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The Norman Darer Memorial Class of '53 Scholarship was created in 2003 as a way for graduates to commemorate their fiftieth anniversary by giving back to Baruch and its deserving student body, for the excellent education they received tuition-free. Norman Darer was the star of the Class of '53. Norman Darer's enormous contribution as a student and his history of accomplishments as an alumnus inspired the Class of '53 to name this award in his memory. While attending City College, Norm walked away with virtually every imaginable scholastic and political prize that was available: President of the Student Council, Chairman of the Inter-Club Board, Sigma Alpha, the honor service society, Beta Gamma Sigma, the Phi Beta Kappa of business schools. It was no accident that Norm was selected to be on Bloomingdales' first junior executive training squad—at a time when it was difficult for City College grads to even get a sales job there. Norm was accepted for admission to the Harvard Business School and graduated with distinction. He was the first Lieutenant of the US Army and quickly rose through the ranks of CBS, starting as a radio advertising salesman and ending as President of CBS Publishing. In 1973, he passed away at the age of 41, leaving his wife Abbey and their two children, Pamela only 4 and Jonathan only 2.

Since 1936, the Advertising Research Foundation has been the standard-bearer for unbiased quality in research on advertising, media and marketing. Its powerful knowledge, unifying standards and best practices have benefited its 400+ member companies many times over. Only the ARF brings together advertisers, agencies, media companies, research companies and ad tech into one conversation about how to be better at what we do.

Technology has been both a boon and a bane to marketers: more ways to connect with customers, but far more complexity. There has never been a more critical need for solid information, standards, and transparency. Businesses can only grow when operating on correct information and real insights — drawn from empirical research, objective experiments and valid market tests.

 

Aileen Gribbin is a Partner at Forsyth Street Advisors. She recieved her B.S. degree in economics from Cornell university.

ALAC was founded in New York City in 2004. Started with one product and one customer, Its philosophy of putting customers first while providing steadfast and reliable services has fueled the company’s substantial growth covering the needs of US manufacturers in a diverse range of industries. Today, ALAC has become a leading supply chain partner in chemical industry for over 200 customers in four continents.

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ALAC’s principals and directors have decades of experience importing and distributing chemical raw materials. They have well established relationships with key global suppliers and maintain regular visits to make sure these producers stay finely calibrated to US market dynamics.

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ALAC is an active member of the Plastics Industry Association, the plastics industry trade association in Washington, DC, and frequently participates in advocacy efforts to promote and protect the US plastics industry.

Alan Colberg is the retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Assurant, Inc., a financial services company providing specialty insurance products and services. He served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Assurant from January 2015 to December 2021, and as its President from 2014 to May 2021, prior to his retirement in January 2022. Prior to those roles, he served as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Before joining Assurant in March 2011, Mr. Colberg served in various senior leadership roles for 22 years at Bain & Company, Inc., a management consulting company, where he served as global head of Bain’s financial services practice, among other roles. Early in his career, Mr. Colberg worked as an accountant for The Procter & Gamble Company. Li Hao is a Baruch alumna who graduated in 1999.

The Ellen Knowles Harcourt Scholarship Fund supports scholarship programs at colleges and universities in the New York area. Its particular focus is on low-income students who are interested in public service careers such as teaching, nursing, and other fields that will enable them to make constructive contributions to society.

The Phil Sinyavsky Memorial Scholarship for MBA Students has been established in memory of Philip "Phil" Sinyavsky, who passed away at the age of 31 on September 30, 2020. 

Phil was a devoted friend, son, brother, uncle, colleague, and husband. He met his wife, Ali, on a trip to Israel in 2014, and the two were married in March of this year. 

Phil grew up in Staten Island, New York and attended Staten Island Technical High School before earning a Bachelors of Arts degree in Actuarial Science from Baruch College of New York in 2012. He later went on to complete an MBA degree with a focus on Marketing Information Systems from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College in 2017.

Beyond being an intellect and expert in his field, Phil was a model employee, one who was highly respected by his peers and who brought an unparalleled passion and dedication to his work.  

After joining Hearst Magazines as a a programmatic yield manager in July 2017, Phil was promoted to associate director of programmatic operations. In his role, Phil managed partnerships and technology integrations with several programmatic ad technology firms, including Google, Amazon, Facebook, Index Exchange, among many others. In addition to helping to develop and expand the company’s programmatic advertising business in the U.S., Phil supported Hearst Magazines’ international partners in Japan, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom.  

Phil was named a 2020 recipient of Hearst Magazines’ Spotlight Award in recognition of his talents, professionalism and positive impact on the business, but his many contributions extended to his colleagues as well. His always-helpful demeanor and generous spirit was recognized and appreciated by all who worked with him.

Alice Herman held numerous positions at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, including Corporate Secretary and Director General Services. After moving to the not-for-profit sector, she served as Executive Director of several organizations, including Celebrate 350, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting the nationwide observance of the 350th anniversary of Jewish Life in America. Alice has a BA Sociology from Douglass College/ Rutgers University and an MPA from Baruch College ‘75. Arthur Rubinstein is founder, owner and CEO of Skyline Steel Corporation. The company does miscellaneous metals work for major construction projects in New York City. Arthur is actively involved in various volunteer activities, including president of his Manhattan co-op board, board member of construction industry trade associations, as well as Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center in The Bronx. He is also past president of several not-for-profits. He has a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Columbia University. Arthur and Alice are strong believers in the importance of education. They eagerly support Baruch’s School of Public and International Affairs in its promotion of well-educated, caring and compassionate leadership in today’s public and not-for-profit sectors.

Mrs. Helen Reiser was among the first women admitted to Baruch College and a member of its first graduating class. After graduating with distinction in 1940, her first job was at Balanced Foods, Inc., where she met her beloved husband, the late Samuel H. Reiser. While Sam served overseas in the military, Helen served as his eyes and ears back home, neither ever imaging that the fledgling health foods company would someday be the industry giant it later became. Amy Reiser is one of Mrs. Reiser’s four children.

For many years, ANA Business Marketing NYC was the New York Chapter of the Business Marketing Association. Begun in 1922 as the National Industrial Advertising Association and later renamed the Business Marketing Association, the ANA Business Marketing unit of the Association of National Advertisers represents a lifetime of expertise in business-to-business marketing and communications.

Today, ANA NYC is the epicenter of New York B2B, serving the needs of both ANA Business Marketing local and national members. Almost 5,000 members strong, ANA Business Marketing NYC is B2B Marketing in New York.

A veteran healthcare executive and distinguished entrepreneur with more than 35 years in the industry, Annette is the founder and former chief executive of QualCare Alliance Networks, Inc. QANI is a leading provider of health plans and insurance management services in New Jersey and is a leader in value-based healthcare metrics. She continued to lead QANI after successfully completing its acquisition by Cigna in 2015.

Annette speaks throughout the country on topics of leadership, the future of healthcare policy, women in the workplace and entrepreneurship. She serves in a consulting capacity to a number of national healthcare entities.

She holds an MBA in Healthcare Administration from Bernard Baruch College, CUNY and an undergraduate degree in accounting and business administration from Montclair State University. 

 

The Rita Greenberg Scholarship was created by Arthur Gruber in 2016 to memorialize his mother, Rita. Arthur grew up in the Bronx and was able to attend Baruch because of his grade point average in high school. Arthur’s father died when he was 17 and his mom was the sole wage earner and then became disabled. She was economically poor and there had been people in her life who had helped her and he felt an obligation that helping others in her name would be a fitting tribute to her. Arthur’s mother was a child of immigrant parents from Greece and one of 6 siblings. Her family was poor as well but his mother made ends meet as a terrific seamstress and salesperson. She had enrolled in Hunter College in her 40's in an attempt to get a college degree but it never came to fruition as she became sick and disabled shortly before she was 50. As a widow, she was fortunate about 10 years after his father died (at age 45) to marry a wonderful man, Max Greenberg who became Arthur’s "father".

Austin grew up in a family of modest means and attended public schools in the Bronx and Queens. He started as a chemical engineering major at City College, working at a local men’s shop to help pay his way through school. He transferred downtown to the business school, taking classes at night and pursued accounting because it was an opportunity to understand how successful companies worked. When he graduated in 1965, Austin began working at accounting firms including the prestigious Anchin, Block & Anchin. He was on track to become a partner, but his sights were set beyond accounting. Fascinated with the market, Austin began using the money from his wedding presents to invest in obscure companies. Austin soon convinced Prudential Bache to take a chance on him. Success as a broker came quickly and Austin founded Special Situations Funds in 1985. The company grew steadily and, in 1991, Austin found a partner, bought out Prudential Bache’s interest, and named the new endeavor AWM Investment Company. Today, he still serves as the President and Managing Director. The employee-owned investment firm supports small companies that would otherwise not be financeable. In 2007, he made a gift to the Baruch College Fund to purchase new Bloomberg terminals for the trading floor. He has also supported the scholarship fund since 2011, and endowed the Austin Marxe Scholarship for promising incoming freshman in 2015. In 2016, Austin made a $30 million gift to Baruch, the largest ever received by the college. Baruch is deeply honored to rename the Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs.

David was a veteran faculty member and chair of the Department of Management; his area of special expertise was operations management. He was well known and beloved by a great many at the College because, in the later part of his career, he was called on to assume a variety of administrative positions. Beginning in the mid-1990s, he served as Associate Dean, then in 1999 as Acting Dean of the Zicklin School of Business; Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs; Acting Dean of the Weissman School and Special Adviser to the President. His expertise in managing complex systems, along with his unwavering loyalty to Baruch College, made him a man for all seasons. His passing was a great loss to his colleagues, to his many friends and, indeed, to the entire Baruch College community. In his memory, the members of the Baruch College community and his widow, Barbara, created an endowed scholarship in his name.

Barbara Kent is a real estate investor and has a long history of service in the fields of aging and public higher education.  She was Executive Director of Queensboro Council for Social Welfare, Inc. and a past president and founding member of the board of directors of Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults Inc. She has been a Baruch College Trustee since 1985.

BCAA has been serving Baruch graduates since 1968 when it was founded, passionately improving the Baruch community and building mutually beneficial partnerships between Baruch College and its over 100,000 alumni. A distinguished history of funding initiatives continued in 2007 with a $100,000 pledge to Baruch's Class Act campaign, which is designed to help provide access and opportunity to Baruch College students. Gifts go directly to support scholarships, student career services, student activities and programs, The William and Anita Newman Library and faculty research. Furthermore, the distinguished Starr Foundation will match this gift with an additional $100,000 donation. The Baruch College Alumni Association has always believed that one of the many advantages of a good education is the ability to give back so that future generations will have even greater opportunities.

Brendan grew up in Hollis, Queens. His wife, Cindy, lived 10 blocks from him. He had to transfer to get into Baruch, same with his sister Peggy. He went to Brooklyn Tech H.S. His first job was in insurance. He did claims mostly for bodily injuries and workers' comp. He hated it; wanted to get into sales. He went to work 5 years at American Greeting's; promoted every year. A pharmacuetical company lured him away. He worked at Novartis and several other companies before starting his own pharma company. He currently splits his time between GA and FL. He sits on the board of Gulf State College and completely turned around their investments. 

Mr. Finneran is currently the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Hanover Community Bank, where he has been employed for a year. Prior, he was President at BRM Financial Consulting for over a year. He held EVP and CFO roles at Suffolk Bancorp and State Bancorp; and VP roles a Irving Bank Corporation and National Westminster Bank.He holds an M.B.A. with distinction from Pace University and a B.B.A., cum laude, from Baruch College in Finance. He also holds the Certified Risk Professional designation from the Bank Administration Institute. Mr. Finneran is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, the Financial Managers Society, the Institute of Management Accountants, the Financial Executives Institute, and the National Investor Relations Institute. Mr. Finneran has been a volunteer mentor of Baruch College’s Executives on Campus Mentoring Program for nearly seven years. Dolores is a certified public accountant and currently works as a Senior Accountant at NYU Winthrop Hospital.

Sidney Eagle created this scholarship to memorialize his beloved parents. Sidney Eagle was an experienced attorney in the areas of Federal and State Taxation, Estate Planning and Administration, Employee Benefits, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate and Corporate Law. Mr. Eagle has practiced in the New York metropolitan area for over 39 years. He is admitted to practice in New York State, the United States District Court Southern District of New York, United States Tax Court, and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Eagle was a graduate of Baruch College (B.B.A., 1956), and New York University School of Law (J.D., 1961, and L.L.M., Taxation 1970).

Mr. Fernandez has over forty years of experience in advertising. He was the founder and President of Castor Advertising Florida Corp., which was founded in 1968 and was the oldest Hispanic-owned advertising agency in the country. In 1968, as Founder and President of Castor Advertising, Mr. Fernandez revolutionized the Hispanic advertising industry with the introduction of his "sub-segmentation" marketing approach to the Hispanic market, a strategy now followed by all major advertisers. In addition, Mr. Fernandez holds the distinction of being the single largest recipient of creative awards in the U.S. Hispanic ad sector and was inducted into the Marketing and Advertising Hall of Fame as 1993 Businessman of the Year. He received his BBA and MBA from the City College of New York, now named Baruch College.

After graduating from Bayonne High School in 1955, Mr. Crimmins served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War where he was stationed in Panama and was honorably discharged in 1956. Upon his return, he attended City College in New York and graduated with an accounting degree in 1960. He began his career at Price-Waterhouse where he became a Certified Public Accountant. He then continued to hold several financial positions at various companies including manager of profit analysis at TWA Airlines, vice president of finance at Keene Corporation, and president and CEO of Collins and Aikman Corporation. He finished his career as president of Dominion Textiles International, retiring in 1995. His wife of 49 years, Catherine Crimmins has funded this scholarship in honor of her husband and the education he received.

Charles Dreifus joined Royce & Associates as a Senior Portfolio Manager and Principal in 1998.  He was previously a General Partner and Managing Director, and a Limited Managing Director of Lazard Feres & Co.  Prior to this Mr. Dreifus was employed by Oppenheimer & Co. as a limited partner and Oppenheimer Capital as an Executive Vice President.  Mr. Dreifus has been a Baruch College Fund Trustee since 1995.
 

Charles Pietrow received his BBA from Baruch College in 1955. He is a retired CPA from William A.M. Burden & Co.

The Newcombe Scholarships for Mature Students supports the completion of bachelor’s degrees by women who are twenty-five years of age or older who need financial assistance at selected colleges and universities. During 2015-16, Newcombe Scholarships averaging $2,858 were awarded to 665 students at thirty-seven colleges and universities. Mrs. Newcombe valued higher education, even though she never attended college; her vision was impaired from childhood and she could not read for long enough periods to make serious study possible. During her lifetime, she sent the children of several friends to college, taking a vigorous interest in their progress. In her will, she established the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation to continue her scholarship gifts. Her legacy continues under the stewardship of the Foundation’s Trustees.

Cindy Carucci is widow to Douglas Carucci (1965-2019). Douglas Carucci was the former Managing Director of JPMorgan Chase & Co., where he worked for over seven years. He had also held executive roles at Sun Trading, Citadel Investment Group, and Credit Suisse. He graduated from Baruch College with his BBA in 1988.

The Consolidated Edison MPA Scholarship allows nonprofit executives who would otherwise not have the financial resources to pursue advanced training to seek a master`s degree in public affairs in Baruch College`s Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, better preparing them for management leadership in the field and to help address a growing shortage of nonprofit executives with advanced training. To be eligible the student must be: a nonprofit executive professional pursuing Executive MPA or traditional MPA degree, have demonstrated financial need, and high academic potential.

Mr. Martin established the scholarship fund in memory of his late wife, Julie Floch. Julie received her B.A. in English from the State University at Binghamton and completed graduate work in accounting at Baruch College. As a CPA, she served for many years as an adjunct lecturer in auditing for Baruch College. She had also previously taught not-for-profit management at the New School University and served on its Faculty Senate. Prior to her passing, Julie was an executive at EisnerAmper, in its not-for-profit services group. Martin is currently the Senior Advisor at EisnerAmper not-for-profit services group. He has over 40 years as an adjunct professor of accounting and auditing subjects at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Currently, he is an adjunct lecturer, teaching twice weekly in the Stan Ross Department of Accountancy at Baruch College. Previously, he was a member of the adjunct faculty at Pace University, New York University, and the University of Maryland. Mr. Martin received his B.A. from the University of Texas at El Paso and his M.B.A. from the College of William and Mary.

Dale Berger has a long career as a businesswoman specializing in retail, owning several successful stores in New York City. She most recently worked as a commercial real estate broker, specializing in leasing of office spaces and sales of commercial buildings. Ms. Berger has held numerous leadership roles with various not-for-profit organizations including Her Justice, Women for Women International, New Alternatives for Children, and Young Leadership of Israel Bonds. Ms. Berger holds degrees from Skidmore College and Tufts University. Max Berger (BBA 1968) is senior founding partner of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP. Mr. Berger also serves the academic community in numerous capacities as a member of the Dean's Council to Columbia Law School, and as a member of the Board of Trustees of Baruch College. He has taught Profession of Law, an ethics course at Columbia Law School, and currently serves on the Advisory Board of Columbia Law School's Center on Corporate Governance. In May 2006, he was presented with the Distinguished Alumnus Award for his contributions to Baruch College, and in February 2011, Mr. Berger received Columbia Law School's most prestigious and highest honor, "The Medal for Excellence." He and his wife, Dale, have also established the Dale and Max Berger Public Interest Law Fellowship at Columbia Law School and the Max Berger Pre-Law Program at Baruch College.

David Birdsell was the former Dean of the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs. Mr. Birdsell has been a valued member of the Baruch faculty since 1986 and has served with distinction as one of the College’s three deans since 2006.

Under his leadership, the Marxe School has roughly doubled in size, expanded to include a Master of International Affairs degree, and attracted the largest gift in the College’s history—$30 million—to name and endow the Marxe School. To support our globalization efforts, he has also led Baruch and CUNY’s work with the World Cities World Class University (WC2) consortium.

Owing to his vision and curricular innovations, the Marxe School has ascended the U.S. News & World Report “Best Graduate Schools” rankings to top slots across its program offerings. As a scholar, Mr. Birdsell is widely published on communication theory and practice and is a regular guest commentator on debates and other aspects of political communication for local, national, and international media. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), and his work has been supported by the Annenberg Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation, the Clark Foundation, and the United Way of New York City, among other funders.
 

David E. Simon is the Chief Executive Officer of Simon Property Group, Inc., a publicly traded real estate company engaged primarily in the ownership, development, management, leasing, acquisition and expansion of income-producing retail properties. Simon Property Group was founded by his father, Melvin M. Simon. David Simon holds a BS from Indiana University and an MBA. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Mr. Simon established this scholarship in memory of his father, Melvin M. Simon, Baruch Class of ’49, MBA ’83. Mel Simon earned an accounting degree in 1949 from City College in New York and later an MBA focusing on real estate. After being stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison in the 1950s, he moved to nearby Indianapolis, Indiana after his service. In 1960, he and younger brother Herbert got into the real estate business forming Melvin Simons & Associates. They developed strip malls containing a pharmacy or grocery store into major shopping malls. Their pinnacle of their projects was in 1992 when they opened the Mall of America near Minneapolis. He was also the owner of the Indiana Pacers.

