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L e hsummer m 2007 a n L i g h t N i n g summer 2007 Celebrating the Hard Work and Success of the Class of 2007 inside… rt major Arleen Rios (right) finds a unique way to sum up her feelings on ▼ ACommencement Day. From jubilant cheers to thunderous applause, fellow members of the Class of 2007 found still other ways to Th e Co l o r i s ‘Gr e e n ’ a t Pl a n n e d Ne w express their own sense of accomplishment. Sc i e n c e Fac i l i t y ...... 2 Gathered under sunny skies on the College’s

Th r e e Wi n Wa t s o n Fe ll o w s h i p s — South Field, they applauded Congressman Charles Rangel, the first African American to A Ne w Re c o r d ...... 3 head the powerful Ways and Means Commit- Dr. Ma r y Pa p a z i a n Na m e d As Ne w tee, as he told them that education is “the key to Pr o v o s t ...... 3 what this world is all about” and urged them to “share that key with everyone who will listen to

Gr o w i n g Mu s i c De p a r t m e n t Ad d s Photo by Jason Green you.” More Commencement photos on page 9. Tw o Ne w En s e m b l e s ...... 5

Tw o Le h m a n Te a m s Sa v o r t h e Jo y o f Vi ct o r y ...... 7 children has inspired her to seek a career as a pediatrician; and Kissinger plans to pursue an Co m m e n c e m e n t ’07...... 9-11 M.B.A. after graduation, with his sights set on

Al u m n a Pr i n c i pa l Wi n s Pr e s t i g i o u s becoming a hospital administrator. Photo by Phyllis Yip Born to Nigerian parents, the trio’s love Pu b l i c Se r v i c e Aw a r d ...... 12 of learning and their commitment to help- Ho n o r Ro ll o f Do n o r s ...... 13-17 ing others started at home. Their mother is a nurse, and their father a professor at New York Institute of Technology. The siblings Westchester Parks Commissioner agree that their parents’ dedication to their Strives to Make a Difference upbringing has fueled their drive to succeed. Indeed, with names like Reagan and Nursing majors Justina, new grad Reagan, and Kissinger—and a younger brother named Kissinger Anusionwu. Churchill—the siblings are conscious of their roles as leaders. “Our father believed that if he named his What’s in a Name? children after great leaders they would aspire to do great things,” explains Reagan. “I cer- For the Anusionwu tainly believe that his philosophy has proven Family, It Means true so far.” In addition to their studies, the Anusion- A Calling to Service wus have sought to be examples to their peers. Justina has worked as an orientation workshop Alumnus Joseph Stout (’85, M.S.Ed.) leader for the Office of Student Affairs and as manages 50 parks, totaling nearly iblings Justina, Reagan, and Kissing- a tutor in math, science, reading, and writing. 18,000 acres of public land—the most er Anusionwu share more than just Kissinger has been president of the African anywhere in Westchester. See page 18. Sblood ties—they also share a passion for serving others. All three are nursing Student Association and the S.E.E.K. club. majors with distinct interests in the field: He is also a member of Golden Key Honor LEHMAN COLLEGE Reagan, who graduated in January ’07, Society, as well as a S.E.E.K. honor student, The City University of New York works as a registered nurse at the Albert and was on the Dean’s List. Both Kissinger 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West Bronx, New York 10468 Einstein College of Medicine and plans to and Reagan were president of their respective www.lehman.edu be an anesthesiologist; Justina’s love for nursing classes. ◆ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • C• •a m• • p u• s• N• •e w• s• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Color Is ‘Green’ at Planned New Science Facility New Education Library hase One of Lehman’s new Offers Room to Grow science facility, set to break Pground next spring, will be “green” in more ways than one.

Perkins+Will Architects Not only will it focus mainly on the plant sciences—it is also being designed as a “living machine.” Photo by Phyllis Yip

Storm-water runoff, as an exam- ple, will be captured for microbial treatment and reuse in flushing toilets. Lavatory wastewater, in turn, will collect in an underground holding tank and again be cleaned microbially before being View from the northeast: The corner atrium connects discharged into the City’s sewer teaching and research wings while providing system or reused in irrigating the important opportunities for students and faculty to building’s landscaping. meet and interact. This complex natural system Sophomore Tanisia Morris enjoys would reduce reliance on the mu- some quiet reading time in the newly nicipal water supply and limit the renovated Education Library, now amount of wastewater produced, moved to the third floor of the Lief while serving as a valuable tool for Library on campus. teaching both Lehman students and the many schoolchildren who The new section has more space, visit the campus. The building more computers, and more room to is registered with the U.S. Green grow. There’s plenty of natural light Building Council and will pursue and easier access to the collection, Leadership in Energy Environmen- which is more open as well. The tal Design certification. seating is varied in composition and arrangement, and the area also offers wireless access. View from the southeast. A pedestrian bridge and Other strategies are being designed underground tunnel will connect the new building to to reduce overall energy use. Al- The renovation was funded through Gillet Hall, allowing both to work in concert as a single though most of the inside air will science center. the Office of Bronx Borough Presi- be exhausted directly outside, as dent Adolfo Carrión. required for a laboratory building, variable air volume systems will be used to more accurately control that air supply. Return fans, which recirculate the building’s air, and fume hoods, which expel fumes from laboratories, will be designed to conserve energy and operate at maximum efficiency. Motion sensors would also control room lighting, and automatic dimmers Lehman College of The City University of New would capitalize on the daylight York is located at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468. Dr. Anne Johnson, that will naturally enter into the Vice President for Institutional Advancement; open laboratory layouts. Barbara Smith, Director of Alumni Relations. Lehman Lightning is produced by the Office of Media Relations and Publications. Editor: Marge Courtyard view: The heart of the project will be a Two other phases of the project Rice. Staff: Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Dylan Brooks, courtyard designed to showcase the important plant will begin in subsequent years. Barbara Cardillo, Lisandra Merentis, Yeara Milton, science research being carried out on campus and Ultimately, the complex will com- William Sedutto, Anita serve as a teaching tool in the College’s undergraduate bine the natural and social science Spearman, David Stevens, and Phyllis Yip. courses. departments into one facility. ◆

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In named as Lehman’s new Provost and lasting up to ten weeks each, just her first year at Lehman, Senior Vice President for Academic and receive mentoring as she started her own club, Affairs. well as enriched educational called the College Students opportunities. Coalition, which focuses Since 1988, Dr. Papazian has taught The fellowship, awarded on uniting students to plan English literature and continued to to promising New York City and execute community pursue her research and scholarship undergraduates, aims to service projects. Ambitious while serving as increase their life choices and in her academic plans, she an administra- develop their capacity to make looks forward to earning her tor. Previously, M.B.A. as well as a master’s she was Associ- a difference in their own and The three latest Watson Fellows: ate Dean of the Photo by Phyllis Yip others’ lives. Funding comes from left, Ansamma James, in social psychology. James College of Arts from the Thomas J. Watson Mikaela Chase, and Valerio Russo. credits her mother, who died Foundation, honoring the in 2002, with influencing her and Sciences founder of IBM. to work hard and persevere. at Oakland University in Mi k a e l a Ch a s e (Class of 2009) is enrolled in Va l e r i o Ru s s o (Class of 2009) is also a member Michigan. Dr. Papazian the Macaulay Honors College at Lehman and of the Macaulay Honors College at Lehman, as is double majoring in anthropology and art well as the Lehman Scholars Program, and is Dr. Papazian holds a B.A., M.A., and history. She hopes to intern in different settings tackling a double major in political science and Ph.D. in English Literature from the to find a working atmosphere that is “both history. Born in Italy, he lived for four years in University of California, Los Angeles. compassionate and realistic, oriented toward Kenya before moving to New York City in 1992. She has numerous publications in her cultural understanding and helping people.” A Undecided so far about his career path, he looks field of Early Modern British Literature student of the creative process, Chase is interested forward to the opportunity to form ideas about and continues to serve as an outside re- in examining symbols and rituals and plans to his long-term professional goals through the viewer for a number of university press- study the natural materials used to create spiritual Watson program. ◆ es. She presently is revising her book, “Shipwrecked Into Health: The Context Bronx CUNY in scholarship funds for qualified students at any of and Experience of John Donne’s Devo- the three colleges who demonstrate financial need. tions Upon Emergent Occasions,” and Colleges has a second collection of essays under Benefit from Recent Grads review at a university press. Photo by Jason Green Generate Buzz New Fund “Dr. Papazian brings with her a sig- In Theatre World Elias Karmon may be nificant blend of experience in research, Elias Karmon at the approaching the century When Dario Torres, an ’06 teaching, and administration,” said press conference. mark, but he shows no theatre major, was auditioning President Ricardo R. Fernández. “We signs of slowing down— Prof. Sokol recently for the famous Actors are confident that her commitment to especially in his support of students. His generous Studio M.F.A. program, his scholarship and to institutional excel- gift in 2006 endowed the Elias Karmon Scholarship, scene partner was Natasha Burgos, who graduated lence will help continue the broad- which will be awarded annually to students at the from Lehman this June. Although she was not an based growth that is taking place at applicant, her performance so impressed the panel CUNY Bronx colleges. Now, the well-known Bronx Lehman.” businessman, who likes to be called “Dr. Bronx” for of judges that she was encouraged to apply. When the honorary degree he received from Lehman, is the asked, both students told the judges that they had She succeeds Dr. Anthony J. Garro, who founding philanthropist of another new scholarship studied with Prof. Marilyn Sokol at Lehman College. served as Provost from 2001–2006 and fund for students attending any of these same three (In fact, they had worked on their audition scene in colleges—Lehman, Bronx Community College, and her Advanced Acting class.) Dario was accepted into is now Provost and Vice Chancellor for Hostos Community College. Together, they enroll both the Actors Studio and the M.F.A. in Theatre Academic Affairs at the University of over 23,000 students. The scholarship fund, which program at Brooklyn College, and is deciding Massachusetts at Dartmouth. has also attracted corporate support, was announced between the two. Prof. Sokol, an Emmy and Obie at a press conference and donor reception at the New Award-winning actress, has previously served on the York Botanical Garden. Its ultimate goal: $1 million audition panel for the Actors Studio.

3 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • C• •a m• • p u• s• N• •e w• • s • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Michelle Li Earns a Place as a ‘Laureate of Tomorrow’ Fair Funding for hether it’s Science is a subject that has always intrigued Public Schools solving a Wcomplicated Li, particularly quantum problem in physics or physics. When it came time City Councilmember Robert Jackson learning a new language, to choose a subject for her (7th Council District in upper nothing seems to stump essay, she immediately Manhattan), chair of the Council’s 17-year-old Mingzhu thought of Bohr, whose Education Committee, paid his (“Michelle”) Li, whose work marked the beginning second visit to Lehman this spring. essay on Danish physicist of modern science. Under Together with April Humphrey, Niels Bohr placed first in the conditions of the regional coordinator of the Alliance the physics category in The contest, Li was required to for Quality Education, he joined Laureates of Tomorrow defend her essay, entitled Prof. Patricia J. Thompson (Special- Mingzhu (“Michelle”) Li and her Nobel Essay Contest. “Niels Bohr and His Model ized Services physics teacher, Dr. Adil Benmous- Li, who will enter her of the Atom,” before a panel in Educa- sa, who received an Advanced Cer- senior year this fall at the of scientists and journalists. tion) for a tificate in education from Lehman High School of American When she’s not waist- panel discus- in 2007. He earned his B.A. from Studies at Lehman College, deep in her physics studies, sion, entitled Hunter College and his M.A. and won an all-expenses-paid Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate Li plays tennis on the high “Common trip to Sweden to attend Center. school’s team and is active

Photo by Phyllis Yip Sense and the Nobel Week Festival in in the Key Club, Asian Club, Smart Mon- December. J.R.R. Tolkein Club, and Model U.N. team. ey for Public A native of Benxi, China, Li emigrated to The contest is sponsored jointly by the Consul- Schools.” Councilmember the U.S. at age 14 with her family. She spoke no ate General of Sweden in New York, the New York Jackson English, but that did not stop her from enrolling Academy of Sciences, and Nobelprize.org (the in the high school’s advanced English and physics official website of the Nobel Foundation), in col- courses and quickly impressing her teachers with laboration with the New York City Department of Their discussion focused on current her aptitude. Education and CUNY. Students are invited to write issues facing educators, parents, “Michelle is an exception in a school filled with an essay honoring the Nobel Prizes and the scien- students, and teachers in financing exceptional students,” says her physics teacher tific work they recognize. The two other first-prize public education. At issue has been and Lehman alumnus Dr. Adil Benmoussa. “My winners this year were from the Bronx High School an equitable distribution of public class is one of the most difficult, but for Michelle of Science (in the chemistry category) and the Hor- funds for inner-city schools that it’s like a walk in the park.” ace Mann School (in physiology/medicine). ◆ affects class size, school construction, and budgets. English Professor ‘EdCast’ Jackson has been a long-time activist in the Campaign for Fiscal Publishes Program Equity, which succeeded in win- Second Novel Set Shines the ning a landmark court case to bring in China Spotlight on additional revenues into New York City’s public schools. Public discus- Education sions are underway to determine the best way to use these funds. Prof. Terrence Cheng (above) of the English faculty James Carney (above, right) of the Journalism, Com- has published a new novel, Deep in the Mountains, An munication, and Theatre faculty is co-hosting a new Prof. Piccolomini Joins Encounter with Zhu Qizhan (Watson-Guptill Publica- program about education. tions). In the novel, fifteen-year-old Tony Cheung Called “EdCast,” the show also features Prof. Linda NEH Advisory Council is expelled from his Bronx high school after spray- Hirsch (left) of Hostos Community College. The painting a teacher’s car. As punishment, his parents monthly program airs over CUNY-TV (Channel 75 for Dr. Manfredi Piccolomini, a send him to spend the summer working in his uncle’s Cablevision and Time Warner subscribers), as well as professor of comparative literature Shanghai restaurant. There he befriends Zhu Qizhan, Bronxnet. at Lehman, was named as one of the revered painter who lived through more than a eight new members of the National century of China’s history, up to the early stages of Aimed at non-educators, it tackles issues like teacher Council on the Humanities. This China’s tentative embrace of capitalism. Drawing upon education, the effects of the “No Child Left Behind Act,” is the 26-member advisory council Master Zhu’s experiences, Tony learns what it means to trends in science and math education, gender in the be a serious artist and a disciplined, caring person. This of the National Endowment for the classroom, and the role of the arts in literacy develop- is Prof. Cheng’s second novel; his first, Sons of Heaven ment. Check your program listings for dates and times Humanities (NEH). (2002), was set during the Tiananmen Square Massacre. of the next show.

