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COMMENCEMENT 2018 QUEENS COLLEGE A MESSAGE FROM President Félix V. Matos Rodríguez Ninety-fourth Commencement THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2018 | THE QUADRANGLE | 9:00 IN THE MORNING PRESIDING Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, President of Queens College CHIEF MARSHAL Thomas C. Strekas, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry & Biochemistry PROCESSIONAL Edward Elgar (arr. Claire Grundman), Pomp and Circumstance Queens College Symphonic Wind Ensemble Kristin Mozeiko, Conductor, Lecturer, Aaron Copland School of Music THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Stephanie Weiss ’18, MM CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OUTSTANDING MEN important. You must face up to the many defining issues of AND WOMEN OF THE CLASS OF 2018. You have earned our time. You are the leaders, citizens, artists, thinkers, and GREETINGS a degree from Queens College that is not just an endorse- innovators who, I am confident, will meet the challenges The Honorable Melinda Katz, Queens Borough President ment of the education you have gained, but a testament to of today and the future. You will be fueled by optimism, The Honorable Rory I. Lancman, 24th District, New York City Council your hard work and perseverance. Your degree represents purpose, creativity, and intelligence. These are the quali- The Honorable Mayra Linares-Garcia, Board of Trustees, CUNY an achievement in which you can take great pride. To put ties that will enable you to live up to the college’s motto The Honorable Loretta P. Martinez, General Counsel & Vice Chancellor of Legal Affairs, CUNY it succinctly, you made it. of Discimus ut Serviamus: We learn so that we may serve. CONFERRING OF THE HONORARY DEGREES Presented by President Matos Rodríguez What you have accomplished here will have lasting You go out into the world as a graduate of a college—now impact. You have prepared for a future you have dreamed celebrating its eightieth anniversary—that is committed to Doctor of Science, honoris causa of making a reality. Your course of study has given you the serving the public good, and you join the larger community Alan Schoenfeld knowledge and skills to enter a field and pursue a career. of faculty, staff, and alumni who feel rooted here. We Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa Your liberal arts education has enriched you as a human will watch your progress through life and know that, as Jill Barad being: as a flexible, critical thinker, as an informed citizen, alumni yourselves, you will hold out a friendly hand to Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa and as a contributing member of your family and society. tomorrow’s students—as a role model, mentor, or even a Cristina Jiménez Moreta At Queens College you have learned to think beyond your donor to one of our scholarship funds. immediate community and to become a citizen of the COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS world—at home among diverse cultures and philosophies, The entire college community celebrates your achieve- Cristina Jiménez Moreta at ease with human differences of all kinds. ment. On behalf of all the faculty and staff at Queens College, I congratulate you and wish you continued joy, GRADUATE ADDRESS We live in a rapidly changing world in which change itself fulfillment, and success. Josephine Cooke, representing the Graduating Class has often sparked fear, hostility, and a desire to return to an imagined past of peace and plenty. But the world never was quite that past some imagine. So you must go forward, and as you do, your education will become all the more 3 BLUE AND SILVER PRESIDENTIAL CHARGE Queens College Alma Mater President Matos Rodríguez Students from the Aaron Copland School of Music Nicole Cicero ’18, soprano • Sophie Price ’18, alto HOODING OF CLASS REPRESENTATIVES Tito Gutierrez ’18, tenor • Timothy Waldvogel ’18, bass Degree candidates presented by Elizabeth F. Hendrey, Arranged by Professor Emeritus Joel Mandelbaum Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Blue and Silver proudly flying, o’er the college we all love. Hooding by Adam Rockman, Vice President for Student Affairs Sons and daughters pay their homage to our colors up above. Truest fame and brightest glory, thine will always be. The candidates being hooded represent all students in their respective degree categories. Ever more we’ll sing thy praises, Queens, our hearts go out to thee. CONFERRING OF DEGREES RECOGNITION OF THE SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CLASS OF 1943 President Matos Rodríguez Lillian Gourdine Rochester Shirley Kriegel Scheuer Ralph Vaughn Williams (arr. Alfred Reed), Sine Nomine Wind Ensemble RECOGNITION OF THE SEVENTIETH ANNIVERSARY CLASS OF 1948 Charles Abelson Selma Legman Betty Savitz Schwartz Rose Brodrick Burke Elizabeth Fondal Neufeld Marshall Sweetbaum CLOSING