Mr. Levine is a retired professor of statistics at Baruch. He took an early retirement and now works full time updating his college textbooks on statistics, which are used at Baruch and nationwide.

Mr. Prottas created this scholarship in memory of his parents.

Edward Spiegel ('60, MBA '65), a trustee of The Baruch College Fund, passed away in August 2004. Mr. Spiegel, who joined the Baruch College Fund in March 2001, was co-chair of its nominating and board development committees, and a member of its corporate action, investment, and executive committees. He was also involved with Baruch's Executives on Campus program and helped launch the Inter-MBA Asset Management Competition. In September 2003, a classroom in the Vertical Campus was named in his honor. Since retiring as general partner of Goldman, Sachs & Company in 1996, Mr. Spiegel remained involved as advisory director. He joined the company in 1967 and was among the original group of equity professionals that formed its New York institutional sales department. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Spiegel was a securities analyst for Lord, Abbett & Company. A trustee of the Lymphoma Foundation and the Neurofibromatosis Foundation, Mr. Spiegel also served on the board of the OMI Corporation. He was an advisory director for Charter Oak Capital Partners.Mr. Spiegel is survived by his wife, Deanne Spiegel, and their two children, Elana and Brad.

Debra Bernstein is the daughter of William Newman and his late wife, Anita. Debra is the Account Executive, Sales at MRP Lawrence Marketing. She has served on the board of the Dance in Education Fund and the Armonk Little League. Debra graduated from Syracuse University in 1981. Debra is a Trustee on the Baruch College Fund Board.

Bert W. Wasserman served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Time Warner, Inc. from 1990 until his retirement in 1995 and served on the Board of Director. Mr. Wasserman was a certified public accountant; he holds a BA from Baruch College and an LLB from Brooklyn Law School. He served on the Board of Trustees for Baruch College in the roles of Vice President and President. Sandra Wasserman received a BBA degree from Baruch College. Sandra is a member of the Women’s Financial Investment Group and has served on the Board’s Major Development Committee. For more than twelve years, she was a member of the Suffolk Jewish Community Board. She also serves as a member of the Hecksher Museum Board. As a member of UJA Women’s Division, she participated in their major gifts campaign. She participated as the Founding Family to Gurwin Geriatric and serves as vice chairwoman for the American Cancer Society’s Babe Zaharias Tournaments. After more than 50 years, Bert and Sandy, are a pillar of the Baruch community. One of the original founders of the Baruch College Fund, Bert was a hard-nosed practical visionary who, in 1970, helped launch the College's first Capital Campaign. He spearheaded many of the College's best and boldest initiatives, most notably the innovative Bert W. and Sandra Wasserman Trading Floor, centerpiece of the College's state-of-the-art financial services center. Mr. Wasserman passed away in August 2005.

Deepti Jain, President, IngenioRx

An experienced leader with a passion for diverse talent acquisition, development and retention, Deepti Jain has over 25 years of proven success across a diverse healthcare landscape, including pharmacy benefit management (PBM), health plans and hospitals.

Deepti led the creation and launch of IngenioRx in 2017, which is delivering a transformative PBM experience via best-in-class capabilities designed to improve health outcomes and reduce total cost of care. As President of IngenioRx, she is responsible for all aspects of the pharmacy business, including sales and account management, clinical programs, operations, client analytics, financial performance, underwriting and market strategy.

Deepti joined Anthem in 2014 as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Anthem Pharmacy Solutions and was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2016. Prior to joining Anthem, Deepti served as Chief Operating Officer of Cigna Pharmacy Management. She also held a progressive 15 year career at Medco Health Solutions, where, as Chief Financial Officer for the Health Plan Division, she managed $40 billion in revenue across 70+ Health Plans including Commercial, Medicaid and Medicare plans.

Deepti holds an MBA from the Zicklin School of Business and joined the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) as a Board Member in 2019. She resides in New Jersey with her husband and two children.
 

Born in Queens, Mr. Philip Defliese attended City College and was a lieutenant in the Navy during World War II. After the war, he was an assistant professor at Adelphi University before joining Lybrand Ross Brothers & Montgomery in 1948. He rose to head the firm, later renamed Coopers & Lybrand, in 1968. Mr. Defliese, the former chairman and managing partner of Coopers & Lybrand and a leading figure in the shaping of accounting standards, died in October 1997. As chairman of the 18-member Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in the early 1970's, Mr. Defliese advocated rules that would compel public companies to disclose more accurate information about their finances. Mr. Defliese was a founding member of the Government Accounting Standards Board, which develops standards to be used in preparing the financial statements of state and local governments. After retiring in 1977, he was a professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business until 1986 and served on a variety of corporate boards.

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Martin Racek graduated with a BBA from Baruch College in 1198. Upon graduating, he received an offer from Deloitte and has been employed with them since then, for over 20 years. He is currently a Partner at the firm. Rich Paul also graduated from Baruch College with his BBA in 1997. He began his career at Deloitte in 1998 and is currently a partner at the firm. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees at Baruch College.

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Mr. Gilbert is a retired Professor of Sociology at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. He joined the college in 1976. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Cornell University. His primary research interest is the American class system. Mr. Gilbert is the author of "The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality" (Sage, 2015), and "Mexico's Middle Class in the Neoliberal Era" (University of Arizona Press, 2007) and "Sandinistas: The Party and the Revolution" (Blackwell, 1990), among other works. He’s also written numerous articles for The Huffington Post and The New York Times. Mr. Gilbert served as the first congressional research director for presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders in 1990. The Sidney and Laura Gilbert Scholarship was established in the name of Mr. Gilbert’s late parents.

The Direct Marketing Club of New York (DMCNY) is a tristate organization that has provided support, education, and networking opportunities to direct marketers since 1926. We are a regional, professional non-profit association for all those interested in direct and digital marketing. Currently, there are 500+ companies that enjoy the benefits of being a DMCNY member. The Direct Marketing Club of New York serves to foster, advance and promote the members' charitable, educational, scientific and literary interests, as well as their understanding and application of professional direct marketing practices. Education is an integral part of our existence. In fact, part of our mission statement includes: "The Direct Marketing Club of New York will serve as an educational resource, forum for ideas, and information exchange for those whose learning or career path is, or makes use of, direct marketing." Baruch College is one of the educational institutions in the New York area that provides for a degree in marketing and we fully support that effort.

The Donal E. Farley Scholarship was established to honor Mr. Farley’s 26 years of service to the CUNY system as former Senior Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning, Construction, and Management.

Don is the Senior Vice President and Senior Consultant of The Loff Warringer Group-Merrill Lynch FInancial Advisory Team. He began his career in the industry in 1977. Don is skilled in developing investment strategies, asset allocation, portfolio monitoring and overall wealth management for high net worth clients and institutions. Don is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Baruch College. He completed the educational component of the Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA®) designation awarded by Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Don enjoys competing on his Quarter Horses in reined cow horse events, and is an avid tennis player. His relaxation time is spent in the Rocky Mountains fishing, hiking and riding horseback.

Members of the Class of 1957 created this scholarship in honor of their 60th reunion

Members of the Class of 1967 created this scholarship in honor of their 50th reunion

The Clark Foundation focuses on helping individuals lead independent and productive lives and supports nonprofits and programs in New York City and Cooperstown, NY. Appointed June 1, 2009, Doug manages not only the Clark Foundation but is also executive director of the Scriven and Fernleigh Foundations. Prior to Clark, Doug was Senior Vice President with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) from 2002 to 2009 and led the organization’s Strategic Initiatives Team. Prior to joining RPA, he was a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs and Co. and President of the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, the firm’s charitable gift fund. From 1997 to 2000, Doug was Director of Community Partnership at SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline) and Executive Director of the SmithKline Beecham Foundation, where he focused on community-based health care around the world. From 1992 to 1996, Doug was a Program Officer for Culture at the Pew Charitable Trusts. And from 1988 to 1992, he managed the Scott Paper Company Foundation.

Mr. McKeige is currently the managing director of GMF Capital, a commercial real estate investment firm specializing in work force multi-family, senior, assisted living and skilled nursing real estate. During his career Mr. McKeige has successfully prosecuted many significant federal securities class actions including the 3Com Corporation Securities Litigation which resulted in a $259 million settlement – the largest in Ninth Circuit history. Previously, he was a Managing Partner at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP. Mr. McKeige has extensive experience in asset management and investor relations. Mr. McKeige received a B.A., cum laude, in Economics from Tufts University in 1979 and a J.D., magna cum laude, from Tulane University in 1986, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and Articles Editor of the Tulane Law Review. Mr. McKeige was admitted to the New York Bar in 1987.

Mr. Gertzulin is the Founder and Portfolio Manager at DG Capital Management. Prior to forming DG Capital in 2007, he was a Portfolio Manager at Neuberger Berman where he specialized in value-based and event-driven situations. As Portfolio Manager, he co-managed over $4 billion for high net worth and institutional investors. Prior to Neuberger Berman, he was a research analyst at JDS Capital Management. Mr. Gertzulin received his M.B.A. with distinction from New York University’s Stern School of Business, where he specialized in finance and accounting and was named a Stern Scholar. He earned his B.B.A. from Baruch College, graduating summa cum laude. Mr. Gertzulin is the Co-Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Baruch College Fund with responsibility of overseeing the endowment.

Dr. Dreyfus has been in private practice in the Los Angeles- Santa Monica area for over 30 years working with a variety of people dealing with problems of adolescence and adult life. He is a clinical psychologist, a marriage, family, child therapist, and a certified sex therapist. He received his Doctor of philosophy degree in clinical psychology from the University of Kansas and his Master's and Bachelor's degrees from the City University of New York in 1958. In 1996, he received the "Distinguished Psychologist" award from the Los Angeles County Psychological Association. He has published extensively in professional journals and has published six books. His most recent books, Keeping Your Sanity (in and Insane World), offers a collection of practical essays for your psychological well-being and Someone Right For You: 21st Century Strategies for Finding Your Mate, offers a step-by-step program for finding an appropriate mate for you. He is active in community affairs, a member of national, state and local professional associations. He is frequently sought by the media for his expert opinion on many contemporary social and psychological issues.

Dr. Lawrence Balter received a Ph.D. in Psychology from New York University. He also holds a Postdoctoral Certificate of Specialization in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis from NYU. Dr. Balter’s specialties include parenting, developmental psychology, public relations and media psychology. Dr. Balter’s experience includes positions as a Contributing Editor and Columnist at Ladies' Home Journal, Family Circle, and Sesame Street Parents magazines. He is also the author of books for children, parents, and professionals. In 2016, he co-edited a 3rd Edition of a child psychology textbook designed for scholars and advanced graduate students. Dr. Lawrence Balter has worked in all areas of the media: TV, radio, and print. He holds the rank of Professor Emeritus of Applied Psychology at NYU and maintains a clinical practice in Manhattan with children, teens, and adults. Dr. Balter is a developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst. In addition to having hosted eponymous radio programs on ABC Talkradio, he has worked as a feature reporter on WABC TV's Eyewitness News and WCBS TV's Channel 2 News at 5:00 PM as well as held positions as resident psychologist on CBS TV's Early Show and NBC TV's Weekend Today show. Most recently, he appeared as the on-air psychologist at the Morning Show on WPIX TV News in New York.

Lewis J. Altfest, Ph.D., is CEO, Chief Investment Officer, and a Principal Advisor for Altfest Personal Wealth ManagementSM. Prior to founding the firm in 1983, he was a General Partner and Director of Research for Lord Abbett & Co., a large mutual fund and investment management company that manages more than $100 billion in assets. Lew began his investment career as a research analyst at Wertheim & Co.
 
Lew was the sole recipient of the 2007 Charles R. Schwab IMPACT Award® - arguably the highest distinction in the profession - for his sustained vision, outstanding leadership and client commitment. He was named one of the "Best Financial Advisers" in the country by Barron's, as well as by Money, Worth, Mutual Funds, Medical Economics, and Dental Practice Report magazines. His academic textbook, Personal Financial Planning, was published by McGraw Hill and is currently used at leading universities around the country. Lew is co-author of Lew Altfest Answers Almost All Your Questions About Money, which was named one of the best financial planning books by Money magazine, and co-author of An Introduction to Business.
 
Lew is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Lubin School of Business at Pace University, where he teaches financial planning and investments. Previously, he was co-director of the Investment Program at the New School. In addition to the books listed above, Lew is the author of many scholarly articles on financial planning and investments.
 
Lew lectures frequently to investors, pre-retirees and retirees as well as to other financial professionals. He is often interviewed by the media and currently writes a monthly investment column for Medical Economics. Lew is listed in Who's Who in Finance and Who's Who in America and is the recipient of the 2006 Career Achievement Award from The City College of New York for his "integral role in the development of the financial planning profession."
 
A founding member of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), Lew has served on its Board of Directors. He also is a member of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), Academy of Financial Services, Financial Management Association, American Finance Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the New York Society of Security Analysts.
 
Lew received his Ph.D. from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He has an M.B.A from New York University and a B.B.A from Baruch College. He also holds the CFA, CFP®, CPA and PFS designations.

Born in New York City, Wallerstein received his undergraduate degree at Dartmouth College in 1971. In 1972, he followed with a Master's degree in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He received a second Master's (1976) and PhD in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978.

For the next five years, he worked as an assistant professor and program director at MIT. From 1983 to 1993, he worked at the National Academy of Sciences, holding progressively more senior positions, including deputy executive officer of the National Research Council. Also while at the National Research Council, Wallerstein directed a series of highly acclaimed studies on scientific communication, technology transfer and national security.

From 1993 to 1998, he was appointed as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counterproliferation Policy and was simultaneously the Senior Defense Representative for Trade Security Policy. While at the Department of Defense, Wallerstein helped to found and co-chaired NATO's Senior Defense Group on Proliferation. He received the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service in January 1997 from Secretary William Perry, and he was presented with the Bronze Palm to that award in April 1998 by Secretary of Defense William Cohen. During his time in Washington, DC, he also served as an adjunct professor at the Program on Science, Technology and Policy at the George Washington University, the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Wallerstein was named a Distinguished Research Professor at the National Defense University in November 1997.

In 1998, Wallerstein joined the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation as Vice President of the Program on Global Security and Sustainability. In this capacity, he directed the Foundation's international grant-making in 86 countries around the world. The Program made $85 million in grants each year focusing on international peace and security, population and reproductive health, biodiversity and sustainable development, human rights and the impacts of globalization.

In July 2003, Mitchel Wallerstein became 8th dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Wallerstein pushed for expanded internationalization of the school's programs and relationships with other elite schools of public affairs around the world; he secured an endowment for the School's Institute of Global Affairs in honor of the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who was twice a member of the Maxwell School faculty; and he initiated new academic programs in security studies (which included the establishment of the Institute for National Security and Counter-Terrorism), and he supported new programs in public diplomacy, and history and documentary filmmaking. 

Dr. Wallerstein began his tenure as President of Baruch College on August 2, 2010. In this capacity, he successfully concluded the Baruch Means Business fundraising campaign, reestablished the endowment of the Weissman School of Arts & Sciences, created the first outdoor public space (a plaza created by cloing a city street) in the College's history and also the first student center. He also led an initiative to expand the College's graduate programs, including new Master's degree in International Affairs and Arts Administration. In 2016, President Wallerstein successfully secured a $30 million endowment gift to name Baruch's third school as the Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs.

Stewart S. Karlinsky, Ph.D., MBA, CPA, is Professor Emeritus and former Professor of Taxation and Graduate Tax Director at San Jose State University.  He is currently the Executive Director of the Pacific Rim Tax Institute and formerly of the SJSU/TEI sponsored High Technology Tax Institute. 
 
Stewart received his Ph.D. and MBA from New York University.  Dr. Karlinsky teaches, writes, testifies and speaks in the corporate, individual, real estate, alternative minimum tax, S corporation, reorganizations, tax policy, international tax and closely held business tax areas.  He has lectured extensively to various professional accounting organizations (AICPA, TEI, California CPA), accounting firms (PWC, Ernst & Young, Accuity, BPM and Frank Rimerman).  He has been an expert witness for both prosecution and defense, and testified before Congress on AMT . He was a Fulbright Senior Specialist and served as such at two universities in Ireland. He has taught international tax, tax policy and comparative tax systems in United Kingdom, France, Austria, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. Most recently, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Silicon Valley Chapter of the California CPA Society.
 
Stewart has published over 100 articles in both professional and academic journals including Tax Adviser, USC Tax Institute’s Major Tax Planning, International Tax Journal, American Journal of Tax Policy, Journal of S Corporation Taxation, Tax Notes, Tax Notes International, Journal of Derivative Accounting, Loyola Law Review, S Corporation Journal, CPA Journal, as well as The Journal of the American Taxation Association, Advances in Taxation, Journal of Legal Tax Research, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Advances in Accounting, Australian Tax Forum,  ATAX E-Tax Journal, Journal of Australian Taxation, and Expert Systems Review.  He was the Editor-in-Chief of WGL ’s High Tech Industry: Tax, Law, Business Planning.  He is on the editorial board of the AICPA’s Tax Adviser and ATA’s Journal of Legal Tax Research.  Stu has been cited in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Bloomberg News, Tax Notes, Bear Stearns Accounting Issues, and has been interviewed on both radio and television in the U.S. and Australia. 
 
 

Tim was a bright light in the world. He completed a Master's Degree in Statistics at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, and already had his B.S. in Mathematics from Florida Atlantic University and a Master's in Mathematics Education from City College. Tim taught high school at Mott Hall and Eastchester High. As his former students readily attested: "I am now becoming an engineer because of Mr. Richman," "Mr. Richman was the best teacher I ever had," and "Mr. Richman taught me to love calculus when I hated math," – these are just a few of the sentiments expressed. He was an extraordinary teacher and a lasting influence. His family and friends chose to honor Tim's life and memory, by establishing a graduate-level scholarship in Statistics in his name at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch. The Timothy Miller Richman Memorial Scholarship in Statistics will help needy future mathematicians who are serious enough about the subject, as he was, to pursue it at the graduate level.

This scholarship was created in memory of Harold Rubin by his family.

Born in the Bronx, Harold received his MBA from Baruch College, CUNY '66 and went on to a renowned career in finance. As a money manager, he was recognized for his professional integrity, acumen, personal attention, and unique people skills.

Eric M. Kirsch,CFA received a BBA from Baruch College in 1984 and an MBA from Pace University in 1988. He earned his CFA designation in 1990. Kirsch joined Aflac in November 2011 as senior vice president/global chief investment officer, and was promoted to executive vice president in July 2012. In 2015, Kirsch was listed on the Power 100 List of CIOs by Chief Investment Officer Magazine. It was the first time that Kirsch and Aflac were presented on this prestigious list. Prior to joining Aflac, he served as managing director and global head of insurance asset management at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he managed a global team of 55 professionals and oversaw the management of over $70 billion in insurance assets. Prior to that, he spent 27 combined years at Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) and Bankers Trust Company, most recently serving as managing director and global head of insurance asset management.