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Photo by Phyllis Yip From Korea this spring—they were also a bellwether of the department’s growth. Lehman College, Sungshin Uni- This expansion is seen in the number of active versity, and Korea’s Department ensembles, now at 12, as well as the number of of Human Resources have signed campus performances, which have doubled over an agreement that allows gradu- the past nine years, from 14 to 28. ates of Sungshin’s College of The Saxophone Ensemble, directed by Distin- Nursing to attend Lehman if they guished Lecturer Bob Stewart, made its debut at have also passed the New York the 8th Annual CUNY Jazz Festival in May and State licensing exam for nurses. appeared on campus just a couple of days later for Morris Lang directs the Percussion Ensemble during The students will be enrolled a Mother’s Day concert celebrating the music of a performance. In the foreground is the instrument in the College’s R.N. to B.S. in Duke Ellington. Performing with the group are known as the ‘suspended cymbal.’ Nursing Completion Program. several professional musicians who are current master’s degree students. groups, woodwind quintets—why not a percus- Lehman President Ricardo R. “This gives them another opportunity to play sion ensemble?” he asks. As part of an ongoing Fernández, Prof. Alicia Georges their instruments,” notes Prof. Stewart, who also exchange program with Dublin, Ireland, the of the Nursing Department, and directs the Lehman Jazz Brass Ensemble and the Lehman Ensemble gave its first performance Dr. Michael Paull, dean of the Lehman College Big Band. A professional tuba in the Recital Hall, playing with the Brooklyn Division of Adult and Continu- player for over 35 years, he has toured and record- College Percussion Ensemble and the Royal Irish ing Education, travelled to Seoul ed with such big-name artists as Charles Mingus, Academy of Music Percussion Ensemble. this spring to formalize the agree- Wynton Marsalis, David Murray, Taj Mahal, and Appointed associate principal timpanist and ment. This 33-credit program Dizzy Gillespie, and is often credited with bringing percussionist with the New York Philharmonic will allow the Korean nurses the tuba back into the modern jazz ensemble. in 1955, Lang has performed on hundreds of to receive a Lehman College Directing the new percussion ensemble is Mor- recordings and television programs, including bachelor’s degree. ris Lang, percussionist emeritus of the New York Leonard Bernstein’s “Young People’s Concerts” Philharmonic and recipient of the Hall of Fame and “Live from Lincoln Center.” After 30 years Thirty Korean nurses are expect- Award of the Percussive Arts Society. at Brooklyn College, he joined the Lehman Mu- ed in the program’s first entering “We’ve always had string quartets, brass sic Department just this year. ◆ class. Sungshin has expressed an interest in expanding the agreement to include a student The Spotlight Series exchange program between the two schools. Béatrice Coron: The Secret Life of Cities Sept. 4 - Dec. 15, 2007 ‘A Night at the Races’ One of the exhibits in the Lehman College Art For a Good Cause Gallery this fall—“The Secret Life of Cities”—will present a selection of Béatrice Coron’s large-scale The Lehman College Alumni paper cutouts of urban environments, created by Association held its annual the artist over the past decade. Coron’s cities are end-of-semester event on May complex narratives teeming with life. Figures in 31, this time at the new Empire silhouette fill busy streets and can be seen through City at Yonkers Raceway. Over every window and doorway, as their stories unfold 75 alumni and friends enjoyed in the mind of the viewer. Often created as mul- a ‘Night at the Races,’ complete tiples, the works are hand-cut from Tyvek. with a buffet dinner followed by The Gallery’s Spotlight Series highlights artists harness racing, some wins at the who have created public art projects in the Bronx. casino, and a lot of laughs. Best Coron’s stained-glass installation, featuring the of all, proceeds from the evening work of Bronx authors, was created under the will benefit a student through the MTA’s Art for Transit program and can be seen at ‘Egocentricity’ (above) is one of the works by Lehman College Alumni Associa- the Burke Avenue Station on the 2 and 5 lines. ◆ Béatrice Coron on view in the Gallery this fall. tion Scholarship Fund.

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As He Retires, Prof. Seraile Looks Back New Role for Alumni On Sharing His Passion for History With 7,000 Students At Career Fair fter teaching some 7,000 Lehman can history from the CUNY Graduate Center. He students over the past 35 years, African began his teaching career at a Westchester high Aand African American Studies Prof. school and then went to Vietnam to teach English William Seraile is taking his place among the with International Volunteer Services; because no senior faculty deciding to retire from full-time facilities were available for teaching, he volun- service. teered in a local hospital and took care of civil- Born in New Orleans and raised in Seattle, ian casualties of the war. In 1971, he joined the Prof. Seraile is one of seven Lehman faculty and has seen his children, and one of only two students become attorneys, social among his siblings to attend workers, police officers, and, yes,

Photos by Keisha-Gaye Anderson college. Growing up, he had a even teachers. great love of sports and played “My arrival at Lehman baseball in school, with the coincided with the start of open hope of one day becoming a admissions,” he notes, “so I had professional athlete. But after a lot of students who were new to serving in the Peace Corps in the college experience. They saw Ethiopia, he found that his power through education and were interest in history had become very studious.” his passion. As the decades progressed, Prof. “It was my experience Seraile challenged students to see a Prof. William Seraile outside of the United States connection between their course- The annual Career Fair at Lehman that helped me to better work and what they can do for continues to attract not only understand America and the African American their community. What he will miss most, he says, graduating seniors but also alumni, experience,” he explains. “For the first time, I saw is the opportunity to help students—particularly who are returning as recruiters in blacks who were professionals—airline pilots, those from other countries—better understand healthcare, education, business, attorneys, doctors.” America and the dynamics of race. and other fields. Among the alumni He began studying African American history Winner of numerous awards, including recruiters at this year’s fair were in earnest afterwards, feeling that the American Lehman’s Teacher of the Year, he is the author of Gustavo Pacheco ’99 (top), president educational system had failed to adequately teach four books. His most recent manuscript, on New and chief executive officer of Genesis him about the role African Americans played in York City’s Colored Orphan Asylum, is being Business Consulting, and Business building the United States. In his teaching career, considered by the University of Tennessee Press. Administration grad Mia Rodriguez he drew heavily on the extensive research he has Looking ahead, he plans to continue his ’05 (bottom), district sales leader of conducted in this field. professional interests and also find more time Frito Lay. A graduate of Central Washington State to indulge in some of his favorite pastimes, like University, Prof. Seraile received his M.A. in the cooking, traveling, and jogging. Prof. Seraile has Looking for Alumni Teaching of History from Teacher’s College, Co- participated in 30 marathons; he ran his last one lumbia University, and later his Ph.D. in Ameri- in 2003. ◆ ‘Legacies’

Do you have family members who A Night for the Arts—and for Remembering a Special Friend also graduated from Lehman Col- Friends and family of Charlie Greenberg gathered with Lehman alumni and staff this spring to celebrate lege? If so, contact Barbara Smith, Charlie’s legacy of volunteerism and commitment to Lehman College. For more than 20 years, he played director of alumni relations, at ball, taught tennis, and [email protected] volunteered as a coach for the Lehman tennis or call her at 718-960-8975/8294. team. With a buffet In conjunction with the upcoming dinner in the rotunda 40th anniversary of the College, the of the Lehman College Alumni Association plans to host Art Gallery, followed a “Legacy Dinner” for all alumni by center orchestra with family members who are also seats for the Robert Lehman alumni. This event will be Klein and Joan Rivers concert at the Performing Arts Center, the evening raised funds for the Charlie held in Spring 2008. The Alumni Greenberg Memorial Scholarship—besides providing a night filled with friends and fun. Above, left, actor Association would like to contact as and comedian Robert Klein chats with Eva Bornstein, PAC executive director, and President and Mrs. many “legacies” as possible. Fernández. At right are members of Charlie’s family: (left to right) Ken Goodman, Evan Schneider, Susan Greenberg Schneider, Debra Greenberg, and Marty Greenberg.

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Two Lehman Teams Savor the Joy of Victory Two Lehman teams won their way to the top in the CUNY championships this year— Sally Nnamani ’09

in basketball and swimming. For the swimmers, the victory marked their second con- “We didn’t re- secutive win, and to make the triumph even sweeter, the final match was played out ally expect to go in the APEX pool (below left). For the women, their championship win on the court at all the way,” says City College (below right) brought an automatic berth to the NCAA playoffs. Sally Nnamani, about her team’s win in the

CUNY Cham- Photo by Tony Correa pionship. “But we were able to come together and go deep into the playoffs.”

Nnamani, who left Nigeria when she was ten, became CUNY Rookie of the Year in 2006 and CUNY Player of the Year in 2007. She led the CUNY Conference this past season in three-pointers and blocked uThe Anatomy of a Winning Season uA Magical Championship Year shots, ranking second in overall scoring with 529 points, and scored her 1,000th lthough the swim team won by a record he Lehman Lightning Women’s Basketball career point in the loss at Scranton. She margin in 2006, Head Coach Peter team made its first-ever appearance this admits, with a hint of embarrassment, “I AKiernan knew this past season would Tspring in the NCAA Division III Tourna- like to shoot.” be a challenge, and the team had to get even ment. The team played the fourth-ranked Lady better. Baruch and College of Staten Island Royals of the University of Scranton—and gave This season, the New York Metropolitan were both expected to be greatly improved, and them a scare, coming within two points with Sports Writers selected Nnamani as a Lehman needed to stay in their same league. 11:40 left to play. first team all-star, an award that honors the top fifteen players in the tristate area. To complicate matters, the team was also Lehman did not advance past Scranton, but She plans to pursue her interest in his- shortmanned. the game ended what had been a magical sea- tory and work after college for an N.G.O. In the end, the difference turned out to be son for the Lightning, who captured the CUNY (Non-Governmental Organization). the diving team. Championship and capped off the season with a After losing his only two divers to gradua- record of 19-10. Daniel Gurdak ’07 tion, Kiernan recruited from within the team Lehman’s Head Coach Eric Harrison was also and also invited newcomers to give diving a try. named the CUNY Conference’s Coach of the Another star Four unproven, novice divers—sophomores Year. Harrison, in his ninth season at Lehman, athlete this past Johan Lopez, David Turay, Jason Santana, and has won the award three times and is the all-time season was also Genc Hasanjekaj—developed steadily through- “wins leader” in the College’s history. a stand-out scholar. Daniel out the season and performed well enough in “This was a special season for our entire pro- Gurdak ‘07 was the Conference meet to give Lehman a chance gram,” said Harrison. “Our young women, as well captain of the to win. Without them, Kiernan says, the team as their coaches, worked extremely hard, and this

cross country Photo by William Sedutto would not have had a chance. is something they truly deserved.” (See the profile and indoor/ Led by junior Darnell James, who won and at right of sophomore Sally Nnamani, who was outdoor track set records in two events while finishing second named the 2006-07 CUNY Conference Player of the and field teams—and also a member of in the 1,000-meter freestyle, the swimmers Year.) the Macaulay Honors College of CUNY brought the trophy home. Fellow juniors Joseph The Championship victory also capped off at Lehman as well as a double major in Bodden won the 100-meter breaststroke and an outstanding career for senior guard Kathy biology and environmental sciences. finished second in both the 50-meter freestyle Santiago. The 1999-2000 CUNY Rookie of the This spring, he was accepted to the and the 100-meter freestyle, while Hector Pena Year, she had left the program for several seasons graduate programs at Oxford University, added third places in three events. to take care of family obligations, but returned Columbia University, and SUNY ESF “The distinctive quality of this team,” said to help the Lightning capture the title with her (Environmental Science and Forestry). Kiernan, “was the ability of the members to see remarkable performance at the point guard posi- He plans to earn at least a master’s the overall picture and sacrifice themselves to tion. During the run, she also scored her 1,000th degree, pursuing his interests in the attain the team goal.” He credits Captain Walter career point. crossroads of conservation biology and Lugo ’07 with establishing the right attitude of “This has been a storybook ending for my ecology. “I found Lehman to be a place to the team over his four-year tenure, noting that Lehman career,” she said. “To come back and really grow,” he says. he “will be missed more than anyone realizes help capture the first championship is one of the right now.” ◆ greatest honors of my life.” ◆ 7 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • C• a• m• p• u • s • N • e• w • s • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Gifts Honor Faculty Member and Two Alumni— ‘Lots of Lehmans’ Tells a Family Saga Each a Part of Lehman College hree recent gifts, • Dorothy Brodin, Profes- Descendants of one of New York’s creating new sor Emerita of Romance most prominent dynasties—the scholarship funds, Languages, taught French Lehmans—came together this spring T honor the commitment to hundreds of Lehman at the Museum of Jewish Heritage of individuals who each students. Known as a to celebrate publication of a family followed a different calling “tough teacher,” she history. Called “Lots of Lehmans: Photo by Jason Green in life, but were bound to- demanded the best from The Family of Mayer Lehman of gether by their connection them. She also taught Lehman Brothers, Remembered by his to Lehman. Their legacy at Hunter College High Descendants,” the book uses anec- will live on through the School and the Lycee Fran- dotal accounts to provide context and students being supported cais de New York. After re- commentary for both family traditions by their scholarships. tiring in 1980, Prof. Brodin and the contributions made over the • Stephen Belson ’73 still maintained a strong generations to American culture and earned a degree in physical connection with Lehman, society. education from Lehman and in her will made a gen- and worked for the New erous bequest. In fact, her York City Fire Department gift (more than $800,000) for 22 years, spending is the largest in Lehman’s most of them with Ladder Madeline Brandstadter visits the history. In honor of her 24 on Manhattan’s West memorial on College Walk honoring and her husband, “The Side and receiving many those in the Lehman community who Pierre and Dorothy Brodin perished on 9/11. Accompanying her citations for bravery. On Scholarship” will support are Bernd Brecher (left), executive Sept. 11, 2001, he perished deserving students in the director of the Lehman College Foun- in the attacks on the World humanities. More than 150 members of the Lehman dation, and President Fernández. Trade Center. • Lillian Greenbaum was family celebrate publication of their already a senior citizen when family history. His mother, Madeline Brandstadter, who remem- she began taking courses The family tree includes Herbert H. bers that her son “never had with History Prof. Duane Tananbaum. A dedicated Lehman, the governor and U.S. sena- any fear for himself,” visited student, she regularly walked tor for whom the College is named, as Lehman this spring and the mile from her home well as a chief judge of the New York established the Steve Belson to the campus. Gracious State Court of Appeals (Herbert’s ‘73 Memorial Scholarship and kind, and grateful for brother, Irving), U.S. Secretary of the Fund. “I am really very all she had, she had been a Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., two happy,” she said, “about secretary before she retired. ambassadors, and members of the U.S. my new-found connection Although of limited means, House of Representatives and both with Lehman College and Lillian Greenbaum meets President she established a unitrust the House of Lords and the House of thrilled to be part of its Leonard Lief during her student in memory of her aunt, to Commons. continuing greatness.” days at Lehman. benefit Lehman students.

All were descendants of Mayer Lehman, the youngest of three German Upcoming Alumni Events Hands Across The Sea and the Songs of Noel Coward by Noel Coward. Directed by Marilyn Sokol. Jewish brothers who came to the U.S. Mark your calendars for two events scheduled over This funny one-act play will be followed by some of from Bavaria and in 1850 formed the next several months: Lehman Brothers, a mercantile goods Lehman’s talented student singers performing the Family Day—on Saturday, October 13, 2007— company in Montgomery, Ala. After songs of Noel Coward. December 5 – December 9, will be packed full of fun for adults and children. 2007. moving to New York, Lehman Broth- Activities will include face painting, balloon sculpt- ers helped found the New York Cotton ing, arts & crafts, and an outdoor barbecue. The Pirates of Penzance. A Comic Opera in Two Exchange and went on to become the Homecoming this year will be held on campus Acts by W.S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Directed by sixth-largest private banking operation on Saturday, February 9, 2008. Ken Ross. March 12 – March 16, 2008. in the country. Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz. Winner of the Theatre Program’s 2007-08 Season 2003 Pulitzer Prize, this poignant and poetic new The celebration was hosted by Man- Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergan. A drama, com- play is set in Florida in 1929 in a Cuban–American hattan District Attorney Robert Mor- medy, and romance rolled into one. Directed by cigar factory. Directed by Susan Watson-Turner. genthau, who is also a Lehman. Stephanie Stowe. October 24 – 28, 2007. May 7 – May 11, 2008.

