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2014 – 2015 The Brooklyn College Foundation Restricted Funds Managed by
2014 – 2015
The Brooklyn College Foundation
Restricted Funds Managed by
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Your generous contributions to the Brooklyn College Foundation
ensure that Brooklyn College students have affordable access to excellent higher education. As you will see in the following pages, your gifts provide critical support to more than 1,400 students and faculty each year through student scholarships, internships, and study abroad stipends, as well as funding for faculty research and endowed professorships. The Brooklyn College Foundation is pleased to acknowledge all donors whose gifts empower Brooklyn College students to achieve success.
Brooklyn College Foundation Presidential Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Named Presidential Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Permanently Restricted Scholarships, Awards, and Prizes . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Temporarily Restricted Scholarships, Awards, and Prizes . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Student Internships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Study Abroad and Research Fellowships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lectureship Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Endowed Chairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Faculty and Alumni Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Endowed Professorships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Departmental Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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Oscar AbramovichSalma AhsanuddinIqra AkramGiuseppina AndrawisGeena BellJustin BocchinoAnne BonbonJenny-Sheva BrejtDonna CaoThomas ChanKirstie ChiaFabbiha ChowdhuryCarmela CohenJason DunlapGrazyna DworanIan EdesonJustin Engstler
Renee FrancoAlanna FrielBecky GanleyAnthony GohSaul Gonzalez PerezAmy GuanOznur GulRobert GurevichJennifer Hanna
Malka HanukaevAmira HassanKimberly HavenMadnanul IslamMin Sang JangHumna KhanAaron KlugerMichael KolbAndrey Koltsov
Joshua KurianWalter LaiAlvin LeeChristine LeePeter LeeShafiq MajdalawiehZoe MiglionicoNikita MogarIveethe MolinaBrandon MoskowitzIqra NadeemRebecca NajjarJeffrey NussbaumChukwunonso NwasikeYogesh PatelJoseph PinhasSaba RaoMoira RousseauAaron RybsteinKaren SchaeferAngela ShaayaSunny ShapirJohn StasiakDaniel Stein-SaylesRebecca SzczupakiewiczMichael TatarVishnu TiwariStephanie VorilasSamantha VouyiouklisCheyenne WinnDa Qi Xia
The Brooklyn College Foundation Presidential Scholarship program offers entering Brooklyn College freshman with outstanding records $4,000 annually toward the cost of tuition for up to four years of undergraduate study. Recipients are selected based on merit demonstrated by SAT scores and high school performance. In
order to be considered, a student generally must have a combined score of at least 1,200 on the SAT and a 90 percent high school average. Brooklyn College Foundation Presidential Scholarships are made possible by unrestricted contributions to the foundation’s annual fund.
Student Scholarships, Awards, and Prizes Brooklyn College Foundation Presidential Scholarship
Nearly 58% of Brooklyn College students come from households earning $50,000 or less annually. With an estimated annual tuition of $6,030, over 56% of our students rely on some form of financial aid, and nearly 50% must work in order to support costs related to tuition and school. Donations in support of scholarships, awards, and prizes are critical in providing our deserving students with affordable access to excellent higher education. The following pages highlight various scholarships, awards, and prizes established through generous contributions to the Brooklyn College Foundation.
“With every day that passes by, I am one day closer to achieving a goal
and living a dream that I have had ever since I could remember. I am
studying to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in biology, while taking
pre-med classes. This scholarship has allowed me to focus on the path of
becoming a physician, and to one day help countless numbers of people to
be healthy, and in turn, be happy.” —Samantha Vouyioklis
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Sam and Marion Boroff Presidential ScholarshipDennis Balsam
Class of 1954 Presidential ScholarshipMiriam Safdieh
Clifford J. Friedman, ’48 Presidential ScholarshipJohn Khan
Frances F. Friedman Presidential ScholarshipMelissa Belasoto
Ilene Gold ’62 and Stanley Gold Presidential ScholarshipChana Schreiber
Professor Darryl Gilmer Howery Memorial Presidential ScholarshipRaquel Hosein
Milton S. Kiver ’39 Presidential ScholarshipMoram Kalefa
Rose Landweber Presidential ScholarshipAudrey Bleier
Sam and Sarah Marron Presidential ScholarshipMatthew Shapiro
Kitty Newman Presidential ScholarshipAlyssa Caputo
Harvey Silverman ’67 Presidential ScholarshipBerta Reizin
Mel Silverman ’42 Presidential ScholarshipTova Baharlias
Florence Mattern Solomon ’41 and John Solomon, ’41 Presidential ScholarshipGiovanna Ferrigno
Florence Mattern Solomon ’41 Presidential ScholarshipKaitlin Cockerham
Alexander Tanger ’01 Presidential ScholarshipShawn AbrahamMax CohenRuta GokhaleMiriam LejtmanStephanie MontaltiRaisa Alexis SantosSarah SorcherGloria Terzi
Shawn VargheseDaniel VeygRachel Yaghar
Dr. Rev. E. Gary Villanueva Lions International District 20-K1 Cornea of Knowledge Presidential ScholarshipSamah Hawash
Arleen Wilentz Wallach ’60 Presidential ScholarshipFatimah Choudhary
Debbie and Richard A. Wilpon ’72 Presidential ScholarshipMichael Jacob CalzaMichael CrowderMarcella MeyklerCameron MortensenJolene Sysak
* Scholarships that were not awarded during the 2014-15 academic year
Named Presidential Scholarships
Generous alumni and friends have made restricted contributions of $100,000 or more to establish named Presidential Scholarships. These scholarships offer up to $4,000 annually to entering freshmen for up to four years of study at the college. In order to remain eligible for the scholarship, recipients must maintain
grade point averages of no less than 3.0 during their freshman year, and 3.2 each semester and cumulatively thereafter.