Eric Kobren has more than 25 years experience in the investment field. He graduated cum laude from Bernard Baruch College (CUNY) in 1974. After receiving his MBA from Columbia University in January, 1976, he worked in professional staff positions with Merrill Lynch and E.F. Hutton in New York. In 1982, Eric joined Delphi Management, a highly regarded institutional money management firm in Boston, as Vice President of Research and Trading. In 1983, he was named Group Marketing Director at Fidelity Investments. In 1985, Eric founded the Mutual Fund Investors Association, Inc. (MFIA) and began publishing Fidelity Insight, a monthly investment report covering the Fidelity family of mutual funds. Today, MFIA provides independent information, analysis, and advice to mutual fund investors through both Fidelity Insight and FundsNet Insight, an additional monthly report covering the funds available through the fund networks of Charles Schwab, E*Trade, Fidelity, and TD Ameritrade, that Eric began in 1994. In 1987 he established a private money management service, Kobren Insight Management (KIM), which manages money for wealthy individuals and institutions through mutual funds, variable annuities, and individual bonds. Eric has been widely quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, and USA Today. In addition, he has been a frequent participant in Barron's Annual Mutual Fund Roundtable and has appeared on a variety of nationally televised programs. Eric is a trustee of Children's Hospital, Boston, a member of their investment committee, and founder of the Boston Children's Heart Philanthropic Committee.

Mr. Yee retired from Citibank, N.A., where he a Director within Independent Compliance Risk Management. He has over 30 years of experience in consumer, corporate and investment banking. His legal knowledge is focused on bank regulations and general corporate legal affairs such as product/policy developments, acquisitions, dissolutions and restructuring. Upon receiving his B.B.A., he began his career at Chase Manhattan Bank. Following, he fulfilled executive roles at CIBC World Markets Corp., Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, and Discover Financial Services. He holds a J.D. from New York Law School (NYLS), which he completed after receiving his B.B.A. in accounting law and M.B.A. in computer systems, both from Baruch College. While attending Baruch, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Alpha, Yearbook Committee, and a Baruch Scholar. He was also the yearbook photographer while attending  NYLS. Mr. Yee an honorary director of the NYLS Alumni Association, where he previously served on its Mentoring Committee for 10 years, many of those as chairman.

Mr. Lieberman graduated from Baruch in 1952. He retired from Merrill Lynch last October after 44 years with them as an investment advisor. Mr. Lieberman was a door- to-door salesman for 18 years, selling whatever the person on the other side of the door needed. He then went to City College Uptown and transferred to City College Downtown where he took 9 years to do his degree while working.

H. Fenwick Huss was appointed as the Willem Kooyker Dean of the Zicklin School of Business in July 2014. Since arriving, he has launched the Executive Doctorate in Business, the first in NY State, and the MS in Business Analytics. Fenwick expanded Baruch's global footprint with prestigious dual-degree programs: 5 MBA-MS programs with Chinese institutions and 2 MSF-MS program with Italian universities He has been a key partner in the development of the Baruch Business Academy model, with the College’s first partner being CUNY’s Borough of Manhattan Community College. And with the help of the Zicklin School's Advisory Council, Fenwick's innovative and student-centered approach resulted in strong graduate enrollments, top national recognition, and increased philanthropic support.

In 2001, when the FWA decided to launch a college mentoring program, Baruch College was the obvious choice. Its large undergraduate business program and diverse students, many the first in their families to attend college, made it a perfect partner to fulfill the FWA’s mission. With more than 200 graduates, many at NYC’s major financial and accounting firms, the program gets stronger every year.

The Sarah and Sol Laterman Scholarship was created in memory of Bernard Laterman’s beloved parents. Bernard is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School, he earned his degree from CCNY in 1952 and served the next two years with the Army Audit Agency during the Korean War. After doing post-graduate work at New York University and working in public accounting, he launched his 45-year career on Wall Street, rising to prestigious positions which included executive vice president of Abraham & Co. and Arbitrage Division head, managing director and member of the Executive Committee of Lehman Brothers. In 1983 he founded an investment partnership, Laterman & Co., where he currently serves as managing partner. As a philanthropist committed to the needs of the wider community, Mr. Laterman has given of his time and resources to ensure that the educational, cultural and economic vitality of New York continues and is open to everyone. A trustee and former president of the Baruch College Fund, he is currently co-chairman of our Annual Fund Campaign Committee. He has also served as a trustee of the UJA/Federation of Jewish Philanthropies.

Founded in 1966, Time Equities, Inc. (TEI) has been in the real estate investment, development and asset & property management business for more than 50 years. TEI currently holds in its own portfolio approximately 31.1 million square feet of residential, industrial, office and retail property – including over 4,000 multi-family apartment units. In addition, TEI is in various stages of development and pre-development of constructing approximately 1.4 million square feet of various property types which includes at least 1,447 residential units. With properties in 30 states, five Canadian provinces, Germany, the Netherlands, and Anguilla, the TEI portfolio benefits from a diversity of property types, sizes and markets. There are concentrations in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and West Coast, and new markets are always being evaluated.

Mrs. Gamboni established the scholarship fund in her late husband’s name, Ciro Gamboni. Mr. Gamboni was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and graduated at the top of his class from Baruch College. Following graduation, he was offered a scholarship to attend New York University School of Law. He was an ROTC member in college and deferred service to complete his law degree. After graduating from NYU, he was hired by Cahill Gordon & Reindel, LLP, but soon took a leave to report for active duty. Mr. Gamboni served from 1966 to 1969 at the Pentagon in the military affairs division of the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army. There he rose to the rank of captain while earning his LLM in taxation from Georgetown University. Mr. Gamboni returned to New York to resume his position with Cahill in 1969, became partner in 1974, and retired as senior counsel in 2016. Nearly a year later, in April of 2017, Mr. Gamboni passed.

Mr. Ozgar is currently a Partner in KPMG's national office and is responsible for Risk Management for IT Advisory Services. Additionally, he is responsible for developing IT aspects of KPMG's global integrated audit methodology addressing PCAOB auditing standards. Previously, Mr. Ozgar was an Information Risk Management Partner in Charlotte, North Carolina, providing IT assessments within financial statement audits, and various advisory services related to systems controls, information security and IT governance to global entities. He began at KPMG as a financial statement auditor and then began to help establish the "Information Risk Management" practice. Mr. Ozgar earned his BBA and MBA from Baruch College. He also holds CPA and CISSP certifications.

Throughout his successful career of over 40 years in the media and publishing industries, Paul H. Chook served many executive roles including Executive Vice President of Ziff-David Publishing and Vice President of Young & Rubicam. Additionally, he taught courses in statistical models and analysis as an adjunct professor for 12 years at what was then The Bernard M. Baruch School of Business and Public Finance. Paul H. Chook passed away in May 2014 and is remembered as an esteemed professional in the media industry and a distinguished member of the Zicklin community.

George Segal is a commodities trader. He has been a member of the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Mr. Segal is also the owner of Brittany Farms, a leading breeder of trotting and pacing champions in Versailles, Ky. The farm created harness racing history in 2006, becoming the first ever to have bred the winners of the same year’s Hambletonian (Glidemaster), Hambletonian Oaks (Passionate Glide) and Little Brown Jug (Mr Feelgood).

Mr. Rothstein earned a Bachelor's degree in Finance from City College of New York in 1962 and an MBA in Finance from University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School in 1965. Mr. Rothstein married Cynthia Rothstein in June 1967; they have three children: Michael Neil, Lori Pamela, Meryl Patricia. Mr. Rothstein retired in April 2004. In 2005, he responded to an EOC mailing and became a mentor. Mr. Rothstein is a CFA charterholder and has over 30 years of expansive investment experience. He began his career as a capital goods analyst and held successive positions as Director of Domestic Research, Director of International Research, Managing Director, and General Partner. After the acquisition of Oppenheimer by CIBC World Markets, Mr. Rothstein was a co-portfolio manager of Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Hedge Fund and Managing Director, overseeing investment activities of the firm's private equity funds in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Eastern Europe, India, and Israel. Mr. Rothstein spent 28 years with Oppenheimer and Co., Inc. (now CIBC World Markets). He later consulted with Fairfield Greenwich Group and Straits Lion Asset Management on their joint venture.

The Bernard Kestenbaum Scholarship was created by Gerald Kestenbaum in November 1997 to memorialize his beloved father. Mr. Kestenbaum always told his son, Gerald, stories about Baruch and, in fact, had risen from poverty as a true example of the American dream, due to his education at Baruch College. By establishing the Bernard Kestenbaum Scholarship Fund, Gerald felt that he could honor his father, maintain his connection to Baruch and allow others to pull themselves out of poverty as Bernard had done.

Mr. Sedler, born in 1930, in Brooklyn, New York, attended New York City schools through college, graduating from the Baruch College with a BBA in Marketing and Sales Administration. In 1954, while completing college, he worked for Yorkville Paper Co., as Assistant to the VP of Sales. He later was advanced to Sales Manager of the fourteen man sales force. In 1961, he founded and became president of Paper Enterprises Inc., a supplier and consultant to the food service industry. Paper Enterprises serves major chains, airlines, schools, hospitals, in-plant feeders and institutional accounts in the greater metropolitan New York area. In August 1992, Paper Enterprises Inc. acquired Consolidated Paper and Peter Pak Co. He has served on the Planning Committee of New York University's Food Management Program and has guest lectured in the Institutional Management Program at CUNY, LaGuardia College in Long Island City, New York and at Lehman College in the Bronx, New York.

Glen is a Partner at Schram Graber & Opell, P.C. He received his JD from Brooklyn Law School in 2004 and his BA in history from Union College. Upon graduating Brooklyn Law School, he started his legal career as an associate at Cullen and Dykman LLP and left the company in 2013 as partner. His concentration is in the field of estate and trust litigation, regularly representing fiduciaries and beneficiaries in contested probate and administration proceedings, estate and trust accountings, as well as in proceedings to discover and recover assets wrongfully taken from estate and trusts. He is a member of the Trusts, Estates & Surrogate's Court Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He is also a volunteer for the City Bar Justice Center's Planning and Estates Law Project, where he provides legal consultation to low income New Yorkers concerning wills, probate and estate administration.

Harold Anfang was born on November 9, 1926. The fourth child of Sadie and Louis Anfang, Harold was raised in New York City where he lived his entire life. He graduated Baruch College (where there is a scholarship in his name) in 1946 and went on to have a successful career as a CPA. He joined Allen C. Schneider & Co. LLC where he worked for 50 years, joined by his nephew and great-nephew. Harold’s love for his extended family knew no limit. He was a beloved son, brother, Uncle and Great Uncle. A deeply devoted follower of Judaism, he was incredibly proud of his faith. Harold was a loyal New Yorker, a curious world traveler, a lover of fine dining and a true gentleman. He did everything with compassion and love and it is the Foundation’s honor to continue to spread that compassion and love far and wide. Founded in 2020, Harold Anfang Foudation is a family foundation seeking to make positive change through a spirit of loving kindness in an ever-changing world.

Harvey Kamil is Vice Chairman of NBTY, Inc., the largest nutritional supplement company in the US. He has been employed by NBTY for over 30 years. NBTY, a 3 billion dollar company, was listed on the New York Stock Exchange when it was bought in October 2010 by the private equity firm The Carlyle Group. Mr. Kamil taught as an adjunct Associate Professor at Suffolk County Community College. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Natural Product Association and the Council for Responsible Nutrition, where he is the Chairman elect. Mr. Kamil also serves as a member of Governor Cuomo's Long Island Regional Economic Council. Mr. Kamil received his BBA and MBA from the Baruch College. Mr. Kamil is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Management Accountant.

Mr. Harvey Stone was one of the brand owners of Sambuca Romana, Italian liquor. Mr. Stone graduated from Baruch College in 1941. Ms. Sheila Hayman is an art curator.

The Hearst Foundations are national philanthropic resources for organizations working in the fields of culture, education, health, and social services. The Foundations identify and fund outstanding nonprofits to ensure that people of all backgrounds in the United States have the opportunity to build healthy, productive, and inspiring lives. Mason Granger is the director of grants of The Hearst Foundations in New York. He is the former president and general manager of WDSU-TV, the NBC affiliate in New Orleans, as well as the former executive vice president and general manager of WMC-TV and its companion radio stations, WMC-AM and WMC-FM, in Memphis. Granger attended the University of Virginia (B.A.) and Columbia University (M.S.). Among other career experiences, he taught at Rhodes College in Memphis and served on the staff of Congressman Ed Koch prior to Koch's election as mayor of New York.

The Alexander ('41) and Bess Aschengrau Scholarship was created by Daniel E. and Jeffrey M. Held in September 2003 to memorialize their beloved grandparents. Alexander was born in Poland and immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 10. He graduated from Baruch College with a BBA in Accountancy in 1941 and formed his own accounting firm. Bess was born in the U.S. She also went to school for, and worked in, accounting and met Alexander at one of his client’s offices. Their charitable nature, passed on to their grandsons, prompted the creation of this scholarship to assist deserving students in obtaining a Baruch education.

Gary Tannenbaum graduated from Baruch in 1970. He is the Principal at Miltan Management Corporation. A lover of business and the arts, Ms. Mills founded in 2005 the Helen Mills Event Space and Theater, a special event venue in New York that hosts a variety of corporate, social, non-profit and arts events. A year earlier, in 2004, Ms. Mills founded offoffonline.com, an off-off Broadway listing and review website. Prior to co- founding her real estate business in 1979, Ms. Mills, a CPA, was a senior auditor at Arthur Young & Company (now Ernst & Young) in New York. Before joining Arthur Young in 1975, Ms. Mills was an auditor for the Internal Revenue Service in New York where she acted, first, as a collection officer and, then, as a revenue agent. Ms. Mills is a member of the Board of Trustees of New York Live Arts, a live performance arts organization, as well as a trustee of the Baruch College Fund in New York. Ms. Mills earned a BA in Sociology in 1969 from the University of Kentucky in Lexington and completed post-graduate work at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College.

Ms. Banks is currently a member of Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, LLP’s corporate practice group. She advises publicly-held and private companies in significant corporate and securities matters, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions. She is the first female partner elected in Cahill’s corporate practice group and is the Chair of the Firm’s Women’s Initiative Committee. Other affiliations include serving on the development committee of the YMCA of New York City and the Grants Advisory Committee of the New York Women’s Foundation, along with the Baruch College Fund and Brooklyn Heights Montessori School. Ms. Banks graduated from Baruch College with her B.B.A. degree, summa cum laude, in 1985. She then received her J.D. from Fordham University in 1988.

Irving Sitnick practices in the areas of trusts and estates and taxation, providing sophisticated tax advice to individual clients and their enterprises. He also advises not-for-profit organizations and their leadership in connection with corporate governance, fiduciary responsibilities, and fund raising activities. Active in charitable affairs, Irv is a director of the Henry and Lucy Moses Fund and is a Member of the Board of Trustees of The Educational Alliance and The Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center. He has matriculated from Brooklyn College (BA), New York University (LL.M in taxation), and Harvard Law School (JD, cum laude).

Herbert Simon was named Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of Simon Property Group in 2007. He was Co-Chairman of the Board from 1995 to 2007, after serving as Chief Executive Officer from 1993 to 1995. Mr. Simon serves as a director of The Cheesecake Factory. He also serves on the Board of Governors for the National Basketball Association and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Melvin Simon & Associates, Inc., the predecessor company he founded in 1960 with his brother, Melvin Simon. Mr. Simon has been a director of Simon Property Group since 1993.

Flug began her career in 1963 as an associate and managing attorney for the law firm of Gainsburg, Gottlieb, Levitan & Cole. She worked in this capacity until 1967. From 1969 to 1974, she served as an assistant professor of business law at Nassau Community College. She also worked as a Law Judge for the N.Y.C. Parking Violations Bureau from 1972 to 1974. She then worked briefly in 1974 as a Queens County Assistant District Attorney before becoming a law secretary for the Civil court in 1975. The following year, she became a law secretary for the Queens County Supreme Court. She then joined the firm of Baron & Vesel, P.C. as a managing attorney in 1981. After a stint as a sole practitioner in 1982 and 1983, she became a judge. She has also served as an adjunct professor at Queens College in 1992 and an associate professor at Queensborough Community College from 1993 to 2002. Flug became a judge of the New York City Civil Court of Queens County in 1984. In 1990, she was elected to the Queens County Supreme Court. Flug received her B.B.A. degree from the City College of New York in 1960 and her J.D. degree from the Syracuse University School of Law in 1963.

The ICSC Foundation is dedicated to career development through educational endeavors, and to engaging, promoting and recognizing those in the retail real estate industry who contribute to making their communities better. The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is a member-based organization that provides intelligence, networking, advocacy and shared best practices on a global platform for the retail real estate industry. The ICSC Foundation is the charitable arm of ICSC. Since 2007, the ICSC Foundation has presented scholarships to nearly 480 individuals. That represents $1.4 million investment in education to help strengthen the retail real estate industry.

Grandson of Philip Zimmerman

Institutional Investor is a leading international business to business publisher, focused primarily on international finance. It publishes premium journalism, newsletters and research. It also runs conferences, seminars and training courses and is a provider of electronic business information through its capital market databases and emerging markets information service.

Interpublic Group is a global provider of marketing solutions. With 54,000 employees in all major world markets, our companies specialize in advertising, digital marketing, communications planning, media, public relations and specialty marketing.

Irving Yoskowitz received a BBA from City College of New York in 1966 and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1969, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He was a Knox Fellow from Harvard University at the London School of Economics from 1971 to 1972. Irv began his career as a systems analyst with the Office of the Secretary of Defense while serving as a U.S. Army officer from 1969 to 1971. He remained in the U.S. Army Reserve as a major assigned to the Office of the Secretary of the Army until 1981. He became senior counsel in Crowell & Moring's Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm's Environment, Energy & Resources and Corporate groups. He also serves as an operating partner of Centre Partners, LLC, a private equity firm. He has held executive positions at Constellation Energy Group, United Technologies Corporation, and Global Technology Partners.

Mr. Fromme graduated from Baruch in 1954. He was a trader at Centrotrade which is an international trading company that deals in minerals, lead and other commodities.

Abraham Goldstein was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. In 1929, Goldstein joined the faculty at the City College of New York's School of Business and Civic Administration, now Baruch College. Goldstein taught business law for the next 73 years. He had a law practice, too, and had such a reputation for fairness that he often represented both sides in a dispute. He closed the office in the '60s, but kept on teaching. He taught at Baruch College until two weeks prior to his 104th birthday, when he passed away. Mr. Hausman established the scholarship in 1998, in honor of Mr. Goldstein’s 100th Birthday. Mr. Hausman is Of Counsel at Murtha Cullina and has extensive experience in real estate law and arbitration.