8 • • • • • • • • • • • • • C• o• m• m• e• nc• •e • m • e •n t• •’07 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Family and Friends Cheer Graduates Highlights of the Ceremony As They Earn Their Degrees

ongressman Charles B. Rangel saluted Lehman’s CClass of 2007 during Commencement exercises on the South Field that saw over 2,000 students receive their degrees.

Now in his 19th term as the Photos by Jason Green Representative of New York’s Congressman Charles Rangel 15th Congressional District, addresses the crowd. Congressman Rangel is the first African American to chair the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. In his address to the One picture is worth a thousand words, as these graduates, he recalled his return graduates sum up their feelings of success on to New York after serving with the Graduation Day 2007. U.S Army in the Korean conflict and urged graduates to help others in their communities achieve the benefits of a solid education. The ceremony honored Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., former president of Bronx Community College and a decorated World Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. War II commander of the famed receives The President’s Tuskegee Airmen—America’s Medal. first African American military airmen. Dr. Brown, who received The President’s Medal, was a full professor at N.Y.U. for more than 25 years and directs the Center for Urban Education Policy at The CUNY Graduate Center. Honorary doctorates were awarded to Tony Award-winning composer Adam Guettel; poet, actor, and founder of the famous Living Theater Judith Malina; Sociology major Lorraine Brown- celebrated author and educator Zanders speaks for the Class of ’07. Judith Ortiz Cofer; and veteran civil rights attorney Peter D. Roos. Presiding at the ceremony, Lehman President Ricardo R. Fernández told education at Lehman. the graduates that “each of you entrusted your Dr. Bruce Byland, a member of the education to Lehman College. Now Lehman Lehman anthropology faculty since 1984, College entrusts the future to each of you. We received “Teacher of the Year Award,” while know we are leaving it in good hands.” two other faculty members were honored Joining him on the podium were Rev. Dr. J. for excellence in research, scholarship, and G. McCann, pastor of St. Luke Baptist Church; creative works: Prof. Thomas Spear, an expert CUNY Trustee Dr. Hugo M. Morales; and on contemporary French and Francophone Frederick P. Schaffer, CUNY General Counsel literature who created an award-winning Prof. Bruce Byland (left) receives and Senior Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs. website dedicated to the arts and culture of the the ‘Teacher of the Year’ Award Speaking for the graduates was sociology Francophone world, and Prof. Christopher from President Fernández. major—and mother of two—Lorraine Brown- Gerry, whose highly regarded research on Zanders. A member of Phi Beta Kappa and the quantum optics has been cited more than Dean’s List, she plans to pursue a master’s in 1,400 times in the past 25 years. 9 • • • • • • • • • • • • • •C • o• m• m• e•nc • •e • m • e n• t• ’07• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Co m m e nc e m e n t ’07 In Their Own Words: Four Lehman Graduates Hold Fast to Their Dreams...... While Overcoming War, Illness, and Other Major Challenges

One night, before I was in Kosovo. After three days, we managed to I w a s b o r n w i t h a c o n d i - education program in 2003. What’s Geri Pinciaro-Mariano Leonora Bajrami forced to leave my house, cross the border and lived in a refugee camp for important in therapeutic recreation t i o n k n o w n a s Di a s t r o p h i c M.S., Recreation Education B.A., Speech Pathology and Audiology the enemy tried to kill my two months. My family’s name was eventually is that you can have fun but also have Dw a r f i s m . n o w a d a y s , t h e family and me. We were placed on a list to come to the United States. I outcomes, whether it’s maintaining For several years, I The United States is inside when we heard a huge spent six weeks in Fort Dix, where I volunteered m o r e p o l i t i c a l l y c o r r e c t memory and cognitive skills, relation- explosion from a car that for the American Red Cross. It was a great t e r m i s Di a s t r o p h i c Dy s p l a - had been searching ship building, or strengthening of the land of dreams, was put next to our house. I experience to help families find their missing s i a . My d w a r f i s m i s t h e m o r e muscles. Therapeutic recreation is don’t know how we survived, family members. about improving the quality of life. r a r e o f t h e t w o c o m m o n for my place in the and little by little but we did. In the middle In the beginning, I lived in the Bronx, close I have loved the education I have f o r m s : a c h o n d r o p l a s i a a n d

Photos by Jason Green to Lehman. My time at Lehman was precious. received at Lehman. I loved being back I will make them of the night, we got out and world. At Lehman, found shelter in a neighbor’s My brother, who had a speech delay as a child, d i a s t r o p h i c . in the classroom, and I have loved all true. house. The next day we went was my inspiration to study speech pathology. As I have grown older, my I found myself meeting all the people I have encoun- to my uncle’s apartment, When I came to the United States, I was disability has become more tered these past four years, including Geri Pinciaro-Mariano at graduation but after three days, we were very sad and happy at the same time. I was sad limiting. Growing up, I used again. Professors Robin Kunstler, Ori Caro- with her friends and fellow graduates, I a m f r o m Ko s o v o a n d b e l o n g t o t h e Al b a n i a n because I was forced to leave my country, but prosthetics to walk, but noth- leo, and Miriam Lahey, who have given forced with guns to leave Kosovo. Kimmy Diaz (left) and Ira Dunne. n a t i o n a l i t y . Fo r m a n y y e a r s , t h e r e w a s a w a r We traveled by train to the neutral zone of happy that I came to the right one. I was 24 and ing else. When I attended me so much in terms of knowledge and Smith College in Northamp- w a g i n g b e t w e e n Al b a n i a n s a n d Se r b s i n m y Kosovo and Macedonia, where thousands of full of dreams. The United States is the land of passion for the profession. people were gathered. The whole country was dreams, and little by little I will make them all ton, Mass., as an undergraduate, I used a three-wheeled vehicle to get For several years, I had been searching for my place in the world. At c o u n t r y . Du r i n g t h e w a r , I w e n t t h r o u g h s o m e being evacuated. I spent two days and three true. ◆ around campus. My walking strength diminished, and by post-gradu- Lehman, I found myself again. I found the person who loves learning h o r r i b l e e x p e r i e nc e s , w h i c h b e g a n w h e n NATO nights under the open sky. Staying there in Leonora Bajrami plans to pursue a master’s ation I started using one cane for long distances and to move faster. In and loves meeting new people. I believe I have found my purpose. I t r o o p s s t a r t e d t o t a k e a c t i o n . the rain felt like heaven compared to staying degree in speech pathology. March 2002, I started using a second cane when my left hip, growing found the little girl I used to be—the one who would push ahead even progressively worse, prevented me from walking. if nervous or shy. I want to prove that people—regardless of handicaps After almost two years of trying to find a surgeon and then awaiting or limitations—can be useful and helpful, and can make a difference I w a s b o r n a n d r a i s e d i n Wa s h i n g t o n He i g h t s u n t i l t h e a g e o f 17, surgery, I found myself at Helen Hayes Rehab Hospital in Rockland in other people’s lives for the better. ◆ Edward Slepin w h e n m y Mo m a n d Da d p a c k e d m e a n d m y b a b y s i s t e r u p a n d w e m o v e d County, where I stayed for three months. That’s where I developed an Geri Pinciaro-Mariano plans to work as a certified therapeutic recreation B.A., Social Work, ’02 interest in therapeutic recreation. I enrolled in Lehman’s recreation specialist. t o Ri v e r d a l e . I i n i t i a l l y a t t e n d e d Le h m a n Co l l e g e f r o m 1972 t h r u M.S.W., ‘07 1974 a f t e r g r a d u a t i n g f r o m Al l Ha l l o w s Hi g h Sc h o o l i n t h e Br o n x . I have never been I w a s b o r n i n Be r m u d a , a m i d -At l a n t i c i s l a n d Ma n y o f m y f r i e n d s a t t e n d e d Le h m a n a s w e l l , w h i c h i s w h y I i n i t i a l l y o f f t h e c o s t o f t h e Ca r o l i n a s . I s p e n t a b o u t KRISTIN BURGESS w e n t a l s o in an environment . h a l f o f m y l i f e t h e r e a n d h a l f o f i t i n t h e U.S., B.A., Economics & Political Science I left Lehman in 1974 as a result of not really wanting to put where people i n Ge o r g i a , Oh i o , Te x a s , a n d Ne w Yo r k . Mo v - in the effort needed for college and not having any definite ideas i n g a r o u n d a l o t t a u g h t m e a b o u t a d a p t i n g t o Every obstacle I regarding a career. I proceeded to bounce around from “job to job” genuinely cared c i r c u m s t a nc e s a n d m a k i n g t h e m o s t o f w h a t y o u and “party to party.” After many years, I ultimately became tired of have faced has that lifestyle, and with the help and support of my mom, sister, and so much for one h a v e . future wife, I began a new life. Edward Slepin and Dr. Norma Phillips, I learned that even though it is difficult to been turned By 1990, I was working as a substance abuse counselor for a director of the social work program. another. let go of what we are used to and comfortable into a triumph residential drug treatment program called Project Return, now with, our stations in life are constantly chang- known as Palladia. I enjoyed my work and knew that if I wanted ing. My mother was diagnosed with Multiple because my to advance in the field, a college degree was needed. I married in 1992 it was a rigorous course of study I was beginning. Well, now that it is Sclerosis (M.S.), a disease of the central ner- and returned to Lehman in 1994. I was interested in the Adult Degree over, she was so right. vous system, nearly 20 years ago. We were very family is a team. Program and the opportunity to acquire life experience credits, since It is safe to say that without support from the M.S.W. Program staff, fortunate because she has the relapsing-remit- Kristin Burgess and her family. Surrounding her, from left, are brother Tyler, grandmother Cynthia, I had lots of that! When I first enrolled, I started slowly, not really many of my classmates, colleagues, supervisors, and my family, I would ting form of the disease, in which there are brother Terence, sister Chelsea, and dad Terence. sure what my major would be. Ultimately, social work became my never have made it through. I can say that attending Lehman College periodic exacerbations, but she is able to live “calling.” After years of managing work and school, I graduated with my has helped change my life this time around. I found that the graduate and function normally between those periods. The key to the success that I’ve had has been bachelor’s degree in social work in January 2002. M.S.W. Program not only made me a better and more prepared social My stepfather had played a large role in my family. They provided a strong foundation Be Part of Lehman’s ‘40th’ My goal, however, was not yet complete. I wanted to return for a worker, but a better individual as well. I attribute this to the many helping to take care of my Mom, but I had to for me, believed in me, and they see so much Get ready for a year-long celebration of Lehman’s 40th anniversary. Special events are scheduled graduate degree, and my employer was encouraging me to do the same. close and hopefully lasting relationships I have forged with both my take on a lot more responsibility when I was a in me—more than I see in myself. Without to begin in March 2008 and run through Com- In September 2006, I began my journey toward the Master’s in Social classmates and faculty. I have never been in an environment where junior in high school. Although I had to bal- them, I certainly wouldn’t be where I am today. mencement 2009. Alumni and retirees are invited Work. I remember Dr. Norma Phillips interviewing me, telling me that people genuinely cared so much for one another. ◆ ance attending classes with running the house, I think that every obstacle I have faced has been to contribute to an anniversary website that will something about the situation empowered me. turned into a triumph because my family is a take a look back at how far we’ve come, both as a Graduating Seniors’ Brunch. The Lehman College Alumni Association Board of Directors toasted more than 100 soon-to-be alumni for a job well done I started to realize that all of the things that my team and we made it through together.◆ college and as graduating classes. Send photos (we at the annual Graduating Seniors’ Brunch, which has become a traditional celebration on campus prior to Commencement. Informative speakers discussed career mother instilled in me to make me a respon- Kristin Burgess is a graduate of the Macaulay promise to return them) and recollections to Bar- and networking opportunities, as well as the need to support the College, and a drawing was held for a new Dell laptop computer. Everyone who contributed to the bara Smith, director of alumni relations (barbara. sible woman of character were actually serving Honors College of CUNY at Lehman. She plans to Graduating Class of 2007 Gift Campaign was eligible to win. Alumna Elizabeth Luna, first winner of the laptop in 2005, picked the lucky senior—Kermit Urena. [email protected]). some purpose. pursue a law degree.

10 Co m m e nc e m e n t ’07 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •C •o • m • m • e nc• •e • m • e n• t• ’07• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • In Their Own Words: Four Lehman Graduates Hold Fast to Their Dreams...... While Overcoming War, Illness, and Other Major Challenges

11 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • A• l• u • m •n •i •N • e• w • s • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Alumna Principal Wins Sharina Cabrera ’04 Prestigious Public Wins Prestigious Service Award CUNY Scholarship atricia Quigley (’83, M.S.Ed.), principal Photo by Ron Glassman Sharina Cabrera ’04 has won a five- of Francisco Oller Elementary School in year Enhanced Chancellor’s Scholarship Pthe East Tremont section of the Bronx, to earn her Ph.D. in Spanish Literature has been named one of six 2007 recipients of at the CUNY Graduate Center. The The Fund for the City of New York’s Sloan news came as both an honor and a Public Service Awards. The awards are the surprise. leading independent honor for city employees who display extraordinary commitment, often Cabrera came to far from the limelight, and achieve exceptional the U.S. in 1998 results in serving the public. from the Domini- “Principal Quigley and her co-honorees Mayor Bloomberg congratulates Patricia Quigley at can Republic and stand out for their singular, unwavering focus the awards ceremony. enrolled in Leh- on direct service,”said Dr. Mary McCormick, man. As a junior, president of the Fund for the City of New York. The fourth of nine children, Quigley took she took a course “They channel their considerable talent and her first part-time job at age 12 and worked her with Prof. Ana energy into making life better for New Yorkers way through college. She works to create pro- Diz (Languages every day.” grams to involve parents, attract and support Sharina Cabrera & Literatures) on A lifelong educator, Quigley has presided top teaching talent, and enhance student per- Cervantes’s “Don over a dramatic, consistent increase in student formance. As a result, math and reading scores Quixote” and subsequently decided on a achievement in math and reading scores. In 25 have risen dramatically under her leadership double major in psychology and Span- years in the public school system, she has been and are consistently higher than comparable ish. She went on to graduate summa a teacher, speech therapist, administrator, and schools in the Bronx. cum laude as a McNair Scholar. principal. Through all this, she has not missed a Quigley received her award in a ceremony at day of school. The Great Hall of The Cooper Union. As she pursues her studies in Spanish literature, the works of Spain’s Golden The Alumni Board gathers for a recent meet- Age, including those of Cervantes, ing on campus: From left, seated, are Aravind remain her primary interest. Her Mallipudi (vice president), Susan Greenberg ambition is to teach in college, and she Schneider (president), and Robin Brown admits she would love to wind up back (secretary); middle row: Gladys Comeau- at Lehman. Morales, Constance Russell, Barbara Smith (director of alumni relations), Anne Johnson (vice president of institutional advancement), Michael Klausner ’69 Hillary Peart, and Victoria Friedman; last Publishes New Research row: Ed Sullivan, Andrea Rockower, Thomas Gallagher, Frank Critton, and Margaret Dr. Michael Klausner ’69, associate Smith. Missing from the photo are Juliet An- professor of sociology at the University nan, Una Satchell Jenkins, and Dora Villani. of Pittsburgh at Bradford, has published a chapter in a set of books on public personnel administration. The books Catherine Harnett ’72 Joins Board are meant to guide those managing Of Lehman College Foundation governmental and civil organizations. The newest member of the Lehman College Foundation Board of Directors is His chapter describes some of the factors Catherine Harnett (’72, B.A.), a senior vice president in the Global Real Estate associated with high-performance work Group of Lehman Brothers. She joined the firm in 1998 and has over 25 years teams, such as goal and role clarity, of banking and real estate finance experience at major institutions, including cooperative social climate, unified com- Lehman Brothers, Chase Manhattan Bank, and Bankers Trust. mitment, open communication, and Born and raised in the Bronx, Harnett was in the first freshman class mutual accountability. Dr. Klausner has entering Lehman College. She received her degree in speech and theatre, taught at Pitt-Bradford since 1976. with a minor in education, and then earned her M.B.A. in finance from New Catherine Harnett York University. Starting her business career in the credit training program at is a senior vice Chase Manhattan Bank, she became a lending officer for major U.S. corpo- president at Lehman rations and real estate companies. She continues to specialize in real estate Brothers. finance at Lehman Brothers. ◆