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Alfred W. Alberts Award in BiochemistryEmily Mueller
George Andreadis Endowed ScholarshipNicholas Bangs
Antony Arcadi Memorial ScholarshipMichelle Terebelo
Charles C. Bales ’10 Theater History AwardChristine Snyder
Libby Kohl Banks ’41, Memorial ScholarshipJessina Wong
Laura Barbanel School Psychology AwardPamela O’SullivanKatelyn Rose
Barer Family ScholarshipAlex AquinoHuixuan ChenJoseph ErdosCasey JacobsRefoel LazersonMichelle PechenezhskyAlex RoytJocelyn Saavedra
Rita Orleans Barrish Memorial ScholarshipFlorence Mafomemeh
Emil L. Battaglia and Suzanne Sullivan Battaglia Memorial ScholarshipDalila Mendez
BC Faculty Circle Honors ScholarshipKayla BrownIoannis EugenisLevi Lavianlivi
BC Faculty Circle International Student ScholarshipElif Ugur
BC Managers for the Arts ScholarshipAshley BirdsellGina DiRado
Steven Belasco ’67 and Frances Schwartz Belasco ’73 ScholarshipHesham AbdallaCarolyn AboudiDani BanbahjiAlina IntisarEric LiSteven MeltserZev SodMichelle Terebelo
Sam Beller ’59 ScholarshipMoshe Berman
Paula D. Bergman and Rosalind D. Bergman Memorial ScholarshipAngela ChenJennifer DursoMorgan GouldTatiana LurieNicole WallaceOznur GulDarya Liudchyk
Frances Black Prize in DramaMatthew Bajuth
Carol and Milton Blander ’50 ScholarshipAlena ChernenkoIrina DerinNeno FullerAlbert MittaRivka MorosowNisan ZaghiMarisabel Zavalunova
Mace Blicksilver ’76 ScholarshipRechan Meshulam
Irwin E. and Esther W. Blum ScholarshipCheyenne ConstantBryant HenningMichael KaufmanJoseph Lamura
Sidney Boxer ’37 Memorial Scholarship in Education and Political ScienceRasheeda Abdullah
Pearl Gross Brickner ’40 Scholarship in NutritionElisheva Kaplan
Alumni and friends have made significant gifts of $25,000 or more that will remain in perpetuity among the assets of the Brooklyn College Foundation. These gifts are pooled together and invested with all other funds in the foundation’s endowment. Quarterly payouts are deducted from the earnings of the total
invested fund to finance the following scholarships, awards, and prizes:
Brooklyn College Alumni Association Student AwardIqra AkramYaffa BareliLarry BustamanteRobin CohenJessica DimariMaria EsperanzaImani JonesRenata LererYogesh PatelJulieta Salgado
Himan Brown Creative Writing AwardBenjamin CakeHeloise CormierMolly DektarGeorgia FaustEve GleichmanTom HavivEmily HeilkerLaura HorleyPaul HufkerJacob KaplanFrances KoncanJames LoopSahar MuradiIlana PapirLishi Jane PekMatthue RothJoshua SperlingRyan Schaefer
David and Ruth Buchalter Memorial Scholarship in EconomicsDeanna Ng
Thomas S. Buechner Prize in Fine ArtsBhea Augustine
Sojourner Truth Bush Memorial AwardIsabelle Pierre
Josephine Bustamante Memorial ScholarshipLarry Bustamante
Geraldine Resnick Charner ’42 Memorial AwardSandy LiangChristina Schilling
Morris Charney Award in ChemistryReena Rahi
Nettie Dragiff Charney ’33 Memorial AwardNicole Oestricher
Chase Manhattan Bank ScholarshipRachel MlabassatiMikhail PavlovZi Qing Zhen
Bruce Chizen & Gail Bush Chizen ScholarshipOksana BundzyakLily Lei
Joseph G. Cohen Memorial Scholarship in EducationKaleel Watkins
Martin T. Dalton Award in Marine EcologyLaToya Anderson
Diana Rogovin Davidow Speech and Hearing ScholarshipErin BlattiAuburn HellerEllen JohansingConnor Mensching
Alice and Joseph Davidson Scholarship in TheaterTina Wong-Lu
Samuel Dawson Memorial Scholarship in Political Science and Community ServiceTaiwo AkandeIzolda AliyevaJamell Henderson Adrienne Scott
Margo Del Genio Memorial Scholarship in EnglishIvan Davenny
Frances DeMarco ScholarshipAmina Barnes
Morris Dorsky Memorial Art AwardRosario ChinesKatharine Ryals
Dr. Franklin H. Epstein ScholarshipMichael AkyuzSarah AvidanIrina DerinShari FriedmanLea KenigsbergBhanu Seth
Beatrice Ragen Edelman Memorial ScholarshipAshley Wong
Essel Foundation ScholarshipMikhail PavlovMorgolut Yevdayeva
John W. Faison—Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service ScholarshipIqra Akram
Sheila Federman ’58 Memorial Scholarship in Early Childhood EducationMichalina BowdenEsther Rosario
Arlene Fromchuck Feili Awards FundNicholas Bangs
Robert A. Fennell Memorial ScholarshipKimberly Furano
Angela Ferretti Scholarship in Romance LanguageRegulo Silva
Bertram Fields ’42 ScholarshipBenjamin AumanShmuel Pfeiffer
Harry and Norma M. Fishbein ScholarshipDzhavael Izrailova
The Sister Michael Marie Fitzpatrick PrizeJessica Henricksen
Lorraine Foner Memorial Scholarship for WomenEmma Saidov
Freed Foundation Scholarship in Anthropology*
Devery Freeman ’35 Memorial Award in ScreenwritingJenna Reedy
Clifford J. Friedman ScholarshipDeanna Ng
Alex Gabay ’66 ScholarshipAngela Shaaya
Dr. Mordecai Gabriel Scholarship in BiologyKeshia Monroe
Gaccione Family Columbus Citizens Foundation ScholarshipGina Greenwald
Dorothy Geddes Memorial FundKerry GoodacreRaina Graham
* Restricted funds that were not awarded during the 2014-2015 academic year
Permanently Restricted Scholarships, Awards, and Prizes
Shortly before Ruth Turim ’58 passed away, she and her youngest daughter, Linda Krasner, joked about what they would do if they won the lottery. “I would set up a fund at Brooklyn College—if I had a lot of money, that’s what I would do,” her daughter quoted Turim as saying. “My mother’s eyes filled with tears as she spoke,” Krasner said. “Brooklyn College meant that much to her.”
As an honors student at Eastern District High School in Brooklyn, Turim dreamed of attending Brooklyn College. She was admitted during the height of the Depression, but could not afford to attend. Instead she went to work, married, and started a family.
Her oldest daughter, Frances, entered Brooklyn College in 1952. During her second year, Frances presented the bursar with her mother’s original letter of admission, which her mother had treasured for some 20 years, and asked if the college would honor it. The college did.
In 1958, Turim graduated on the dean’s list with a B.A. in education. She began teaching immediately after graduation, starting a distinguished 18-year career in education. She also earned a master’s degree in elementary education from the college.
Turim lived to the age of 99, and within days of her passing her family set up a fund in her memory. The Ruth Turim ’58 Award is given annually to a student, preferably female, who demonstrates academic promise and who needs the support to complete her education. Casey Denaro was named the award’s inaugural recipient during the Fall 2014 semester.
“I was overjoyed to learn that I
would receive the Jules Glaser ’45
and Barbara Glaser Scholarship.
I am pursuing my dream of
graduating from one of the best
speech programs in the nation,
here at Brooklyn College. I hope to
one day open my own practice and
work with non-verbal and autistic
children. This scholarship serves as
a reminder that I should keep going,
and that there are many kind-
hearted people who believe in me.”
