HE FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY , Catalogue 1963 -1965 { THE FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CATALOGUE A COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1963-1965 under the pr·ograrn of the STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK sponsored by the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK and the EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE APPAREL INDUSTRY Day Program accredited by the Evening Program MIDDLE STATES ASSOCIATION OF Special Studies COLLEGES AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS 227 West Twenty-seventh Street, New York 1, New York TABLE OF CONTENTS Page GENERAL INFORMATION . 23 HISTORY 23 OBJECTIVES 23 PROGRAMS 23 ONE- YEAR PROGRAMS FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES 24 SPECIAL STUDIES AND EVENING PROGRAMS 24 TRANSFER OF CREDIT 25 LOCATION 25 FACILITIES .................................................. 26 INSTRUCTIONAL 26 LIBRARY 26 SPECIAL ACTIVITY AND STUDENT SERVICE FACILITIES 27 HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS 27 INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY CO-ORDINATION 28 Resources 28 The Educational Foundation for the Apparel Industry 28 Endowments of Professorial Chairs 29 ADMISSION .................................................. 29 SELECTION OF APPLICANTS 29 PROCEDURES 30 ADMISSION WITH ADVANCED STANDING 30 READMISSION 31 VETERANS 31 SELECTIVE SERVICE 31 FOREIGN STUDENTS 31 FINANCIAL POLICIES ....................................... 31 TUITION AND FEES 31 TUITION REFUNDS 32 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 33 COUNSELING SERVICES ..................................... 35 COUNSELORS 35 HEALTH 35 PLACEMENT 35 Placement Counseling 35 Co-operative (Work-Study) Program 35 Part-Time Employment 36 Summer Employment 37 Placement of Graduates 37 COLLEGE REGULATIONS .................................... 37 ATTENDANCE 37 SCHOLASTIC STANDING 37 COMMUNITY SERVICE 38 STUDENT PROJECTS 38 HONORS 39 STUDENT CONDUCT 40 TRANSCRIPTS 40 STUDENT ACTIVITIES ....................................... 40 STUDENT ASSOCIATION 40 STUDENT COUNCIL 40 CLUB AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES 41 PUBLICATIONS 41 INTERCOLLEGIATE AFFILIATIONS 41 THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ................................. 42 THE STUDENT-FACULTY CORPORATION ................... 42 4 FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOARD OF TRUSTEES 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont.) BOARD OF TRUSTEES Page INTERPRETATION OF SYMBOLS AND NUMERALS .......... 42 SYMBOLS 42 NUMBERING SYSTEM 43 MORRIS W. HAFT Chairman SEMESTER-HOUR CREDIT 43 CURRICULUMS . 44 SAMUEL L. DEITSCH Executive Committee Chairman ADVERTISING CURRICULUM 44 Fashion Illustration and Advertising Design 44 BUSINESS CURRICULUM 46 HARRY J. DELANEY Trustee Fa&,hicn Buying and Merchandising 47 Fashion Communications 48 ANDREW GOODMAN Trustee DESIGN (FASHION) CURRICULUM 49 Apparel Design 51 ISIDORE GROSSMAN Trustee Interior Design 52 Pattern Drafting and Design 53 Textile Design 54 MORRIS !USHEWITZ Trustee INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM 55 Management Engineering Technology 56 HELEN S. LEFKOWITZ Trustee Textile Administration and Sales 57 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS ..................................... 58 MARY BROOKS PICKEN Trustee APPAREL DESIGN 58 ENGLISH 66 LOUIS STULBERG Trustee FASHION ART AND DESIGN 68 FASHION BUYING AND MERCHANDISING 71 FASHION ILLUSTRATION AND ADVERTISING DESIGN 76 SHIRLEY GOODMAN Secretary FINE ARTS 80 FOREIGN LANGUAGES 81 JOHN J. FERRIS Treasurer HEALTH EDUCATION 82 INTERIOR DESIGN 82 THEODORE FRED KUPER Administrative Consultant MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 85 MATHEMATICS 91 MUSIC 92 PATTERN DRAFTING AND DESIGN 92 SCIENCE 95 SOCIAL SCIENCES 96 TEXTILE DESIGN 98 TEXTILE SCIENCE 106 COURSES FOR TEACHERS 112 EXECUTIVE SEMINARS 115 STATE OF NEW YORK ................................. 116 CITY OF NEW YORK ........................................ 116 BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ..... 116 LAWRENCE L. BETHEL President, Fashion Institute STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK ....................... 117 of Technology EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE APPAREL INDUSTRY ................................... 120 6 FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION 7 ADMINISTRATION ANITA DELEMOS, M.D ........ Physician University of Heidelberg LAWRElNCE L. Bll::THEL • , .......... , , , , , , .. , .........•.. , . , .President JANE MANTELLO, R.N. , .. , , , , , . ...................... Nurse B.S., Central Missouri State College; M.A., Columbia University; St. Vincent's Hospital Ph.D., Yale University CHARLOTTE GUEDENET ................... iVlanager, F.I.T. College.Shop B. FRANK FULLER, Jr. , ......... , ................ Dean of the ~olleg_e B.A., South Eastern State College, Okla.; M.A., Columbia Um- ASSISTANTS IN ADMINISTRATION versity; Ph.D., Yale University HILDA BOCK ... College Administrative Assistant, Scheduling of SHIRLEY GOODMAN •.