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Gargano ‘73 Bank of New York Carl Mann Ramón E. Cordiés ‘96* Peter Gartlan ‘81 Anonymous Craig D. Banner ‘70 Lynn S. Mann ‘70 Susan C. Cote ‘76 Robert N. Georgalas ‘72 Beverly and Robert G. Bartner Rita L. Barnes ‘90 Joseph F. Mapelli Susan M. Dacks ‘72 Rosemarie Gift ‘83 June Bingham Birge Reuben L. Baumgarten* Eileen Marley Frances A. DellaCava Martin R. Gitterman ‘70 BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Anthony K. Baysah ‘05 Thomas N. Marshall, Jr. ‘93 Michael V. Dicosimo ‘75 Susan E. Goldy Frank A. Bruni Bell Atlantic Foundation Pete M. Martin ‘97 Benjamin R. Eisenberg ‘76 Renee Goods ‘90 Deloitte Foundation Reginald Bender ‘91* Debra Martinez ‘75* Denise Fenton ‘93 Marlene Gottlieb Kim and Robert Denenberg Margarita Benitez Vivian Matias ‘82 Dolores M. Fernandez Horace M. Gray Michael S. Fassler ‘74 Nancy Berlin ‘84 Joanna Matos ‘00* Fiddler, Gonzalez & Susan E. Greenberg-Schneider ‘73* Phyllis T. Fassler ‘76 Ruth Block ‘83* Erica Matthews ‘74 Rodriguez, PSC Robert T. Gregory ‘80 Patricia and Ricardo R. Fernández* Candy Bobonis Karen M. Matuskovic ‘77 Fiorello H. LaGuardia Malvin N. Groce ‘89* Fernando and Aramina Ferrer ‘73 Phyllis B. Bookspan ‘76 Carl Mazza, Jr. Community College Cissy Grossman ‘71 David C. Fletcher Burt J. Bragin ‘76 Mary D. Mazzarano-Hagenbuch ‘74 Christina Freeman Efigenia Guevara ‘04 Ruben Franco Paula A. Braunstein Marie M. McBride ‘92 Carol A. Freidman ‘80 Arthur Gutman ‘70 Lewis R. Gordon ‘84 Bernd Brecher Patricia A. McGivern Michael D. Garffer Wayne Halliday ‘97 Theodore and Beatrice Hartman ‘82 Bridget A. Brennan ‘84 Ian McGowan George Arzt Communications, Inc. Dona L. Hamilton Beryl F. Herdt* William Brignoni ‘74 Eileen and Richard McKeon Nancy G. Gherardi ‘69 Ileene Handburger ‘71 Maria I. Herencia* Evelyn M. Brillon ‘88 Reinold G. McNickle ‘79 Gonzalez & Goenaga, Inc. Irwin C. Handburger ‘70 Emita B. Hill* Rosemary G. Brooke ‘71 Albert M. Medvec ‘71 Graduate Center CUNY Jacqueline Hannon ‘91 Houghton Mifflin Company Susan Broxmeyer ‘75 Rafael G. Mendez Rubert Murray Hausknecht* James P. Hannon ‘89 Hudson City Savings Bank Margaret K. Bunzick ‘91 Paul R. Meyer Carla E. Herman ‘74 Gilbert B. Harris ‘77 Institute for Schools of the Future William E. Burnicke ‘01 Kenneth J. Michel Holsum de Puerto Rico, Inc. Dolores H. Henchy ‘72* Anne and James Johnson* Douglas G. Burns, Jr. ‘95 Walid Michelen ‘73 iCap Realty Advisors, LLC Annette Hernandez Josten Fund, Inc. Cornelius Cadigan ‘98* Mills Mills Iona College Rafael Herrera Peter W. Josten Joan N. Caputo ‘71 Saul Molina ‘95 Irish Echo Newspaper Corp. John Mauk Hilliard* Jacob and Irene N. Judd ‘70* Debra R. Caraccio ‘75 Craig M. Monroe ‘72 Fergal A. Keenan Robert A. Hodash ‘80 June R. & Jonathan Bingham Fund Barbara P. Cardillo ‘92 Carlos Montalvo ‘76 Domenick A. Laperuta Ardith S. Hodes ‘74 Ellen J. Kramer Ernestine Carmenatti-Robles ‘96 Deidra R. Moore PC ‘94 Sandra Lerner Alrita Hodge ‘79 John R. Luongo ‘71 Maria E. Carrion Christiansen Mary C. Moore ‘86 Elizabeth Luna ‘05 Sharon E. Howard ‘77 Lynch, Jones & Ryan Clare L. Carroll Lawrence Morgan EA ‘87* Christina Mahony Stephen R. Howard ‘66 Henry A. Merkin ‘70 Betty Chlebnikow* Maura R. Mulligan ‘84 MBNA America Susan Howley Joseph M. Murphy Vincent P. Christoforo ‘78 Daniel B. Murphy Judith E. McGowan John J. Hutton Bill Niemann, Jr. Nethaneel Cleary ‘00 Maureen Murphy Mark E. Meyerhoff ‘74 Jerome Hyacinth ‘96 Pacific Life Insurance Company Howard S. Cohn Edmundo Murray Theodore R. Miro ‘82 Jack Hyatt Parkview Realty, Inc. Janie B. Cokley ‘74 Leonore B. Murray ‘05 Louise Mirrer IBM International Foundation Antonio Perez John A. Collazzi ‘74 Julie K. Nacos ‘92 Sheila A. Mulhearn ‘76 Stephen F. Imperioli ‘78 Elizabeth Peters ‘74* Bridie A. Collins Daniel P. Nagle ‘86 James Murtha Rita Iturralde ‘76 Ponce De Leon Federal Bank Nations Credit Commercial Corporation* Rue Foundation, Inc. Jeffrey S. Nelson ‘71 Joan E. Rue ‘69 North American Association Norma K. Stegmaier* Donor Recognition Levels Joan Olesen The Tomorrow Foundation Edwin Olivares ‘80 Thomas J. Watson Foundation/ Herbert H. Lehman Leadership Circle...... $10,000 Gladys G. O’Neil ‘69 Jeannette K. Watson Fellows President’s Circle...... 5,000 Barbara Palladino Thomson Learning Michael P. Panzarino ‘80 Erasto Torres Millennium Club...... 1,000 Hillary R. Peart ‘05 United Way of New York City* Lehman College Associates...... 500 Donald V. Peloso ‘69 Verizon Foundation Lehman College Sponsors ...... 250 Rosa Maria Perez ‘78 Michael W. Yackira ‘72 Century Club...... 100 Harvey F. Perlow ‘71 Zarathustra Music, Inc. Joseph C. Prince ‘88 Friends...... Le s s t h a n 100 Puerto Rico Community Foundation Friends of the Library...... All g i ft l e v e l s Louise C. Puschel ‘75 Kathleen G. Quinn-Miller

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Victor M. Quintana ‘82 Carol K. Capizzi Rosalind Y. Davis ‘02 Richard A. Rauh ‘97 Peter R. Carelli ‘86 Victor Davis ‘76 Gerald A. Reece ‘96 Giving From 2002 Through 2006 Laureen E. Carolan ‘81 Chester S. Dawes ‘04 Mary C. Reilly ‘71 Suzanne Carpiniello ‘69 Katja Day ‘04 Christine E. Reitman ‘02 $1,118,309 Rosalia Carrasco Andrea M. De George-Garbarini ‘84 Margaret A. Rice $1,000,000 Giovansky D. Carrion ‘05 Raisa De Jesus Hector A. Rivera ‘70 Magaly D. Carro ‘80 Manuel E. De La Rosa ‘84 $900,000 Angel L. Rivera Santiago Addie Cartagena Leslie De Lello ‘95 Andrea J. Rockower ‘73 $800,000 John F. Casale ‘72 Arlene A. De Simone ‘72 Irwin I. Rofman* $732,439 $714,970 Thomas X. Casey Edith DeChiara Steven P. Rolston ‘74 $700,000 Samuel Casmire ‘00 Heather A. Deery Carmen I. Rosario ‘05 Sonia S. Castellanos ‘85 Anne M. Defino ‘76 $600,000 Debra P. Ross Wanda I. Castro ‘89* Ann C. Defreitas ‘76 Sandra Ruiz-Butter $500,000 Yemelly M. Castro Lillian DeJesus-Martinez ‘99 Ralph N. Salvatore Charlotte Cato Socrates Del Rosario, Jr. ‘03 Santander Securitties Corporation $400,000 $371,390 $396,460 Veronica H. Cavan ‘71 Alice Delacruz ‘06 María L. Santiago ‘97* Peter L. Caverzasi Evelyn M. Delaney ‘81 $300,000 Eleanor Scafidi ‘70 Patricia A. Cawly ‘76 Euwiden Deliz ‘05 Marc N. Scheinman ‘65 $200,000 Annmarie Cefoli ‘76 Marie P. Delmar ‘06 Pamela Scheinman Gildelgar M. Centeno ‘06 Gary A. Delmonte ‘03 660 1,166 1,295 1,445 1,626 Edward Schwartz ‘66 Giving in Dollars Total $100,000 Philippa G. Centini ‘68 Gerald Denenberg William Seraile 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Loraine Centrilla ‘94 Lloyd Denenberg Susan L. Serrano ‘69 Miguel Cervantes-Cervantes Number of All Donors Olga Dent ‘97 Calvin Sims ‘87* Joy E. Chambers ‘73 Josephine DePace ‘95 Burton M. Singh ‘84 Wei F. Chang ‘81 Marie F. Des Rosiers ‘04 Richard S. Smilowitz ‘78 *Lehman College Foundation Fiscal Year, January 1 - December 31 Sylinda B. Charles ‘00 Jane H. Devereux Barbara A. Smith ‘92* Ricardo Charriez ‘04 Pamela B. DeWees ‘82 Ada L. Sola Fernandez Chandroutie Chauhan ‘92 Carol H. Di Prima ‘74 Christopher N. Sonnesyn Marline Chavez ‘01 Alex Diamond Sosa Llorens, Cruz Neris & Associates Juan L. Acosta ‘02 Zea-Zea M. Beasley ‘06 Rose Chavez ‘83 Elizabeth Diaz ‘03 Joseph Staskzkiw, Jr. Zelma Acosta ‘98 Carolyn A. Beck ‘73 Sarah X. Y. Cheng ‘89 Rosita Diaz ‘97 Joanne M. Stavrou ‘76 Marilyn R. Adair ‘91 Carl J. W. Becker ‘87 Lawrence J. Cheskin ‘77 Joseph W. Dicembri ‘75 Kerstine Stephenson-Anyu ‘81 Esther M. Adeniji ‘06 Judy P. Beckles-Ross ‘99 Sal Chiariello ‘68 Eartha Dickerson ‘06 Mildred J. Steuer ‘75 Oluseyi E. Adeniji ‘88 Christine Bellacero ‘76 Anna K. Chielli ‘77 Paulette Didato Barry L. Stewart ‘87 Samuel Adler Ernestine E. Belton ‘85 Barbara V. Chin ‘05 Richard T. Difrisco ‘05 Dianne B. Stillman ‘98 Advent-Morro Equity Partners, inc. Leslie A. Benardo ‘75 Ellen B. Chinn ‘74 Annette Digby Lorraine K. Stock ‘70 Alba Aguilar ‘06 Steven M. Benardo ‘69 Roman W. Chornodolsky ‘71* Elvira Dimalanta ‘06 Stonehill College Regina M. Ailes ‘06 Robbie C. Benitez John D. Christesen ‘70 Jarlyn M. Dominguez ‘06 Michael W. Stout Susan K. Aker ‘75 Stephen J. Benoit ‘97 Anthony J. Ciarfeo ‘76 Francine N. Donald ‘06 Frank W. Streng ‘79 Lookman A. Akintunde ‘06 Mary G. Berger ‘97 Joanne P. Cintron ‘06 Adwoa Donkor ‘06 Jack M. Stryker ‘79* Mildred Alcaide ‘04 Kevin P. Bergmann ‘03 Nick Cione ‘74 Mary R. Donleavy Irving R. Stuart Jose A. Alexandrino ‘96* Jeffrey Berkowitz ‘76 James M. Clark, Jr. ‘88 Edward N. Doohan ‘68 Patricia A. Sullivan ‘68 Waqar Ali ‘05 Sheila Berry ‘04 Jill B. Clarke ‘77 Karen Dorio ‘97 Elizabeth E. Surcouf ‘76 Annabelle S. Allamby ‘06 Lisa N. Bettan ‘87 George Class-Peters ‘00 Yvonne B. Dormer ‘98 William Swenson Maria Almanzar ‘06 Joseph O. Bissah ‘82 Jewel Cleckley ‘01 Indria N. Drayton ‘05 Esther R. Taus* Jo L. Alston ‘04 Willie Mae V. Black ‘93 Carmen Clemente ‘80 Prudence Drummond ‘92 Rochelle Teichner ‘02 Gerard Altieri ‘74 Amy F. Blake ‘06 Betty Coalmon ‘77 James M. Duane Blanche Teitelbaum Richard M. Altschuler ‘79 George K. Blankson ‘79 Faye M. Cohen ‘84 Stephanie Duke-Karanikolas ‘78 The Irish Repertory Theatre Co., Inc. Mayra Alvarez ‘04 Monika G. Bloom ‘70 Joseph S. Cohen ‘99 Hazel P. Duncan ‘99 Joel Thirer ‘70 Ana Amaro ‘83 Nigel F. Bloomfield ‘95 Mark E. Cohen ‘77 Deborah I. Dunkley John Toale American International Group, Inc. Edward J. Blum ‘78 Richard Cohen Martha Duran ‘06 Torrres Alcaide & Co Inc. Stella Americo ‘92 David Boamah ‘05 Victor M. Colon ‘99 Estelle M. Dutchin ‘04 Towers Perrin Marianne Anderson ‘84 Ananth N. Bobbili Joan M. Connolly ‘96 Mary A. Dziomba ‘82 Marthy A. Towey ‘77 Melissa Anderson ‘03 Selma D. Bogle ‘85 Diane M. Connors ‘86 Amber Earl ‘98 Christine L. Tralongo ‘71 Michael Anderson ‘98 Stacey Booker ‘06 Eileen C. Conroy ‘96 Jeanette M. Edlow ‘81 William Tramontano Yvette Andriola Martin Bookspan Silverio V. Conte ‘78 Charles Edusei ‘98* Eileen C. Treacy ‘74 Yaa A. Anguah ‘04 Stanley J. Boots ‘78 Nairobi A. Contreras ‘06 Betty J. Edwards ‘92 V.I.P. Community Services Housing Elliott M. Antokoletz ‘68 Bernice A. Borow ‘05 Rosemary Conwell Clarke ‘88 Eladio Mulero, Inc. Initiative Ellen A. Appelle ‘71 Ellin Bousel ‘73 Carol A. Coogan ‘80 Alfred D. Elkins ‘69 Valerie Vallade ‘69 David A. Applebaum ‘90 Yolanda A. Bowden ‘80 Carol A. Cook ‘85 Zandra E. Ellis ‘04 Leonard A. Van Lowe, Jr. ‘77 Doreen L. Argenti ‘74 Marian L. Brady ‘00 Allen S. Cooper ‘79* Audrey L. Epstein ‘01 Inez B. Vanable ‘72 Karen M. Argenti ‘78 Lottie V. Bragg ‘92* Vera E. Corato ‘83 Dawn M. Eschert ‘05 Juan A. Vazquez Carielys E. Arias ‘06 Katherine L. Branch ‘85 Deborah E. Corbia ‘87 Manuel Escobar Ivan C. Villamil Margot Y. Arthurs ‘06 Channah R. Brandeis ‘81 Freda Corporan ‘99 Celia M. Eslampour ‘01* W.B. Yeats Society of NY National Arts Augustus A. Aryee ‘98 Rosalind Brandler ‘95 Jose Corporan Mildred Espinosa ‘06 Club Daniel M. Asnis ‘74 Gail A. Brandt ‘03 Dominick A. Corrado ‘76* Nicholas M. Esposito ‘05 Elizabeth A. Ward ‘69 Steven Assifuah Arlene Brasill ‘02 Monica Cortez ‘04 Bernard Etheridge ‘87 Barbara E. Warkentine ‘82 Nevina I. At Stathi ‘06 Lisa A. Britt ‘04 Ellen M. Corwin ‘83 Thelma Etheridge ‘94 Albert K. Webster Michael Aurichio ‘75 Rachel Brookoff ‘78 Carol A. Coscia ‘74* Fay Ettman ‘38 Eva Weiss ‘68 Khadijah J. Austin ‘06 Lagrane N. Brooks ‘98 Monica J. Cosinga ‘00 Kyung Suk Eun ‘06 West India Machinery and Supply Co. Alla Avdashchenko ‘99 Barbara W. Brown ‘00* Andrew J. Costello ‘75 Jessica Eusebio ‘04 Stephanie Wexler-Robock ‘74 Nadia Aybar ‘04 Genneva A. Brown ‘99 Maritza Cotto ‘91 Anna M. Evanoff ‘85 Linda C. Williams ‘70* Tiatiana Ayuso ‘06 Georgeann Brown ‘06 Mary Courtney ‘75 Brian A. Evans ‘88 Theresa S. Wilson ‘76 Dorothy M. Babcock ‘75 Pamela A. Brown ‘98 Stuart A. Courtney ‘70 Wesley C. Evans ‘91* Mark H. Winnegrad ‘71* Joyes Baby ‘04 Willy Brujan ‘00* Lorraine Covello ‘78 Dhalia S. Ezra ‘78 Patricia Wooters ‘83 Rafael Baerga Vaquer Seyna J. Bruskin Donald R. Coy ‘04 Anthony Fabiani ‘85 Wai Mun Yeow ‘05 Zoila R. Baez ‘03 James B. Buckhanon ‘05 Elizabeth A. Creaney ‘92 Angela Fagan ‘82* David C. Young, CPM ‘83 Mohamed A. Bah ‘05 Sandra A. Buckley ‘77 Guillermo Cruz Celia V. Fagan ‘01 Lawrence D. Young ‘80 Jacqueline A. Bailey ‘79* Josephine Burgess ‘92 Maria A. Cruz ‘93 Jasmine Falero ‘06 Mara S. Ziedins ‘74 Thomas Baker ‘06 Cynthia Burke ‘00 Nancy Cruz ‘97 Louis M. Falkenstein ‘75 Stanley Bank Donna M. Burke ‘78 Horace E. Cunningham ‘02* Paul A. Fallon ‘76 Friends of Lehman College Amber Baptiste ‘03 Eileen Burke ‘80 Kathleen V. Curnyn ‘06 Susan E. Fallon ‘87 Pavel A. Baranov ‘05 Maureen Burke Neuza A. Da Gloria ‘97 Jessica A. Farkas ‘02 Anonymous (2) Daniel R. Barber ‘94 Linda M. Burkett ‘78 Marilyn Da Silva ‘00 Mary G. Favia ‘86 4imprint Barbara and Michael+ Barnard Orville E. Burnett ‘97 Debra A. DaCosta ‘02 Fred Feibusch Sharon D. Aarons ‘71 Esteen Y. Barnes ‘93 Helene Butler ‘06 Margaret J. daCosta-Holt ‘88 Guido Feliz, Jr. ‘94 Jamila Abdulrashid ‘97 Geri A. Baron ‘71 Michael Caceci ‘79 Mariana T. D’Alessandro ‘98 Sean D. Fenton ‘99 Divina Abreu-Espinal ‘98 Nylsa V. Barris ‘98 Stan J. Cafaro ‘69 Gerard M. Dalgish ‘72 James V. Ferebee ‘95 Joel Abrevaya ‘88 Irene A. Barros ‘99 Nancy Calderon ‘84 Linda E. Dallam ‘75 Diana A. Fernandez ‘02 Scott B. Abusch ‘86 Raquel A. Batista ‘06 Florence D. Calman ‘68 Arthur F. Damore ‘73 Charity G. Ferris ‘04 Accounting Resources, Inc. Yanissa L. Batista ‘06 Eugenia C. Cameron ‘86* Judy D’Andreea ‘71 Alan Z. Feuer Peter M. Accumanno ‘71 Patricia A. Bauer ‘76 Linda R. Cammarota ‘96 Dora Daniel ‘86 Mina Feuerstein ‘79 Haydee Acevedo ‘02 Robert Baumgartner Kerry A. Campbell-Jones ‘87 Alice W. Davis ‘06 Mary R. Figlear ‘88 Evelyn Ackerman Rosann V. Bazirjian ‘73 Louis S. Campisi Andre P. Davis ‘04 Sandra O. Fishman ‘75 Steven M. Ackerman ‘73 Jodi-Ann L. Beans ‘06 Gregory J. Cannata, Jr. ‘74 Paula R. Davis ‘04 Maura E. Fitton ‘86* * Donors with an asterisk have contributed for five consecutive years or more. + Deceased 14 • • • • • • • • • • • • H• •o •n •o • r •R •o • l • l •o • f •D •o •n •o • r • s • • • • • • • • • • • •