— Zarema Ibadullayeva recipient of the Jules
Glaser ’45 Barbara Glaser
Scholarship
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Fanny Gerber Memorial AwardMichelle Terebelo
Alfred A. Giardino ’34 Memorial Award for Outstanding ServiceEdward Maddalena
Louis Gibofsky Memorial Award in ChemistryCraig Biegel
Jules Glaser ’45 and Barbara Glaser ScholarshipZarema Ibadullayeva
Ida F. Gold Memorial Scholarship in Political ScienceMalek Hauter
Laurence Ian Gold Memorial Scholarship in FilmMauro Basa
Laurence Ian Gold Memorial Scholarship in Human RelationshipsJonathan Akerman
Laurence Ian Gold Memorial Scholarship in Television and RadioCharles Carr
Rita Weinstein Gold ’38 ScholarshipClidney Joseph
Arlene Jagoda Goldberg and Robert M. Goldberg Endowed ScholarshipJustin BocchinoZoe Miglionico
Sol Goldman ScholarshipMarco Thimm-Kaiser
Gerald ’44 and Sylvia ’42 Goldstein Memorial ScholarshipPhilip Cho
Rose Goldstein Memorial ScholarshipEwa AdamekJody AdamsMary AdamsMerey AkhmetovaArsalan Alam
Adolfo Alvarado RodriguezKhadija AndersonNancy AzconaSyeda BanoGilbert BarbozaMonifa BarkerBrittany Beaumont Shereese BellMichelle BettersDamar BobbWesly BrouardAndre BrownEmma BushnellNicole CannavinoChristopher Cappelluti Keshia CarterDiana ChepilKaitlyn Constantino Cristina CosmeStuart CrawfordSimas DaseviciusClaire DeVoogdMark DurrantShrok ElsayedDina EspositoIsaac EssesDenise Fite
Craig FogartySteven Franco Montoya Rivka Friedler Nicholas Fuller Gaelle Georges Arthur Gillman Adam Greenberg Shameka Griffin Jasmine Hall Rebecca Harmata Natasha HassanTom HavivEmily Heilker Auburn HellerOlivia Higgins Nicholas Hubbard Emily Hughes Angelina IfraimovaMukhibullo IkromovElizabeth Jendrzey Stephanie JeretKevin JonesRachel JonesShella KhaliliYadira Labastida Michelle LevDevora Leventhal
Courtney Levy Shalom Lichtenstein Tiffany Linzan Christina Lopez Terica Mannette Naciah Martinez Raykayle Martinez Steven Matiasz Shayne McGregor Keshia Monroe George Morales Ashley Murray Kristen Muscarella Ayanna Nicholson Jeremy Norris Kimberly Nucci Henry Nwaru Nadiia Nyiger Samuel Obrien Leon Odzanzo Mariana Osorio Nathan Osorio Mei Shing Pang Christeen Penon Delrol Peters James Phillips Jessica Polay Alizah Politzer Alexis Pope Meghan Purvis Devorah Riesenberg Sherif Rizk Nicholas Robideau Daniel Rojas Jeffrey Saint Gilles Jerome SamCiara Santiago Komal Shaheen Mahvish Shahid Haque Shakil Stacy Skolnik Ivette Soriano Jordan Sorman Shivam Suleria Kadeem Swenson Venessa Tapping Salim Tareq Christina Tobitsch Adrienne Todd Leslie Venegas Jennel Vincent Brandon Wagner
Erin WalkerZachary WassermanMarsha WilliamsAshley WongSamuel Yulsman
Bertha and Philip S. Goodman Short Story AwardKeith BaldwinRebecca NajjarEtakibuebu Oyarijiube
Frances Goodman Memorial Scholarship in EducationXiao Hua Cheng
Lucille Field Goodman Vocal AwardJustin Reardon
Randolph Goodman Shakespeare Essay AwardCollin McConnell
Monte and Arline Gordon Scholarship in EconomicsEdward Hanley
Dr. Charles Lindsay Gover ScholarshipRobert Pestovsky
Kathryn Driscoll Gover Scholarship in Health SciencesSundip Powar
Carlee Grant Memorial AwardElizabeth Abdul
Jay E. Greene Memorial ScholarshipHana Johami
Evelyn Gross ScholarshipRasheeda AbdullahMarisela GonzalezTolitha HenryMaya WilliamsMalak Yehla
Candace J. Groudine Human Rights AwardEdward Smith
Jean Hakes Vocal AwardAnsel Cohen
Abraham Koblin ScholarshipCyril Abrahamnel
Sylvia Molberger Hamermesh Memorial ScholarshipNifran Tiwary
William Randolph Hearst B.A.-M.D. ScholarshipFatima JilaniCornea KhanMegan WangRosie Yang
Helen D. Henkin ’42 Memorial ScholarshipArooj AlamNisim CukierFelix Orelaru ajulo
Scott Herman ’80 Scholarship in Television and RadioRose BalzanoCarlos Montanez
Bernard Horlick ’35 Memorial Scholarship in Visual Arts and Art HistoryJames ChenOxana FokinaKatherine RobsonRandon RosenbohmJudith RubensteinMichelle Selwa
Joan R. Imperiale Memorial ScholarshipShmuel Nadler
Institute for Retirees in Pursuit of Education Scholarship (IRPE)Amira Hassan
Iris J. Giannota and Yolanda G. Jacobs ScholarshipGulnaz AglyamovaAderinsola AladenikaCyntia Andrade SantamariaMichelle AttisCarlos BarretoKhadheza Begum
Rebecca Bjerkvall LalamiAlice BroussardMariame CamaraTammy ChaimovNika CheryErlyana ClarkeSara EgendorfKelsey FendrichJames GinsbergEve GleichmanHasina IslamAshley KesslerKenneth KranczerEllen LindgrenOleksandr LoykoMackenzie LynchLaura MacomberSteven MeltserIsrael MilgromSamantha MorelloTanaka MukokiEmmerline NelsonAmanda NorgrenLatef OlawaleYolande Ramazani-SalimaElizabeth RobertsElzyata SangadzhievaRodrikus SpringfieldSacha SterlinCiporah YagharPriscilla ZengRenata Lerer
Leon Jacobs Memorial ScholarshipPhilip Polansky
Dean Jefferson Education AwardKeishaia Griffith
Robert Jefferson Accounting AwardMelissa DelgadoReginald Taylor
Louis and Jean Johnson Memorial ScholarshipJennie Eagle
Velma Kahan Memorial Book Award in Political ScienceConnie Lui
* Restricted funds that were not awarded during the 2014-2015 academic year
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“Since I was very young, I have wanted to be
a physician. As a lifelong Brooklyn resident, I
chose to attend Brooklyn College because of its
stated philosophy of broad learning experiences
in the social sciences, humanities, and sciences.
I am convinced Brooklyn College provides me
the foundation that will enable me to best serve
patients, positively impact my community, and
improve healthcare delivery. I hope to one day
walk in the footsteps of Drs. Henry and Henrietta
Rosenberg.” — Edward J. Colombo, recipient of the
Dr. Henry Rosenberg and Dr. Henrietta
Kotlus Rosenberg, MD Scholarship
Claire and Leo Mitchell AwardCamille Gregory
Molière AwardAthena Savides
Robert Naimoli Memorial ScholarshipRivkah Rosenberger
Dante Negro Memorial AwardNazli Sarpkaya
Evelyn Zamichow Neuman ScholarshipSara Sebahar
Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation Endowed ScholarshipTristan BrownGus CostaAbdiel JosephSandra LivingstonSherry Roberts
Anne Newman ’33 and Herbert Newman Scholarship in Health and EducationDesmond CokeGeoffrey Mercene
Kitty and Lou Newman Memorial Scholarship in PhilosophyLucy-Belle Stack
Kitty Newman Memorial Scholarship in HumanitiesNancy Shtarkman
Stanley Newman ’73 ScholarshipRinaldi Romulus
Dr. and Mrs. Frank Nicolai ScholarshipDaniel Stein-Sayles
Bernard Nussdorf Entrepreneurial ScholarshipAngela Shaaya
Victor Ockey AIDS Memorial ScholarshipGeena Bell
Balambal Palaniyandi Memorial ScholarshipVanessa Gilbert Shonett Johnson Amanda Rosado Elena Valencia
Kantilal C. Patel AwardJowana Tekle
Alfred M. Peiser Memorial ScholarshipJonathan Hanon
Charlotte S. Pensak ’37 Memorial ScholarshipAlbert FishelNazifa Tokhi
* Restricted funds that were not awarded during the 2014-2015 academic year
Robert M. Kaufman Immigrant Population ScholarshipLeslie-William RobinsonMeejas ShresthaJia Lang Zhang
Arthur M. Keller Award in Mathematics and ScienceWenhao Wu
Morton Kershnar ’36 Scholarship in Romance LanguagesJulia Pare
Professor Margaret L. King Prize in HistorySteven Baumann
Ida and Philip Klein Scholarship in Science or MathematicsDavid Jahn
Ruth Kleinman AwardCharlene Fletcher-Brown
Abram Klotzman Memorial Scholarship in MusicAna AmayaTakeda Len
Sarah Koltun ScholarshipSarah AvidanBarbara DayanGolda Rachel LikerNatalia PenkratVictoria RusinovaZulema Su
Sheldon J. Korchin Memorial ScholarshipChristopher Surita
Bernard R. Kornhaber ’49 Memorial AwardJonathan BoroumandDavid Wu
Mereese Ladson Memorial ScholarshipSofiya Romendik