Gavilan Commodities LLC is an independent management consulting and advisory group focused on providing risk management, marketing, and business development services to the global commodities industry. Gavilan Commodities LLC was founded in March 2019 by Jimmy Gavilan; a 23 year Wall Street finance veteran and respected global commodities industry professional. Gavilan Commodities provides tailored and well developed solutions for clients seeking access to financing, working capital strategies, supply chain optimization, commodity business development and global commodities marketing opportunities.

James Gavilan graduated from Baruch College in 2001.

Janet Dewart Bell is a communications and management consultant specializing in policy advocacy, strategic planning, executive and staff training, and education. She has been a key strategist and senior executive at a number of national organizations including The Opportunity Agenda, PolicyLink, the National Urban League, and National Public Radio (NPR). Her special projects included the Stop the Violence campaign and the National Urban League/Merrill Lynch ScholarshipBuilder program. The first Director of Specialized Programs at NPR, she helped increase diversity by recruiting and training women and people of color as producers and on-air talent. She chaired the District of Columbia Commission for Women and represented the District at the United Nations Conference on Women in Nairobi, Kenya. An active volunteer, she serves on the boards of Teaching Matters, Plays for Living, CancerCare, and the Women's Media Center. Among her accomplishments are a local Emmy® for outstanding individual achievement (Channel 9, the CBS-TV affiliate in Washington, DC) and programming for National Public Radio honored with the Peabody award.

Jeffrey Peck is the former Dean of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences. This scholarship was created by members of the Weissman Dean’s Council to honor Jeffrey Peck’s leadership and service to the Weissman School and Baruch College. Peck has taught at several universities in both the U.S. and Canada and has held the Walter Benjamin Chair in German-Jewish Culture and History at Humboldt University in Berlin, where he was also the director of the Leo Baeck Summer University in Jewish Studies. Dr. Peck is a Senior Fellow at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS). As an administrator, Peck created and led Culture and Politics, an innovative program of study in Georgetown University's renowned School of Foreign Service. In addition to his tenure at Georgetown and Humboldt Universities, Jeffrey Peck has been professor of German and director at the Canadian Centre for German and European Studies, a joint academic entity of Toronto's York University and the Universite de Montreal. Peck holds a PhD in comparative literature from the University of California, Berkeley (1979); a master's degree from the University of Chicago (1974); and a bachelor of arts from Michigan State University (1972). He is the author of numerous articles on German and Jewish studies and has also written extensively on transnational and global cultural issues.

The Morton M. Raymond Scholarship was created in August 2003 by Mary Raymond to memorialize her beloved husband, Morton, and to help a new generation of students further their business education through achieving an MBA degree at Baruch College. Morton M. Raymond was a double alumnus of “Downtown City,” which later became Baruch College. He completed his undergraduate degree in 1948 and obtained a Master in Business Administration in 1950. He was the founder of Datamation Systems, the first supermarket of business systems, and was active in the fields of mail and records management. He was also actively involved in community activities and taught business administration courses at the City College of New York and Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Jessica Nacheman is sponsoring this scholarship in honor of her parents, Daniel and Charlotte Eth. Her mother, Charlotte, was an accountant and taught in Teaneck, New Jersey; her father, Daniel, was a lawyer and certified public accountant who worked in New York City. Ms. Nacheman is Counsel at Exxon Mobil Corporation, where she focuses on general law issues including immigration, export controls, environmental safety and health. She received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and went on to pursue her master’s degree in public health and environmental/occupational science at Columbia University. In 1985, she received her J.D. from New York Law School and is licensed to practice in New York and New Jersey.

Ms. Hayes, the Founding Principal and Portfolio Manager of Songbird Capital, received her MBA from Baruch College. She has over 18 years of institutional investment management experience. Prior to founding Songbird in 2011, she worked with Citi Alternative Investments as Vice President in Investments and Portfolio Risk Management. Ms. Hayes and Songbird Capital are actively involved in local nonprofits such as United Front Against Riverblindness, Petey Greene and Princeton Cornerstone Community Kitchen, and Minding Our Business, supporting those organizations through donations and voluntary work. She has been an investment committee member for Princeton United Methodist Church Endowment since 2009. Ms. Hayes is a native speaker of Mandarin Chinese. She was interviewed by Beijing TV in 2006 for the Documentary “Chinese Women on Wall Street”. In 2017, she became one of “Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Awards" recipients.

Ms. Wiesen created the scholarship in memory of her late mother, Ruth. Ms. Wiesen is an attorney at Tobias Pieniek, P.C., specializing in entertainment law and intellectual property. She received her bachelor degree from Mount Holyoke College and her law degree from New York University Law School. She is married to Dr. David Lieberman, who is an ophthalmologist.

Dr. Samuel G. Ryan retired in September 2002 after 33 years of full time service on the faculty of the Department of Statistics and Computer Information Systems at Baruch College. He served as a Naval Gunnery Officer earning official commendation for his unit’s performance. Upon release from naval service in 1964, he began working as a Programmer Analyst at Con Edison. During this time he attended Baruch College, receiving his MBA in 1967 with a focus on HR. He subsequently accepted a fellowship in the new CUNY PhD Program in Business with concentrations in Management and Organizational Psychology and also moved from Con Edison to IBM as a Computer Analyst. He took a leave of absence from IBM to satisfy the full-time residency requirements of the PhD program and then accepted a position as a full-time Lecturer in the Statistics Department to develop and teach Computer Courses. After completing his PhD in 1977, he remained at Baruch as one of the architects of the Undergraduate and Graduate programs in Computer Information Systems. Dr. Ryan was elected to the Beta Gamma Sigma national business honor society, received the 1993 Baruch Alumni Association Faculty Service Award for his work related to mentoring students and several teaching awards from the school of business from senior class of 1976 and the 1998 Baruch Presidential Excellence in Teaching Award. JoAnn Falcone Ryan was born in 1957 in Rockaway Beach, Queens. As the child of a Parks Department laborer and as the fifth of seven children, City University was her only viable option for a college education. JoAnn chose Baruch College, was selected as a SEEK student, earned election to Beta Gamma Sigma National Business Honor Society, and graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1979, when she was awarded the Morton Wollman Medal in Computer Information Systems. She then began her career at Con Edison as a computer programmer and returned to Baruch at night earning a Master's degree in 1983. She was recognized by Crain's New York Business' 40 Under 40, elected to the YWCA Academy of Women Achievers, and was selected as a David Rockefeller Fellow, Class of 2007. JoAnn serves as a trustee of the Baruch College Fund and is a member of Baruch's Executives on Campus steering committee.

John H. Hui ('02) helped establish Twiage, a company that specializes in helping emergency departments triage incoming ambulances. The company won Cleveland Clinic's 2015 New Ventures Healthcare Challenge, recognizing its groundbreaking technology.

Steven and Jonathan O'Hara are the two sons of Ruth O'Hara who passed in 2019.
A philanthropist and entrepreneur, Mrs. O'Hara was an art dealer and the owner of O'Hara Art Gallery, a family business located in here in NYC. She graduated from Baruch College in 1952.

Jonathan and Victoria are both Baruch graduates. Jonathan is a journalist turned editorial assistant living and working in New York City. He is passionate about the written word and helping others.

Victoria is a writer and sometimes journalist living and working in New York City. She worked in local news, book publishing and national magazines, giving her a unique background with a variety of skills in reporting, layout, photography, videography, fact-checking, copy editing, social media management and time management. Read her work in Gotham Gazette, the Queens Daily Eagle, the Brooklyn Eagle, the Brooklyn Home Reporter and Family Circle magazine.
 

Joseph Busuttil has more than 30 years of experience leading large groups and managing multiple strategic financial functions, across various business lines, for global financial institutions. He recently served as chief financial officer of Barclays Global Investment Bank and Barclays Americas. Prior to joining Barclays in 2013, he held key roles spanning a 20-plus-year career at Goldman Sachs Group (GS), including director of Internal Audit, global chief operating officer for GS Alternative Investments, and chief financial officer and head of Finance, Risk, Operations, and Corporate Services for GS in Asia. He also has extensive experience managing financial and operational risks, supporting chief executive officers and serving board-level committees.

Busuttil holds a B.B.A. degree from Baruch College, C.U.N.Y. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a FINRA Series 27—Financial and Operations Principal license.  He serves on the Zicklin Dean's Advisory Board.

Joseph D’Introno is a Partner for audit services/financial services at Grant Thornton. He has more than 30 years of public accounting experience serving the financial services industry. He has extensive experience serving both public and private clients. His industry experience includes working with domestic hedge funds, offshore funds, master feeder funds, Cayman Islands funds, Delaware statutory trusts, traditional investment partnerships, private equity funds, group trusts, registered investment advisers, custody audits, broker-dealers, registered investment companies, unit investment trusts, mutual funds, benefit plans, SOX compliance, and valuation matters.

The Joseph Drown Foundation was formed in 1953 to provide an organized means for its founder, Joseph Warford Drown, to make charitable gifts during his lifetime and to have the Foundation continue making grants upon his death.
 
Joseph Drown, whose life spanned the period of 1906 to 1982, was active in the hotel industry from his early 20's until the end of his career. He started as an employee, then in management and subsequently ownership. His prize ownership, which he personally developed in 1945, was the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles. He also employed his business skills in the acquisition and operation of numerous other businesses and properties.
 
The Foundation attempts to reflect directly the interests of Joseph Drown by focusing its resources on the areas which particularly concerned him. These include education, medical and scientific research; community, health and social services and, to a lesser degree, the arts and humanities.
 
The Foundation's goal is to assist individuals in becoming successful, self-sustaining, contributing citizens. The Foundation is interested in programs that break down any barrier that prevents a person from continuing to grow and learn.
 

"America is about class fluidity and economic advancement. This unique American characteristic is explicitly Baruchian as well. This college gave me plentiful opportunities. Without Baruch, I don't know if I would be as successful as I am today," says alumnus Joseph Ficurelli, Esq. ('60). Baruch was a lifesaver for Mr. Ficurelli. His father was disabled; his mother worked as a seamstress to support the family. He began working at age 12 as a delivery boy to supplement the family income. Mr. Ficurelli was able to attend college only because Baruch offered free tuition. "We were not wealthy, and the opportunity that Baruch gave me allowed me to become a professional man." After earning his Baruch BBA, Mr. Ficurelli attended Harvard Law School. With his Ivy League JD in hand, he worked in private corporations in Boston and later in Phoenix. During the 1990s, Ficurelli's beloved alma mater was on the move, transforming itself into one of the most modern and technologically advanced institutions in the nation. He decided to add to the excitement with a legacy gift, an annual full-tuition scholarship. "When I was an undergraduate, I clearly remember five students who had to leave in their junior or senior years because they had to go back to work to help out their families." His scholarship was designed expressly to aid those upper-division students.

Joseph Nacmias is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in three states, and a partner in the New York City office of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, the fifth largest US firm of Certified Public Accountants. He has more than 25 years of experience in public accounting, most of it with firms, which specialize in serving an international clientele, particularly foreigners with businesses or investments in the US. He has lived in France, and is fluent in French, English and Italian. He has written on various subjects for the CPA Journal (the official magazine of the New York State Society of CPA's). He served on the International Operations Committee, the International Tax Committee and the Consulting Practice Committee of the New York State Society of CPA's. He also served on the Report Review Committee of the New Jersey Society of CPA's. He is a past president of the Baruch College Alumni Association and serves on the board of Brooklyn Information and Culture, Inc.

Irving Weinstein was a professor of accountancy at Baruch College

Kathlene J. Marks-Barcia and Nicholas’s Barcia’s Biography: Mr. Barcia was a professor of economics and finance at Baruch College. Throughout his career he served as director of risk management at Kidder Peabody, and manager of foreign exchange risk at Merrill Lynch, both in New York. He also ran risk management consulting practices at Coopers & Lybrand and KMPG, serving clients in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East. He received his BBA degree in finance from Baruch College and a Ph.D. in financial economics. Mr. Barcia passed away in May of 2014. Mrs. Marks-Barcia is currently an Analyst and Certified Coder for MJHS-Elderplan. She has worked for a number of healthcare and medical institutions, including, Montefiore Medical Center, Mount Kisco Medical Group, and Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, where she spent 20 years of her career. She graduated from Baruch College with her BBA in Business Administration.

Mr. Peskin went to high school in the Bronx. He started at CCNY because his mother told him to be an engineer. He did not do well so changed to accounting and came to Baruch. He was very involved with Lampert Leaders and his fraternity. He worked at a small shop accounting firm while in school and didn't like it. When he graduated went into the Bloomingdales Buyers program then to the marine corp. He worked in a retail store after college where he met his wife. He and his wife went to meet a Rabbi before getting married and the Rabbi suggested he speak with his friend who was in the supermarket business (Perlmutter). He did and ended up working for the company, eventually became CEO of what is now Pathmark.

Kevin Boyle is a Principal at East Ridge Investments LLC. Mr. Boyle received his undergraduate degree from Montclair State College (NJ) in 1980 and initially worked for a series of accounting firms, including Ernst & Whinney. In 1985 he began working for Neuberger Berman and after that joined McKinsey & Co. In 2000 he started his own investment advising firm. He graduated from Baruch in 1990 with his MBA. Mr. Boyle has served as a Baruch College Fund Trustee since 2004.

Jules Kornblau graduated from Eastern District High School, where he was President of the G.O., Baruch College (The City University of New York), and Columbia Law School. He practiced law in New York City for more than forty years, most recently in the law firm of Kornblau & Kornblau, P.C., with his son and partner, Eric. Jules was an avid New York sports fan, world traveler, athlete, great enthusiast of history, literature, and the arts, and thoroughly enjoyed everything that life had to offer. But his greatest source of joy was the time he spent with his family and friends. Jules made lifelong friends easily. He loved his friends from public school, high school, college, law school, Rockville Centre, Fire Island, and his pinochle and bridge cronies; they loved and respected him in return. This scholarship was created by Jules’ wife, Helen, and his children to honor his memory.

Joseph Nadler created this scholarship in memory of his wife, Harriet, in 1999. When Joseph passed away in 2000, his son, L.G., renamed the scholarship in memory of both of his parents. Joseph graduated from Baruch in 1942. He got into accounting when he went to buy a car at a dealership. The owner also owned an accounting practice in which he was looking to sell. He left with a new car and an accounting practice. L.G. is a principal in Doloboff & Nadler, a small CPA firm founded by his father.

Marian Esther attended the University of Rhode Island (URI). After her first year, she transferred to Baruch as she preferred living in NYC. She worked summers as an accountant for her father, Harry Beck, a CPA who had also attended Baruch. She was an excellent student and graduated Baruch in Dec., 1963, with a degree in Accounting, one semester earlier than scheduled. She met Larry Schultz at URI, and married him in Feb.1964. When Larry got his ‘dream job’ with Ford Motor Co., they moved to Michigan in October 1964. Marian became ill in 1973 and was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, with which her father Harry had also been afflicted. With her fighting spirit and the help of some great doctors she survived. She learned to manage her “affliction”, as she called it, and lived a normal life. She became one of the original “soccer moms” and took the children to baseball practice, soccer practice and, in the case of Deborah, dancing. In 2001, Marian was diagnosed with breast cancer. Fortunately, after two lumpectomies and radiation, she was pronounced ‘clear. Unfortunately, in July, 2005, she had trouble swallowing. She was diagnosed with squamous cell esophageal cancer. Her cancer was extremely rare, especially its location and cell type. Although she had radiation and chemotherapy, it became inoperable, partially as a result of the surgery she had for the Crohn’s thirty years earlier. She was cared for by her husband and daughter, but after a valiant struggle she succumbed to the disease.

Julius Weber graduated from Baruch in 1947. He was born in Brooklyn, NY and also lived in Fair Lawn, Hackensack and Teaneck. He was a founding a member of Temple Avoda in Fair Lawn and a longstanding member of the Fair Lawn Jewish Center. He was honored by Israel Bonds for his dedication to Israel and was a life associate member of Hadassah. He was a CPA and member of the CPA Societies in NY and NJ for over 60 years.

Barnet Sack, known as Barney by many (and as Bunny to some) received his MBA from Baruch College in 1963, having previously obtained his undergraduate degree at NYU.  He spent two years in the army and was stationed at Fort Knox (a perfect spot for a man who was so astute at everything financial/related to money).  For many decades, he was a successful co-owner of a small family business in Elmont, New York (Progressive Lumber Company: “if it’s lumber, call our number”).  While running that business and providing everything needed by his family, Barney also had a series of hobbies he took up, studied and mastered, before moving on to the next.  From golf, to boating, to photography, to developing film in his own darkroom, to long distance running, he worked fastidiously at everything he took on until he achieved his goals.  He gave back to his community as well, including by serving on his local school board where his three children attended public school.   

After retiring to Sarasota, Florida, Barney continued playing golf, taking magnificent photographs and mastering the art of Photoshop, volunteering to teach photography to middle school students and to take photos of events at senior living facilities in the area, attending the ballet and other cultural events, actively participating in Sarasota’s Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (including as a member of its board), playing Words With Friends, and being the pet parent to three Welsh terriers who he loved so much.

Barney was a devoted husband for more than 64 years, a loving father and adoring grandfather, and a friend and family member who is irreplaceable.  He was friendly and charismatic, charming, smart and intellectually curious, and he had wide ranging interests and opinions, on topics large and small.  

Mr. Kaplan joined KR Capital Advisors in 1991 and became President in 1993. Before joining the firm, he spent 29 years at Merrill Lynch. From 1985 through his departure, he was Senior Vice President, Director of Equity Trading, responsible for global equity trading and syndicate business. While at Merrill Lynch, he was also a Managing Director, responsible for National Sales of Institutional Equity Products and client relationships. Mr. Kaplan also attended the Wharton Graduate School. He was a BCF Trustee since 2001. Mr. Kaplan passed away on August 16, 2015. Husband of Laurie, father of Lawrence and Douglas, grandfather of Grace, Grayson, and Hunter.

For over 160 years, the LCU Fund for Women’s Education has offered a helping hand to newcomers and career-seekers striving to make their mark in the great metropolis of New York, where dreams all too often dangle just out of reach. Starting in 1858, the LCU began helping women secure safe, affordable housing in New York City; more recently, through its innovative grant program launched in 2001, the LCU Fund has awarded over $14M to 35 educational institutions to alleviate housing as a barrier to college completion for female scholars of limited financial means. We have changed our strategies since then to adapt to the times, but our underlying commitment to safe, affordable housing as the gateway to opportunity for women remains constant.

In 1858, a group of New York women led by Mrs. Marshall Orme Roberts saw the pressing need for safe, affordable housing for young single women working in New York City. Organizing as the Ladies’ Christian Union (LCU), they raised money to buy brownstone buildings and convert them into housing for young working women. Throughout financial panics, depressions, and wars, the LCU created vital housing opportunities. By the mid-twentieth century, the organization was managing six houses in New York City.