Agnes T. Fitzpatrick ‘88* Clement B. Grose ‘04 Ronald B. Joseph ‘74 Doris V. Fleming ‘06 Sharon N. Grover ‘91 Loretta M. Judge ‘89 Josette Fleurant ‘79 Guardian Life Insurance Company of Robert Jugger Rachelle A. Flisser ‘69 America JustGive Barbara Florenzan ‘06 Anne Guarino ‘74 Suweba Kabiru ‘06 Geidy I. Flores ‘06 Elizabeth Guerrero Berroa ‘00 Shirley M. Kahn ‘81 Reuben L. Flowers ‘01* Barbara V. Gurley ‘70 Mahmoud A. Kallon ‘05 Shirley C. Fogle ‘99 Francine A. Gurtler ‘85 Margaret O. Kane ‘68 Victor B. Forbes ‘74 Eileen M. Guzman ‘75 Darinka S. Kantcheva ‘97 Eileen M. Forbes-Watkins ‘69 Sharon Halpern ‘72 Leslie C. Kaplan ‘72 Pablo Foster Lisa L. Hamlett ‘91 Shoshana L. Kaplovitz ‘82 Photo by James Johnson Delores Francis ‘80 Mildred A. Hammer ‘75 Sherri L. Kassner ‘79 Margery B. Franklin Nora M. Hamond-Gallardo ‘79* Alan J. Katz ‘76 Lillian C. Frederickson ‘81 Terrence Hannigan Lynn Kauderer ‘75 Miriam M. Fredrick ‘75 Robert G. Hardy ‘06 Abbe M. Kaufman ‘72 Sharon Freedberg Maureen P. Harney ‘88 Frances E. Kearns Nora Freeman ‘00 Todorka I. Haroutunian ‘06 Dorit A. Kehr-Bollinger ‘73 Daniel S. Frey ‘00 Beris M. Harper ‘88 Brenda J. Keitt ‘01 Judith L. Friday-McGraw ‘92 Claudette Harper-Griffiths ‘01 Ingrid Kelly Smiles abound at the Alumni Association’s Mark T. Friedman ‘74 Adrienne C. Harris ‘84 John D. Kelly Graduating Seniors’ Brunch, May 2007. Michael J. Friedman ‘82* Jerlaine M. Harris ‘96 Stella T. Kelly ‘68 Bernard H. Friese ‘84 Laverne Harris ‘06 Viola M. Kelly ‘89 Susanne H. Fruchter ‘94 Donnelle Harrison Edward J. Kennelly Evelyn V. Maben-Hall ‘06 Linda R. Meyer ‘74* Claudia A. Fugon ‘06 Brenda J. Hart ‘80 Isabel L. Kessler ‘74 Patricia Y. Mack ‘71 Ingrida Miemis Karen Fung ‘91 Siti-Enjoli Hasanoeddin ‘06 Judith S. Kessler ‘75 Shirley L. Mack ‘84 Eric Miller ‘99* Jack Funt ‘90* Myra Hauben Mary J. Kilbride ‘74 Jessica T. Macklin ‘93 Harriet J. Miller ‘70 Rachel T. Furst ‘85 John F. Haviland ‘99 Brendan J. Kilcawley ‘84 Jose Magdaleno, Jr. Linda S. Miller ‘69 Albert W. Gaddy Katherine Hawkins Chrzanowski Helen Kirby ‘97 Graceann E. Magro ‘75 Robin J. Miller ‘82 Francine Gadson ‘05 Mary F. Hayes ‘00* Rebecca J. Kirkland ‘74 Lloyd G. Mair, Jr. ‘72 Susan R. Miller ‘04 Charles J. Gaffner ‘69 Maryann F. Hayward ‘95 Carol J. Kissane ‘69 Robert E. Malberti ‘83 Ana I. Miranda ‘89 Angelo Galeazzi ‘76 Linda W. Heaney ‘76 Ellen Klohmann ‘75 Aravind Mallipudi ‘98* Glenda Miranda ‘02 Patricia E. Gallagher ‘76 Cecelia M. Hedley ‘93* Bruce G. Klonsky ‘71* Violet A. Mallory ‘80 Jose Miranda ‘06 Thomas E. Gallagher ‘74* Jerry F. Heimann ‘70 Sandra L. Klonsky ‘72 Michelle T. Malloy ‘06 Marisa Miranda ‘94 Denise C. Galletta ‘73 Jane M. Heisel ‘79 Toi Knox-Ward ‘97 Richard R. Mandel ‘73 Kokouvi Missihoun ‘06 Charles B. Gallo ‘01* Lorraine T. Henderson Kathleen A. Koch ‘72 Ellen B. Manigault ‘05 Dialy Molina ‘06 Gloria L. Garber ‘80 Arvernetta L. Henry ‘81 Hana Kosar ‘80 Joseph A. Mannozzi, Jr. ‘91 Shanel C. Monroe ‘04 Alberto F. Garces ‘02 Evaline K. Henry ‘99 Peter Krajnak ‘06 Serena Mapson ‘96 Jane Montalvo ‘06 Jemmiel A. Gardner ‘01 Clarence I. Henson, Jr. ‘85 Caryn S. Kravitz ‘70 Harold Marcelin ‘06 Lucila Montalvo ‘00 Terri Garrity ‘79 Marta Heredia ‘06 Barry A. Krissoff ‘72 Karen A. Marinese ‘06 Roxana Montanez-Smith ‘05 John J. Garvey Josephine Hernandez ‘99 Jayne Krissoff ‘72 Helen C. Marini ‘93 Natividad Montero ‘06 Thelma Garvin ‘05 Sandra Hernandez ‘06 Helen R. Kuttner ‘75 Leslie Maron ‘75 Patricia A. Moorehead ‘73 Rosalyn Gass ‘80 Plinio A. Herrera ‘01 Rita J. La Bar ‘89 Donald Marrone ‘77 Sharon A. Moorman ‘81 Bridget Gavin Katherine B. Hickey ‘92 Rita Labar ‘89 Joann R. Marrone ‘75 Janina M. Morones ‘05 Terrence E. Gavin Mercy L. Hidalgo Geeta C. Lall ‘02 Enid L. Marsh ‘72 Jacqueline A. Morris ‘91 Monica V. ‘90* Ryon H. Higgins ‘01 John J. Lally, Jr.* Heidi Marte ‘06 Julie M. Moslow ‘77 Suzette A. Gayle ‘93 Vanessa Hill ‘06 Sang S. Lam ‘04 Patricia M. Marthouse ‘79 Robert E. Moslow ‘74 Yoseph T. Gemta ‘02 Mary E. Hinderstein ‘81 Richard L. Lane ‘87 Lenore C. Martin ‘69 Victor C. Mosquera ‘06 Carlene M. Gentilesco ‘68 Teres R. Hinds ‘05 Alfred Z. Lanquah ‘99 Margaret M. Martin ‘99 Janet B. Munch Joseph W. Gentilesco ‘72 Ann Marie S. Hing ‘02* Nancy Lau ‘88 Anthony D. Martinez ‘05 Julio Mundo Robert Gerardi ‘02 Peter M. Hoefer ‘72 Regina S. Laurato ‘04 Benilde A. Martinez ‘00 Alice P. Munzo ‘70 Richard A. Gerber Joyce H. Hoffman ‘93 Mildred Lausell ‘97 Elsie Martinez ‘82 Thomas Murasso Mark D. Gersten ‘72 Paul V. Hogan ‘85 Barbara M. Lazarus ‘76 Julio Martinez ‘00 Ellen M. Murphy ‘90 Palma T. Gervasi ‘75 Casper E. Hoist, Jr. ‘71 Marc S. Lazarus Pedro Martinez ‘04 William A. Murphy Yonatan Getachew ‘04 Victoria F. Holmberg ‘03 Toby W. Lebenson ‘86 Audrey D. Marutollo ‘75 Alice S. Myerson, CPNP ‘91 Jacob M. Gilbert ‘06 Jerome H. Holzman Elizabeth N. Lee ‘77 Sandra A. Masiello ‘87 Nationwide Foundation John J. Gillen Patricia A. Hudick ‘66 Kiyeung Lee Sonia P. Mason ‘06 Arlene Neiman ‘71 Sadie B. Gilmore ‘75 Gilton O. Huggett, Jr. ‘00 Kathleen E. Lefkowitz ‘93 Lorraine M. Mastracchio ‘74 Harriett Nelson ‘89 Frances B. Giuffre ‘74* Gloria B. Hughes ‘97* Adele Lerner ‘90 Michael Mastrangelo ‘75 Marva P. Nelson Ezra B. Glaser ‘98 Anne Humpherys James Levanos ‘81 Francisco A. Matos ‘74 Valrie Nelson ‘06 Nadeen Glover ‘00 Veronica C. Humphreys ‘93 Susan R. Levine ‘90 Leslie D. May ‘00* Wayne W. Nesmith ‘91 Linda Godfrey-Rucker ‘99 Edward B. Hunter ‘83 Zelda Levitan ‘69 Elizabeth E. Maybruch ‘88 Valentine Ngufor* Myra M. Goggins Kirsten D. Hunter ‘03 Jeffrey M. Lewis ‘06 Anita Mayhew ‘06 Kim K. Nguyen ‘96 Sol E. Goichman ‘90 Lydia Hunter Fernando Leyton ‘02 Geraldine F. Mazzella ‘76 Michael H. Nguyen ‘05 Elise M. Gold ‘76 Mary Hurd-Brown ‘06 Eugene Li ‘02 Lisa McCaffrey ‘95 Cynthia A. Nieves ‘96 Jean R. Goldman Mi Hyang Hwangpo ‘91 Cristina Liantonio ‘03 Edward D. McCarthy ‘76 Derek T. Nisbett ‘86 Roy E. Goldman ‘76 Edith O. Idehen ‘02 Anna T. Liberatore ‘76 Justin M. McCarthy ‘85 Faith C. Nnaji ‘03 Rachelle Goldstein Napoleon Imarhiagbe Roslyn Liberman ‘69 Richard H. McCarthy Barbara J. Noble-Papp ‘92 Arkadiy A. Golyanov ‘97 Lynn C. Imergoot ‘69 David Lieb ‘01* David K. McCauseland ‘97 Mary T. Nooney ‘98 Maria Gomez ‘06 Lucia Imparato ‘97 Joyce F. Liebman ‘75 Mary P. McCullough ‘78 Gloria G. North ‘67 Frank González ‘70* Khanittha Im-Um ‘06 Jennie M. Lipari ‘92 Caroline McDonagh ‘00 Francis C. Nugent, Jr. ‘74* Ivan Gonzalez Brenda Irizarry ‘03* Carole K. Lippold ‘89 Andrea V. McDonald ‘04 Victoria Nwokelo ‘06 Nilsa I. Gonzalez ‘85 Daniel Irizarry ‘05 Gayle L. Lockett ‘68 Kathleen M. McGrath ‘76 Glen T. Nygreen Sandra Gonzalez ‘06 Richard Isaac Joseph A. Lomascolo ‘79 James McGuinness ‘06 Carmen J. Obando ‘99 Sara M. Gonzalez ‘84 Marlene Jacobowitz ‘80 Marie I. Londrigan ‘76 Maureen E. McGuire ‘69 Lydia C. Obasi ‘04 Brad Goodwin ‘99 Elizabeth E. Jacobsen ‘77 Carlene V. Long ‘94 Robert M. McGuire ‘70 Grace Obeng ‘06 Fran S. Gordon ‘75 Liloutie Jagarnath ‘96 Emilio W. Lopez Robert G. McKay ‘79* Paula B. Oberman ‘73 Lis Goris ‘06 Susan S. Jaku ‘05 Fatima Lopez ‘06 Michael J. McKenna ‘04 Benjamin Z. Oberstein ‘75 Stacy Y. Govan ‘03 Lucille G. Jamison-Yard ‘84 Diana Lopez Feliciano Joan McNamara ‘79 Patrick J. O’Brien ‘74 Luner S. Graham ‘04 Valorie Janice ‘73 Kathy Lopez Harold E. McNulty ‘90* Linda S. Ochser ‘69* Steven Graham ‘99 Jose L. Javier ‘00 Anthony J. Lopiano ‘98 Adriane D. McPhaul ‘87 Julia O. O’Connell Africa L. Grant ‘05 Pierre-Richard Jean Charles ‘00 Enerio Lora ‘00 Nicketta E. McPherson ‘99 Leslie L. Odom ‘84 Rasheedah Grant Dorline Jean-Lopez ‘06 Hannah Louisy ‘06 Medical Card System, Inc. Clement O. Ofosu-Ntiamoah ‘06 Irwin L. Gratz ‘78 Marilyn E. Jervey ‘81 Dorothy Lowery ‘91 Howard B. Medow ‘74 Mary E. O’Gorman ‘76 Geraldine C. Green ‘00 Susan H. Joffe ‘71 Vicki N. Lowery ‘76 Evelyn Melendez ‘06 Barbara A. O’Hagan ‘75 Karen R. Green ‘91 Aurrera Johnson ‘06 Ralph Lucena ‘98* Jeffrey J. Menkes ‘73 George N. Ohakamnu ‘95 Sandra D. Green ‘02 Jeffrey W. Johnson ‘03 John Lucente Luis Mera Martin Okwaning ‘96 Jean D. Greenberg ‘75 Mabel E. Johnson ‘73* Lawrence G. Lucero ‘06 Dianne T. Meranus ‘73 Jumoke F. Olaniyan ‘06 Suzanne L. Greenberg ‘70 Martha K. Johnson ‘02 Eliot S. Lugo, Jr. ‘85 Denise L. Mercado ‘87 Robert J. O’Leary ‘77 Elaine K. Greenfield ‘88 Thelma D. Johnson ‘93 Mirjana Lukic-Kim ‘89 Evangeline Mercado ‘92 Thomas F. O’Loughlin ‘84 Ronald Greenwald ‘73 Suzy Johnston ‘06 Juan C. Luna ‘04 Javiel Mercado Ann M. Olsen ‘81 Michael A. Greer Rita N. Jones ‘74 Rosemary T. Lunstead ‘75 Venus E. Mercer ‘06 Engelina S. Olsthoorn ‘00 Carol M. Greif ‘73 Lisa C. Jones-Gordon ‘85 Rosalina Luongo ‘05 Mildred Mergenthal ‘84 Brian O’Neill Patricia Griffin ‘01 Lorraine C. Jordan ‘06 Ana E. Lynch ‘06 Susan A. Merguerian ‘92 Yaw B. Opoku ‘05 Dorothy C. Griffith Donahue ‘74 Dulce M. Jorge ‘05 Diane S. Lynch ‘81 Philip D. Merwin Christine M. O’Rourke ‘76 Edwards Grimes-Carrion ‘06 Justinia Joseph ‘06 Mona T. Lynch ‘78 Harry D. Meyer Carmen M. Ortiz ‘89 * Donors with an asterisk have contributed for five consecutive years or more. + Deceased 15 • • • • • • • • • • • • H• •o •n •o • r •R •o • l • l •o • f •D •o •n •o • r • s • • • • • • • • • • • •

