the first standard, but the city taught in school. Teach them, and young evening… at a BTHS alumni event. me what tonnage it’s drawing, what the water is moving toward further energy reduction: people will find an industry that wants them.

10 11 Dr. Risa Parlo Dr. MacRae Maxfield • Ph.D: Biochemistry, New York University • Ph.D: Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University • Collaborating with Rockefeller University scientists on the first web- • Teaches advanced chemistry at Tech. based neuroscience high school textbook. • 24 years of corporate and academic research in high-strength nylon nano- • Teaches genetics. anatomy and computer science at Tech. composite superconductors, polymer devices for avionics and fiber optic • Consulted and worked in computer programming for 14 years. switching devices. • Introducing a new class this fall in research methodology. • His post-doctoral research team won a Nobel Prize for work on conductiv- • Married to a Technite (Martin Parlo ’72) who “never stopped talking ity of polyacetalene. about Tech” and influenced her to seek a teaching position in the after- • Worked on team that invented a viable rechargeable lithium ion battery. math of 9/11, when she was searching for a more meaningful profession. • Holds 23 patents. • Directed student research that determined through DNA analysis that • Enriches lessons with spectrometers funded by alumni grants. plant life in New York has changed since Hurricane Sandy. • “I have personal, hands-on experience with much of the content we teach. • “The kids don’t know yet what kinds of research questions a scientist can When students see real-world applications of the curriculum, the lesson is more answer, or what techniques to use. I help them understand.” lasting.” • “I teach in a one-of-a-kind genetics laboratory made possible by the Alumni • “Every day I jump out of bed, because it is fun to work with motivated students in Foundation.” an ambient where everyone feels good about what they’re doing.”

Back in the day, many Brooklyn Tech perience in ways that industry veterans of yore And with Technites engaging in rigorous siders. We don’t know the social structure of classrooms were populated by second- could not have imagined. regional competitions and extracurricular the laboratory, but they explain it to us.” career educators, deeply seasoned activities of eye-crossing complexity, the There’s a Doctor through years of hands-on industry As Tech stretches beyond advanced place- teachers guide, advise and enrich. In the An advanced-degreed teacher’s impact experience. ment classes with courses even more chal- laboratory, especially those frequented by can be vast. Consider a recent international lenging – genetics, multivariable calculus Tech’s young college-level Weston Research technical conference, in San Diego, of pro- Welcome to the 21st century equiva- and organic chemistry to name three – these Scholars, they introduce the fine points of fessional engineers. One session’s agenda in the House... lent: The high school teacher with a doctorate teachers “bring a depth of insight research methodology. contained four academic presentations: one doctoral degree. into the classroom,” notes Alumni Founda- by the session leader, the rest by young tion Chief Educational Officer Dr. Mathew When the time comes – at age 15 or 16 – Brooklyn Tech scholars – a feat (funded by Nationally, fewer than one percent of all Mandery. Some have even played roles in for those children to don a white coat and the Alumni Foundation) conceived, orches- elementary and secondary teachers have discovering the science their students are join the bench at a university lab, Tech’s ad- trated and mentored by research scientist, Quite a few, in fact. Ph.Ds. At Brooklyn Tech, close to five per- now learning. vanced-degreed teachers are mentors. Says veterinary doctor and high school teacher Dr. cent do. They enrich the educational ex- just-graduated Marva Tariq ’17, “They are in- Horace Walcott.

Dr. Horace Walcott Dr. Thomas Price I’ve seen students fail in college because they Dr. Elisa Margarita • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Tuskegee University • Ph.D: Civil Engineering, Univer- didn’t quite have it together. So I tell Tech kids • Doctor of Chiropractic, NYC Chiropractic College • Master’s of Public Health, Tulane University sity of Washington how to prepare.” • Teaches advanced environmental science and biology • Ph.D pending • Teaches aeronautics and aerospace • “I’m developing relationships for my classes at Tech in a special plant-filled lab made possible by • Teaches advanced chemistry and research at Tech. engineering at Tech. with key institutions the Alumni Foundation. • Publishes or presents one to two research papers annually. • Taught college engineering for and companies in • Practiced in her first profession for ten years before • Visiting Scientist, NYU Dynamic Systems Laboratory. 12 years; switched to high school aviation thanks to transitioning to teaching: “My passion was in the • Early pioneer in emerging field of solar hydrogen electric because he preferred teaching over help from the A healing arts, but I had a nudge to teach. I had been bio-mimetic energetics. research. lumni Foundation.” a teaching assistant in chiropractic school, and I • Interviewed with BTHS and Bronx Science the same day; • Found the industry’s gold stan- loved it.” Tech made an offer within 12 hours and he accepted it dard aeronautics curriculum too • “Earning an advanced degree is very intense, immediately. easy for Tech students, so he and it gives you a way to relate to Tech • Takes Tech students to present at professional conferences strengthened it: “I took it one students. I’ve been able to mentor students across the country through contributions from alumni. level deeper because of my experi- who push themselves to go above and • “I mentor and guide the students who present, but the ence. I couldn’t have done that if I beyond – we share the mindset of research is theirs. My role is exactly that of a major didn’t have an advanced degree.” intense study and dedication to professor at an Ivy League university.” • “As a former college professor, a passion.” • “With a Ph.D teacher, students interact with a real s I can talk to Tech seniors with a cientist. One who teaches not from the textbook but great deal of authority about what from the bench.” they need to leave here knowing. 12 13 Encounters Rising Stars TechnitesUnl reveal the strangestik placee theyly ever bumped into a fellow alum they’d not met before.