Esme Lagudis Memorial Scholarship for Alzheimer’s Research*
Lainoff PrizeAmanda DeMatto
Jacob Landers ’33 and Lucille Landers ’35 ScholarshipCheyenne Winn
Irving and Dorothy Lazar ScholarshipSpencer Kim
Philip J. and Margaret D. Leddy Memorial ScholarshipElizabeth A. Coluccio
Wilson Lehr Memorial ScholarshipOmayra CasianoIsabelle ParzygnatIsabelle PierreNazli SarpkayaJose Sonera
Freda Len ’75 Memorial FundSteven Appelbaum
Gertrude Beatrice ’86 & Louis Albert ’38 Leon Memorial ScholarshipGregory HoustonAmanda FigueroaCatleen KellyJacqueline Retalis
Harvey Lichtenstein Prize in Performing ArtsFrancis Hecker
Professor Maurice Lieberman Scholarship in MusicJohn Cleary
Hilda, Daniel, and Marti Liftin ScholarshipDiana Aguilera Pacheco
Carole Rose Livingston Memorial ScholarshipJulissa Ayala
J. Robert Loy Memorial ScholarshipSofia AhsanuddinMelisa BhagwandinBrielle CardieriEric GrimmStacia HortonElliot KleinRefoel LazersonKenny PlacencioRaoul RobertsZainab SaleemShoshana SchultzAshley SchwartzTeresa TawadrosTaner Ture
Daniel M. Lyons ’39 History of the United States PrizeJulius MartinezTeanu Reid
Daniel M. Lyons ’39 Prize in Economics or BusinessMichael ChernyakChaya Leverton
Saul Lyons Memorial ScholarshipRasheeda AbdullahOneyda AguilarIbrahim AhmadFatima AliChristine AttanasioMaria BaezAkeem BarnesAshley BrownMonique CharlesDominic ClarkeAngie CuervoYao FefetiLilly FungAlexandria HaydenNatalie JarahzadehMichelle LongChristian MoranRafael OlielSamuel RomeoIta RosenblumDavid SalakoJudith SilfreneDiandra SmithStephanie SterlingAndrea TillmanVincent TsangDina TsymukZoya UmarFatima Wilson
Stanley Malinovich Memorial Award for Excellence in PhilosophyMaxwell Feist
Myrtle Mandiberg Trust ScholarshipAlina Khasanova
Mark McAuley and Vernon Lattin ScholarshipRachel Kisty
Marianne Miccolis Memorial ScholarshipDana Pepe
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Christopher and Serena Petrelli Family Memorial ScholarshipSaba Rao
John Philip Petrelli ’40 Memorial ScholarshipShafiq Majdalawieh
Mary Petrelli Memorial ScholarshipBrandon Moskowitz
Rhoda Pitkowsky Memorial ScholarshipGrazyna Dworan
Plafker Family ScholarshipSarah Hiester
Morris and Helen Pollchik ScholarshipDevora Waiss
Professor Priscilla Frew Pollister Memorial AwardSpencer Kim
Lawrence A. and Madelon L. Rand ’64 ScholarshipRebecca Greene
Estelle and Jack Rapaport ScholarshipSaul Gonzalez Perez
Elizabeth Herman Raskin and Emma McDonald Dawson Memorial AwardAmanda Glantz
David Paul Rasmussen Memorial Scholarship in ChemistryRenata Lerer
Arthur ’46 and Milton Richman Journalism ScholarshipDominique Rollins
Seymour Richman Memorial ScholarshipAnna Kozlova
Mae and Jack ’46 Rimmer ScholarshipMark AbramowitzMargo HararySuki Tsang
Jules Ritholz Memorial AwardGetzel Berger
Gerald and May Ellen Ritter Memorial ScholarshipJeanette BrahaJane French
Larry Rose Scholar Athlete ScholarshipJennifer Massre
Dr. Henry Rosenberg and Dr. Henrietta Kotlus Rosenberg, MD ScholarshipEdward Colombo
Marc Joseph Rosenblatt ’12 Award*
Daniel B. Chalfin and Juda Rosenblum Families ScholarshipLily Lei
Martin L. Rosenthal Memorial Scholarship in Political ScienceDaniel Stein-Sayles
Ira and Ester Rosenwaks Scholarship*
Seymour and Sylvia Rothchild Memorial ScholarshipRyan BrownRosie GoldbergerJordan KerwinNatallia Shuba
Vivian Stein Rothenberg Memorial Scholarship in EnglishLisa Del Sol
Vivian Stein Rothenberg Memorial Scholarship in TheaterYuliya Orkis
Blanche H. Rudolph Memorial Scholarship in HistoryMiriam Sicherman
Stanley Russell Memorial ScholarshipTolitha Henry
Ramon and Soren L. Sanchez Memorial ScholarshipAmeena Ahmed
Joseph ’41 and Norma ’43 Satten ScholarshipDerek Rury
Frances R. Jellinek ’56 and Hal Schaffer ’56 Creative and Performing Arts ScholarshipFiona CriddleAnnabelle Rose Mayock Stephanie Morales Diana Restrepo
David Sharefkin Memorial ScholarshipLinda Manchery
Professor Nathan Schmukler Scholarship in AccountingRachel SteinMatthew Talia
Vivian Schroeder Memorial ScholarshipAnne Bonbon
Gussie Federbush Schwebel Memorial Scholarship in Science or MathematicsYakov Landau
Muriel R. J. Matzkin Shapp ’41 Memorial ScholarshipAnastasia Veresciac
Irving F. Shaw and Pauline K. Shaw Chemistry ScholarshipTaner Ture
Mel Silverman ’42 ScholarshipChristina Castronovo
* Restricted funds that were not awarded during the 2013-2014 academic year
Jennifer Amy Silverstein Memorial Scholarship*
James Singer Mathematics AwardRachel AdlerGabor Horowitz
Susan and Zachary Solomon ’57 Scholarship in Economics or the Performing ArtsYuriy BolotovMarisela Gonzalez
Marcia Brener Sorkin Scholarship in MathematicsRivka Morosow
Dean Emeritus Edwin H. Spengler ScholarshipTracy PierreMarco PoggioIyanti RobertsRaoul RobertsCarl Stovner
Edward Alan Spielman ScholarshipElizabeth BelskyFaina GordoverMegan JunglanderMalique Morris
Spikol-Luskin Scholarship in EducationAlexander Hajjar
Joanna H. Spiro History ScholarshipSergey Goz
Anne ’48 and Bernard Spitzer ScholarshipAnthony Goh
Constance Kennedy St. Cyr ScholarshipKaleish Ambris
STARR Foundation ScholarshipDhekaa AlmuntaserAraceli EstradaAvinash JairamJunmin LiMushfica MasudDelrol PetersVladislav RabinerMaryyam RiazOlivia RickettsAksana Samoylov
Corinne Steel Award for the Outstanding English Honors ThesisKeith Baldwin
Sandi Sulam Memorial AwardWesly Brouard
Alexander M. Tanger ’01 Scholarship in Broadcast CommunicationsRobert ExleyLila HassanAsher KoryckaLiliane Le PrevostLaura Morales
Reva Tarnow Memorial ScholarshipKimberly Furano
Morton and Angela Topfer ScholarshipDanielle RiveraZev SchleiferYehudis Zimmerman
Anne Touger Memorial ScholarshipDulce Chuva
Leonard ’50 and Claire ’52 Tow ScholarshipAviva Ben-ZviJoshua BergsteinRenee BlumenfruchtJonathan CefaloDeborah DweckLubna GhanemJonathan HanonHercules LambrinoudisAmanda Lanter
Theresa E. Trifari ’35 ScholarshipKaitlyn Constantino
Ruth Turim ’58 AwardCasey Denaro
Vanguard Prize in JournalismIan Marsh
Dr. Rev. E. Gary Villanueva Philippine Medical Association in America ScholarshipAriane Abolencia
Anna and Joseph Weisinger ScholarshipJeffrey Nussbaum
Weiss Family Scholarship in AccountingYunrui Luo
Franc Wertheimer ’50 Memorial AwardJean Guillaume
Morris and Sadie Wertheimer Memorial ScholarshipNorbert Fital
Geraldine Williams Memorial AwardLeonard BladesTerron DavisTeanu ReidDevon WebsterShani Abrahams
Donald D. Wright Scholarship in ChemistryNatalie Jarahzadeh
Harvey L. Young ’59 Family ScholarshipJonathan Weisman
Peter and Florence Zaneteas Memorial AwardSaadia Gaon
Elise Zimmering Prize in Elementary EducationChristy Gomez
Jonathan Marc Zimmering Prize in Pre-EngineeringJoseph Deutsch
Susan Zisselman ’60 Memorial ScholarshipMuse Yip
Zuckerman Family AssistantshipElizabeth Gay
Anne and Leo Zuckerman ’42 ScholarshipDiana ChepilAvery Othoniel-Gilbert
Joel Zwick ’62 Scholarship in DirectingKeith Medelis
“I am an international student from the South
American country of Guyana, and I consider receiving
the STARR Foundation Scholarship as one of the
greatest achievements of my life. My ambition is
to become a software engineer, and a computer
science degree is the first step toward achieving this
goal. In Guyana, the local currency exchange rate is
approximately USD $1 to GYD $200. Thus, the total
monetary amount of this scholarship equates to about
a fifth of my family’s annual income. I am so happy
and grateful that I was considered for this generous
award. My family will now be able to focus on my
younger brother’s education.”