In 2000, the LCU board of directors decided to sell these houses to establish an endowment fund. With this fund, the LCU would be able to provide New York City educational institutions with housing grants to assist female scholars in financial need (see more on our scholars in the Grantmaking section). In 2003 the LCU became the LCU Foundation — a secular, non-profit private foundation. Then in 2013 the Board of Directors ushered in a new era by renaming it the LCU Fund for Women’s Education, to better reflect the intent of the fund’s grantmaking.

The LCU Fund for Women’s Education is chartered as a 501c3 non-profit foundation under the laws of New York State. Find out more about the Fund’s board of directors.

Lewis Friedman was an associate professor in the School of Public Affairs until his retirement in 2003.

Widow to Lewis Weston. Lewis M. Weston was born in Brooklyn and attended James Madison High School, graduating in 1941. From 1941 to 1943 he attended CCNY and then he spent 4 years in the U.S. Navy, until 1947, when he was discharged as lieutenant. In 1947 he graduated from Baruch College with a BBA Degree. After graduating college, Weston joined Dunn & Bradstreet as a credit reporter. Next, from 1949 to 1951, he worked at S. Posner Sons. In 1951, he joined the research department at Goldman Sachs & Co., after which he moved to the syndicate department, where he handled marketing for new issues. He held the position of assistant syndicate manager, then syndicate manager, and then partner in charge of syndicates. This was from 1956 to 1978. Weston became then a limited partner until his retirement in 2004. He has also held adjunct professor roles at CCNY, Hofstra, and Polytechnic Institute. In 1996, Weston received an honorary doctorate from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.

Amy Hagedorn was a native New Yorker who attended Jamaica High School, Baruch College, and earned a Master's Degree in Education from Queens College. While her studies centered on secondary education, she found her niche as an early childhood classroom teacher. She taught three- and four-year-old pre-schoolers for 23 years - first at St. Aloysius School in Great Neck and then in the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Public School District. She was married to Horace Hagedorn, founder and former CEO of the Scotts Miracle-Gro Corporation, and he passed away in 2005. Philanthropy played a major role in the life of Mr. and Mrs. Hagedorn and she is still very involved in many organizations. She was the President of the board of Sustainable Long Island, a regional non- profit organization that promotes economic development, environmental health and social equity. She also served on the boards of the Long Island Community Foundation, Hofstra University, The North Shore/LIJ Health System and The Partnership for After School Education, and was a member of the Nassau County Planning Commission.

Ms. Livia Helmer is widow to Hugh Lamle, a devoted Baruch alum who passed in 2019. Mr. Hugh Lamle MBA ’70 was President of M.D. Sass Investors Services, an investment management company that he had been with since 1974. He was formerly Vice Chairman of the Board of the FINEX and formerly a member of the Board of Quelsys, a privately owned educational software company. He was a Governor of the New York Board of Trade and a former Director of Coolsavings Inc. Prior to joining M.D. Sass, he was responsible for founding Lenox Capital Management, the investment advisory affiliate of duPont Glore Forgan. Prior to Lenox Capital, he managed the partner's capital for Francis I. DuPont. He received a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Queens College, and M.B.A. in Finance and Investments from Baruch. He was a member of the Baruch College Advisory Council of the Weissman Center for International Business.

Clara and Oscar London both graduated from Baruch, though they didn't meet at Baruch. Clara majored in accounting, but never worked in accounting because women were barred from the profession immediately after WWII. She worked as a bookkeeper and in the 60s went to NYU to pursue a Master's degree in vocational rehabilitative counseling. She worked for the state helping with rehabilitation of disabled people. Her husband worked in foreign trade for a number of years until he started his own textile brokerage company. He worked mostly in rayon and synthetics. Clara and Oscar have three children, two still living, Joel and Bette. They lost their daughter, Robin. She went to Stonybrook and worked as an acupuncturist in California. "She left a very good feeling with her patients." More than 300 people attended her memorial service in NY including many of her patients.

The Addison Gayle Scholarship was created in 1994 in honor of Baruch Professor Addison Gayle, Jr. Upon his graduation from high school, Addison enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. He was medically discharged soon thereafter. Addison attended City College of New York and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1965. In 1966, he received a Master’s Degree in English Literature (with a specialization in 18th century writers) from the UCLA. Addison began his teaching career at City College in 1966 and joined the faculty of Baruch College in 1969. An internationally recognized literary critic, lecturer, and scholar, in 1980 he was the first African-American to be named a Distinguished Professor in the City University of New York. He was the author of ten books, literary critiques, book reviews, and articles that were published in countless newspapers, magazines and journals nationally and internationally. Addison passed away on October 3, 1991, following a brief illness. He is survived by his wife, Lou Ethel Roliston.

Louis J. Cappelli is Chairman Emeritus of Sterling National Bank/Sterling Bancorp, whose shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:STL). Starting as an 18-year-old mail room messenger at Sterling, he rose through the ranks to his current position. A native New Yorker, served in the U.S. Army from 1951-53. Graduated from the City College of New York in 1958, received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. Mr. Cappelli is a member of American Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Knight of Malta); Cardinal's Committee of the Laity; Columbus Citizens Foundation; Alumni Association of CCNY; Development Corporation for Israel Bonds; Economic Club of New York; New York City Board of Education Audit Advisory Committee; New York Friars Club; Saint Joseph's Finance and Administration Committee; United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York; University Club and Westchester Country Club. He volunteers at St. Francis Xavier Church (New York, NY) and the Dutch Reformed Church (Westchester, NY), serving meals and distributing clothing to the homeless and others in need.

Vera and Jacob I. Jacobson are the parents of Louis Jacobson. Sherry and Louis Jacobson are both Baruch College alumni. Mr. Jacobson graduated from Baruch in 1960 with a BBA and worked for many years at Ernst & Young LLP but has since retired. He currently does consulting. Mrs. Jacobson graduated from Baruch in 1962. Vera Jacobson was born and lived on a flax farm in Lithuania. She came alone to the United States of America after the World War I. Vera had previously received no formal education; however in the USA, she went to night school to learn to speak, read and write English. Jack Jacobson was apprenticed out after 8th grade in Paterson, New Jersey, first as a carpenter's intern and then as a glazier's intern. Jack served in the U.S. Army during World War I in France. Upon returning he joined the U.S. Post Office and worked there for 41 years. Vera and Jack felt that education was the ladder for the American Way of upward mobility and were extremely proud that both their sons grew up to become college graduates and professionals. Jake with a BBA and MA and Hal with a BS and a Law Degree.

Martin S. Begun had a long and distinguished career in the fields of medicine, public service and community relations. Mr. Begun received a BA from the University of Wisconsin, and an MA from the Department of Public Law and Government from Columbia University, where he also did post-Graduate work. He was a Senior Fellow at Taub Urban Research Center of NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Administration. Martin performed Military service as a Sergeant in the Army National Guard from 1955-1960. Martin was a partner in Reiter/Begun, a private sector consulting marketing and management firm for governmental and community relations. He was also President and Founder of MSB Strategies, a public policy planning consulting firm. Prior to that, Martin, also known as Dean Begun, served for more than 35 years at New York University School of Medicine and Medical Center as Senior Associate Dean and Vice President for External Affairs with Dr. Saul Farber. Mr. Begun was a member of numerous boards, and was Board Chair for the Baruch College School of Public Affairs. Martin has received many honors including those from Housing and Human Services, the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, and the Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies.

Luba has over 10 years of marketing experience working for leading global brands such as: Caesars Entertainment, Coca-Cola, Prudential and Red Bull North America, both in the U.S. and abroad. As the leader of New Media Development, Luba continues to build the company’s expertise in the digital arena with strategic digital media innovations,

extensive research into online consumer relations, and a strong understanding of behaviors in the interactive space. Her work has been recognized by national presses including AdAge, The NY Post, and Forbes Magazine. In 2013 she was named one of MO.com’s Top 10 Digital Entrepreneurs.

Luba has also broken the mold of mobile phone applications, specifically ones that intend to engage people face-to-face, when she created CoffeeConnect (CoCo) and Yenta. Both applications gained strong global audiences and industry recognition, including a Webby Honoree Nomination. Luba received a Master’s in Social and Cultural Psychology from the London School of Economics.

This scholarship was created in memorial of Spencer Holden.
 

Spencer “Torch” Holden was born in Brooklyn on January 3, 1939, the youngest of five. He grew up in Providence, where he graduated from Hope High School in 1957, later earning a degree in Political Science from CUNY’s Baruch College in 1976. Much of his life revolved around NYC and NJ.

A civic leader in Starrett City for more than a decade, Spencer founded and led The Onyx Corp. Civic Organization and served as First Vice President of the Starrett Tenants Association. 

Deeply involved in African American causes, he also played a leadership role in Jesse Jackson’s run for President in 1984 and David Dinkins’s bid for Mayor in 1989.

During his own 25-year musical, acting, and teaching career, he directed, coached, and managed young models and actors in community theater, taught Sunday School and fought on behalf of his community for changes in the city’s public schools.

At the Central Brooklyn Sports Association, which he founded, he assisted black athletes with tennis skills when training was unavailable to the community. 

In 1987, Spencer was honored for his accomplishments by the Women's and Men's Caucuses for Congressman Edolphus Towns.

He founded The Marian Holden Theatre and Drama Workshop, dedicated to his mother, Marian Holden, who taught him about respect. Designed to engage young people in media and the arts, the institute taught them how to creatively express their ideas and opinions.

Spencer produced an original play, It Takes a Village to Raise...Hell! written by Michael A. Jones.

Spencer co-founded LS Imaging Studio, LLC with Lucretia Holden and The West Ward Cultural Center with (the late) Chester Brown.  

He served on the Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies Board of Essex County, raising awareness of the issue and funds for the organization.

Spencer gave some thought-provoking interviews in the Oscar-nominated documentary Street Fight about Cory Booker and Sharp James' mayoral race in Newark. 

He worked in leadership roles in the campaigns for both Cory Booker and Ron Rice, and he served as the West Ward Councilman's Chief of Staff from 2006 to 2012.

In Providence back in 1953, Spencer organized the singing group The Dials. In 2006, The Dials were inducted into The Rhode Island Rhythm & Blues Preservation Society.

His 6’1” frame and booming voice always took center stage. Spencer was a force of nature and an intellectually progressive thinker. 

No shrinking violet, he would recite lines from Shakespeare or burst into song when he wanted to cut a dashing figure.

After 20 years with the City of New York, Spencer was generous in retirement, giving of his knowledge and experience, and fighting for equality. He walked the streets of NY and NJ to get people to register to vote and become involved in their neighborhoods. And he enjoyed music, fishing, visiting with family, debating politics. A walking history book, Spencer knew something about everything and wasn’t shy about voicing his opinion.

Spencer Holden passed on December 23, 2021, at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, NJ. 

Spencer “Torch” Holden was born in Brooklyn on January 3, 1939, the youngest of five. He grew up in Providence, where he graduated from Hope High School in 1957, later earning a degree in Political Science from CUNY’s Baruch College in 1976. Much of his life revolved around NYC and NJ.

A civic leader in Starrett City for more than a decade, Spencer founded and led The Onyx Corp. Civic Organization and served as First Vice President of the Starrett Tenants Association. 

Deeply involved in African American causes, he also played a leadership role in Jesse Jackson’s run for President in 1984 and David Dinkins’s bid for Mayor in 1989.

During his own 25-year musical, acting, and teaching career, he directed, coached, and managed young models and actors in community theater, taught Sunday School and fought on behalf of his community for changes in the city’s public schools.

At the Central Brooklyn Sports Association, which he founded, he assisted black athletes with tennis skills when training was unavailable to the community. 

In 1987, Spencer was honored for his accomplishments by the Women's and Men's Caucuses for Congressman Edolphus Towns.

He founded The Marian Holden Theatre and Drama Workshop, dedicated to his mother, Marian Holden, who taught him about respect. Designed to engage young people in media and the arts, the institute taught them how to creatively express their ideas and opinions.

Spencer produced an original play, It Takes a Village to Raise...Hell! written by Michael A. Jones.

Spencer co-founded LS Imaging Studio, LLC with Lucretia Holden and The West Ward Cultural Center with (the late) Chester Brown.  

He served on the Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies Board of Essex County, raising awareness of the issue and funds for the organization.

Spencer gave some thought-provoking interviews in the Oscar-nominated documentary Street Fight about Cory Booker and Sharp James' mayoral race in Newark. 

He worked in leadership roles in the campaigns for both Cory Booker and Ron Rice, and he served as the West Ward Councilman's Chief of Staff from 2006 to 2012.

In Providence back in 1953, Spencer organized the singing group The Dials. In 2006, The Dials were inducted into The Rhode Island Rhythm & Blues Preservation Society.

His 6’1” frame and booming voice always took center stage. Spencer was a force of nature and an intellectually progressive thinker. 

No shrinking violet, he would recite lines from Shakespeare or burst into song when he wanted to cut a dashing figure.

After 20 years with the City of New York, Spencer was generous in retirement, giving of his knowledge and experience, and fighting for equality. He walked the streets of NY and NJ to get people to register to vote and become involved in their neighborhoods. And he enjoyed music, fishing, visiting with family, debating politics. A walking history book, Spencer knew something about everything and wasn’t shy about voicing his opinion.

Spencer Holden passed on December 23, 2021, at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, NJ. 

Ms. Liebeskind is the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer and is responsible for all financial operations, treasury, and investment functions for RiverSpring Health. Ms. Liebeskind is also responsible for Information Technology, Human Resources, and Materials Management. Prior to coming to RiverSpring Health, Ms. Liebeskind served as Associate Controller for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she was responsible for the financial reporting of a $200 million operating budget and accounting for the Museum’s $3 billion endowment portfolio. Ms. Liebeskind was previously the Corporate Controller at Montefiore Medical Center and she began her career at Ernst and Young where she was a Senior Manager in the firm’s healthcare and non-profit practice. Ms. Liebeskind is a Certified Public Accountant and possesses a BA in Accounting and an MS in Finance from the Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York. She is also a member of the American Institute of CPA’s and the New York State Society of CPA’s.

Employees International Union (SEIU)1199, have joined with the family and friends of Jan Stackhouse to create a scholarship in the memory of the labor official who was murdered in Stockbridge, MA. on May 1, 2005. The Jan Stackhouse Scholarship, the first scholarship named for a woman at Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business, will provide educational funding for graduate students excelling in the field of industrial and labor relations. Ms. Stackhouse had a long history of supporting the union and labor movement as well as entrepreneurs and employee stock ownership companies, the latter during her time with the New York State Department of Economic Development. The Jan Stackhouse Scholarship continues Jan's interest in worker advocacy and social economics, labor leadership and economic development.

Mr. Reiss has over 30 years of experience in strategic planning, M&A due diligence, cash management, forensic accounting and valuation. Mr. Reiss retired from his role as a senior managing director at FTI Consulting in 2013. Prior to joining FTI, he was a partner and west region leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he co-founded the Business Restructuring Services practice. He ran PricewaterhouseCoopers national corporate recovery practice until PwC sold his unit to Annapolis, MD-based FTI Consulting in 2002. Mr. Reiss is a recognized expert in the field of financial restructuring. He has given presentations and speeches on various topics for 18 years as well as authored articles and chapters in financial publications. Mr. Reiss holds a M.B.A. from Baruch College and a B.B.A. in Public Accounting from Baruch. He was a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. Mr. Reiss has been a BCF Trustee since May 2001.

Marcum LLP is one of the largest independent public accounting and advisory services firms in the nation, with offices in major business markets throughout the U.S., as well as select international locations. Marcum offers an extensive range of professional services and a high degree of specialization.

In celebration of your 90^th birthday, and in honor of your remarkable achievements and generosity, your family has created the Marilyn and Frederic Oran MBA ’61 scholarship to benefit Baruch students who are, like you, the first in their family to attend college.

Erwin Ezzes graduated from Baruch College in 1938 with a degree in Accountancy. Mr. Ezzes was Lt. Colonel Ezzes, Secretary to the General Staff, reporting to General Eisenhower during World War II. He was President and CEO of United Artists Television Corp. and a consultant to 20th Century Fox. Mr. Ezzes passed away on July 1, 2007. Marilyn H. Ezzes attended Hunter College and worked at Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. as an Assistant to Leon Levy, one of the firm's co-founders. Mrs. Ezzes was also involved with Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, where she did some government relations work and is deeply interested in politics. In 2006, Mr. and Mrs. Ezzes funded the Erwin H. Ezzes Scholarship Fund.

Mr. Shevlan’s niece established the scholarship in honor of her uncle, Louis Shevlan '27, who passed away. She wanted to honor him by establishing a scholarship at Baruch as she recalled he fondly spoke of his experience at "City College".

With over 41 years of fundraising and management experience in the not-for- profit sector, Mark Kalish founded the fundraising and executive search consulting firm of Kalish & Associates, Inc. in 1998 to capitalize on his management and development skills to assist a broad range of nonprofits in meeting today's challenges. Before establishing his consulting firm, Mr. Kalish served as Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Hunter College and Director of the Northeast Regional Office of The Johns Hopkins University and Hospital for ten years, serving as a key member of the development staff during two capital campaigns, which together raised over $2 billion. His other development experience includes positions at New York University, where he served as chief development officer for Stern School of Business and then led the alumni relations and annual giving programs for the university’s 13 schools and colleges. He began his fundraising career working for two Girl Scout councils, in Washington, DC and Suffolk County, NY. Mr. Kalish received his bachelor’s degree from SUNY New Paltz and master’s from Baruch College, where he is a member of the Board of Advisors of the School of Public and International Affairs. He holds graduate certificates in Fundraising Management from Adelphi University and in Organization Development from the New School.

Ina Plotsky Kupferberg was an Adjunct Professor of the Department of Law. Ina was a graduate of Cornell ILR and Boston University School of Law. After practicing law, Ina found her passion teaching business law at Baruch College. She twice won the department’s Adjunct Appreciation Award for her dedication to the department and its students. A dedicated philanthropist, Ina served on boards of Commonpoint Queens, Columbia/Barnard Hillel, and Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, and served on various committees within the UJA- Federation of New York.

Although he graduated from Baruch more than 65 years ago, Herbert Rubin (’56) still carries with him the qualities he honed during his college days: hard work, grit, and determination. Now 89 years old, Rubin has a wealth of stories and experiences to reflect on—and invaluable lessons to share with the next generation of Baruch students.

“My family wasn’t of high means,” says Rubin with a laugh, noting that he could not afford to attend Baruch full time back in 1949. So he enlisted in the coast guard and, thanks in part to the GI Bill, was able to afford to simultaneously take night classes and graduate from Baruch within seven years, becoming the first in his family to graduate college. Through it all, he supported his family financially and still found time for extracurriculars, joining a House Plan and becoming a member of the National Accounting Society. He says that while he met some truly exceptional professors and classmates, one college memory stands out most of all: “I met my wife there.” He and Annette would be married for 26 years, having two children, Lisa and Mark, before Annette tragically died at 42 of cancer. He would later marry his second wife, Florence, with whom he has been married for more than 40 years.