“The job interview didn’t get off to a great start: the interviewers noticed right away that I was just a college freshman. I knew I’d better start talking about my In the middle of Jamaica Bay. I was kayaking. Brooklyn Tech experiences…” Jim Moffat ’75*

In the observation car of the legendary Blue Train approach- ANTON BUYNOVSKIY ’16, University at Buffalo ing Cape Town, South Africa. There were two of them. Vincent DiNapoli ’57

I was in Tucson, Arizona at a recruiting fair, and I was I had already studied aeronautics and On a first date after meeting through online dating. the youngest person there. Almost everyone else been in flight school. Jonathan Goldman ’67 was an adult looking for a permanent job. They understood then that I wasn’t an average college Raytheon Missile Systems Co. had flown me out freshman. A few hours later, Aboard a sightseeing bus on remote for this: I had learned about their company back at I received an email telling Kangaroo Island off the Australian coast. Brooklyn Tech, so I had approached them at a career me how to get a govern- Ray Beckett ’82 fair at my college. ment security clearance:

At that event I told the hiring reps about my Tech I was hired as an in- The 105th Street dog run on the Upper West Side. aerospace and engineering classes. Next thing I tern in the Raytheon Alex Yaroslavsky ‘87 knew, I had an airplane ticket to Tucson for the Missile Defense sec- big interview, all expenses paid. tor, working in safety engineering and test- But now these interviewers were scoffing at my fresh- ing. My summer project * Jim’s girlfriend, Alumni Foundation board member man status. So I explained how Tech had helped me was creating engineering Susan Mayham ’76, cannot top this, although understand what engineering means. I made sure and statistical analyses she did meet an elementary school classmate nearly they knew I wasn’t double-majoring in Mechanical and for components of the 50 years later – at a Brooklyn Tech Ruby Engineers lunch. Aerospace Engineering for a vague reason like “I like AIM-9X Missile, and I pre- math and science.” I made sure they knew it was be- sented my work to upper cause I had been introduced to the field at Tech. That management. Readers: Do you have a story that matches these? Send it to [email protected] 14 Dear Brooklyn Tech, In biology lab at Villanova, many students were scared to conduct gel electrophoresis*: it’s Rising Stars a very delicate process. But I stepped up and did it, because I had done it before at Tech. Brooklyn Technichal High School * A technique commonly used in laboratories to separate charged molecules like 29 FortG reene Place DNA, RNA and proteins according to size. Brooklyn NY 11217

Peo ny Wo ng ’16 Villanova Class of ’20

Dear Brooklyn Tech, Thanks for making me feel like I’m Neo in “The Matrix” – you’re plugged into information, and you can do Brooklyn Technical High School 29 Fort Greene Place things better than everyone else. Brooklyn NY 11217

T IM C O W A R T ’ 8 6 New York State Court Officer

Dear Brooklyn Tech, What’s Inside An Alum’s Head: Thanks for overwhelming me with homework as a 12 year old freshman. Because it made col- lege easy for me. Tech was an eye-opening and Brooklyn Technichal High School Thanks, Brooklyn Tech a door-opening experience. 29 Fort Greene Place Brooklyn NY 11217 Technites of all ages check in with the alma CHERYL N. WILLIAMS ’94 mater, and express their appreciation for the Deputy Chief Administrator, career paths it helped them forge. Impartial Hearing Office, NYC Dep’t of Education Dear Brooklyn Tech, “I came to Harvard in 2016 as a low-income, Thanks for helping me understand how first generation student…” to work collaboratively and think from a scientific standpoint. Brooklyn Technichal High School Anna Mazur ’16, Harvard 29 Fort Greene P lace PETER GAMBA ’63 Brooklyn NY 11217

Retired systems engineer It would have been easy to be groups of people: Tech had repeatedly Many students had never had such overwhelmed. But BTHS had done a mixed and matched its student body to an intensive workload before coming great job of encouraging students to seek expose us to the school’s diversity. to Harvard. They were very stressed out opportunities. I was prepared to search when assignments or exams were piled Dear Brooklyn Tech, for the student groups and organizations that First semester, I was the only fresh- into one week. But I had been exposed Thanks orf preparing an immigrant kid would help me adjust to college life. man in one of my courses. I visited my to a similar workload at Tech, and al- who had been in the country only five Brooklyn Technichal High School professor at least once a week. I was un- ready knew my strengths and weak- 29 FortG reene Place I noticed that not everyone had this; afraid to ask questions. My classmates ness. The skills and study techniques I years to do well in the very different Y 11217 ale University. Brooklyn N other students had a much harder time were often reluctant to do that: they acquired at Brooklyn Tech relieved a lot environment of Y – they came from smaller high schools felt intimidated or they did not want of stress during midterm and finals, where everything was handed to them. to admit to needing help. But Tech and helped me pursue my academics JENN Y LOW ’82 had taught me that it is important to take while also leading a healthy social life. Board Chair, Chinese-American Planning Council Many students at Harvard were unfa- advantage of every opportunity to build (and current Tech parent) miliar with words such as “halal” or relationships and networks, and that it is BTHS did an incredible job in prepar- “kosher,” or holidays such as Passover always acceptable, even highly encour- ing me for the challenges and de- and Chinese New Year, but I already had aged, to seek help when you need it. mands of college. background interacting with different Readers: Send us your postcard. See the tearoff insert in the fold. 16 Reflections By Warren Adler ’45 Warren Adler is the prolific author of over 50 works of fiction Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation including ‘The War of the Roses,’ (also a hit movie) ‘Private Lies’ Annual Report and ‘Random Hearts’. A pioneer in electronic publishing, Adler introduced the first viable digital reader manufactured by Sony