— Avinash Jairam, recipient of the STARR
Foundation Scholarship
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Brooklyn College Sophie C. Aksel Special Baccalaureate ScholarshipHelen HochstetterFeng Zhao
Tondelayo Alfred-Hunter Memorial AwardJhodie Williams
Iris and Bonifacio Alvarez ScholarshipYessenia Robles
Sidney Aronson Memorial Award in SociologyThomas Corcoran
Ayshes Chayil AwardSarah Nina Bildirici
BCAA Broward-Dade Chapter ScholarshipJenny-Sheva Brejt
BCAA Campus Alumni Chapter ScholarshipTaralyn AccettaBing LeeIrina SingalMuse Yip
BCAA Long Island Chapter ScholarshipShilpa Chotai
BCAA Manhattan Chapter Rochelle Leventhal Moss ’59 Memorial ScholarshipJose Garcia
BCAA Northern Metropolitan NY Chapter ScholarshipLila Hassan
BCAA Palm Beach Chapter ScholarshipJennie EagleRaoul RobertsJohn Tan
Frank Beckman AwardDavid Lettier
Steven Belasco ’67 ScholarshipSabrina NovakLouiza Shaaya
Martha Bell Memorial AwardSamir Gurshumov
Howard Belsky ’79 Geology AwardTatiana Morin
Melvin Belsky ’49 AwardIgor Kipnis
Fannie K. and Harold Beyer ScholarshipDolores ArenasAshley CharlestonGisely Colón-LópezMilagros CortesKristina CrowellAmanda DegenaroJudson DengTanya FloresYvette FordeDamaris FrancisRenee GilbertGregory GottliebWilfredo GuenardJennifer HamannNatasha HassanDalia KaganChristine LopezTatiana LurieAna MathisRobert ProcidaDaniela RosarioShannon RouseLucretia SalvagoNicole Marie ScaleraApril SimmonsMelody Thomas AswaldKerene WilliamsAnna Zelinsky
Dr. Helen A. Biren Geology ScholarshipIgor Bronz
T. Bruce Birkenhead Graduate ScholarshipCatalina Villamarin
Professor Oliver Bloodstein Memorial AwardElyse Bell
Carl B. Boyer Memorial AwardWendy Ng
Dr. Helen S. Brell Award for Excellence in EnglishAdam Gallo
Brooklyn College Foundation General Scholarships FundAlejandra Baldizon AcevesFarah ChowdhuryDanna Gal-edVanessa GilbertJacob HirschTania HusniSteven KrischerAndrew LitovskyJone NaujokaityteAbba RosenblumChristopher WilkerIsabelle Wilkinson
Tova YoungerAnna Zelinsky
Brooklyn College Journalism Program Award for Feature WritingLorena Ramirez
Brooklyn College Journalism Program Award for In-Depth ReportingMarco Poggio
Brooklyn College Journalism Program Award for Reporting on Breaking NewsIan Marsh
Dr. James A. Brown Memorial AwardKanwal KhanSequioa Lopez
Don Buchwald ’59 ScholarshipSuzana GashiColleen ScrivenFaraz Toor
John Cage Award in Experimental MusicJabbath Roa Arias
Alumni and friends have donated gifts of $10,000 or more to the Brooklyn College Foundation to establish spendable funds that are used to address immediate needs. These temporarily restricted funds finance the following student scholarships, awards, and prizes:
Truman Capote Creative Writing ScholarshipMary AdamsClare BarronCasey GonzalezTom HavivEmily HeilkerJacob Kaplan
Anthony R. Castellanos ’85 Scholarship*
Mary Margaret Catalano ScholarshipJadzia Pineda Medina
Nathan Cedars ScholarshipEleonora BergerAshley BirdsellAlizah PolitzerCatalina Villamarin
Cerf Award in ArtGiorgi GeorgievRaphael GriswoldSeung Jong LeeKat Monaghan
James MulvaneyPaul NeenanMelani PavlidouJoelle ProvostDiana RestrepoKatharine RyalsJeremy Wiles-Young
Cerf Award in MusicScott AndersonAlkistis KaratzisMariana Osorio
John G. Challener Scholarship in PianoJunwei Jiang
Chancy Memorial Foundation ScholarshipJunhee Lee
Chemistry Alumni Society Junior AwardSpencer Kim
William Chisolm Memorial AwardStephanie Caravello
Abraham Citron ’90 Memorial ScholarshipJulia Steiner
Bernard Cole Memorial ScholarshipNataki JermottJohn McCarten
Alice Coleman Memorial Award in EnglishIsabel Stern
Con Tempo Ensemble Performance AwardAdam Von Housen
Conservatory of Music Choral AwardSuzanne EskelundJeffrey Perez
Conservatory of Music Opera/Theater AwardMaayan GoldenfeldJorge Quezada
Conservatory of Music Orchestra AwardMelissa Danas
Conservatory of Music Performance AwardNia AustinGeorgia LoweLaura Vuksinich
Conservatory of Music ScholarshipDerek LaRocheJorge Quezada
Richard Constantino Memorial AwardThomas Pellegrito
Procope S. Costas AwardEmily BoyntonSamuel Brown
Court Trinity AwardAriane Abolencia
* Restricted funds that were not awarded during the 2014-2015 academic year
Temporarily Restricted Scholarships, Awards, and Prizes
“This award comes at a particularly good moment as
I am the main breadwinner for my family. My aim in
returning to school was to make a more secure future
for us through doing what I love to do, teach and
make art. When I graduate, I look forward to joining
the ranks of our alumni as a teacher of high school-
or college-age artists. The award from the Brooklyn
College Foundation General Scholarships Fund is
assisting me in attaining this goal.”