Donnaree T. Smith ‘97 John A. Virga ‘78 Janet T. Smith ‘83* Valerie J. Virgo ‘88 Madeleine G. Smith Alfred Visconti ‘90 Margaret Smith ‘02 Sheila M. Vogel ‘76 Myrtle L. Smith ‘76* Maria T. Vozzo ‘05 Thomas Smithwick ‘96* Myrna Rivera ’75 M.A., a mem- Noris M. Wade Beverly P. Soares ‘94 Harriet E. Wagner ‘76 ber of the board of the Lehman John Soares, III ‘98 Christine M. Walker College Foundation, was chair Edith Sobel ‘88 Girvan Walker ‘06 and organizer of the First Annual Mark Z. Somerstein ‘74 Janet C. Walker ‘67 ‘Jazz for Lehman College,’ held in Jennifer A. Sonsini ‘88 Loreen Walker ‘06 November 2006 at the Intercon- Betty A. Soto ‘77 Stephen B. Walsh ‘82* Laura J. Spalter ‘80 Michelle Walter ‘06 tinental Hotel in San Juan. With Joanne C. Spera ‘87 Miriam Wanderman ‘75 her is world-renowned jazz flutist Benjamin A. Spero ‘86* Patricia A. Ward ‘05 Dave Valentín, who received an Donald J. Spiegelman ‘76 Robert P. Ward ‘87 honorary degree from Lehman Gerald I. Spielholtz Nazlin B. Warner and was one of the major artists Bernice H. Spillert ‘77 Michael J. Warren ‘69 Arlene Spirer ‘74 who performed at the event. Carol Washington ‘90 Jose J. Sprouse, Jr. ‘69* Michelle Washington ‘06 Hyacinth St. Louis ‘06 Valerie M. Washington Jasmine N. Ortiz ‘06 Lizette Resto ‘06 Enrique Salgado ‘80* Joya M. Staack ‘90 Irene M. Wasnick ‘69 Monica Ortiz-Urena ‘92 Valerie J. Rey ‘06 Jacqueline J. Saltzman ‘76 Marie R. Standford ‘85* William Waters Pat O. Osemwegie ‘00 Alfred Reyes ‘06 Alexandra J. Samaras ‘06 Dena Stavrou ‘73 Malvina Watson ‘77 Judith Z. Osten ‘78 Stephanie Ribaudo ‘93 Harrylall Samaroo ‘91 Dale A. Stephenson ‘01 Shirley F. Watson ‘84 Eileen M. Ostrander ‘91 Fitzroy D. Richards ‘05 Le Andre Sampson ‘97 Arlene R. Stern ‘70* Gloria D. Watt ‘97 John Ostrowski ‘76 Irene Richards San Juan Asset Management Inc. Martin T. Stevens ‘91 Nathaniel Waye ‘01 Hector J. Otero ‘06 John L. Richards Jason C. Sanchez ‘06 Renee Stoller Gina L. Waynes ‘06 Kathleen D. O’Toole ‘75 Jeffery D. Rieck ‘03 Soraida L. Sanchez ‘98 Ernest Strom Harriet Weinbaum ‘80 Mary L. Overton ‘83 Francine W. Riger Carol S. Sands ‘68 Beth Stuckey ‘77 Leon S. Weinberg ‘75* Charles T. Owens ‘77 Virginia Riklin ‘78 Michael A. Sangolana ‘00 Juana Suarez ‘86 Stuart A. Weinberg ‘71 Manuel E. Padilla ‘85 Dennis Riley ‘99* Grace M. Sannella ‘06 Rose V. Suarez ‘72 Michelle S. Weintraub ‘04 Jackie Padilla-DiMirco ‘04 Joseph Rill ‘71 Freddy Santiago Paulette P. Sudano ‘79 Michael I. Weisberg ‘72 Salvatore Paese ‘81* Jose Rios ‘90 James N. Santiago ‘86 Edward F. Sullivan ‘76 Leonard E. Weisberger ‘78 Maria Del C. Pagan Ortiz Arline H. Ritter ‘74 Jennie Santiago ‘92 Mary E. Summers ‘75 Dorothy A. Weise ‘75 Edward D. Pakel Bill E. Rivera ‘97 Eileen M. Santini ‘74 Linda Sussman ‘90* Jessica H. Weiss ‘78 Jerry Palmeiro ‘74 Daisy I. Rivera Felice M. Saracco ‘74 John E. Sylvester ‘76 Laura G. Weiss ‘74 Michele A. Panossian ‘79 Edward Rivera ‘04 Helene S. Sarnell ‘71 Wendy J. Synan ‘75 Elliot Weitz ‘72 Michelle D. Pardo ‘06 Michael Rivera Una Satchell-Jenkins ‘06 Sallie Sypher Arthur S. Welch ‘93 Carole E. Parkey ‘97 Beverly Rivers ‘80 Vivia A. Saunders ‘02 Carmine J. Tabacco ‘81* Brenda H. Wells ‘89 Dominica R. Paterno Anthony Rivieccio ‘87 Bernard M. Schiff ‘82 Stanley F. Taback Mitchell Wenzel Christina Paul ‘68 Karen A. Roback ‘76 Marie P. Schiff ‘77 Duane A. Tananbaum* Carmen West Barry C. Pearce ‘70* Richard N. Roback ‘78 Vivian S. Schiffman ‘70 Josefina Tavarez ‘00 Stuart E. Wexler ‘76 Ana A. Pena-Velez ‘98 Edgar V. Roberts Michael A. Schneider ‘75 Lorraine Taylor ‘06 Adrienne L. Whaley ‘95 Karen M. Pennachio ‘79 Elena R. Roberts ‘76 Michele A. Schum ‘93 Johanna J. Tejeda ‘06 Hazel P. White ‘82 Tomo Pepdonovic ‘98 Gail L. Robinson ‘77 Yolanda C. Schumann ‘77 Sandra D. Tenzer ‘80 Esther I. Wilder Maria Peralta ‘06 Marlene A. Robinson ‘06 Claire G. Schwartz Mihaela I. Teodorescu-Sadean ‘87 Ellen Wilkinson ‘97 Bob Perkins Michael G. Robinson ‘98 Harold A. Schwartz ‘76 Gilda Tetelman Hanson G. Williams ‘00 Raymond H. Perlman ‘71 Nadeen E. Robinson ‘02 Consuelo Scott ‘82 Doris Tetteh ‘04 Millicent G. WIlliams ‘06 Robert H. Perlman ‘79 Javier R. Robles Virginia R. Scott Shirley Thaler ‘81* Ruth J. Willoughby ‘83 Dorothy A. Perrotta ‘69 Stephanie Robock Yasmin D. Scott ‘06 Pierre R. Theodore ‘94 Nomi Winer ‘99 Gail M. Perry-Ryder Jean A. Roccanova ‘81 William J. Scribner Audrey V. Thomas ‘81 Philomena O. Winigah ‘06 Deeram Persaud ‘03 Peter A. Rock ‘04 Madeleine Secunda ‘80 Lascelles Thomas ‘05 William M. Witt Jacqueline G. Philibert ‘05 Alfano M. Rodriguez ‘92 Paul E. Seddon ‘75 Margaret D. Thomas ‘06 Blossom Wittlin ‘76 Manfred Philipp Ana I. Rodriguez ‘99 Linda Segota ‘75 Olive F. Thomas ‘06 Rhea H. Wolfthal ‘71 Norma K. Phillips Carmen M. Rodriguez ‘97 Malinda Selby ‘98 Anne E. Thompson ‘90 Anthea Wood ‘05 Karen L. Philp ‘74 Manuel D. Rodriguez ‘03 Maharanie Sewbhajan ‘97 Bernice C. Thompson ‘81 Roosevelt O. Woods ‘00 Patricia Pickett ‘79 Martha Rodriguez ‘91 Terry T. Seymore-Collins ‘87 Maureen A. Thompson ‘97 Rosetta M. Woods ‘75 Eltee F. Pierre ‘83 Ida M. Rogers ‘80 Phyllis Shanley Carol A. Tito ‘77 Marion J. Woon Nancy Pike Fernando Romero ‘98 Benjamin M. Shapiro ‘78 Arthur R. Tobiason ‘73 Jaynice Wordclark ‘04 Kiran G. Pillai ‘04 Gladys Romero ‘87 Wayne C. Shapiro ‘81 Sakisha R. Toney ‘06 Delores M. Worrell ‘86 Adeline Pina ‘92 Diane L. Romm ‘70 Esther M. Shei ‘06 Ruth M. Toplitsky Eric V. Wright ‘00 Gerald A. Pinsky Arcides Rondon ‘05 John Sheridan ‘93 Vivian J. Torres ‘93 Rosilyn P. Wright ‘06 Roseanne Pinto ‘02 Francisco Rosa, Jr. ‘97 Carol M. Sicherman Phillip J. Travers ‘80* Leslie Wuest ‘87 Barbara A. Pivarnik ‘69 Mayra A. Rosa ‘99 Diana S. Siegel ‘71 Hal Trencher ‘71 Virginia V. Wurthmann ‘77 Lisa Pizarro ‘06 Sonia Rosado ‘00 Carmen C. Sierra ‘82 Christine Trezza LeDoux ‘81 Donna Yacovino ‘93 Cynthia K. Plummer Short ‘84 Arelis Rosario ‘91 Barbara Signer ‘71 Alexandra M. Trulli ‘72 Eli B. Yamin ‘00 Anderson Pluviose ‘06 Luz N. Rosario ‘81 Karen Sikirdji ‘76 Aracelis Turino ‘06 Anita M. Yessian ‘81 William B. Pohle Michelle Rosario Carol R. Silberfarb ‘72 Sarah L. Turpin ‘96 Kathereen E. Young ‘84 Susan Polirstok* Rose K. Rose* Marsha Silberman Robert P. Tyra ‘74 Laura L. Zambano-Greechan ‘74 Mary T. Polissedjian ‘74 Javonne J. Rosen ‘92 Awilda Silva ‘01 Audrey R. Tyson ‘03 Norman S. Zamcheck ‘94 Blanca R. Pressley ‘93 Norma K. Rosenberg ‘73 Petra A. Silva Nnenna A. Udoye ‘05 Lawrence M. Zaruski ‘86 Anne Printz ‘68 Steven Rosenberg ‘63 Beverly Silverman ‘81 Jack D. Ullman Lisa H. Zeitoun ‘78 Nelson L. Proano ‘03 Rebecca Rosenblum ‘72 Helene J. Silverman Universidad De Puerto Rico Marie Zenecky ‘72 Anne-Marie C. Prokopiak ‘79 Nina F. Ross 9999 Peter Silverman Yahaira Urena ‘06 Leslie D. Zimmer ‘87 Joel C. Quall ‘79 Mark J. Roth ‘75 Nancy C. Simmons Ann M. Utke ‘90 Tun B. Zin ‘06 Kim L. Quick ‘96 Matthew Roth Ellen Simms Jasmine M. Valdes John S. Zolfo ‘68 Celso Quinones ‘03 Lisa J. Roubeck ‘93 Sonia Simon ‘72* Joseph P. Valentine Vincent Zucchetto ‘75 Jose M. Quintana ‘03 Christopher J. Rowan ‘81* Naomi Simpson ‘01 Deborah A. Valentino-Ewing ‘78 Al Zucker ‘95 Daniel Quintero ‘88 Novette R. Rowe Yolanda M. Simpson ‘97 Linda J. Van Valkenburg ‘73* Tunde-Sadat Ra El ‘01 Lillian Rubin ‘85 Kenneth J. Singer ‘85 Lucila M. Vasconcellos ‘06 Friends of the Library Donors Susan H. Rabinowicz ‘74 Esad Ruhani ‘06 Lottie M. Singh ‘94* Nasheem N. Vassell ‘04 Naomi Rabinowitz-Buchanan ‘77 Yaritz Ruiz ‘06 Nalinie D. Singh ‘93 Barbara F. Vatore ‘75 Marianne Anderson ‘84 Patrick M. Racioppo ‘74 Ellen Rush ‘90 Jonathan Singleton ‘04 George C. Vatore ‘75 Anonymous Sk M. Rahman ‘01 Constance Russell ‘06 Bruce S. Siuda ‘95 Mildred X. Vazquez ‘94 Steven Assifuah Jose Ramirez ‘06 Peta A. Rutty-Lopez ‘06 Arnold I. Sivakoff ‘75 Ivy L. Vega ‘05 Rosann V. Bazirjian ‘73 Sandra Ramos-Alamo ‘93 Catherine M. Ryall ‘99* Latrice Skipper ‘01 Gladys M. Velazquez ‘02 Carl J. W. Becker ‘87 Randy M. Rampersaud ‘05 Jeanne A. Ryan Susan V. Skrelja ‘06 Aaron C. Velez ‘02 Robbie C. Benitez Virginia-Holly Rango ‘66 Alice R. Saberski Sherley D. Slocumb ‘90 Darwin L. Velez ‘00 Willy Brujan ‘00 Samuel Reed Michelle A. Saccurato ‘77 Ricky L. Smalls ‘01 Gregorio A. Velez ‘02 John F. Casale ‘72 Breda M. Reidy ‘01 Helena A. Sackey ‘04 Beverley B. Smith ‘06 Elizabeth Ventura Thomas X. Casey Marilyn E. Reiter ‘75 Robert H. Sadin ‘71 Charles M. Smith ‘84 Marilyn Veras De Leon ‘06 Yemelly M. Castro Betty Renaudo ‘69 Revati Sahadeo ‘06 Charlotte Smith ‘86 Plinio O. Villablanca ‘85* Charlotte Cato Marjorie A. Rende ‘78 Carlton E. Sailor ‘06 Danielle H. Smith ‘01 Dora L. Villani ‘71* Peter L. Caverzasi