OF CEREMONY Grace D’Amelio Burnbaum Evelyn Johnston O’Keeffe Professor Strekas Joel Davidson Claire Friedrich Perry RECOGNITION OF THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY CLASS OF 1958 RECESSIONAL Carole Bonuck Anderman Harriet Kaufman Charles Schnabel Karl Teike (Arr. Martin Tousignant), Alte Kameraden (Old Comrades) Inge Auerbacher Phyllis Gordon Kushner Leona Reiner Schonberg Wind Ensemble Elaine Nadler Bernstein Dorothy Heilveil Levin Martha Golding Schutt Lois Fetterman Bodik June Budner Mann Sara Jane Tifford Sherman Dorothy Ducas Fredericks Howard Mileaf Robert Stone Samuel Grunkorn Judith Broutt Miller Carla Ames Strauss Arnold Gussin Ellen Glantz Reiss Portnoy Sylvia Schwartz Strauss-Eisner Helen Kliegl Heineman Joyce Redvanly Robert H. Tucker Katherine Eisenhauer Hiscox Phyllis Solomon Schafrank Robert Von Bargen Rhoda Isaacson Ira J. Scheer Music prior to ceremony RECOGNITION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY CLASS OF 1968 Jack Stamp, Gavorkna Fanfare Anne Bellew Badalamenti Michael Gillman Sharon Gibbons Porter Susan Leviten Bergtraum Constance Albertelli Goerich Martin Rosenblum Jim Curnow, Canticle of the Creatures (Mvt. 5 Epilogue) Joel Bernstein William Goerich Nathan Sambul Jaime Texidor, Amparito Roca Melvyn Blum Martin Gottlieb Lynn Scheiner Philip Blustein Dennis Greenberg Ira Schloss Karl King, Purple Pageant Annette Small Bohrer William M. Greenberg Mark J. Schneiderman John Wesley Gibson, Pegasus Stephen Brett Howard Heitner Leslie Goldberg Schulman Susan Unger Broderson Steven J. Kahan Leonard Jay Schultz Saul Brodsky Rochelle Kane Antonie Shannon Helen Lapsys Bruder Janet M. Kourkoutis Kelly Annette Albagli Shaw Gail Budiansky Michael Kopelman Roy Sicular Linda Glick Chandross Stewart Kriss Judy Zlatow Slansky Charles Charrow Marvin Lange Maida Zlochower Snapper Gale Hausman Criss Alan Lipman Louis Spanier John W. DeCristoforo Linda Lombri Janice Samuels Stein Sandra Vann Dressler Edwin Lord Julian Stein Elyse Emmer Carden Richard S. Luskin Michael Steinhorn Lois J. Feldman Florette Lynn Joyce Grassini Sticco Michael S. Fishman Mark Mandell Anna Pysz Tringle Diane Mayorowitz Fogelman Robin Moss Mandell Lewis Wetstein Today’s Commencement is being webcast live online and broadcast by Queens Public Television, Leonard Fogelman Marvin Milich Mark Wintner enabling families and friends around the world to witness the entire ceremony. Marlene Scharff Franklin David Mintzes Elaine Fox Zimmer Queens College students come from more than 170 countries, making it one of the nation’s most diverse colleges. Sherry Feinberg Gabay Frank A. Mirra Graduates and guests are requested to remain seated until members of the Platform Party and the Faculty have left the ceremonial area. Janet Garber Matina Nikitiades Scheduled divisional and departmental ceremonies will begin 30 minutes after the conclusion of the college-wide ceremony (see map on pages 50–51). 4 5 Alan Schoenfeld Jill Barad Doctor of Science, honoris causa Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa You have written, edited, or co-edited twenty-two books and tions of accessories. By 1998 the typical American girl owned approximately two hundred articles on thinking and learning. nine Barbies, and the brand accounted for some 40 percent Your book, Mathematical Problem Solving, characterizes what of Mattel’s sales. You also pioneered the She-Ra: Princess of it means to think mathematically. Your most recent work, Power line, the first action figures targeted specifically to girls. How We Think, provides detailed models of human decision making in complex situations, such as teaching. You also Your commitment to Queens College—from which you gradu- were lead author for grades 9–12 of the National Council of ated in 1973–—has been equally impressive. You have gener- Teachers of Mathematics’ Principles and Standards for School ously supported scholarships for our students and special proj- Mathematics, and one of the founding editors of Research in ects on our campus. You have served on the Queens College Collegiate Mathematics Education. Foundation Board, of which you are a trustee emerita, and you returned to campus this year to give an inspiring talk as part of You have been senior advisor to the Educational Human our Professionals on Campus series. Resources Directorate of the National Science Foundation, and You received your bachelor’s degree in mathematics from senior content advisor to the U.S. Department of Education’s Throughout your life you have consistently demonstrated an With your husband, Tom, you have supported organizations Queens College in 1968. Then, like so many others of your What Works Clearinghouse. Additionally, you were one of the exceptional instinct for how to make things better, both in like Girls Incorporated, which provides academic enrichment generation, you went west to California, earning your PhD in lead authors for the mathematics content specifications