— Vanessa Gilbert, MFA ’15, Brooklyn College Foundation
General Scholarship Fund Recipient
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Creative Writing ScholarshipMolly DektarJames LoopMichael Mikos
Alice Crow Award in Guidance and CounselingJennifer CornellLaura PerroneJesse Siegel
Lester D. Crow Award in EducationNazia AkhterSamira Kassim
Catherine Rebecca Cunningham ’72 Award in Costume DesignRebecca Grazi
Jack Hilton Cunningham ’68 Award in Scenery DesignEmma Mendelson
Rebecca ’72 and Jack ’68 Cunningham Award in Technical TheatreChristian Clarke
Rebecca ’72 and Jack ’68 Cunningham Award in Technical TheatreShannon Kavanagh
Robert De Niro Award*
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Urban Community Teachers Program ScholarshipAkeem BarnesClifford DupouxZeau ParkerMellissa SmithAlexandria TimollKristall Waldron
Michael Bruce Duchin Memorial Scholarship in GeologyRichard Defranco
Eric Dutt Memorial Scholarship for Science and Environmental EducationFiona Lynch
Max and Edith Eilenberg Award in Comparative LiteratureEsther Ritiau
Dr. Rhoda Ellis AwardOlga Ivanov
Leonard Elterman ’43 Memorial ScholarshipDanny Miller
Lehman Engel Award in CompositionAbraham Morrison
English Award in Poetry ExegesisMason BartoIsabel Stern
Florence S. English Scholarship in MusicDevin Cholodenko
Excellence in Statistics Award in PsychologyDeborah Borlam
Faculty Hillel Associates in Judaic Studies AwardSarah Nina Bildirici
Ross Feld Prize in EnglishMarie Avetria
Morton Feldman Award in CompositionMaxwell AlperDiana Hill
Financial Careers Academy ScholarshipKhaled AhmedFarhana BariSara BedoyaHuixuan ChenNicholas DopyeraJean-Marc FortuneEliza GalazkaKelly HarryCraig HenryAlan KamenezkyDavid KhudashviliJustin LevinasMarina LevkovychJoseph Pallero
Marsha WilliamsJeong Yun
John Hope Franklin Memorial PrizeWalter McGowanLeslie-William Robinson
Friars Foundation Scholarship in the Performing ArtsJessica Adam Raymond Arnold Ashley Birdsell Donghyuk Chang Destiny Cordero Nicholas CotzAllison DaweKevin Edwards Sabrina Guillaume Catleen KellyJennifer KossinJisun KwonAmy LopatinKeith MedelisYuliya Orkis Jeannipher Pacheco Danielle Pampinella Shomari Pinnock Davin ReedChristina Roussos Nazli Sarpkaya Rebecca Shumel Conor Sullivan Catalina Villamarin
Vojtech and Kate Fried Award in ChemistrySalma AbdouAndrew AkcelikBeth ManesFareena NawazAnna Tsygelnytska
2015 Renee G. Geen Memorial AwardElizaveta Lyulekina
2015 Stanley Geen Memorial AwardsIsaak BoltyanskyKristina BrownKevin L. JonesAlexia Landesman
Geology Training ScholarshipAndy Nissinboim
Israel Gerber Memorial Award in Judaic StudiesSusan Kasavi
Miriam Gideon Award Mu-Tswen Pan
Harry D. Gideonse ScholarshipIsaac Esses
Robert Ginell Memorial AwardAlexandre Grigoryan
Marie Giuriceo Award in Comparative LiteratureJosane Cumandala
Richard Franko Goldman Scholarship in MusicCasey Cronan
Rubin Goldmark Scholarship in MusicEvgeni Ninov
Abraham S. Goodhartz Memorial Scholarship in Judaic StudiesSarah Benun-Mizrachi
Albert Gorvine Graduate ScholarshipAlex Greenstein
Jeanette Trum Granoff ’35 Graduate Award for Applied SciencesNoushad Mohd
Doreen Grant Memorial AwardElena Bachina
Earl and Barbara Graves ’57 ScholarshipWilliam Mann
Peter Greeman ScholarshipMaria Rodriguez
Janet Horowitz Hecht Memorial Award in BiologyChaya Steinberg
Himan Brown Scholarship for the Spoken WordIsabel Gomez
Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music AwardIvonne Pardes
Holocaust Studies Memorial AwardJanice Mizrahi
Florence Horowitz AwardTatiana Taylor
Dean Myrtle Saxe Jacobson Award in Expository ProseElijah Michael Short
Helen Hall Jennings ScholarshipGiuseppina Andrawis
Dorothy B. Jervis Memorial Award for Science WritingKeith Baldwin
Kalberman Award in ChemistryIrina DerinAllen GorbonosAkreeti MaskeyRahima NayeemBrandon OksBhanu Seth
Marvin Kaplan ’47 ScholarshipCallan McDermottJavon MinterAlexandra SlaterConor Sullivan
Harry and Lily Karansky Scholarship in EnglishJessika Doyel
Bela K. Kiraly Award in HistorySara Lifschultz
Samuel J. Konefsky Memorial Award in Political ScienceGetzel Berger
Olga Kozina Memorial AwardEmily Wong
Latino AwardKaren L. DelgadoSuletty Díaz
Charles Lawrence Memorial AwardKaren CapistranAntony Colón
Dorothy Day Lawson ScholarshipNerline Nelson
Lee’s Laboratory FundDelrol PetersHayoung Ryu
Arthur J. Levenson ’34 Memorial ScholarshipEsther Kugel
Ted Liebowitz Entrepreneurial Competition PrizeSharanika AkterCrystal BennettJamal FaulknerJerome HaydenJoshua HoffmanDoron IlisirovDmitriy KhaitMichelle LvovichKyle McCormickJames MillerMirela MusicJoseph PalleroWendy RissmeyerRichard RooneyAriel SturdivantEdwin SueKadeem SwensonChristian ValeraLixenia VazquezAicha ZakraouiAnna Zhuk
Rita Casazza Lindquist ’46 Scholarship in Memory of Peter and Virginia CasazzaJennifer La Manna
* Restricted funds that were not awarded during the 2014-2015 academic year
“My father is a Brooklyn
College graduate, and
after hearing how much
he enjoyed his time at
Brooklyn College, I knew
I wanted to go to Brooklyn
College as well. Nothing
compares to the excitement
I felt when I found out
that I received the Henry
Yuska Award in Chemistry.
The award instilled a new
sense of confidence in my
abilities. I aspire to one
day provide undergraduate
students the same
opportunities.”