in 2007. After being published by the top publishing houses, he Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation Annual Report re-acquired his complete backlist in 2001 and converted his entire library to digital publishing formats, published now under his own 2016 - A Year of Accomplishments company, Stonehouse Productions. The Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation supports educational excellence at Brooklyn Tech in a wide variety of ways, including outfitting new labs, promoting original research by Tech students, and supporting faculty efforts to teach cutting-edge science, to name only a few. Reopening the ue to the good offices of Brownsville, one step up from the smithing, foundry, pattern-making, The Foundation supports efforts promoting diversity and a healthy and positive school cul- those who direct the Alumni teeming tenements of lower Man- mechanical drawing, carpentry, pages of his ture that welcomes students of all backgrounds. We also support internships and programs Blueprint yearbok Foundation of Brooklyn hattan. My life revolved around fam- metal working. It was a miraculous Technical High School, I recently ily and friends in the circumscribed introduction to the technology of useful for understanding the adult world as students must transition into college and into found myself revisiting my high Jewish neighborhoods of the day. the time. One favorite subject was their careers. Here are a few highlights of what the Foundation accomplished this past year. school for the first time since gradu- In eighth grade I was offered the IP, meaning industrial processes, a In some instances, a program’s expense is broken down into an average cost per student ation seventy-three years ago. In all chance to take the test for Brook- compendium of how things were directly helped to facilitate awareness of what a donation on your part can accomplish. that time, I must confess, I had not lyn Tech, having no knowledge of manufactured in those days. thought much about that teenage the school or its reputation, but I There was a sense, embedded in Alumni donations of time, energy and money are always needed. You can donate in many chapter in my life and its subsequent thought it might help validate my the Tech vision, that the industrial effect on my experiences as I jour- self-worth. revolution we were passing through ways by making a one-time contribution, signing up for automatic monthly deductions from neyed through the ever-winding and I had no abiding interest in was winding down and other tech- your checking account or credit card, or by making a legacy bequest as part of your estate mysterious path of my long life. technology as such and my ambi- nological breakthroughs lay ahead. I planning. If you wish to donate to the endowment, make a temporarily restricted donation To rewind and reflect on those tions were vague and uncertain. I see it clearly now as part of the Tech or a legacy or automatic gift, please contact the alumni office to discuss the details. The experiences has been an enormous was somewhat surprised and elated looking-ahead ethos, although I did Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit tax exempt organization. Your gift is fully tax deduct- challenge to the memory of my ag- when I passed the test. I felt a great not see it then. ible as provided by law. Our Tax ID Number is 11-2739496. ing brain, as I struggled to open long sense of pride that, for the first time A meal in the cafeteria was 11 closed vaults rusty with disuse in try- in my life, I was plucked from the cents, with milk being a penny. The ing to recover the state of mind of a masses. There is something pro- New York Times and the Herald The Leandro P. Rizzuto ’56 biodiesel fuels as Semi Finalists physics and physical education. young man who passed through the found about such validation. Look- Tribune were available to students. Internship Program – Placed in the 2016 Siemens Competition Funding went to school publica- ages of 14 to 17 at Brooklyn Tech. ing backwards, it was a kick up that If I remember correctly it was free of 425 students into internships in Mathematics, Science, and tions, academic teams including branded me as special and unique, a charge, and it began my life-long ad- this year, ninety of which were Technology. WRSP senior Irwin robotics, chess, debate, science species of winner…. as if suddenly diction to The Times, which, much in the Architecture Construction Huang was named a Regeneron olympiad, mock trial teams; “There was a sense that the industrial I was carried on the shoulders of changed in conception, still arrives Engineering (ACE) Mentorship Scholar in the Regeneron 2017 student leadership activities, full Program. Ten Software Engineer- revolution was winding down and other my peers as a kind of champion. I at my doorstep. Science Talent Search, looked forward to entry as if it was a Discipline and decorum were ing majors had internships in formerly run by Intel and great adventure. practiced to the letter, and detention Brooklyn Hospital’s IT depart- Westinghouse. In doing technological breakthroughs lay ahead.” ment. Fifteen students from My immersion in the culture of was punishment for crossing the so, Irwin was one of just the Electrical, Mechatronics & 300 students to earn this Brooklyn Tech was, to put it mildly, lines of good behavior and punctual- Robotics, Physics, and Math distinction nationwide. My attendance at Tech covered a shock to the system. Suddenly, ity. I think I was detained a couple majors participated in the BTHS- Average Cost: $2,500 a roughly the same years as American I found myself out of the ghetto, of times in my four years at Tech. Con Edison Summer Internship year per student scholar. participation in World War II, 1941 thrown in with young boys of other Unfortunately, I could not fully Program. Average Cost: $150 to 1945. My environment and state religions and ethnic origins. There participate in extracurricular activi- per year per student placed. Jeffrey Haitkin ’62 of mind at the time were that of a were the sons of Italians, Swedes, ties since after the closing bell I had Faculty Grants Program traditional teenager, a Boy Scout Danes, Norwegians, Poles, Russians, to rush off to my afterschool jobs: Josh Weston ’46 Research – With support from addicted to the Brooklyn Dodgers, Germans, Greeks. There were no packaging candy at Abraham and Scholars Program – Be- Tech’s Parent Associa- an average student with a housewife girls, a considerable deficit since I Straus, reading telegrams by phone tween 50 and 60 students a tion, 81 grants made in mother and a mostly unemployed fa- was deeply affected with a stimulat- in the vast Western Union building year participate in independent, May funded academic and other range of boys and girls junior var- ther caught in the snares of the great ing bounty of teenage hormones. in the downtown financial district, cutting-edge research, mostly projects at Tech. Grants funded sity and varsity teams. Grants depression. We lived on the edge of I was not very skilled with my standing behind a cigar counter at colleges in the area. WRSP projects in the departments of bi- ranged from $170 to $7,500 and poverty, often dispossessed from our hands, although I managed to enjoy and numerous other chores for fifty students Joyce Feng, Jenny ology, chemistry, civil engineering, totaled $161,560; Cost: About living quarters and finding refuge the exotic subjects to which I was cents an hour. It was a price I had to Xu and Ching Laam Yuen were aeronautics, computer science, $100 per student directly af- in my grandparents’ tiny house in suddenly introduced. Imagine: black- pay for survival in tough economic recognized for their research in English, guidance, mathematics, fected.