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Chandroutie Chauhan ‘92 Gifts have been made in Socrates Del Rosario, Jr. ‘03 Howard S. Cohn memory of: Euwiden Deliz ‘05 Jose Corporan Marie P. Delmar ‘06 Lehman Community Scholarship Guillermo Cruz Harris Berger ‘68 Gary A. Delmonte ‘03 Each year, the awarded scholarship or scholarships will be named Ann E. Chlebnikow Jane H. Devereux Marie F. Des Rosiers ‘04 in honor of one or more individuals who have made a significant Alex Diamond Michael J. Duffy Elizabeth Diaz ‘03 Deborah I. Dunkley Clarence P. Fenton Eartha Dickerson ‘06 contribution through service or participation at Lehman College. Carmen A. Franco ‘82 Fay Ettman Richard T. Difrisco ‘05 Donors to the fund as well as those honored and memorialized Pablo Foster Charles Greenberg Elvira Dimalanta ‘06 Philip I. Freedman John K. Hilliard Jarlyn M. Dominguez ‘06 through the fund are listed below. The individual for whom an Nora Freeman ‘00 Rose Hutton Francine N. Donald ‘06 awarded scholarship or scholarships is named on an annual basis Ivan Gonzalez Edwin Kramer Adwoa Donkor ‘06 will be recognized in correspondence with students and at an annual Gordon B. Lea Rasheedah Grant Indria N. Drayton ‘05 scholarship recognition event. Michael A. Greer Herbert H. Lehman Martha Duran ‘06 Beryl F. Herdt Ruth Ann Lief Estelle M. Dutchin ‘04 Lehman College Community Scholarship Tributes Maria I. Herencia Ruth Mischkind Kolbe Zandra E. Ellis ‘04 Patricia Solomon Katherine B. Hickey ‘92 Dawn M. Eschert ‘05 Jerold Barnard ‘94 Elizabeth Sullivan Beverly Nygreen Mercy L. Hidalgo Mildred Espinosa ‘06 Elizabeth Cuttino Olga Torres Ceda Glen T. Nygreen John M. Hilliard Nicholas M. Esposito ‘05 Migdio A. Dominguez ‘98 Paul C. Weiss ‘77 Jane ’69 and Fred D. Phelps Jerome H. Holzman Kyung Suk Eun ‘06 William M. Hoffman John W. Wieler, Jr. Rosemarie and Leonard Rockower Anne Humpherys Jessica Eusebio ‘04 Robert Johnson Krystyna Zamkowska Anji Sun Lydia Hunter Jasmine Falero ‘06 Irene ’70 and Jacob Judd Asako Tachiko Jack Hyatt Jessica A. Farkas ‘02 James R. Kreuzer Duane A. Tananbaum Napoleon Imarhiagbe Recent Graduates (2002-2006) Diana A. Fernandez ‘02 Paul G. Kreuzer Lynne Van Voorhis Elias Karmon Jamila Abdulrashid ‘97, ‘02 Charity G. Ferris ‘04 Joseph Magdaleno, Sr. Millie Wheeler Ingrid Kelly Haydee Acevedo ‘02 Doris V. Fleming ‘06 Susan B. Morgenthau Krystyna Zamkowska John D. Kelly Juan L. Acosta ‘02 Barbara Florenzan ‘06 John J. Lally, Jr. Esther M. Adeniji ‘06 Geidy I. Flores ‘06 Kiyeung Lee Alba Aguilar ‘06 Claudia A. Fugon ‘06 Kathy Lopez Regina M. Ailes ‘06 Francine Gadson ‘05 Michelle T. Malloy ‘06 Nadeen E. Robinson ‘02 Carl Mazza, Jr. Lookman A. Akintunde ‘06 Alberto F. Garces ‘02 Ellen B. Manigault ‘05 Peter A. Rock ‘04 Luis Mera Mildred Alcaide ‘04 Thelma Garvin ‘05 Harold Marcelin ‘06 Manuel D. Rodriguez ‘03 Julio Mundo Waqar Ali ‘05 Yoseph T. Gemta ‘02 Karen A. Marinese ‘06 Arcides Rondon ‘05 Valentine Ngufor Annabelle S. Allamby ‘06 Robert Gerardi ‘02 Heidi Marte ‘06 Carmen I. Rosario ‘05 Rona L. Ostrow Maria Almanzar ‘06 Yonatan Getachew ‘04 Anthony D. Martinez ‘05 Nina F. Ross ‘05 Barry C. Pearce ‘70 Juan A. Almonte ‘06 Jacob M. Gilbert ‘06 Pedro Martinez ‘04 Novette R. Rowe ‘05 Bob Perkins Jo L. Alston ‘04 Maria Gomez ‘06 Sonia P. Mason ‘06 Esad Ruhani ‘06 Gerald A. Pinsky Mayra Alvarez ‘04 Sandra Gonzalez ‘06 Anita Mayhew ‘06 Yaritz Ruiz ‘06 Irwin H. Polishook Melissa Anderson ‘03 Lis Goris ‘06 Andrea V. McDonald ‘04 Constance Russell ‘06 Kathleen G. Quinn-Miller Yaa A. Anguah ‘04 Stacy Y. Govan ‘03 James McGuinness ‘06 Peta A. Rutty-Lopez ‘06 Margaret A. Rice Carielys E. Arias ‘06 Luner S. Graham ‘04 Michael J. McKenna ‘04 Helena A. Sackey ‘04 Daisy I. Rivera Margot Y. Arthurs ‘06 Africa L. Grant ‘05 Evelyn Melendez ‘06 Revati Sahadeo ‘06 Michael Rivera Nevina I. At Stathi ‘06 Sandra D. Green ‘02 Venus E. Mercer ‘06 Carlton E. Sailor ‘06 Arcides Rondon ‘05 Khadijah J. Austin ‘06 Edwards Grimes-Carrion ‘06 Susan R. Miller ‘04 Alexandra J. Samaras ‘06 Sonia Rosado ‘00 Nadia Aybar ‘04 Clement B. Grose ‘04 Glenda Miranda ‘02 Jason C. Sanchez ‘06 Matthew Roth Tiatiana Ayuso ‘06 Efigenia Guevara ‘04 Jose Miranda ‘06 Grace M. Sannella ‘06 Pamela Scheinman Joyes Baby ‘04 Robert G. Hardy ‘06 Kokouvi Missihoun ‘06 Una Satchell-Jenkins ‘06 William Seraile Zoila R. Baez ‘03 Todorka I. Haroutunian ‘06 Dialy Molina ‘06 Vivia A. Saunders ‘02 Carol M. Sicherman Mohamed A. Bah ‘05 Laverne Harris ‘06 Shanel C. Monroe ‘04 Yasmin D. Scott ‘06 Marsha Silberman Thomas Baker ‘06 Siti-Enjoli Hasanoeddin ‘06 Jane Montalvo ‘06 Esther M. Shei ‘06 Petra A. Silva Catherine E. Bambrick ‘02 Marta Heredia ‘06 Roxana Montanez-Smith ‘05 Jonathan Singleton ‘04 Nancy C. Simmons Amber Baptiste ‘03 Sandra Hernandez ‘06 Natividad Montero ‘06 Susan V. Skrelja ‘06 Ellen Simms Pavel A. Baranov ‘05 Vanessa Hill ‘06 Janina M. Morones ‘05 Beverley B. Smith ‘06 Madeleine G. Smith Raquel A. Batista ‘06 Teres R. Hinds ‘05 Jacqueline A. Morris ‘91, ‘03 Margaret Smith ‘02 Ernest Strom Yanissa L. Batista ‘06 Ann Marie S. Hing ‘02 Victor C. Mosquera ‘06 Hyacinth St. Louis ‘06 Irving R. Stuart Anthony K. Baysah ‘05 Victoria F. Holmberg ‘03 Leonore B. Murray ‘05 Dale A. Stephenson ‘01 Sallie Sypher Jodi-Ann L. Beans ‘06 Kirsten D. Hunter ‘03 Valrie Nelson ‘06 Lorraine Taylor ‘06 Duane A. Tananbaum Zea-Zea M. Beasley ‘06 Mary Hurd-Brown ‘06 Michael H. Nguyen ‘05 Rochelle Teichner ‘02 Universal Network Television LLC Kevin P. Bergmann ‘03 Edith O. Idehen ‘02 Faith C. Nnaji ‘03 Johanna J. Tejeda ‘06 Gladys M. Velazquez ‘02 Sheila Berry ‘04 Khanittha Im-Um ‘06 Victoria Nwokelo ‘06 Doris Tetteh ‘04 Susan Voge Amy F. Blake ‘06 Brenda Irizarry ‘03 Lydia C. Obasi ‘04 Lascelles Thomas ‘05 Barbara E. Warkentine ‘82 David Boamah ‘05 Daniel Irizarry ‘05 Grace Obeng ‘06 Margaret D. Thomas ‘06 Nazlin B. Warner Ananth N. Bobbili Emi A. Jacob ‘92, ‘03 Clement O. Ofosu-Ntiamoah ‘06 Olive F. Thomas ‘06 William Waters Stacey Booker ‘06 Susan S. Jaku ‘05 Jumoke F. Olaniyan ‘06 Sakisha R. Toney ‘06 Nathaniel Waye ‘01 Bernice A. Borow ‘05 Dorline Jean-Lopez ‘06 Yaw B. Opoku ‘05 Aracelis Turino ‘06 Gail A. Brandt ‘03 Aurrera Johnson ‘06 Jasmine N. Ortiz ‘06 Audrey R. Tyson ‘03 Gifts have been made Arlene Brasill ‘02 Jeffrey W. Johnson ‘03 Hector J. Otero ‘06 Nnenna A. Udoye ‘05 honoring: Lisa A. Britt ‘04 Martha K. Johnson ‘02 Jackie Padilla-DiMirco ‘04 Yahaira Urena ‘06 Georgeann Brown ‘06 Suzy Johnston ‘06 Michelle D. Pardo ‘06 Joseph P. Valentine ‘03 Jerold Barnard ‘94 James B. Buckhanon ‘05 Lorraine C. Jordan ‘06 Hillary R. Peart ‘05 Lucila M. Vasconcellos ‘06 James V. Bruni Helene Butler ‘06 Dulce M. Jorge ‘05 Maria Peralta ‘06 Nasheem N. Vassell ‘04 Billy Collins Giovansky D. Carrion ‘05 Justinia Joseph ‘06 Deeram Persaud ‘03 Ivy L. Vega ‘05 John Corigliano Gildelgar M. Centeno ‘06 Suweba Kabiru ‘06 Jacqueline G. Philibert ‘05 Gladys M. Velazquez ‘02 Migdio A. Dominguez ‘98 Ricardo Charriez ‘04 Mahmoud A. Kallon ‘05 Kiran G. Pillai ‘04 Aaron C. Velez ‘02 Ricardo R. Fernández Rose Chavez ‘83 Darinka S. Kantcheva ‘97, ‘02 Roseanne Pinto ‘02 Gregorio A. Velez ‘02 Maria I. Herencia Barbara V. Chin ‘05 Peter Krajnak ‘06 Lisa Pizarro ‘06 Marilyn Veras De Leon ‘06 Jane Mauk Hilliard Joanne P. Cintron ‘06 Geeta C. Lall ‘02 Anderson Pluviose ‘06 Maria T. Vozzo ‘05 John Mauk Hilliard Nairobi A. Contreras ‘06 Sang S. Lam ‘04 Nelson L. Proano ‘03 Girvan Walker ‘06 William M. Hoffman Monica Cortez ‘04 Regina S. Laurato ‘04 Celso Quinones ‘03 Loreen Walker ‘06 Jacob Judd Donald R. Coy ‘04 Jeffrey M. Lewis ‘06 Jose M. Quintana ‘03 Michelle Walter ‘06 Helen Kleinberg Horace E. Cunningham ‘02 Fernando Leyton ‘02 Jose Ramirez ‘06 Patricia A. Ward ‘05 Paul G. Kreuzer Kathleen V. Curnyn ‘06 Eugene Li ‘02 Randy M. Rampersaud ‘05 Michelle Washington ‘06 Leonard Lief Debra A. DaCosta ‘02 Cristina Liantonio ‘03 Christine E. Reitman ‘02 Gina L. Waynes ‘06 Emily G. Nammacher Alice W. Davis ‘06 Fatima Lopez ‘06 Lizette Resto ‘06 Michelle S. Weintraub ‘04 Fred D. Phelps Andre P. Davis ‘04 Hannah Louisy ‘06 Valerie J. Rey ‘06 Millicent G. WIlliams ‘06 Anne Rothstein Cheryl B. Davis ‘04 Lawrence G. Lucero ‘06 Alfred Reyes ‘06 Philomena O. Winigah ‘06 Duane A. Tananbaum Paula R. Davis ‘04 Elizabeth Luna ‘05 Fitzroy D. Richards ‘05 Anthea Wood ‘05 Lynne Van Voorhis Rosalind Y. Davis ‘02 Juan C. Luna ‘04 Savel M. Richards ‘04 Jaynice Wordclark ‘04 Chester S. Dawes ‘04 Rosalina Luongo ‘05 Jeffery D. Rieck ‘03 Rosilyn P. Wright ‘06 Katja Day ‘04 Ana E. Lynch ‘06 Edward Rivera ‘04 Wai Mun Yeow ‘05 Evelyn V. Maben-Hall ‘06 Marlene A. Robinson ‘06 Tun B. Zin ‘06