— Ayala Lieberman, recipient of the Henry
Yuska Award in Chemistry
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David Lipson Memorial AwardShmuel Pfeiffer
Pearl Olitsky Marcus ’38 and Henry Marcus Prize in English EducationAlexander Hajjar
Joseph Marquis Memorial AwardLiliana CarilloOmadevi Dhanraj
Charles A. Mastronardi ScholarshipRoyella BostonSilvia ChimborazoCraig FogartyGwendolyn Grant-GallimoreAlicia HoyteAngel JiangElinora Owen-FardigDiane Petrou
Max Mathews Award in CompositionAkio Mokuno
Daniel E. Mayers Memorial Award in Africana StudiesJenee Grannum
Paul ’51 and Betsy Mazursky ScholarshipAndrea BocciaDan BoehlerJessie BurkartDominic ClarkeKatherine DoerrRebecca GuskinRichard McDonaldRhodesia NelsonYuliya OrkisGamze SankayaSophie Talmadge-Silleck
Dr. Salvatore J. Mazzullo and Chellie S. Mazzullo Geology ScholarshipJone Naujokaityte
Kadish Millet Composers AwardDan Boehler
Stewart M. Monchik Scholarship in Computer and Information ScienceRobin Cohen
Samuel A. Moore Memorial AwardZannatul Mustafa
Adele and Norman Morris Memorial AwardDominic GriecoYocheved LevitanZainab Saleem
National Black Science Students Organization AwardShadiq Williams
New Latino Visions AwardAntony ColónGisely Colón-López
Charlotte Newcombe Foundation ScholarshipGus CostaSyed HassanAbdiel JosephSandra LivingstonElizabeth OatmanJames PhillipsLeslie Venegas
Barbara Norville Scholarship in EnglishKyle Williams
Katherine Rose Phillips Memorial Prize for FictionRebecca Najjar
Melba Phillips PrizeJonathan Hanon
Political Science Award for Public ServiceMarie-Michelle Tackett
Political Science Award for Student LeadershipIsabelle Jagninski
Political Science Department AwardAroosa AltafSteven AppelbaumZachary BerkowitzEdward Smith
Estelle ’36 and James T. Ramey ScholarshipDamilola AdebesinAshwini GhogareMin LiuAllana RodriguezAysa Shpiro
Frank S. Rathbone Award in Health ScienceAlexander Gavronsky
Harry Rosenfeld-Berle Reade and Ida Fischer Reade Prize in MathematicsMichael Squitieri
Maxwell O. Reade ’36 Scholarship*
Leon and Rosa Reznik Memorial AwardGina Dona
Rich Relative ScholarshipMegan JunglanderKimberly PassaroAiman Syed
Theodore J. Rivlin Memorial AwardShmuel PfeifferJason Reed
Juan Bautista Rodriguez ScholarshipReubén PérezCésar Ventura Tapia
Beatrice Dubin Rose ’33 AwardSean Des VignesCollin McConnellAnastasia Snegireva
Karel Rose ScholarshipWalter McGowanFatima Yafai
Hy Sardy Prize in EconomicsIsabel Stern
Janet A. Schwartz Memorial Award for Excellence in Nutrition ResearchSusanna Slukhinsky
Sam Schwartz ’69 AwardThomas LuoDevora Wiesel
Rasha Shamoon Memorial ScholarshipJennifer Johnson
Deborah Shanley Scholarship*
Charles G. Shaw Art Department AwardChristian CoronelGiorgi GeorgievStacia HortonSamantha LeeSeung Jong LeeAsma NajebPaul NeenanGraham PrestonJoelle ProvostDiana RestrepoKatherine RobsonKatharine RyalsRebecca SuttonJeremy Wiles-Young
Nettie Wengrover Silver, ’40, Memorial Scholarship in EnglishFilip Nonkovic
David Sive ’43 AwardDeshaunda BorrelShakeela Jabeen
Professor Emerita Helene Sloan Award in Health and NutritionNicole SekuloHarold Wilson
Alvin ’69 and Stanley Snadowsky Award in PsychologyCivia Witt
Softech Resources Inc. ScholarshipCharles Yao
Speech and Hearing Center New Project AwardYuliya Gutkina
Speech and Hearing Center New Project AwardZina IsakovaNechama ManessDaniela ShurAmanda DeSantolo
Robert Starer Performance AwardLarry Bustamante
Sylvia Smolensky Chemistry AwardMihaela Minnis
Irene Downing Taylor Memorial AwardPhilip Harley
President’s Fund for Excellence ScholarshipJoshua Sperling
Morton and Angela Topfer Scholarship Fall, 2012 CohortAlina JacobsDalia KaganDmitriy MilkisYitzock NorowitzDaniel Wegh
Michael Tuch Foundation ScholarshipJason Hoelzel
Lena Epstein Tucker Award in Judaic StudiesPaulette Esses
Wilbur Valentine Geology ScholarshipZarine Ali
Roberta Wallach AwardShana DanielsSyed Hassan
Warner Communications Music ScholarshipAlexander Eisenhauer
Nina Wasserman Arts in Education AwardTimeshia JacksonAksana Samoylov
Agnes Weis Scholarship in FilmNicholas Collins
Doris and Robert Weisberg AwardNisim Cukier
Erik Widder ’78 Memorial AwardJun Han Ooi
Adam Wiepert Memorial Award for Service to the Writing ServiceMichael Perrin
Meg and Jack Willig ScholarshipMargo HararyChristina HelmiLexington LeibRuth Ohayon
Jack Wolfe Award in Computer and Information ScienceSaid AchmizMichael Squitieri
Women’s Studies ScholarshipsKristie TseMariaisabel Zweig
Donald D. Wright Memorial Award in ChemistryAriella Moshchinsky
Henry Yuska Award in ChemistryAyala Lieberman
Philip G. Zimbardo Psychology AwardLeonard Blades
*Not awarded in the 2014-15 academic year.
David Sive ’43, who died in March of 2014, was
an idealist and an environmentalist. While only a
sophomore, he wrote an elegant letter to The New York
Times, complaining that the newspaper’s outdoors
column was all about tips for hunting and fishing, and
never about “a breathtaking climb above the timberline;
of a glorious night spent among fragrant balsam; of a
wonderful canoe trip through the wilds of Ontario; of
an adventurous night camping out at 30 below.” As he
grew older, Sive’s youthful idealism did not fade, and as
an attorney, through a series of landmark legal victories,
he pioneered a way of using legal means to prevent
the despoiling of nature. Sive is known as the “Father
of Environmental Law,” and Sive Paget Reisel, the firm
he founded in 1962, is the leader in environmental law
practice in the United States. As the first in his family to
graduate college, he keenly appreciated the challenges—
financial and otherwise—of first generation college
students. In 2013, David and Mary Sive set up the David
Sive ’43 Award for first generation college students.
The award helps pay for tuition and supplies for science
students who maintain a G.P.A. of 3.2 or higher, who
qualify for financial aid, and who take summer courses
at the college. David Sive credited his Brooklyn College
education as the foundation for everything that came
after. With this generous gift to the Brooklyn College
Foundation, his family makes it easier for others to
follow his shining example.
David Sive ’43 and Storm King Mountain, the Hudson River landmark that he was instrumental in saving from becoming home to a massive power plant
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Brooklyn College Foundation General Internship Fund*
Don Buchwald ’59 InternshipAwarded to students in the department of theater and the department of television and radio who have secured internships relevant to their areas of study.
Ashley BirdsellAngelica Borrero FortierDanielle BrooksNicholas CotzHaruki IkedaBrian KafelCharlie McDermottMalique MorrisIsabelle PierreYouseph RasheedJulia SattlerAshley Schwartz Michael Triola
Clifford ’48 and Frances Friedman Summer InternshipAwarded to journalism or English majors who have obtained low or unpaid summer internships.
Sindy Nanclares
Jules Glaser ’45 and Barbara Glaser InternshipAwarded annually to BC students participating in unpaid internships.
Florence MafomemehMiao Yun Kuang
Health Care Internship at Brooklyn College*Awarded to minority undergraduate students in the health sciences who are participating in hospital-based work/study internships and supervised by faculty at the State University of New York-Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn (SUNY-HSCB).
Thelma ’54 and Myron ’52 Kandel InternshipAwarded to students accepted into unpaid or low paying internship programs.
Lila Hassan
Magner Center InternshipAwarded to qualified students who have internships at businesses or organizations whose work is related to the student’s prospective career.
Ahmed BarakatMaria Corazon BarroNeha BasnetCheryl BennettKatrina CasinoElizabeth CottoIan EdesonAlexandra GillisMacy HarrellEnensa HolmesImani Jones
Kanetha BrownDevora LeventhalMichelle LongJulius MartinezVeronica OrdazAngeline PierrePeradeba RaventhirarajahKadeem SwensonConnie TranAshley Washington
Maureen ’78 and Robert O’Hara Summer InternshipAwarded to students participating in internships in computer and information science or related fields. Preference is given to women who are seniors or are pursuing a master’s degree in computer and information science.
Amanda Vasquez
Sierra Club Internship ProgramAwarded to students working on a summer research/internship project on recycling with an eye toward developing an on-campus food waste recycling project.
Renee Montelbano
Robert J. Sisti Memorial InternshipAwarded to students who demonstrate financial need, to enable them to participate in low-paying or unpaid internships in the areas of business or finance.
Sabina AbdrafikovaWarda IbrahimMengyu Zhao
Leonard ’50 and Claire ’52 Tow InternshipAwarded to students participating in low or unpaid internships.