18 Continued on page 24 19 2016 Fiscal Year Financial Report Computer Integrated Manu- pated in Homecoming this year. admission to Tech through the The Brooklyn Tech Alumni Founda- control for risk while meeting the facturing Lab (Ike Heller ’43) Cost: $65,000. STEM Pipeline Program. Average tion, Inc. professionally manages its As of June 30, 2016, the Founda- goals of the Foundation’s invest- and Robotics Program – Cost: $2,700 per student per finances. Its annual financial state- tion’s permanently restricted, ment objectives. The strategy is Funding from alumnus Ike Heller Ruby Engineers – was originally year. ments are audited and certified by temporarily restricted and unre- based on several factors, includ- enabled the development of this founded to celebrate the 40th an outside accounting firm, which stricted assets were $7,817,212, ing: the historical performance of cutting-edge laboratory. His anniversary of girls being ad- Alumni Middle School Out- presents the statements to the $1,029,281, and $4,308,751, capital markets adjusted for the Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation Annual Report donation as well as donations by mitted to Tech. This year, 162 reach Group – Meets monthly entire Board of Directors for their respectively. Liabilities other alumni support our cham- young women in the class of and provides speakers to com- review. The accountants also pre- as of the close of pionship U.S. FIRST Robotics 2017 received certificates for munity boards, tenant meetings, pare the IRS 990 tax return. Quar- the fiscal year were Team. Cost: $40,000 per year. their outstanding performance or DOE outreach events and assists terly, the treasurer makes a detailed $132,566, and total participation at Tech. Tech alum, with Parent Outreach efforts financial report to the Board. The net assets were Renovated Gymnasium Latrice Walker, a member of the in districts where there is an investment committee chairperson $13,155,244. Dedication – With the generous New York State Assembly was under-representation of students also presents a detailed quarterly support of Ashok Varadhan ‘90, the keynote speaker. Throughout coming to the specialized high investment performance report to In FY 16, the Founda- whose donation paid to renovate the year, there were other speak- schools. 1700 parents and the Board. tion had $1,025,698 in the first-floor gymnasium and ers from the fields of engineering, students from Brooklyn middle unrestricted contribu- support the basketball team, social work, law enforcement, schools attended two forums The Foundation’s assets fall into tions and revenue. multi-year renovations were finally education and sports. Cost: at Tech discussing admission three fund categories: perma- It also received completed this year and the gym $4,300. to specialized schools. Cost: nently restricted, temporarily $243,330 in restricted dedicated to the late professional $5,000. restricted and unrestricted. The contributions. basketball player Conrad McRae Mentoring - 15 alumni are now Foundation has an endowment perception of the future short and ‘89. Cost: $450,000. certified as mentors by the City John Cavanagh Strength and comprised of permanently re- long-term capital market perfor- Department of Education and will Materials Lab (Now Under De- stricted funds. The endowment Investment Report mance; the correlation of returns Career Day – 115 professionally begin mentoring Tech students in sign) - Following the first Titans cannot be spent - only its divi- The Foundation’s 5-member among the relevant asset classes; accomplished alumni returned the fall semester. Cost: $200 per of Tech Dinner, fund raising began Annual Report Annual Foundation Alumni Tech Brooklyn dends and interest may be used investment committee implements the perception of future econom- to Tech to address nearly 200 certification. for a new strength and materials to fund Board directed activities. the Foundation’s investment ic conditions, including inflation classes with about 3,000 stu- lab at Tech to be named posthu- Temporarily restricted assets policy. Our policy prohibits spend- and interest rate assumptions; dents, about what they do for a School Culture Advisory mously for John Cavanagh’54, a may only be used to further the ing down the endowment. The and the relationship between the living and how they got there. 80 Group - This alumni group meets leader of the construction indus- specific purpose named by the Foundation has a long-term in- current and projected assets of students also attended Resume monthly; it was responsible for try in New York City. Planning is donor. The Foundation may use vestment horizon, and allocates its the Foundation and projected Writing and Interviewing and modifying the orientation program now underway. Expected Cost: unrestricted assets for any pur- assets accordingly. The long-term spending goals. Financial Literacy workshops. for the 2016 entering class. They $700,000. pose consistent with the Founda- financial objective of the Founda- Cost: $6,200. are also working on an annual tion’s mission. Our mission is “to tion is to provide a relatively stable The professional investment man- Founders Day event for New Forensics Lab Funded - support Brooklyn Technical High stream of spendable revenue that ager acts in a fiduciary capacity September 2018. Cost Brooklyn Borough President Eric School, as the premier