Professionally, Rubin notes that Baruch prepared him well – “I was ready for anything,” he says – allowing him to easily pass the CPA exam and excel in his first job out of college at an Italian-American accounting firm. He quickly received promotions and job offers from other accounting firms before ultimately founding his own, Herbert Rubin, CPA PC in 1975.

Rubin successfully led his company for more than 20 years. He notes that the lessons he learned at Baruch helped him beyond simply accounting, enabling him to “fully analyze the several different parts of the relationship between employees and employers, workers and workees.” He serviced a diverse range of clients in different fields—particularly the medical and radiology industries—and befriended international clients from countries like India, Korea, and China, attending their weddings, anniversaries, and parties. “I developed relationships with all of these wonderful people,” he said.

Along the way, his firm became a family affair. His son, Mark, began helping his father when he was only 10 years old—his father would bring home boxes full of checks for him to put in sequential order (Mark would later pass the CPA and work full-time for his father). Herbert also met his second wife, Florence, when she worked as one of his executive assistants.

His colleagues recall him being an exceptional manager and great people person.

“He was a wonderful, nice guy, devoted to his family,” said Tom Varvaro, a member of his staff who would later become partner in the ’90s. “I was probably in my 30s when I joined him, and I mostly had experience at larger organizations. So he took me under his wing and showed me how to be a really successful CPA and how to interact with clients.”

Rubin retired in 1997 and would later move to Florida, eventually becoming very active in Baruch’s Florida alumni chapter, attending events and connecting with other graduates. His goal now is to support future Baruch students: he and his family recently established the Herbert C. Rubin Scholarship Fund, fully endowed in perpetuity to provide financial assistance to promising accounting students and community leaders that face the same challenges as Rubin did.

“Baruch is part of Dad’s DNA,” said his son, Mark. “He chose Baruch because he believed it was the best NYC school for him and credits his college experience—both at the time, as well as later through many years of participation in the South Florida alumni chapter—as providing a warm, accepting community of international friends, with diversity and lifelong relationships and learning opportunities.”

Rubin’s incredible career and life story will forever be a part of Baruch history, and he is eager not only to support the next generation with resources, but with advice.

“Nothing has really changed,” he says with a laugh, noting that students today still face the same adversities, financial and otherwise, that he and his classmates faced many decades ago. “What’s most important, and what is constant, is the amount of desire a person has… It’s all about the effort you put in to succeed.”

Thanks to Rubin’s everlasting support, students with precisely that effort and desire will realize their dream of a Baruch education—and write their own success stories just like Rubin’s.

Matthew Goldstein was appointed Chancellor of The City University of New York (CUNY), effective September 1, 1999. He is the first CUNY graduate to lead the nation's most prominent urban public university (City College, Class of 1963). Dr. Goldstein has served in senior academic and administrative positions for more than 30 years, including as President of Baruch College, President of the Research Foundation, and Acting Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of CUNY. Prior to being named Chancellor, he was President of Adelphi University. Dr. Goldstein earned his doctorate from the University of Connecticut in mathematical statistics, and a bachelor's degree in statistics and mathematics from The City College of The City University of New York. He has held faculty positions in mathematics and statistics at Baruch College, the CUNY Graduate School and University Center, Polytechnic University of New York, Cooper Union, Eastern Connecticut State University, and the University of Connecticut. He is the co-author of three books and many articles for leading scholarly publications in mathematics and statistics.

Meaden & Moore was founded in Cleveland, Ohio right after World War I. Douglas Meaden was one of the first CPAs in Ohio and had been serving clients before joining the military. He formally started the firm in 1919, during Cleveland’s industrial growth. V.J. Moore, a wounded and honorably discharged veteran, applied for a job with Meaden in 1922 as an “adding machine expert" and formed a partnership with Meaden in 1935. What began as a small firm has grown into an international advisory firm with over 200 specialists, in eighteen offices spanning the U.S., U.K. and Canada.

Meaden & Moore has been able to adapt, expand and thrive for over six generations of ownership because of the culture of professionalism and entrepreneurial spirit created by our founders. Our core values are preserved from one generation to another: do what’s right for our clients, our people and our communities.  Each generation has been able to cultivate the firm by enabling our employees to develop the professional skills necessary to support our clients’ changing needs. Our focus is always on ways to create future opportunities for our clients and our people.

The Lazars' commitment to Baruch stems from a lifelong connection to the College. The Brooklyn high school students were accepted at Baruch College in 1956. The two met in Management 103. Shortly after, they married, and both finished their Baruch degrees as evening students. Lee entered Baruch as an accounting major, but later switched to education. Mel was a raucous accounting major who was shaped into a star graduate by his professor, John J. W. Neuner. His example inspired Mel to become a mentor to today's students. Lee became a high school teacher of business subjects, and while raising their three children used her education and entrepreneurial skills to run her own successful business. Mel founded Lazar, Levine & Felix, LLP in 1968 after having become a CPA in 1964. As managing partner, he specialized in business valuations and merger and acquisitions activities. Lazar, Levine & Felix, LLP is a leading professional accounting and consulting firm serving individuals, attorneys and law firms, public corporations and private companies. Lazar, Levine & Felix, LLP has been consistently ranked in the top tier of the largest auditors of publicly held companies in the United States.

Sarah Lubin passed away in 2007. The scholarship is to memorialize her life as a wife to Melvin Lubin and an adored mother to her three children and nine grandchildren.

Michael Meisler is a full-time lecturer in the Zicklin School of Business/ Baruch College’s Stan Ross Department of Accountancy as of August 2022.  Between August 2003 and May 2022, he was a part-time lecturer in the school. He teaches tax classes at the undergraduate level and for the MS Accounting and MS Taxation programs at the graduate level, including Federal Income Taxation, Partnership Taxation and Corporate Taxation. Before joining Zicklin full-time in 2022, Michael was a partner at Ernst & Young, where he served a broad range of financial services clients.  Prior to his retirement from EY in July 2021, Michael also held roles as the firm’s Global Blockchain Tax Leader and as the leader of the US firm’s Cryptocurrency Tax Center of Excellence as part of the firm’s National Tax practice.  Since his retirement in 2021, Michael has continued to provide tax consulting services to select clients as an independent consultant. Prior to joining EY in 2007, Michael held various roles, including a year as an associate at the law firm of Brock, Fensterstock, Silverstein, McAuliffe & Wade and four years as a Tax Associate/Senior Tax Associate at Coopers & Lybrand.  Before that, he held positions with a number of New York based banks. Michael holds an LLM in Taxation from New York University Law School, a JD from Fordham University’s School of Law, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the Stern School of Business at NYU.

Michael I. Roth is Chairman and CEO of Interpublic (NYSE: IPG), one of the world's largest organizations of advertising and marketing services companies. Prior to serving in his current role, Roth was a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Prior to his current role, Roth was Chairman and CEO of The MONY Group Inc., a financial services holding company that provides a wide range of protection, asset accumulation and retail brokerage products and services through its member companies. Roth is a member of the Board of Directors for Pitney Bowes Inc., the Ad Council and Ryman Hospitality Properties. He sits on the Leadership Committee of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; the Board of Directors of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy and The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA). In addition, he is a Director of The Baruch College Fund and The Partnership for New York City. He is also a member of the Business Roundtable. A certified public accountant, Roth holds an L.L.M. degree from New York University Law School and a J.D. from Boston University Law School. He is a 1967 graduate of Baruch College.

The Mitsui U.S.A. Foundation, established in 1987, is the philanthropic arm of Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. (Mitsui USA) for active, social contribution programs in communities where the Company does business. Currently, it supports more than 50 initiatives across the U.S. in the areas of education, community welfare, arts & culture, employee matching & volunteerism. More than 50% of its grants target Education primarily for: college level scholarships, study abroad, forums and Japan research. Grants are rooted in its “named” programs, such as Baruch College’s “Mitsui USA Scholars,” which began in 1992. Through its Foundation, Mitsui USA began support of Baruch College with IB Scholarships (1992), followed by MBA Scholarships (1994), Lunchtime Forums (1995), PIA (Practitioners-in-Academia) Fellows (1998), and MS Marketing/IB Scholarships (2016). Mitsui USA’s Presidents have been a member, continuously, of the Baruch College WCIB (Weissman Center for International Business) Advisory Council since the Center was launched in 1994.

This scholarship was created in memory of Professor Ivan Montiel.
 

Ivan Montiel was a Professor of Business Sustainability at Baruch College, and a member of the Loomba Department of Management faculty since 2016. 

 

He investigated how businesses can contribute to solving social and environmental grand challenges such as climate change and public health deficiencies. He was particularly interested in the role of businesses in addressing such challenges in Latin America. He also examined how businesses can contribute to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
 

He acted as Associate Editor for Business & Society and served on the Editorial Review Boards of Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, and Journal of World Business. His research has appeared in Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Policy Analysis & Management, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Journal of Business Ethics, Organization & Environment, and Business & Society.

 

He was extremely well-regarded by the entire Baruch academic community, as well as management scholars around the world, for his outstanding contributions to the field of business and society, specifically corporate ethics & environmental sustainability. 

Mr. Demb graduated from Baruch in 1943.

Alan began A.J. Benet, Inc. Insurance in 1964, while at CCNY, as an insurance major. In 1972 I received my Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation. His office has received high accolades in the insurance industry. He graduated from Baruch College in 1965.

Bert is a retired accountant. He worked for a number of firms that were acquired by BDO Seidman. He graduated from Baruch College with his BBA in Accountancy in 1951. His wife, Rosalie, is a Hunter College graduate who used to teach art, and was a High School principal in Brooklyn until her retirement.

Daniel O'Brien is a family wealth advisor for GenSpring located in the New York local office. Dan is a Certified Public Accountant with over twenty-five years of industry experience. Dan has experience in all areas of high net worth wealth management. Areas of experience include wealth transfer, philanthropy, investment management, income tax planning and next generation education. Prior to joining GenSpring in April 2007, Dan was a director, senior relationship manager and Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch Family Office Services. Before that, Dan was Controller in a private family office. Dan began his career in a New York City based CPA firm that specialized in family owned and operated businesses. Dan earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Baruch College and his Masters of Science in Taxation from Seton Hall University.

The Barbara and Arthur Gallagher Scholarship was created by the Baruch College Trustees and Baruch College faculty and staff to acknowledge David Gallagher’s service to, and love for, Baruch College and its students. Mr. Gallagher began working as a consultant for Baruch College several years ago and then became Vice President for College Advancement in 1999. He led the College through the most successful fund-raising period in its history, tripling the endowment to $100 million and increasing annual giving fivefold. Mr. Gallagher provided visionary leadership in the creation of centers and institutes, created robust relationships with donors, and received the support of major benefactors who proudly lent their name to many parts of our campus. He was a friend to students and helped many obtain their first positions at prominent institutions. His concern for students is evident in all his activities, as he helped bring an undergraduate real estate program to the College, improved career services, supported academic advising, and obtained resources to support the performing arts. Baruch is grateful for Mr. Gallagher’s endless dedication to the College, as well as his energy, humor, and insight.

David Krell is a founder of ISE and was President & CEO until December 31, 2007. From 1997 to 1998, he was Chairman and co-founder of K-Squared Research, LLC, a financial services consulting firm. From 1984 to 1997, Mr. Krell was Vice President, Options and Index Products, of the New York Stock Exchange where he managed marketing, systems and new product introductions for the division. From 1981 to 1984, Mr. Krell was First Vice President at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, responsible for the management and operation of the Marketing and Sales Division. Mr. Krell was also a Vice President of Merrill Lynch from 1978 to 1981 and founded its Managed Options Service. He is currently a Baruch College Fund Trustee and alum of the class of ’71, when he received his MBA.

Fred Berger was the Chief Administrative Officer of Angelo, Gordon and was responsible for supervising all administrative functions in the firm. Fred served as Angelo, Gordon's Chief Financial Officer from its inception through December 2000. Prior to his association with Angelo, Gordon, Fred was with L.F. Rothschild for 19 years, where he was the Treasurer and an Administrative Managing Director. Previously, he was with the accounting firm of Oppenheim, Appel, Dixon & Co. Fred is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.B.A. degree in Accounting from Baruch College.

Henry started college at CCNY and transferred to what was then the “downtown” campus in 1962— today’s Baruch College. He graduated in 1964 with a BBA in accounting and got a job with Benjamin Nadel & Co., a local CPA firm in mid-town Manhattan. He continued his studies in the MBA program at the college and had a fellowship in the Accounting Department. When he completed the MBA courses, he joined S.D. Leidesdorf & Co., a large CPA firm based in New York. In 1969, shortly after passing the CPA exam, he was drafted and spent two years in the Army. When he was discharged, he joined the Atlanta office of Arthur Andersen & Co. In 1973, he became the corporate controller for a resort company in Tarpon Springs, Florida. He spent 25 years with this company, later becoming the director of human resources and the director of operations. He subsequently worked for two other businesses in the Tampa Bay area and in 2004, he “semi-retired” and is now a teacher assistant at Clearwater High School. Gerry earned her BS in education at Long Island University in 1966. She taught at P.S. 28 at 155th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan until Henry was drafted. While Henry was stationed in Savannah, Georgia, she taught in the Savannah public school system and later was a substitute teacher in the De Kalb County (Atlanta area) public schools. She currently teaches 6th grade geography at Tarpon Springs Middle School. Henry and Gerry both consider Henry’s free education at Baruch to be an important factor in the good life they have enjoyed together. They are very pleased and proud to be able to contribute toward the continued role that Baruch plays in preparing outstanding students for their own careers in business, education, public service or whatever will provide them the good life.

Jay entered Baruch College in 1955 and graduated in 1959. From 1959 to 1961, he attended Northwestern University and graduated with a Masters in History and Government. While at Northwestern, he was awarded a university scholarship. Jay did his doctoral studies at the University of Pittsburg, where he was a graduate teaching assistant and was awarded a Graduate Teaching Fellowship. While writing his doctoral dissertation he was awarded a Harry Truman Research Scholarship. Jay was the first Vice President for Public Affairs for Warner Communications. After ten years at Warner, he was recruited to be the Chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry of America. He served as CEO of the RIAA for ten years and left to accept an appointment by President Clinton to be Special Counsel for Trade. He is currently a Senior Advisor to KR Capital Partners, a venture fund that is focused on entertainment and technology. He serves in the same capacity for Tonio Burgos and Associates, a leading New York/Washington lobbying and consulting firm. Jay was inspired to establish the scholship by the opportunities that his free education at Baruch allowed him and from his experience as a mentor—seeing firsthand what challenges a Baruch student faces. Jay found them so highly motivated and he wanted to make it easier for students if he could.

After graduating Baruch College in 1955, Mr. Young started his career in public accounting, working for a CPA firm in New York City. While attending Baruch, he met Naomi Kupsky (Class of 1956). In September of 1956 they were married. During the next four years, he completed his active duty obligation in the armed forces, studied for and passed the CPA exam. In 1959, he left public accounting and became employed in the Trucking Industry as an accountant. During that period, he started a small practice in public accounting using his home as his office. In October 1988, he sold his interest in his accounting practice to the younger partners and has enjoyed a semi-retired status since then.

The Matthew and Marcia Benjamin Scholarship was created by the Benjamin’s daughter in honor of her parents. Matthew graduated from Baruch in 1974. He was a partner at Deloitte and is now retired.

In June 1963, Richard Samber graduated from Baruch with a BBA in Accounting and in 1965 he achieved his CPA certificate. His first accounting job came in August 1956 in the Accounting Department of Robert Hall Clothes. He was gaining experience, and in 1960 he was hired by David Berdon & Co., CPAs. In 1968 he moved on to Weight Watchers International Inc. as the Controller. In 1978 Weight Watchers was acquired by H.J. Heinz Co. He was fortunate to stay on and become the Vice President of Finance and Administration, which includes finance, information technology, human resources, and administration. Within a short time after he was appointed Chief Financial Officer. He retired in 1993 after 25 years of service.

Mr. Robert H. Schnell ’61 has been a private investor in middle market companies located in southern California since 2006. Prior to this he was the Co-Founder and Manager of Paige Premium Denim from 2004 to 2005. He was also President and Co- Founder of Fortune Casuals, a manufacturer of sportswear from 1999 to 2002. Previously, Mr. Schnell was Chairman of Cosmar Corp. and Precision Molded Plastics until their sale to Renaissance Cosmetics. He currently is on the Board of Directors for Big Dog Holdings since 1997 and Big Dog Foundation since 2008. He has been a BCF Trustee since 2003. He graduated from Baruch College in 1961 with a BBA. He currently resides in Los Angeles, CA with his wife, Renee.

John J. Cuticelli, Jr. has been active in real estate acquisition, development, redevelopment and lending activities since 1974. He founded Racebrook Capital in 2004 and is primarily responsible for the firm’s investment and management strategy, business development and negotiations. Racebrook’s most recent venture, The ARK at JFK is a 178,000 square-foot comprehensive multi-purpose animal handling and air cargo facility at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Approved by the Board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, The ARK at JFK will be the world’s only animal terminal and the first USDA-approved, full-service 24-hour privately owned airport quarantine facility for the import and export of horses, pets, birds, exotic animals and livestock. The $55 million project will create more than 150 jobs and garner the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey an estimated $108 million in rent over the span of the project’s 32-year lease. In addition to The ARK at JFK, Racebrook has significant experience in development, redevelopment, entitlements, property auctions management and leasing, workouts, restructuring, and debtor-in-possession lending. The Cuticelli Family scholarship is intended to reinforce the Cuticelli family’s commitment and support of New York City, its future leaders, and its public education system. As a New York City based company, we believe that a successful future depends on strong, accessible educational opportunities for the largest possible pool of students.

Paul Koren graduated from Baruch in 1955. He retired from RSM McGladrey, Inc. where he served as a consultant on accounting matters. Previously he was a Managing Director in the New York office of American Express Tax and Business Services Inc. and a Partner and Director of Audit Services at Goldstein Golub Kessler LLP. Mr. Koren's areas of experience include the financial services industry, Securities and Exchange Commission practice and entrepreneurial business. Mr. Koren was one of the founders of Baruch's Executives on Campus and directs its mentoring program.  A trustee of the Baruch College Fund from 2009 until his passing,

Paul and his wife, Toby, endowed the Paul and Toby Koren/Newcombe Scholarship.

Nadja Fidelia is a Managing Director in the Investment Management Division of Lehman Brothers. Ms. Fidelia started her career at Lehman Brothers in 1989 in the Emerging Markets business and has worked in both investment banking and fixed income trading. Ms. Fidelia is co-head and co-founder of the Partnership Solutions Group ("PSG"), a unique Wall Street initiative started in 2004. PSG is a commercial platform to proactively develop business opportunities with women and minority owned firms that operate as broker dealers, hedge funds, private equity firms, commercial banks, real estate firms and asset management firms. Prior to her current role, Ms. Fidelia has held key leadership roles in the Firm's strategic relationships with Fidelity Investments and Prudential Securities. She is actively involved in the Firm's employee networks and created two innovative programs: Women's Initiatives Leading Lehman (WILL) which involves over 2,000 women employees and Lehman Employees of African Descent (LEAD), which brings highly recognized African American leaders to Lehman to speak on a variety of topics. Ms. Fidelia is actively involved in her community, serving on the Board of the Apollo Theater Foundation, and on the Board of Uth Turn, a youth intervention program. Ms. Fidelia holds a B.A. in Political Science from Baruch College. She supports her college through various mentoring projects, speaking engagements and financial commitments.