••.• , ••.•....•.•..••.... Secretary of the College Building Facilities, Student Faculty Corporation THEODORE FRED KUPER .••...•••••..•.•.•.. Administrative Consultant BARBARA BOYER ........................ Secretary, Placement Office L.L.R,, New York University Law School CLARA BRANCH .. , .. .. Technical Assistant, Faculty Ofjice, MORRIS H. GERSHON ....•.. , •.•.•.. , .•...... Assistant to the Treasurer B.C.S., New York University; L.L.B., New York University; Apparel Design Depa.rtment C.P.A., University of the State of New York ESTELLE BRITTMAN ...... Secreta.ry, Admissions Office !SABEL CONNELLY .. .... Receptionist and Switchboard Ope-rator ANNE CRANE ..... ..... Secretary, Faculty Office, MARION K. BRANDRISS .. , ................. Dean of Student Personnel Management and Textile Science Dep't B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Cornell University GEORGETTA GITTENS . Secretary, Educational Foundation for the ALFRED B. WAGNER ............... Assistant Dean Evening Programs Apparel Industry B.S., Temple University; M.S., Bucknell University HARRIET HUNT ... ..... Receptionist and Switchboard Operator MARY W. JONES •....•. , ........... Assistant Dean Student Activities B.A., Brooklyn College JOYCE JACOBSON ........................... Secretary, Business Office ELEANOR L. FRIED ....... , ... , .... , .......... Director of Placement BENJAMIN KLEIN ... Scc'J'eta1·y, Special Studies and Evening Programs B.A., Barnard College JOHANNA LANDMAN ..................... Secretary, Ofjice of the Dean JOHN C. NICHOLS ................ Assistant Director, Evening P1·ograms B.S., Texas Wesleyan College; M.S., Texas College of Arts and NETTIE LEVINE .. .. Sec1·etary, Office of Student Activities Industries CLARA LEVINSON ....... Secretary, Faculty Office, Fashion Buying and Merchandising Dep't ROBERT G. JONES .•..•..•. , ..•. , .............. , ........ Fiscal Officer American Institute of Banking ROSLYN LEVINSON ............ Colle,qe Admissions Assistant MILDRED WINCOR .........•... Executive Director, Alumni Association RUTH LEWIS . , , . , ....... , . College Admissions Assistant to the B.A., Hunter College; M.A., Columbia University Special Studies & Evening Prog1·a-ms FLORENCE FELD ....................... , , , ... , , ...•. , ........ Bursar ESTELLE LUTTRELL , , , .... , ............. , , . Secrefory to the P1·esident B.A., University of Chicago SYLVIA GALVARIN .............. , , ..... , ....•. , ... , ....... , Registrar A.B., Hunter College JUDY MAIROWITZ ..... .... College Administrative Assistant, General Aclrru'nistrative Office HELEN M. RUBIN .... , .... , .•...•.•.•.....•........•...... Librarian B.A., Hunter College; M.S., Columbia University DOROTHY MARGOLIES ... ......... Technical Assistant, Faculty Office, Textile Design Dep't EUNICE S. WALKER • , , • , . , .• , •.•. , • , .••.•..••••. • Assistant Librarian FRANCES MCMANUS B.A., New York University; M.A., New York University; M.S., .. College Adrninistrative Assistant to the Columbia University Dean of the College LILLIAN RICHMOND ..... College Administrative Assistant EDITH O'DONNELL • , •• , • , • , , • , • , •• , • , , •• , •...•.• . Assistant Librarian to the Fiscal O.fficer B.S., Cornell University; M.S., Columbia University ELEANORE RIECKMAN , .............. , , . , .Secreta.1·y, President's 0.fficc NATALIE DUBASSOFF .....•.•......... Resident Manager, Nagler Hall PEARL ROBERTSON ... Secretary, Special Studies and Evening Programs 8 FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FACULTY 9 SHEILA SELL ..•..... , ............ Technical Assistant, Faculty Office FACULTY Apparel Design Department MIRIAM SHANECK ............ Secretary, Faculty Office, Academic Dep't *S. MURRAY ABBOTT ... Instructor in Fashion Buying and Merchandising B.A., Brooklyn College FAN SHEAR ..................... Secretary, Faculty Office, Art Dep't *DONALD H. ABRAMS ............. Jnstriwtot· in History of Civilization NANCY SLANE ............•......... College Administrative Assistant B.F.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A., University of Penn- to the Secretary of the College B.A., Michigan State University sylvania *MARY ALLARD •.•........ Instt-uctor in Wea11ing and Textile Design NANCY STAVROPOULOS ................ Secretary, Office of the Secretary B.S.E., Lowell Teachers College FRANCES YOUNGLEIB •..•.........•..•........ , . , , ...... Bookkeeper JosE R. ALVARODIAZ ..•................ Instnwtot· in Textile Science B.S., Philadelphia Textile Institute *EMMA AUER ....•.• . Instructor in Fashion Buying and Merchandising B.S., University of Illinois; M.S., Washington U., St. Louis, Mo. NATHAN AXELROD ........ , .... , Associate Professor & Co-ordinator of Ewming Program of Fashion Buying and Merchandising A.B., New York University; M.S., New York University Gradu- ate School of Retailing JUDITH BAHSSIN ....... Associate Professot' of Fashion Art and Design B.F.A., Pratt Institute ROSA C. BALENZANO ... Associate Professor of Fashion Art and Design Parson's School of Fine and Applied Arts; B.S., New