special- increases over time at least as fast and has full discretion and au- of activities and planning: Adams has allocated $750,000 ized high school for science, as the general rate of inflation, as thority for determining investment $5,000. in discretionary funding to sup- technology, engineering, and measured by the Consumer Price strategy, security selection and port the installation of a new mathematics by harnessing the Index. To achieve this objective timing subject to the Foundation’s National Grid Middle state-of-the art forensics labora- intellectual and financial power over the long term, the Foundation Investment Policy, and oversight School STEM Pipeline tory to support Tech’s Law and of Tech alumni, and by doing so, has an investment strategy that by the Investment Commit- Program - With the gen- Society Major. The installation is enhance the unique experience aims to increase the value of the tee. The Investment Committee erous support of National expected to take several years. and traditions of our school.” investment assets at least as fast regularly reviews the professional Grid, 30 to 60 outstand- Expected cost: $750,000. as the rate of inflation. investment manager’s investment ing rising sixth graders In the 2016 fiscal year, the performance on a total return per year from underrep- Tech Times Magazine – Now Foundation spent $1,266,344 on In August 2016, the Foundation basis against stated objec- resented Brooklyn middle produced annually and mailed to program services. In the previ- engaged a professional invest- tives. Formal meetings with the schools are introduced 12,000 alumni, Tech Times high- ous two years (FY 15 and FY 14) ment manager. Our assets are investment managers are held at to the exciting world of science, lights major accomplishments of the Foundation spent $1,639,653 now managed on a total return Investment Committee meetings Recent Alumni Day – 300 technology, engineering, and the school and its students and and $1,252,401, respectively, on basis. While the Foundation regularly to discuss objectives, recent alumni (out for 5 or math. The two-year sequence strengthens and reconnects the program services. Administrative recognizes the importance of styles and returns or other mat- fewer years) returned to Tech includes free test preparation for alumni community. Cost per issue expenses, as a percentage of to- preservation of capital, it also ters deemed important. to address about 3,000 current the SHSAT. Of those sitting for - $40,000. tal expenses for the Foundation, adheres to the principle that vary- students in 200 classes in either the test, 66 percent win admis- for each of these three years was ing degrees of investment risk For FY 16 the Foundation’s their Tech or college majors. sion to a specialized high school. 23 percent, 18 percent, and 21 are generally rewarded with com- assets generated $489,551 in Cost: $6,800. A majority of those admitted to percent, respectively. Fund raising pensating returns. It is the policy interest and dividends. The Tech were black and Latino. This expenses for each of the three of the Investment Committee to investments also had $354,648 Homecoming - Nearly 900 year a student accepted into the years was 5 percent, 3 percent, invest according to an asset allo- in unrealized gains. alumni and their friends partici- Weston Scholars Program gained and 4 percent, respectively. cation strategy that is designed to 20 21 Lifetime Giving This list reflects total lifetime giving through June 30, 2017 above $5,000. Many thanks to all the contributors who have not yet reached that level but whose contributions are making a difference at Brooklyn Tech. Investment Asset Allocation $1,000,000.00 + William L. Mack ’57 Kenneth D. Daly ’84 Chase Manhattan Bank Steven A. Hallem ’72 Mary-Jean Eastman % Allocation Michael Minikes ’61 William A. Davis Jr. ’59 Computer Associates Inter- Gordon H. Hensley ’47 Al Ferrara Individuals Carmine A. Morano ’72 Thomas C. DeCanio ’63 national, Inc Joy H. Hsiao ’87 William L. Haines Cash Alternatives 6.02% Isaac Heller ’43 Robert C. Ochs ’59 Al D’Elia Aia ’67 Cowles Media Foundation Allan C. Johnson ’28 John Hensley Fixed Income 42.41 Norman K. Keller ’54 Sherman Rigby ’46 John di Domenico ’69 FIRST Michelle Y. Johnson-Lewis Kiseon Ko Leonard Riggio ’58 Thomas J. Volpe ’53 Murray Dropkin ’62 GameStop Corporation ’79 Carol Loewenson Equities 29.05 Leandro P. Rizzuto ’56 Michael A. Weiss ’57 Leonard Edelstein ’55 Gatorade Company Edward H. Kadushin ’57 Thomas Lowry Charles B. Wang ’62 Keith Forman ’76 Goldman Sachs Matching Peter Kakoyiannis ’65 Stephen Mazur Alternative Investments 11.21 Organizations Bernard R. Gifford ’61 Gift Program Leslie P. Kalmus ’56 Regina M. Pitaro Real Assets 11.31 $500,000 + C. R. Bard Foundation Jeffrey L. Goldberg ’69 Heritage Mechanical Ser- Sheldon Katz ’52 Joan Riegel Ingersoll Rand Domingo Gonzalez ’72 vices, Inc Arthur H. Kettenbeil ’67 Jonathan Riegel Total Assets 100% Individuals BTHS Alumni Long Island Eugene J. Gottesman ’47 Ice Air LLC Carl H. Kiesewetter ’55 David Rios Fred M. Grafton ’44 Chapter George Graf ’70 John Wiley & Sons, Inc Eugene V. Kosso ’42 Randi Rossignol Account Value $13,378,538.54 Josh S. Weston ’46 William H. Henry ’57 Mancini Duffy Bert Krauss ’50 Robert C. Stewart $25,000 + K. Steven Horlitz ’64 Marathon Bank Eliza Kwong ’93 John Thonet $250,000 + Charles Kyrie Kallas ’37 Math For America, Inc Joel F. Lehrer ’48 As of July 31, 2017 Individuals Steve H. Kaplan ’63 MBS Textbook Exchange Salvatore Lentini ’79 Organizations Individuals David Abraham ’48 Penelope Kokkinides ’87 Merrill Lynch & Co Founda- Marvin J. Levine ’65 Air Products John A. Catsimatidis ’66 Douglas Besharov ’62 Edward T. LaGrassa ’65 tion Nathan Lipke ’92 Bonanza Productions, Inc James Fantaci ’64 Joseph M. Colucci ’54 Richard E. LaMotta ’60 Metromedia Company John Liu ’98 Brooklyn Nets Victor Insetta ’57 James DiBenedetto ’71 Franklin F. Lee ’77 National Basketball Associa- Raymond M. Loew ’58 Burson-Marsteller Erik Klokholm ’40 Andras Frankl ’67 Michael Levine ’61 tion Joel O. Lubenau ’56 Cary Kane LLP Achilles Perry ’58 Eric Kaltman ’60 Glenn Y. Louie ’59 Octagon Frank R. Luszcz ’61 Cellini Fine Jewelry FY 16/15 STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS Floyd Warkol ’65 Robert Marchisotto ’47 Stephen J. Lovell ’57 Raytheon Company Edward D. Miller ’56 Ceramax Co. Arnold J. Melloy ’40 Lawrence C. Lynnworth ’54 SIAC Francis C. Moon ’57 Chicago Bridge & Iron Organizations Margaret Murphy ’83 John M. Lyons ’66 SRS Enterprises, Inc John R. Murphy ’61 Company Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently Total BTHS Parent Association Murray H. Neidorf ’45 Mathew M. Mandery ’61 T.E.C. Systems, Inc Hau Yee Ng-Lo ’80 Credit Suisse Securities Restricted Restricted 2016 2015 Goldman Sachs Gives An- Bert Reitman ’63 Sidney A. Mayer ’46 TD Bank Kaeisha T. O’Neal ’99 Daikin Applied nual Giving Fund Patrick Romano ’43 Susan Mayham ’76 The New York Community Floyd R. Orr ’55 Deutsche Bank National Grid George E. Safiol ’50 George W. Moran ’61 Trust Robert J. Pavan ’47 Duggal Color Projects, Inc Annual Report Annual Foundation Alumni Tech Brooklyn Support $439,699 $243,330 $ - $683,029 $ 848,261 William Sheluck Jr. ’58 John Moy ’58 Time Warner Eugene Picone ’76 Eastern Metalworks, Inc $100,000 + Alan M. Silberstein ’65 Michael D. Nadler ’52 Turner Construction Lee H. Pomeroy ’50 El Paso Energy Foundation John C. Siltanen ’31 Alan S. Natter ’69 Warner Brothers Television Valentine P. Povinelli Jr. ’59 Gateway Institute for Pre- Revenue 1,025,698 9,557 - 1,035,255 488,097 Individuals Chester Wong ’94 Daniel K. Roberts ’43 Wasserman Foundation Bertram Quelch ’45 College Education Harold Antler ’46 Anonymous ’67 John B. Rofrano ’61 Michael Reiff ’72 GIBC Digital Net assets Charles A. DeBenedittis ’48 Edward R. Rothenberg ’61 $5,000 + Edward Roffman ’68 Haights Cross Operating Jeffrey M. Haitkin ’62 Friends of Tech William J. Rouhana Jr. ’69 Charles J. Rose ’70 Company Releases from Herbert L. Henkel ’66 Martin V. Alonzo Jr. & Edward P. Salzano ’64 Individuals Edward M. Rosensteel ’74 ITW Foundation Restrictions 456,121 (456,121) - - - Howard Fluhr ’59 & The Marlene Alonzo & Sabrina Anthony P. Schirripa ’67 Ron S. Adler ’68 Lawrence G. Rubin ’43 Jaros Baum & Bolles Segal Company Alonzo Roy B. Simpson ’41 Louis G. Adolfsen ’67 Dan M. Ruesterholz ’56 Laura Berdon Foundation Alfred Lerner ’51 Dorcey Chernick Lawrence Sirovich ’51 Kenneth S. Albano ’68 Seth Ruzi ’76 Liberty Science Center Total Support Frederick C. Meyer ’40 Susanne D. Ellis Barry Sohnen ’70 Michael A. Antino ’60 Roger E. Schechter ’70 Lucent Technologies And Revenue 1,921,518 (203,234) - 1,718,284 1,336,358 Michael F. Parlamis ’58 Jason Haitkin Ronald P. Stanton ’46 Joseph F. Azara Jr. ’64 Alfred Schroeder ’46 M & I Electric Industries, Lee James Principe ’56 Penny Haitkin Ned Steele ’68 Donald Bady ’48 Ernest R. Schultz ’25 Inc Mary Jane Schnoor & Rich- Alice C. Hartley George Suffal ’53 Rudolph Bahr Jr. ’41 Irwin Shapiro ’47 Morgan Stanley Cybergrants Expenses 1,759,674 - - 1,759,674 2,079,059 ard H. Schnoor ’49 “Betty J. Mayer“ Joseph N. Sweeney ’48 Lawrence A. Baker ’61 Michael Simpson ’90 National Hockey League Louis H. Siracusano Sr. ’60 Michael Tannenbaum ’58 Cindy L. Bird-Kue ’86 Irwin Smiley ’46 Foundation Organizations Wesley E Truesdell ’46 Harry H. Birkenruth ’49 Richard E. Sorensen ’60 National Society of Black Change in Friends of Tech American Express Founda- Armand J. Valenzi ’44 Anthony Borra ’58 Robert J. Stalzer ’59 Engineers net assets 161,844 (203,234) - (41,390) (742,701) Richard Mack tion George L. Van Amson ’70 Marty Borruso ’71 Salvatore J. Vitale Jr. ’56 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Whar- Stephen C. Mack Charles B. Wang Interna- Patricia Vasbinder & Victor Dominic N. Castellano ’45 Ralph B. Wagner ’51 ton & Garrison tional Foundation Montana ’60 Robert J. Ciemian ’59 David W. Wallace ’42 Pennoni Associates, Inc Net assets, Organizations The Durst Organization Louis Walkover ’37 Deirdre D. Cooke ’80 Denice C. Ware ’83 Pension Review beginning of Year 4,146,907 1,232,515 7,817,212 13,196,634 13,939,335 Con Edison Keyspan William H. Wong ’64 Kenneth D’Alessandro ’66 Stephen Weinryb ’75 Piper Jaffray “Simpson, Thacher & James E. Dalton ’49 Elizabeth M. Wieckowski ’79 Polytechnic University $50,000 + Bartlett LLP“ Friends of Tech Fred M. Del Gaudio ’71 Grayling G. Williams ’76 Ridgewood Savings Bank Net assets, The Lotos Foundation Emanuel Becker Frederick DeMatteis ’40 Steven Wishnia ’66 Robinson Silverman Pearce End of Year $4,308,751 $1,029,281 $7,817,212 $13,155,244 $13,196,634 Individuals Verizon Foundation, Inc Elizabeth Korevaar Robert C. DiChiara ’63 Russell P. Wong ’79 Aronsohn & Berman LLP Martin V. Alonzo ’48 Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology Ellen Mazur Thomson Robert J. Domanoski ’47 William C. Wurst ’67 Simatelex Manufacturing Co Willard N. Archie ’61 Group LLP Daniel Stahl Jonathan D. Dubin ’74 Douglas Yagilowich ’76 SPX Cooling Technologies Anthony J. Armini ’55 Jonnie Stahl Domenick J. Esposito ’65 Lloyd Zeitman ’69 Starlite Printers Larry Birenbaum ’65 $10,000 + Stuart Subotnick Murray Farash ’52 Sterling Project Development Parentheses indicates a negative number Peter J. Cobos ’72 Daniel Tomai Robert Femenella ’72 Friends of Tech Group Robert F. Davey ’58 Individuals Anre Williams Richard R. Ferrara ’59 John Arfman Structure Tone, Inc Jacob Feinstein ’60 Frederick H. Ajootian ’41 Randi Zinn Keith Franklin ’78 Randell Barclay Textron Charitable Trust Peter A. Ferentinos ’55 Joseph Angelone ’63 David L. Fung ’81 Syd Blatt The Jay Chiat Foundation, Lawrence Harte ’49 Tony Bartolomeo ’70 Organizations Arnold Goldman ’73 Charles Cahn, Jr. Inc Joseph J. Jacobs ’34 LeRoy N. Callender ’50 B T Alex Brown Adrienne D. Gonzalez ’94 Brian Cosgrove The Kahn Family Charitable Joseph J. Kaminski ’56 Larry L. Cary ’70 BDO Seidman LLP Herbert A. Granath ’48 Joseph Cuzzocrea Foundation Stuart Kessler ’47 Wilton Cedeno ’82 Care2 Michael Greenstein ’65 Lucia DeSanti The McGraw-Hill Com- Richard M. Kulak ’56 Nicholas Y. Chu ’77 Charles B. Wang Associ- Robert Gresl ’46 Ronald T. Diamond panies Rande H. Lazar ’69 John V. Cioffi ’67 ates, Inc Mario Guerrero ’86 James Dimon Zoppas 22 23 Class Notes Tech Times freelance film and TV production manager/ for a NASA Contractor at Kennedy Space From Inside the Francis C. Moon ’57 is Ford Professor Emeritus at the Cornell University Silbey producer in the New York-Connecticut area. Center in Florida, working on ground sys- Executive Director’s Head School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engi- Jarobi White ’89 returned to his origi- tems for NASA’s next launch vehicle. entered Board of Directors neering, and the author of numerous books. nal band A Tribe Called Quest for its 2016 Elizabeth Mardakhayeva ’14 Welcome to the 2017-2018 school year. final album, “We Got It from Here... Thank NYU Dental School this fall, after her un- Jack Feinstein ’60 is 2017 recipient The last school year ended on a high note. Larry Cary ’70 The Magazine of of the City College of New York Alumni You 4 Your Service”, rapping on one of their dergraduate studies at Adelphi University, President The Brooklyn Tech Please take the time to read about the many pro- Alumni Foundation Association Townsend Harris Medal for albums for the first time. The critically ac- where she also worked at the job where outstanding post graduate achievement. claimed record was certified gold in 2017. she did her Tech internship, with NY grams, activities and partnerships the Foundation Susan Mayham ’76 Fall 2017 was the 2017 recipient Erica Cochran ’92 is a professor of StaffSearch, the company of Margaret sponsored. All of this has been done to keep Anthony Schirripa ’67 John Lyons ’66 Tech Times Staff of the National Association of Broadcasters architectural engineering at Carnegie Murphy ’83. Tech in the forefront of STEM education and to Donovan Wickline ’88 now at Vanderbilt Vice Presidents Television Engineering Achievement Award. Mellon University. Brooklyn Tech alums Justin Mollison ’16, keep our alumni connected to Brooklyn Tech. occasionally show up as students in her University, interned last summer with the Editor In Chief and Chief Writer: Al D’Elia ’67 is an owners’ representa- Ned Steele ’68 classes there. Jackie Robinson Foundation. He is tapping I must confess, however, there are many Carmine Morano ’72 tive at Northstar Owner. Treasurer works for Colum- into his Brooklyn Tech college-level research things going through my mind as we embark Thomas Congedo ’68 is associate Christel Hyden ’92 Graphic Design: director of the nuclear engineering program bia University Medical Center and as a experience by working on a program for upon this new school year. What are the ways in which we can engage more of Horace Davis ’84 Robert Horansky at the University of Pittsburgh. public health consultant for leading medi- local underprivileged high school students to you? How do we get you involved in the many activities of the Foundation that are Secretary cal institutions. She is on the research fac- participate in research at Vanderbilt. Creative Consultant; student interviews: Ron Hartman ’68 is president of Net- in direct contact with current Technites? What do we need to do better? What Chelsea Erin Vaughan was one of 23 MIT Wilton Cedeno ’82 work Rail Consulting, the consulting unit ulty at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Qingmei Wu ’16 information would you like to know? of the British railway. and has been an adjunct professor teaching women awarded a STEM summer research Jim DiBenedetto ’71 Editorial Direction: We have been unceasingly dedicated to making sure that the school’s Norman Keller ’54 after 40 years working research methods and social marketing. grant for female MIT students. She studied Elizabeth A. Sciabarra Mark Lesky ’68, needs are met. We do this through faculty grants, facilities upgrades, equipment Penelope Kokkinides ’87 in the petrochemical industry, reports he is Nairuby Beckles ’96 was awarded the water supply sustainability in Australia and 2016 White & Case LLP Award for Best Saudi Arabia. purchases, educational programs, curricular and extra-curricular supports. The Edward LaGrassa ’65 Photography: enjoying life in Scottsdale, Arizona Salvatore Lentini ’79 Ron Glassman, Principal Photographer Published Student Note or Comment in Barry Marcus ’68 is a retired profession- fact that our office is in the building integrates us into many aspects of school and John Lyons ’66 (pages 3, 7-9, 12, 13) al geologist living in Sacramento, CA fol- the Howard Law Journal. She was a mem- READERS: Send us your news! Profes- student life. And yet, there are so many of you out there who have not been back Margaret Murphy ’83 Burlyn Andall-Blake ’19 (page 4) sional, personal, or geographic. Email to Dan Bosko ’69 (page 3) lowing a career with the Sacramento County ber of the Howard Law Journal from 2014 and have not connected with your alma mater. Bola Oyedijo ’92 to 2016 and served as Senior Solicitations Ned Steele ’68, [email protected]. Achilles Perry ’58 Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture Environmental Management Department. We want to change this. We want you to belong; we want you to see the (page 10) In retirement Barry has travelled extensively, Editor. Prior to law school, she worked in Please put “BTHS Notes” and your name Emanuel Polichronakis ’68 Chinese-American Planning Council (page 14) current students and have you recognize that they are the younger version of YOU maintains his lifelong love of cycling and the federal government for over ten years. in the subject line. Ned Steele ’68 Jonathan Goldman (page 16) Denice Ware ’83 dabbles in environmental consulting. She is currently a federal judicial law clerk – smart, driven, competitive. We want them to have the opportunities you had; we Robert Horansky (page 3) and resides in Ohio. was Michael Weiss ’57 Courtesy of Anna Mazur ’16 (page 15) Carlton Tolsdorf ’68 is a senior pro- Emanuel Polichronakis ’68 want them to be excited by the future the same way you were when you graduated KSW Mechanical LLC (page 11) founded Kixify.com, Laurie Zephyrin ’92 gram manager with the U.S. Office of the Furqan Khan ’05 elected in June to the Brooklyn Tech from Tech. Directors Ned Steele ’68 (pages 2, 10, 16, 18- 21) Director of National Intelligence. a sneaker marketplace, and KicksOn- Alumni Foundation Board of Directors. He So, I extend my hand to you. Join us as we embark upon the 95th Anniversary The White House (page 4) was elected Fire.com, a sneaker review blog. Forbes fills a vacancy created by the resignation of Leonard Riggio ’58 Alex Yaroslavsky ’87 (page 16) Marilyn Zayas-Davis ’82 of Brooklyn Tech. Help us celebrate the generations who have graduated from Be Aware Photography/Simone Yhap ’15 (page 3) a district appeals court judge in Hamilton Magazine named him a “30 Under Thirty” who in September Honorary Director Mark Perelman ’03, Tech and the current students who stand on your shoulders as they approach the Victoria Zmijewski (page 17) County, Ohio. successful entrepreneur in retailing and began studies in the M.B.A. program at e-commerce. next phase of their academic lives. We need your monetary support and/ or your Valmira Popinara ’18 Paulette Clark-Norfleet ’83 is a Yale University. Brian Bomser ’08 is a systems engineer involvement. It is all about the students. Joyce Zhu ’18 Tech Times Student Representatives That’s what’s on my mind. © 2017 Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation, Inc. Adler excellence and the crackerjack student body. Looking backwards is one of the odd Foundation Office Continued from page 18 I was privileged to meet dedicated, in- gifts of aging. It provides objective com- Elizabeth A. Sciabarra (a.k.a. “Ski”) Tech Times is published annually by the novative and imaginative teachers, and their parisons with how the passage of time has Executive Director Elizabeth A. Sciabarra Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation. Articles may be reprinted with its permission. times. I’m sure other students faced the leaders who could easily pass muster to earn impacted our lives. It offers insight into Executive Director same dilemma. multiples of their salaries in industry, but how our yesterdays influenced our present, What I remember most was how re- Mathew M. Mandery ’61 To receive the The Buzz e-newsletter by who choose to dedicate their lives to educat- and how our tomorrows might turn out. Chief Educational Officer email, contact [email protected]. ally bright and smart my fellow students ing the best and brightest of our children. I hadn’t realized how much my Brooklyn Answers Continued from page 4 appeared to me. 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Brooklyn Tech BY THE NUMBERS

US News & World Report ranking among all U.S. high schools, up from 96 the prior year

Student enrollment, start of Fall 2017 year

U.S. News & World Report na- tional ranking among all U.S. high schools with 50% or more of students receiving free lunch

Total value of scholarships Calendar earned by graduating Class of 2017 2017 Titans Of Tech Dinner November 28 Recent Alumni Day January 5, 2018 Tech Celebration Dinner Classrooms renovated and February 12, 2018 reopened, Fall 2017, to serve surging student enrollment Ruby Engineers Luncheon March 10, 2018 Auction May 10, 2018 Homecoming *Projected return to “six thousand strong”: Fall 2018 April 20-21, 2018