This scholarship was created in memory of Mr. Berg by his wife, Helene. Jerome Berg (’49), former CUNY trustee (1994–97), business leader, and developer, died in July. He started his career by designing home lighting systems and selling lamps with his brother in West Brighton, Staten Island. Their Eastern Coast Lighting and Electrical Supply Co., which became a major lighting design company in the New York area, was selected as electrical contractor for the 1973 renovation of Yankee Stadium. Berg was also a lawyer and president of JahJah Realty. He served as a president of the United Way and the Staten Island Community Chest and Council and as vice president of the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce. He had been a Baruch College Fund Trustee since 2001.

In 1968, he Eli Mason was elected the first president of The Baruch College Fund. Eli endowed the Eli Mason Chair in Accountancy in 1992, and in 1996, together with his wife Claire, an alumna from the class of 1940, funded the restoration of the beautiful auditorium that became Mason Hall. Eli Mason was repeatedly named among the “100 most influential” accountants in the nation. Among his many honors, he was past president of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, past president of the Foundation for Accounting Education, and past chairman of the New York State Board for Public Accountancy. Baruch College honored him with an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 1978 and in 1987 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award at the annual Bernard Baruch Dinner. Claire was married for 67 years to Eli Mason, her college sweetheart. She was an active member of the National Council for Jewish Women, New York Section and was the recipient of the Hannah G. Solomon Award for her record of outstanding and meaningful service. Together with her husband, she established the Claire and Eli Mason Fund to Feed the Hungry which provides food twice weekly at the Council's Senior Center. In 2008 Claire inaugurated the Claire Mason Women of Distinction Lecture Series as her tribute to the female students at Baruch College, her alma mater, and to the strong women who are their role models.

David Zeidman graduated from Baruch College in 1965. Mr. Zeidman had worked as senior accountant at an international accounting firm before he worked in private industry in various financial management positions. In 1974, Mr. Zeidman started his own accounting firm which grew into Zeidman, Lackowitz, Prisand & Co., LLP. In November 2006, Mr. Zeidman passed away. His partners, staff, family and friends established the David Zeidman Scholarship at Baruch College in his memory.

ORT programs in under-resourced communities throughout the world provide disadvantaged individuals with training and skills to meet the demands of a competitive job landscape. Thanks to our supporters, ORT enriches communities through its global network of educational institutions that offer dynamic and targeted instruction in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and provide state-of-the-art resources. Saul Berkowitz joined the National Board of Directors of ORT America in 2016. He is a certified public accountant and recently retired as a partner at a national CPA firm where he practiced for over 40 years. A graduate of Syracuse University, he has been a member of the Accountants, Attorneys and Financial Services chapter of ORT in New York City for over 20 years, and has been the chapter leader for the past seven years. He is an active member of the New Jersey Society of CPAs, and has been recognized by several charities for his active participation. Marion, who passed in October of 2010, was the daughter of German-Jewish Holocaust survivors. She was the Executive VP at HSBC Bank USA, NA. Marion was also a founder, past president and devoted member of ORT America’s Accountants & Bankers Chapter for two decades. She was an ardent and passionate supporter of ORT’s worldwide education and training programs, witnessing first-hand what an ORT education could accomplish, as her uncle was trained by ORT and went on to have a very successful career.

Owh Kian Ong is an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at the Aaronson Department of Marketing and International Business. He is also on the board of director at the Charles B Wang Community Health Center. He previously worked at the Hess Corporations for 17 years where he partnered with Executive Leadership teams to collaboratively shape major turnaround or growth initiatives to significantly improve portfolio results.

The Milton and Norma Mann Scholarship was created in 2002 in honor of the Manns’ 50th wedding anniversary. Milton Mann is a founding partner of The Spinnaker Companies. He has been actively involved in real estate for more than 40 years and is a principal in several partnerships, which own and lease residential and commercial properties. Mr. Mann received his M.B.A. from Bernard M. Baruch College and he started his accounting career in New York City, later moving to Stamford, Connecticut, where he founded the accounting firm of Mann and Company. He is a Member of the Health Corporation of Greater Stamford and is active on its Audit Committee. He now serves on the Board of Directors of the Stamford Center for the Arts. He is also a member of the Steering Committee for Supportive Housing for St. Luke's Community Center in Stamford.

The Elinor and Paul Goodstat Scholarship was created by Paul Goodstat in 2016 to memorialize his wife, Elinor. He started as an accounting major with the thought of going on to law school, but was not very good at accounting. Had an interest in government and wound up getting his degree in Public Administration from Baruch in 1959. While an undergrad, he was on the basketball team. After graduation he went into the army for six months. Paul’s wife, Elinor, passed away in November of 2014 after a 15 year fight with lymphoma. He decided to do a scholarship because he credits Baruch with making his life what it is. He understands that students struggle today like they did in his day, and was very touched by a video Baruch sent out some years back with several students telling their stories. That stuck with him.

Joseph Douglas (’30) was a CPA, served as president of Downtown “City” School of Business Alumni Association and was an inaugural member of the Baruch College Alumni Association. He was the first person inducted into the Baruch College Hall of Fame in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Baruch College community and the Baruch College Alumni Association. This scholarship was created by Joseph and Vivian’s son Paul A. Douglas (’57). Paul is a Lifetime Director of the Baruch College Alumni Association and believes deeply in the importance of public higher education.

Paul’s interest in financial investments and the stock market, began during his childhood in Queens, New York.  Each evening after his father returned home from work in Manhattan, Paul would learn how to read and interpret the financial information detailed in the evening newspaper.  His father patiently taught Paul, what the numbers and symbols meant and which market forces impacted those numbers.

This beginning interest led Paul to focus on finance and business at Boston University, where he graduated with a degree in Economics.  After graduation Paul recognized the value of obtaining a Master’s in Business Administration and enrolled at Baruch College.  Through the completion of evening coursework, Paul obtained his MBA. 

These degrees led to work in the 80’s as a security analyst for a regional investment firm.  With his MBA and the frontline work experience, Paul began a successful family investment firm that he continues to this day.

Beyond his business career, Paul has been an active member of Rotary International for 25 years, serving on the Board and other projects. The focus of Rotary, “Service above Self,” matched Paul’s philosophy of giving back to the community.  By mentoring at-risk Middle school students, participation in Head Start Preschool reading programs and serving on the Board of the Kennebunk Library, Paul has continued his community involvement.  Paul and his partner Emily, reside in Rye, New Hampshire and enjoy spending time with family both personal and at their synagogue. They also like traveling, bicycle riding and craft fairs.
 

Scholarship was created in memory of Joel Sanders, a Baruch alum.

Mr. Peter S. Jonas was born in in Cologne, Germany and remained there until six months of age and then came to America. His family left Germany because of raising anti-Semitism. He considers himself a Holocaust survivor. Mr. Jonas was CEO of LendingApps, LLC a commercial mortgage software company. Mr. Jonas was one of co- founders and three principals of FortuneLabs, LLC, a company specializing in investing in early stage companies. Mr. Jonas, a CPA, has extensive first-hand experience as a Principal in merger and acquisition management, leverage buyouts, IPOs, investor relations, public/private lending, and long range corporate strategic planning. Mr. Jonas serves on the Board of Trustees for the Baruch College Fund (since 1999), the Business Advisory Council of Baruch, and is the California Campaign Chair. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, California Society of C.P.A.'s and Financial Executives Institute. He is also a member of Tech Coast Angels, a group of private investors who invest in and assist early-stage, Southern California companies. Mr. Jonas graudated with a BBA in 1960 from Baruch College. He commissioned the artist James Agius to create a life- sized sculpture of Bernard M. Baruch sitting on a bench. In addition, he has endowed the Peter S. Jonas Visiting Professorship in Entrepreneurial Studies at Baruch.

Arthur Milton loved his hometown and the U.S.A. He started his business career in 1945 and built an organization in every area of insurance and financial matters. Thousands benefited by his concepts, which strengthened their financial security. He was a consultant, writer of many books, advisor and friend to many. He passed away in 2006. You are writing to his wife, Phyllis Milton.

Phyllis created the Love Quotes brand in 2003 after she discovered a factory that produced unique fabrics that could be made into luxurious scarves, wraps and sarongs at affordable prices. The scarves sold so well that the Love Quotes brand was born and Phyllis's dream of founding a fashion company was realized. Love Quotes scarves are sold in over 1,500 specialty stores worldwide and 10% of all net profits go to international children's charities. She graduated from Baruch College with her B.B.A. degree in 1957.

Mr. Sit is a partner in Davis Polk’s Tax Department. He works principally in the areas of derivative products, partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions. For years, he has represented financial institutions primarily in the areas of financial products and derivatives. He received his BBA, summa cum laude, from Baruch College in 1985 and then received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1988.

Professor Gatheral earned his B.S. in 1979 from the University of Glasgow in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy and his Ph.D. in 1983 from Cambridge University in Theoretical Physics. He joined the Financial Engineering MS Program in the department of Mat

Sandra ("Sandy") Gross grew up in the Inwood section of Washington Heights, the daughter of a Lithuanian and Russian immigrant family. She attended George Washington High School. Education was always both a life priority for Sandy and a core part of her adventurous spirit, and she entered Baruch College in September, 1949.

Sandy was exceptionally active on the 23rd street campus from the very beginning of her college career, eventually holding leadership positions in student government and in numerous service organizations. She won a number of leadership awards, including the Insignium Award, the Mossesson Award, and Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. During her college years, she worked as a waitress to cover her expenses. Sandy loved her time at Baruch College, and made many lifelong friends. She graduated with honors in both academics and student activities in the class of 1953.

Following her graduation, Sandy married Ray Stumberger (Baruch '53), whom she had met as a sophomore. Ray and Sandy married in 1954, and they were together for 67 years until Sandy's passing in 2021. Ray and Sandy eventually settled in Westport, Connecticut, where they raised sons Robert and Douglas. Over the years, Sandy worked as an editor, teacher, travel consultant, and financial manager, but her main career was the loving care of her family. She played an active role in the Westport Historical Society, which named a library in her honor. One of her passions was travel, and she and Ray visited Europe many times.

Sandra was a vibrant and active woman, who greatly cared for others and generously gave her time and energy to help others succeed. No one who knew Sandy would ever forget her. Baruch College changed her life. She was immensely thankful for the opportunities provided by the school, and was very proud of what she accomplished at Baruch. The Stumberger family is pleased to support Baruch College and to provide opportunities for students of Baruch College in memory of Sandra Gross Stumberger.

Real Estate Lenders Association's focus is on education, networking and opportunity. Through a rich and varied program of breakfast meetings, luncheons, seminars and networking events, we bring together professionals from the commercial real estate finance industry who share knowledge, connections, ideas and information. Our goal is to support, enhance and encourage the professional growth of our members through the opportunity to meet and learn from other talented and committed professionals.

Renata Beata Kowalczyk is an Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase overseeing a team responsible for risk governance and controls. Renata has over twenty years of experience in strategic partnership building, change management, operations, organizational learning and development, management consulting, project management, and process improvement. As a twenty-three year old student, Renata came to the U.S. from then, communist Poland, two days after Berlin Wall collapsed, and considers NYC to be her “American Hometown.” Currently, Renata lives with her partner, Jim, in Wilmington, DE. She serves as VP of the Board of Directors of Delaware Shakespeare, and is the Vice Chair of the Ward 8 Democratic Committee in Wilmington. Renata graduated magna cum laude with a BBA degree from Baruch College - CUNY and holds MBA degree from the Columbia Business School. She is a member of Columbia Alumni Club, Project Management Institute and the Swiss Ski Club of NY. Renata volunteers her time with the Taproot Foundation and the Financial Women Association.

Mr. Friedman is CEO and cofounder of Mindshare Ventures. He is the consummate entrepreneur. Rick founded and recently successfully sold SIGS Publications, one of the world's largest privately-held publishing/conference companies in the area of advanced software technology (with offices in five countries). Previously, he owned a professional sports team and has created and presented over 80 theatrical productions - including Dance Fever. An alumnus of Baruch College, Mr. Friedman received his BBA in Marketing in 1976 and his MBA in Finance in 1980. He is an active angel investor in emerging Internet start-ups, is a Board Member of Emergent Ventures (NYC) and FortuneLab (LA) and is a member of YPO (Young Presidents Organization).

Mr. Hochhauser is currently an adjunct professor in the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College, CUNY and in a Master's Degree program in Integrated Marketing at New York University. Mr. Richard M. Hochhauser served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Harte-Hanks Data Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Harte-Hanks Inc. He has held a number of roles at Harte-Hanks Inc., including CEO, President, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President. He has also held board memberships for Marketing EDGE, The Jewish Museum, Rentrak Corporation, John Wiley & Sons, Modern Media Inc., and the Center for Direct Marketing of New York University. Mr. Hochhauser holds a BS from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from Columbia University.

Mr. Luciano was born in New York in 1933. He graduated with a BBA from City College in 1954 and received his JD from the University of Michigan. In 1980, Mr. Luciano served in the Army. Upon returning, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Schering-Plough Corporation, a manufacturer and marketer of pharmaceuticals and consumer products from 1982 to 1996, and as the President from 1980 to 1986 and Chairman of the Board from 1984 to October 1998. Mr. Luciano joined Schering-Plough Corporation in 1978 generating top-level financial performance while streamlining Schering's business operations. He divested Schering's non-healthcare related business lines and was one of the first pharmaceutical executives to recognize the potential for biotechnology. His early research focus on biotechnology enabled Schering to introduce some of the first commercially viable cancer treatment drugs.

Robert Lowenfish received a BBA from Baruch College in 1966. Marian Lowenfish received a BS from Baruch College in 1968. The couple recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2018.

Robert B. Fritsch received a BBA from Baruch College in 1954 and an MBA from Harvard in 1956. He worked as an officer for Hunt Manufacturing Company and retired in 1998. He served on the Board of various organizations including the National Association of Writing Instruments Distributors, the American Jewish Committee, the Wholesale Stationers Association and the National Office Products Association. Mr. Fritsch is married to Irene Fritsch and has three children; Alec, Susan and Daniel.

Mr. Robert Rosner established the scholarship in 2006 in honor of his father, Martin Rosner. Martin Rosner was born in 1925 to Polish-Jewish immigrants and grew up in the tenements of the lower East Side and Harlem. He attended Stuyvesant High School, graduating at 15, and then Baruch College. World War II interrupted his studies, and he returned to Baruch College with the help of the GI Bill. After graduation, he attended Columbia College of Pharmacy. After many years as a pharmacist he earned a Ph.D in business and economics from the University of Chicago, while teaching at the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy and raising a family. In his career as a health economist, Dr. Rosner did epidemiologic and econometric studies for drug companies, published many articles, two books and taught at several universities and colleges. He has always been grateful to Baruch College for providing him the opportunity of an education, and his family would like to honor his memory by providing such an opportunity for a worthy first generation or immigrant student.

Robert Von Ancken is chairman of NKF's Valuation & Advisory Group. He is a New York City expert, with over 45 years of experience in the real estate business as an appraiser, consultant, expert witness and licensed real estate broker. Appraising unusual properties and air rights is his specialty. Mr. Von Ancken has valued an exhaustive array of property, including such New York City landmarks as Rockefeller Center, Madison Square Garden, Grand Central Terminal, Penn Station, Farley Post Office, Macy's, Bloomingdale's, The GM Building, World Trade Center complex and Battery Park City. Mr. Von Ancken holds a BBA from Baruch College. He is a former assistant professor of the real estate graduate program at NYU, and is currently a lecturer on city planning in the graduate program at Rutgers University.

Ms. Koval began her career as a marketing strategist and new products expert, working with clients across industries such as Herbal Essence, Aflac, L’Oreal, Pfizer, Wendys, and Procter & Gample. She served as Executive Vice President of Interpublic’s Gotham, Inc. and later co-founded the Kaplan Thaler Group with her business partner. The Kaplan Thaler Group soon merged with Publicis New York, where Ms. Koval served as CEO. She is now a New York Times best-selling author, and CEO and President of Truth Initiative, a nonprofit tobacco control organization that promotes smoking prevention among youth. She is a native New Yorker that graduated from Syracuse University with her undergraduate degree and later earned her MBA in marketing from Baruch College. Mr. Koval was an executive at Bellevue Hospital Center.

The Rockley Family Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded to promote music education through the funding of music scholarships and the donation of musical instruments. Tobin Rockley is the director and president of the foundation. He has an extensive background in music performance, adept at the saxophone, clarinet, piano, and violin. His wife, Liane Rockley, is also an executive of the foundation and has played the flute since she was six years old.

Paul Mozlin passed in May of 2017 at the age of 83. He is survived by his wife, Roseanne, and his children, Alan, David, Nancy, and Hannah. Paul was a graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Law School, and had a distinguished career as a tax advisor.

Following Stan Ross’ graduation from Baruch in 1956, he launched a career that took him to the very apex of the accounting and real estate fields. But he never forgot his alma mater: His extraordinary generosity to Baruch College included naming the Stan Ross Department of Accountancy and establishing the Stan Ross Professorship in Accountancy, the Stan Ross CPA Pass Rate Fund, the Marilyn and Stan Ross Scholarship, and the Marilyn and Stan Ross Fund for Assisted Technology for Disabled Students. Stan was equally valued for his wisdom as a Trustee of The Baruch College Fund from 1978 to 2014 and as a Trustee Emeritus until his passing. In recognition of his lifetime achievements, Baruch bestowed on him an honorary degree in 1999 and the Alumni Allegiance Award in 2006.

Ruth Ann's journalism career started when she hosted her first radio talk show as a teen in 1965 on WYSL-FM in her native Buffalo, NY. She spent nearly three decades in media work, including Emmy-nominated television reporting and anchoring at the CBS-TV affiliate in Nashville, TN, WTVF-TV (CBS), a daily talk-radio program on WLAC-AM, and 17 years as a columnist for the Nashville Banner. She retired in 1988, turning her skills and resources to creative philanthropy and board service. She describes herself as a Thrillionaire— someone who knows the thrill of giving. President of the Harnisch Family Foundation, Chair Emerita of the Board of Directors of More Than Money (a national nonprofit dedicated to helping people put their money where their values are), on the editorial advisory board of the quarterly More Than Money Journal, and founder of The Dignitarian Dialogues (www.digdi.com), she has appeared on talk shows across the country discussing the "Radical Rich" as a representative of More Than Money. Her creative philanthropy has landed her on "Oprah" and "The Today Show."