The Class of 2006 had the greatest number of donors. The Class of 1974 contributed the highest total in dollars.

* Donors with an asterisk have contributed for five consecutive years or more. + Deceased 17 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • A• l• u • m •n •i •N •e • w • s • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Westchester Parks Alumni Notes Commissioner Strives to 1969 Alfred Elkins donated 29 books that ‘Make a Difference’ contain some of his poetry to Lehman’s Leonard Lief Library. Among them are estchester County Parks two editions of “Who’s Who in Poetry” Commissioner Joseph Stout (’85, and various editions of “The Anthology of M.S.Ed.) manages 50 parks, totaling Poetry.” Elkins has been in “Who’s Who in W nearly 18,000 acres of public land—the most America” every year since 2001. He works for Mutual of America Life Insurance Co. anywhere in Westchester. On any given day, his and is the firm’s “Poet Laureate.” duties can range from dealing with personnel issues to meeting with the Board of Legislators. Jeffrey Selman has fought to protect science education and the separation of Stout began his career as a recreation super- church and state in Cobb County, Ga., visor for the Town of Harrison and enrolled in where he now lives. The former Bronx Lehman’s master’s program in recreation educa- history teacher sued in 2002 to remove tion at just about the same time. The program’s disclaimer stickers on newly purchased faculty and reputation, he says, plus the College’s textbooks that sought to invalidate reputation, drew him to Lehman, where his evolution and promote a fundamentalist Commissioner Stout religious view. “I’m not against prayer,” strongest influences became then-director Dr. Selman explained to The Atlanta Journal- John Ryan and Dr. Miriam Leahy. Constitution. “I’m against specific refer- “They instilled in me a dedication that what Commissioner, and in 2002 he was appointed ences that give more than the appearance we did as a profession was very important to Commissioner. of sanction by government of one group people,” he explains, “and that we could—and As Commissioner, Stout says he’s glad that over another.” did—make a significant difference in people’s the County Executive and Board of Legislators 1970 lives.” are strong supporters of parks and programs Loni Cervone is a licensed psychothera- Moving on to become Superintendent of and have been generous in voting for various pist in Florida. She has worked with indi- Recreation and Parks first for the Village of projects and budgets. In addition to what most viduals and families dealing with mental Hastings and then for the Town of New Castle, people recognize as traditional parks, his office health and addiction disorders. She is Stout ultimately gravitated toward a role in manages an amusement park, interpretive farm, also part of a team in Project Recovery, a federally funded program that was set up County government. He began as a Deputy arboretum, civic center, and six golf courses. in the wake of the active 2005 hurricane Commissioner, then became First Deputy —Anita Spearman season. State, Somerset County, and Middlesex County Bar 1973 Margaret Goodzeit ’77 Associations. After graduating summa cum laude Regina Berenback (B.A.) died April Named Secretary of Family Law from Lehman, Goodzeit earned her law degree from 14, 2006 in Providence, Rhode Island, Section of NJ Bar Association after a long fight with pancreatic cancer. Columbia Law School. Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Berenbeck had been working at Brown Margaret Goodzeit ‘77, a Davis LLP operates with over 100 attorneys in four University as a Grant Proposal Coor- partner in the Woodbridge practice groups. dinator in the Department of Bio/Med office of Greenbaum, Rowe, Research Administration. She is survived Smith & Davis LLP, has been Roberto Calderin ’95 M.S. by her husband, Steven, son, James, and installed as secretary of the Receives National Educational Award daughters Alison and Emily. Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the Dr. Roberto Calderin, principal of the New Wind- 1976 New Jersey State Bar Associa- sor School in Orange County, N.Y., has won the Matt Kilcullen (B.A.) is the head men’s Margaret Goodzeit tion. Goodzeit is a member prestigious National Distinguished Principal Award basketball coach at the University of of the firm’s Litigation De- from the National Association of Elementary School North Florida. He was previously a partment. She concentrates her practice exclusively Principals. The award has special significance be- head coach at Jacksonville and Western Kentucky and an assistant coach at Notre in the area of family law, including divorce, custody, cause winners are nominated and selected by their Dame and Manhattan. support, equitable distribution, adoptions, and pre- fellow principals statewide. Prior to serving as New nuptial agreements. Windsor’s principal, Dr. Calderin was an adminis- 1977 Goodzeit is also a certified mediator for the trator in the North Rockland and Yonkers School Frank Dituri (M.F.A.) displayed some of American Arbitration Association and an early Districts, as well as a teacher in New York City and his black-and-white photography last year settlement panelist for matrimonial matters pending the East Ramapo School District. at Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art in New in the Family Part of the Chancery Division of the Dr. Calderin has also won the Lehman Urban York. Known for his night images, Dituri Superior Court. A lecturer on family law and related Teacher Education Award, Fordham University’s has shown and published his photography tax issues, she has published articles in New Jersey Dissertation of the Year Award, and the J. Walsh since the 1970s. He also established the Family Lawyer, is chair of the Editorial Board of McMillan Award for Educational Leadership from Paese in Photo workshops in Gubbio, New Jersey Lawyer, the Magazine, and is co-manag- the New York State Administrators Association. He Italy. ing editor of New Jersey Family Lawyer. She is also a serves on the boards of the Human Rights Commis- member of the Family Law Sections of the New York sion and the United Way in Orange County.

18 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • A• l• u• m •n •i •N • e• w • s • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bronx Teacher Rose Fullam Scores ‘100’—Twice ose Arocho Fullam (’01 B.A., ’05 five-year teaching veteran points to her experi- Alumni Notes M.S.Ed.) couldn’t ask for much ences at Lehman. “Hands-on practice,” she 1977 Rmore. Last year—her first year teach- says, “helped prepare me for my first years of Dr. Jose Quinones (B.A.) has been named ing fourth grade—100 percent of her class at teaching. At Lehman, I was sent to several of the as the Endowed Faculty Chair in the the Carl Icahn Charter surrounding public schools and worked directly Respiratory Care School in the Bronx with the children.” Program at West- passed both the New She credits Prof. Helene Silverman (Early chester Community College. “Lehman York State math and sci- Childhood and Childhood Education) for the provided me with an ence exams. quality of the professional math education she outstanding educa- Fullam attributes her received, both as an undergraduate and gradu- tion,” he says, “at a very reasonable price, Rose Fullam school’s success to the ate student, and for her pedagogical approach. skills of its principal, Jeff “Prof. Silverman goes out of her way to with flexible schedul- ing, and plenty of ac- Litt, who served many years with the Depart- supply you with whatever you need, she doesn’t tivities to round out Dr. Quinones ment of Education, as well as “teachers who let go until she’s completely sure that you’ve my education. There want to be there, and children who do their learned what was taught, and she’s tough! If you is no doubt I would not have achieved the very best.” The school, she notes, also benefits miss a class, you’d better have a valid reason,” success I have been blessed with had it not from a small class size (18), ongoing staff devel- Fullam says. been for Lehman College.” opment, and an open-door policy that includes This is the same approach the Lehman alum- 1979 parents. na uses with her fourth graders. “I’m tough,” Howie Karpin (B.A.) is an official scorer As far as her personal success goes, the she explains, “but the kids know I care.” for the New York Yankees and New York Mets. He fills out official lineups and scores the game for the official statistics. Honorable Lehman Alumni Take Their Places on Court Benches Kathleen Silard (B.S.) has been promoted Three Lehman alumni were recently elected or reap- to executive vice president and chief pointed to terms as State or City judges. operating officer of Stamford Hospital. • The Honorable Sam Walker (’75, B.S.) was She now has a greater role in day-to-day operations, while continuing to oversee elected by an overwhelming margin to a 14-year various health services as well as con- term as a judge in the State Supreme Court’s Ninth struction and property management. She Judicial District. The district covers Westchester, worked previously at St. Joseph’s Hospital Orange, Rockland, Putnam, and Dutchess counties. and Medical Center in Paterson, New Judge Walker had been an acting Supreme Court Jersey, and at Montefiore Medical Center. justice with the Integrated Domestic Violence Court. Before that, he was a Westchester County Court 1990 judge and a judge in Mount Vernon. Adele Lerner (B.F.A.) is a painter and recently turned 100 years old. Lerner, who “The grassroots approach was a major contribu- Family members look on as Judge Walker earned her degree at Lehman at the age of tion to the success of our campaign,” Judge Walker takes the oath of office. told The Jamaica Observer. “I was truly overwhelmed 83 despite an acute hearing loss, lives in a senior complex in Queens. “Time is like with the support from the community and the level Supreme Court after graduating from Columbia Law diamonds for an old person,” she told The of volunteers who came out for us.” School as a Harlan Stone Fisk Scholar. Jewish Week. “It’s so limited that every • The Honorable Barry Kron was reappointed • The Honorable Alma Cordova (1978, B.A.) moment is precious.” as a judge in the New York City Criminal Court was appointed as a judge in the New York Criminal (Queens County). Judge Kron has been in the Crim- Court. She had been on the bench of the Family 1993 inal Court since 1991. He graduated from Lehman Court since 1993. Judge Cordova graduated from Dr. Peter Gill (B.A.) has earned his doc- with honors and spent much of his legal career as a Lehman with honors and later from Seton Hall Uni- torate in clinical psychology from Antioch law secretary in the Appellate Division of the State versity School of Law. University in Keene, New Hampshire. He and his advisor plan to make his dissertation into a journal article and book chap- Joseph Criscuolo ’73 (at far right in the photo), proud ter. He works at the Massachusetts Society Retired Alum Raises Race Horses— for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. and They’re Winning owner of “Bet Me,” recently flew in from his home in South Africa to watch his three-year-old filly win a Beth Acocella (B.S.) was promoted to as- harness race at Pocono Downs. Criscuolo, who retired sistant manager of the New Rochelle office in 1998 from his beverage carbonation business in of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Florida, made his first equestrian purchase more than where she is also an Associate Broker. thirty years ago. Now he raises and trains thorough- Acocella is the top producer in the office and received awards while working previ- breds both in the U.S. and the province of Kwa, Zulu ously at the brokerage’s Larchmont office. Natal. When he’s in the winner’s circle over there, he makes sure to wear red, white, and blue. “I may live in Carmine Catena (B.A.) is the head of South Africa for some nine months a year,” he says, Print Curious, a New York print produc- “but I’m proud to be an American.” tion company (www.printcurious.com).

19 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • C• a• m• p• u • s • N • e• w • s • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Lehman Center Announces Spectacular New Season sst—have you heard about the hottest tickets in town? Passion, romance, and the thrill Saturday, of extraordinary artists from around the world greet audiences at Lehman Center for the December 8, PPerforming Arts (PAC). From ballet to tango to salsa, a variety of events will light up the 2007, 8 p.m. stage this fall and spring. Check the PAC website (www.lehmancenter.org) for the full 2007-2008 A Latino schedule. Purchase tickets online or call the Box Office at 718-960-8833. ‘Bomba y Plena’ Saturday, October Christmas 27, 2007, 8 p.m. A Musical Cultural ASALTO NAVIDEÑO Treasure With YOMO TORO, JUAN GUTIERREZ, and DANNY RIVERA LOS PLENEROS DE LA 21 Tickets: $55, $50, Tickets: $35, $30, $25, $20 $45, $40 (Children 12 and under, $10 any ticket)

One of the most beloved and celebrated sing- Sunday, ers from Santurce, Puerto Rico, Grammy- November 25, nominated Danny Rivera is the only Puerto 2007, 6 p.m. Rican singer to perform in three consecutive A Timeless Family seasons at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Holiday Classic Friday, October 5, 2007, 8 p.m.

Mexico’s Premier Dance Company THE NUTCRACKER BALLET FOLKLÓRICO DE MÉXICO By The Moscow Classical Ballet DE AMALIA HERNÁNDEZ Tickets: $35, $30, $25, $20 Tickets: $35, $30, $25, $20 (Children 12 and under, $10 any ticket) (Children 12 and under, $10 any ticket)

Sunday, January 13, Sunday, October 14, 2008, 7 p.m. 2007, 4 p.m. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sensual Romance and Broadway Musical Hit Passion of Sunday, November 4, 2007, 4 p.m. EVITA TANGO BUENOS Experience the Fire and Grace Tickets: $45, $35, AIRES GEORGIAN STATE DANCE COMPANY $25, $20 Tickets: $35, $30, Tickets: $35, $30, $25, $20 $25, $20 (Children 12 and under, $10 any ticket) Sunday, January 27, 2008, 4 p.m. Saturday, November 17, 2007, 8 p.m. AFRICAN FOOTPRINT TOMMY OLIVENCIA – Para la historia Tickets: $35, $30, $25, $20 A Tribute to a Salsa Legend. Tickets: $55, $50, $45, $40 (Children 12 and under, $10 any ticket) When Tommy Olivencia died in 2006, he left behind a legacy that spans The history of South Africa is told over four-and-a-half decades. His band La Primerísima was considered through the heartbeat of the African a school for young singers and musicians to develop their art. Under the drum, the soulful saxophone, and an direction of Tommy Olivencia, Jr., La Primerísima orchestra will fly in ‘explosive stampede’ melding Afro- from Puerto Rico to pay an exclusive tribute to their maestro. Joined by and Euro-centric music and dance. An Conjunto Clásico, one of today’s most authentic bands in Latin music. exclusive NY engagement.

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