Lawrence Simon graduated from Baruch College in 1965. Larry is past president of the Board of Trustees for the Baruch College Fund. On April 2007 he received the Baruch Distinguished Alumnus Award. Larry joined Oppenheim, Appel, Dixon & Co., a Wall Street accounting firm, upon his graduation from Baruch. In 1970, Larry co-founded Wall Street Concepts, which provided Wall Street firms, investment managers, and high net worth investors with computerized recordkeeping and performance measurement. The firm was subsequently acquired by McGraw Hill. Larry was a co-founder, vice chairman, and former president and chief executive of Ivy Asset Management Corporation from May 1984 to December 2009, when he retired. Through its funds and advisory relationships, Ivy managed over $15 billion of investor assets. Larry served as a strategic adviser to the firm, participating in the tactical development of key firm initiatives and providing mentorship to Ivy executives. In the fall of 2000, Ivy became a wholly owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Company. Larry and his wife, Sandy, received the Gurwin Commitment to Excellence Award in 2001 and Larry received the inaugural Joseph Gurwin Leadership award on May 2010. He sits on the Board of Directors of the AHRC, and was awarded the Thurman Munson Corporate Hero award by AHRC NYC Foundation on February 2005.

Saxe ’55 was a house plan. The members were from the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan and met at Baruch and established strong relationships. The group started the Saxe Award, each year, at a dinner, where they honored a deserving faculty member who has given of his time and energy on behalf of the School, House Plan and the community. Several of the honorees were Dr. Charles Eberhardt, dean of the Guidance Office, Harry Meisel head of the Department of Student Life, and Professor Max Zimering, Accountancy Department. During their senior year, Saxe ’55 traveled to Washington DC and met Senator Lehman. On Spring break they took a trip to Miami Beach in two cars, where they had a wild time. For their 50th Reunion, the members of Saxe ’55 decided to created a scholarship.

Elias Schonberger was co-founder and is retired chairman of Pace Advertising Agency in New York. While at Baruch studying business, he was active in student organizations and student government, where he served during his undergraduate years in a variety of positions, including class president and in his senior year as president of student government (unopposed.)

Mr. Flug received his B.B.A. from Baruch College and became a Certified Public Accountant at Deloitte & Touche soon after. Prior to retiring, Mr. Flug was Chairman of the Board and CEO of Diners Club International and Managing Director of Citibank. He has also held executive roles at a number of other premier companies; Senior Vice President of Hess oil Company; President of Integrated Biopharma Inc.; Independent Director of iBio Inc.; Director of Secure Technologies Group Inc. and others.

Shannon Ramsaywak is IT Senior Leader with 20+ years of IT experience; 15+ years of leadership building, maturing and transforming Risk Management and Information Security programs by utilizing corporate goals to devise multi-year, multi-tiered, security frameworks and road-maps.  He is currently the managing director of the NRC Group.  Mr. Ramsaywak created this scholarship in honor of Baruch Professor Peter McAliney. Professor McAliney encouraged students who "make it" to remember Baruch and give back to Baruch.
 

Sidney Lirtzman began his career at Baruch in 1967 as a professor of management specializing in organizational behavior and went on to hold various academic and administrative posts, including executive officer of the Doctoral Program in Business, provost, and vice president and dean of the Zicklin School of Business before assuming the position of interim president of Baruch, which he held from 1999 to 2000. Sid retired in 2003, after more than 35 years of service to this institution, with the title dean emeritus, Zicklin School of Business. Among countless programs and initiatives he led and supported, Sid Lirtzman is probably best known for spearheading the original plan to bring a world-class, simulated trading floor and financial center to Baruch. To make that plan a reality, he and the College partnered with alumni patrons Bert (’54) and Sandra (’55) Wasserman and Stuart Subotnick (’62, LLD [Hon.] ’97). He died on April 2, 2017 at the age of 86.

Since its inception in the 1929, the Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, Inc. (SESF) has championed the development of underserved children and youth through its support of community-based work, and by providing access to a diversity of educational and experiential opportunities that might otherwise have been out of reach. SESF's founding documents specifically reflect Solon E. Summerfield's conviction that a college degree was a crucial driver of social and economic mobility. This conclusion, adapted to address the realities of our 21st century society, continues to have urgent relevance today.

Sophia Mohammed graduated from Baruch College in 2021 with a BBA degree in Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law. She is currently a Business Intelligence Advisor at Pontoon Solutions where she enables data-driven decision making for various clients in the IT, finance, and consumer sectors.

Before joining Pontoon in Jan 2022, she worked as a Data Analyst at HSBC and Cetera Investment Services, where she contributed to multiple data-related projects, such as data quality assessment, data migration, data integration, and data warehousing.  She is passionate about the growth and development of the IT industry, and she is looking forward to advancing her career with her Baruch mentorship program and personal side business.

This scholarship was created in memory of Brahm Kanchibhotla by his family.
 

Brahm Kanchibhotla was born in Edubadu village of Parchur Mandal in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

In 1992, Kanchibhotla came to the United States working as Business Editor for the News-India Times, handling front-page articles while also reporting on financial news. He later moved to India Weekly USA followed by The Urban Indian, both New York-based publications for the South Asian community. His work as a writer involved work on tiger conservation, restaurant workers, small businesses, and environmentalists’ reactions to the early 2000s Bush budget.

Kanchibhotla is most-known in the South Asian community for when he was Senior Correspondent at the United News of India (UNI) news wire. In his half-decade stay there, he wrote about New York City's economy and its ethnic communities as well as international news focusing on the United Nations.

In 2007, Kanchibhotla became a content editor for Mergermarket and stayed there until his retirement in 2019.

Edythe was a passionate woman and curious and adventuresome. She loved so many things, music (everything from classical to Mongo Jerry); art, there wasn't a museum she didn't visit in whatever city visited, whatever city we lived, in whatever country, from the smallest, most esoteric museum to the largest, from the Cooper Hewlett to The Louvre. She loved to solve problems and find a solution, everything from rewiring a lamp to upholstering furniture, she took anatomy classes to learn to sketch, read books to learn to design and sew her children's clothing. She was a voracious reader of articles in all sorts of publications, including newspapers. And when she wrote, it was with clarity, with grammatical exactness and with her soul. (I wish she had written more.) As I said above, she is a passionate person. Stanley Becker ('55) won the major creative awards offered in the field of advertising - Cannes, Andy, Clio, One Show, Art Directors Club-while creating memorable campaigns for a variety of brands, from Wendy's to Hershey's to Toyota. Becker started as a creative group head at Dancer Fitzgerald Sample in 1970. He then became creative director, executive creative director, and finally vice chairman/chief creative officer of Saatchi & Saatchi. He has run creative departments in Los Angeles, Toronto, and New York and was responsible for over a billion dollars in billings. He has, he says, "hired, nurtured, mentored, and defended scores and scores of creative people who have earned hundreds and hundreds of awards in creative shows around the world." In 1998, he tried to retire, but they "pulled me back," Becker says ("see Al Pacino in The Godfather"). He has, now, escaped to Baruch, where he is a distinguished lecturer, "lecturing and hectoring students in Marketing 5150," which he calls "Advertising Alchemy.

Mr. Brunman graduated from Baruch in 1965. He was a former trustee of the Baruch College Fund.

Stephen Jerome has been associated with Monroe College since 1966 and its President since 1978. Monroe offers associate, baccalaureate, and Master's degree programs with campuses in The Bronx, New Rochelle, and Saint Lucia. He currently serves as President of the APC Colleges and as Trustee of the Bronx Chamber of Commerce. He is a former Trustee of the Dwight-Englewood School, former Commissioner of the Association of Independent Colleges and Schools, and former President of the Fordham Road Area Development Corporation.

Mr. Kanzer is the Managaing Director of Accredited VC LLC, a company he founded in the year 2000. His experience during the past 25 years includes broker/dealer ownership and operation, numerous public biotech company financings, biotech product development, technology licensing, business development, biotech turn-arounds, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Kanzer has been a co-founder and director of over 20 biotechnology companies, including Avigen, Titan Pharmaceuticals, Boston Life Sciences, XTLBio, Soligenix, PolaRx, IDR Inc., Discovery Laboratories, CD4 Biosceinces and Adeona Pharmaceuticals. Prior to entering the biotech industry in 1991, Mr. Kanzer was an attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York where he specialized in corporate mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Kanzer received his J.D. from NYU School of Law and a BBA in accounting from Baruch College, where he was a Baruch Scholar, a full-tuition academic scholarship.

Steven and Jonathan O'Hara are the two sons of Ruth O'Hara who passed in 2019.
A philanthropist and entrepreneur, Mrs. O'Hara was an art dealer and the owner of O'Hara Art Gallery, a family business located in here in NYC. She graduated from Baruch College in 1952.

Stuart Sigman established this scholarship in memory of his brother, Robert. Robert graduated in 1979 with his BBA in Accountancy.

Stuart currently resides in Boca Raton, Florida with his wife Paula. He received his BBA from Baruch College in 1964 and went into investment banking. He later became an executive of Stuart-James Company, one the largest penny investment firms of its time, and Stuart-James Foundation.

Members of the Class of 1959 created this scholarship in honor of their 50th reunion

Sylvia D. Clark, Associate Professor of Marketing, earned a Ph.D. in Marketing and Consumer Behavior from City University of New York. She also holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Quantitative Analysis from New York University and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing and Consumer Research from Baruch College. She has recently been engaged in a program of research exploring various aspects of marketing in post-Communist Hungary. Dr. Clark is a member of the following professional organizations: Academy of Marketing Science, American Marketing Association, American Statistical Association, American Association for Public Opinion Research, Association for Consumer Research, and the International Society for Quality of Life Studies in Marketing.

The Alpha Phi Omega Memorial Scholarship was created in memory of the departed brethren of the Gamma Delta chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, all of whom were graduates of the Baruch School of the City College School of Business and Public Administration and dedicated to the ideals of Leadership, Friendship and Service. Alpha Phi Omega (APO) is a nationally-chartered service fraternity that operated at Baruch College from the late 1930s until the mid-1960s.

Lawrence Chong was born in 1946 in New York City, the youngest of seven children. A graduate of the City College of New York and Pace University, he had a full career in banking, working for more than 25 years at IBJ Schroder. In his retirement, he spent much of his time volunteering for the causes that were important to him. He served as the Co- Chairman of the Board of the Mental Health Association of New York City, and as a steering committee member of the Executives on Campus Program at Baruch College. Larry is survived by his two children, Chris and Erica, and two grandchildren.

Educating the next generation of New York City’s leaders has always been a passion for the Durst Family. Baruch has proven itself to be one of our City’s great institutions of empowerment in higher learning and we look forward to our partnership. A fourth-generation family business, The Durst Organization recognizes our responsibility to develop buildings that foster the healthful and productive communities in which people flourish. By advancing pioneering partnerships, methods, and materials, we seek to transform urban development and make every site an opportunity to build sustainably for a better future.

Charles H. Falk was the chief executive and president of the New York Board of Trade, an organization that he has been associated with since 1970. Mr. Falk was named chief executive and president of the exchange in 2003. In 1958, while still a teenager, he began working as a clerk for Czarnikow-Rionda, a sugar broker. The company’s Cuban assets were nationalized after Fidel Castro took power the next year, so it began to trade sugar from other Caribbean islands. Mr. Falk rose to become a partner in the firm. In 1982, he moved to Richco Sugar, and two years later to the Louis Dreyfus Corporation. Mr. Falk was long associated with sugar, one of the many commodities that are traded on the exchange, which opened in 1870 as the New York Cotton Exchange. It is a floor-based exchange with open-outcry trading. Mr. Falk helped engineer the merger of the New York Board of Trade and the all-electronic International Continental Exchange, a deal valued at $1 billion. The merger preserved the open-outcry trading, but it also brought electronic trading to the exchange. He is survived by his wife, Joan; 5 children; and 12 grandchildren.

Sidney L. Grossfeld passed away in April 2007 and is survived by his wife, Gail, and their three sons. He graduated from Baruch College in 1963. He was a CPA, retired from Altschuler, Melvoin and Glasser LLP's National Director of Affordable Housing Department. His areas of expertise include syndication, development, due diligence (pre- and post-acquisition), governmental auditing, compliance reporting under Section 42. Prior to joining AM&G in 1995, Mr. Grossfeld spent 17 years as the senior partner in charge of government and commercial auditing, quality control and compliance reporting for a local California accounting firm. Mr. Grossfeld spoke at various seminars on low income housing reporting including presentations for the Affordable Housing Management Association (AHMA) and the Illinois Department of Housing Authority.

Sidney Mishkin graduated from Baruch in 1934. Mr. Mishkin, who could not afford to attend college, was greatly indebted to Baruch for the exceptional undergraduate business education provided to him. Mrs. Jeanne Mishkin and her children (Joseph, Phyllis, Frederic and Penny) are carrying out Sidney’s desire to expand educational opportunities for future Baruch College students, as well as to develop an ongoing relationship with the cultural activities at the College through the Sidney Mishkin Art Gallery at Baruch.

Richard (Dick) Montesano passed away in April of 2005. He was a Senior Vice President of Marketing Research for Disney ABC Television Network in Manhattan. After his retirement, he founded and became president of Montesano Marketing and Research in Florida, and continued to be a consultant for ABC-ESPN. He is survived by his wife, Carol, who he has been married to since 1966. He is also survived by his daughter Melissa and three sons, Neil, Thomas, and Todd.

Hubert Mullings was an eminent Baruch alumnus and teacher. His family established this scholarship to honor his distinguished life and career. Hubert Mullings, who became one of New York State’s first licensed African-American CPAs, later taught accounting at Baruch College and at Bronx Community College. In 1975, he earned his MBA-from Baruch. His wife returned to college in the 1950s and earned a degree in nursing from Queens College, facilitating a nursing career at Queens Hospital, where she became head nurse in the Intensive Care Unit.

Arlene Kaye Richards ’50 and Bernard Richards first met over 50 years ago on the staircase between the second and third floor of the 17 Lexington building. A plaque honoring their 50th wedding anniversary is housed in the stairwell today. Mr. Richards served as president of The Baruch College Fund from 1976 to 1978 and then again in 1997–98 and has been a dedicated Baruch College Trustee and Life Fellow for over 30 years. In recognition of his outstanding service to Baruch, he was twice cited as “Outstanding Alumnus of the Year,” and in 1979 was named Wood Fellow by the College. In 1980, Mr. Richards was named “Man of the Year” by the U.J.A. Heavy Construction Group, and the March of Dimes named him “Man of the Year in Transportation” in 1983. An influential figure in the construction industry, Mr. Richards started his career as treasurer of the Slattery Construction Group in 1956 and become Chairman of the Board in 1968.

The Starr Foundation’s primary areas of giving have been medicine and healthcare, education, human needs and foreign policy. The Foundation also makes substantial grants in the areas of culture and the environment. While the Foundation funds programs all over the world (more than $3 billion since 1955), more than two-thirds of its giving has been in New York City and New York State. Traditionally education has been one of the largest areas of giving for the Foundation, because of Mr. Starr’s personal interest in providing scholarships to deserving students. The Foundation has endowed C.V. Starr Scholarship Funds at more than 100 colleges and universities and selected secondary schools. The Foundation funds organizations that provide need-based financial aid to students seeking to attend secondary and post-secondary schools. In keeping with Mr. Starr’s international perspective, the Foundation has funded a number of exchange programs over the years to encourage the education of U.S. students abroad and students from foreign countries in the U.S.

Mrs. Goldstein is widow to Ira Goldstein, who was a professor in Baruch's law department. 
Mr. Goldstein grew up in the Bronx and attended the Bronx High School of Science. Although Ira became successful, he never forgot where he came from. He was a graduate of CCNY and from NYU Law School. Ira was a prominent entertainment attorney, including serving as general counsel of Metromedia and Of Counsel at Pryor Cashman. He taught law at Baruch and was an active philanthropist in many causes.

Victor’s parents, Hyman and Dora Rosenzweig were public high school Graduates. They lived and worked so that their two boys could get an education. His father was a laborer for the US Post Office, from which he retired after 30-plus years. His mother always seemed to have two jobs, one making costume jewelry in their apartment and the other as a retail sales clerk, selling real and faux jewelry. Victor’s and his older brother Mel grew up in a government-subsidized, low rent housing “project” (Corlears Hook) on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on Madison Street. After a year at City Uptown he switched to Accounting at Baruch at his Dad’s suggestion, “so you can get a job right after college”. Victor graduated in the Class of ’59 at age 20, knowing he did not like Accounting. He went on to NYU Law School (with Scholarship assistance), excelled there and found his calling and has enjoyed a long and successful career as a lawyer. Baruch gave him a great higher education for “free”. He could not have otherwise afforded a college education. He is forever grateful to Baruch for this opportunity and to his loving parents whose only goal in life was to produce two well-educated sons.That is why Victor and his wife Suzanne have created the Hyman and Dora Rosenzweig Scholarship Fund in their honor.

Victor Krupinski joined Saw Mill in 1997 and conducts comprehensive industry and market assessments on all investment opportunities reviewed by Saw Mill.

As Partner & Director of Research, Victor is responsible for conducting comprehensive industry and market assessments on all investment opportunities reviewed by Saw Mill, Victor was with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Prior to immigrating to the United States Victor was the coach of the Polish National Junior Girls Basketball Team. Victor has a master’s degree from the Gdansk Academy of Physical Education, Poland, and an MBA from Baruch College.

Victor is married, loves his two adult children, but enjoys his new life as an empty-nester.  He keeps himself busy, fit, and sane by playing competitive table tennis and volunteering his time as a youth coach.
 

Vikram Varma is the Founder of Varma Capital, a consumer-focused family office.  Prior to Varma Capital, he was the Managing Partner and Founder at PurpleRock Capital Partners.  Prior to founding PurpleRock, Varma was a member of the investment team at First Reserve, the largest energy focused private equity firm. Prior to First Reserve, Varma worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. as an Investment Banker. Varma has also previously worked for BlackRock and Morgan Stanley. He currently serves as a Board Director/Chairman on several consumer companies.  Originally from India, Varma grew up in New York City and holds a BBA from the Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College, City University of New York, where he also served as a Trustee of the Baruch College Fund.

Ms. Hale is the Advisory Service Senior Manager at Ernst & Young. She specializes in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Internal Controls and Auditing. Ms. Hale received a B.S. with dual majors in Political Science and Business, with concentrations in Information Technology, Management & Finance from the University at Albany, SUNY. Ms. Hale established this scholarship in memorial of her cousin Andrew Stiglitz. Mr. Stiglitz graduated from a Baruch College with a BBA in Finance and Investments in 2002.

William F. Harnisch is President and Chief Executive Officer of Peconic Partners, the firm he founded in 2000. Peconic Partners is a New York based investment management firm with over $500 million of assets under management. Prior, Bill was President and CEO of ForstmannLeff Associates, the investment management company. He started his career at Chase Manhattan Bank in 1968 and from 1970 to 1978 he served as portfolio manager at Chase Investors Management Corporation New York, where he was responsible for special equity investments. He attended the Baruch College, earning a B.A. degree in Finance and Investments and completed his graduate curriculum at New York University.

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