Annwar AbuzahriehAlaa BarakatAshley UrbanoCarmela SantosDanielle BurkeFarhana PinkiGail AbtDavid GottdengerIfrah SaleemJackeline Cruz
Jeffrey NussbaumJennifer HenriquezMaxine RoseWalter McGowanAdnan MohamedNancy HerreraPamela O’SullivanKaren PaulemonRayson ChenRebecca NajjarRubama HaqueCarlos SanchezSnezhana PaykovaJanaye SolomonAbigail WegMahrukh Yousaf
Turing’s Craft Internship*Awarded to talented computer science students participating in internships in cutting edge software development environments.
* Restricted funds that were not awarded during the 2014-2015 academic year
Over the years, the importance of internships has increased. Not only do students with internship experience receive, on average, a 20% higher starting salary, but internships are also directly linked to hiring and corporate recruitment. Despite the growing importance of internships, 50% of internships are unpaid.
This means that many Brooklyn College students simply cannot afford to participate in these internships without a stipend. To address this issue, many alumni and friends have made restricted donations to the Brooklyn College Foundation to finance stipends for students participating in low-paying or non-paying internships. The following internship funds enable deserving Brooklyn College students to attain critical work experience that will leverage their education and lay the groundwork for future employment and success:
Student Internships
“It was such a delight finding out I was the winner
of the Maureen and Robert O’Hara Award. This
support will allow me to expand my knowledge
within the information technology field, gain
efficient hands-on experience, and network with
other professionals. I will put this award toward
transportation, daily meals, and professional
attire. Rather than worrying about my daily
expenses, I will be able to focus on being the best
intern I can be.” — Amanda Vasquez, recipient of the Maureen and
Robert O’Hara Award
“It took me a very long time to find the academic
and professional path that I wanted to take.
When I started college I felt completely lost. So I
decided to take a break from academics. I started
a family during the time I was not in school. I
have gone back, and I am now an earth science
major exploring our world and everything in it.
Everything about this major makes me happy.
Studying rock and mineral samples in the
laboratories, collecting fossils in the field, mapping
GIS coordinates—all awaken my curiosity. The
Marge Magner Internship Stipend allowed me to
go into the field with top tier paleontologists and
geologists, to work with them side by side, and to
experience firsthand something that others only
dream of doing. Most importantly, this gives me
hope that after my journey and its many trials
I can truly become someone and be successful.”
— Anastasia Danilova, recipient of
the Magner Center Internship
Magner Center Internship recipient Anastasia Danilova shows off a bivalve, a form of marine life, encased in the rocky remains of the underwater environment it once lived in.
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Michael Garil Memorial Internship for Cancer ResearchAwarded to students chosen to participate in a cancer research summer internship at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
Natasha Masub
Joan ’56 and Sanford Weill Internship ProgramAwarded to undergraduates participating in internships at corporations or organizations related to the student’s prospective career.
Marcia GreyMohammed Kaba
Stacey Garil Womack Memorial Internship for Cancer ResearchAwarded to pre-medical students chosen to participate in a cancer research summer internship at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Irina DerinaPranitha Prabhu
Zicklin Summer FellowshipSummer tuition scholarships and summer internship stipends awarded to Brooklyn College sophomores and juniors to help enhance the likelihood of students graduating within six years.
Carolyn AboudiJulisa AllenBrielle CardieriMelissa ConneuilMarcia GreyAvinash JairamImani JonesKristina Markovic
Dmitriy MilkisRebecca NajjarAranza PortugalArielena PozoSammi PritiZainab SaleemJeffery TobiasKristie Tse* Not awarded in the 2014-15
academic year.
Brooklyn College Foundation General Study AbroadRaquel IrizarryImani Jones
David Davidson Memorial Undergraduate Chemistry FellowshipAwarded to junior and/or senior students for summer research.
Duygu SuyabatmazShakeela JabeenIbrahim Ahmad
Roy L. Furman ’60 Furman Fellows’ ProgramFinances awards to students enrolled in educational opportunities abroad.
Ashley AgbasogaOlivia BengerShayna DenburgMuriel DervichEdwin Done-TiradoNatalie EhlertRaissa El-HouayekPeter LeeNikita MogarAyanna OsborneTamar Shakiashvili
Arnold ’59 and Ruth Kaufman Chemistry Research FellowshipAwarded to students for chemistry research completed under the guidance of a department mentor.
Sarah Avidan
Christoph M. Kimmich Awards for the Brooklyn College Honors AcademyAwarded to the top dozen full-time students in the Brooklyn College Honors Academy to help supplement study abroad grants, exam prep courses, research projects, and to defray the costs of travel to professional conferences.
Melissa BelasotoMelisa BhagwandinSamia FakihJane FrenchLila HassanAlina JacobsJessica KhaimovaDeanna NgRueben PerezTeanu ReidDaniel Stein-SaylesSunny Shapir
Study Abroad and Research Fellowships
Incorporating study abroad and research experiences into a college education helps students earn credit toward their degree, strengthen their professional résumé, improve their foreign language skills, and broaden their perspectives on the world. Faculty who pursue research and scholarship overseas bring these experiences back to
the classroom. In an effort to expand and deepen international educational and research opportunities for those in financial need, our generous alumni and friends have established study abroad and research fellowships. These funds provide Brooklyn College students and faculty with the necessary support to study and perform research outside of Brooklyn College and, in many cases, abroad:
“The confidence and financial security that this
generous fund provides Honors Academy students
encourages me to relentlessly explore my passions.
I was born in the United States, and I grew up in
Cairo, Egypt. Incorporating international experiences
into my future plans is very important to me. I am
traveling to Istanbul, Turkey, to study freedom of
the press and intern with the news organization
The Daily Sabah. This award will assist me in costs
that I will incur spending 10 weeks abroad. With
the generous financial support of the Christoph M.
Kimmich Fund, I can pursue my studies, career,
and passions more courageously.”
— Lila Hassan, recipient of the Christoph M. Kimmich Award for the Brooklyn College Honors Academy
Faculty and student fellows present their projects at the 2015 Tow Student and Faculty Travel Research Fellowships Presentation Luncheon. From left: Professor Laura Tesman, Dr. Leonard Tow ’50, Emily Tow Jackson, Elisa Libraty ’16, President Karen L. Gould, Tracy Pierre ’17.
Smiles all around as Marge Magner ’69 (center) meets on campus with recipients of the 2015 Magner Internship stipend.
“When I heard about the Zicklin Summer Fellowship, I thought, “This is too good to
be true!” When I found out I had been chosen to become a Zicklin Summer Fellow,
I felt ecstatic, grateful, and happily surprised. Because of the generosity of this
fellowship, I was able to enroll in three classes related to my concentration in general
science and a history core class. I will be able to graduate according to plan.”
— Zainab Saleem, recipient of the Zicklin Summer Fellowship
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Gilbert N. Kruger ’63 Israel Travel FundFinances awards to students who are traveling to Israel for academic purposes or for their personal development.
Gina Dona
Mellon Mays Undergraduate FellowshipAwarded to undergraduate students who demonstrate a commitment to pursuing Ph.D.’s in the fields of the arts and sciences.
Gisely Colón-LópezSherri Cummings Lisa Del SolJean GuillaumeReubén PérezMaryam Esperanza RazazTeanu ReidJacqueline RetalisJanaye SolomomDominique Young
Rosen Fellowship ProgramAwarded to full-time undergraduate students who exhibit extraordinary creativity, determination and promise in articulating and pursuing their career and life goals. The program provides opportunities for self-identified out-of-the-classroom experience necessary for personal or career advancement for those who might otherwise not have such opportunities.
Sofia Ahsanuddin Brielle Corinne Cardieri Hannah Rachel Carl Margaret Eden Douglas Jessica E. Khaimova Yeen Dolma Lama.Peter Lee Savannah Marie Rice Rabia Yeter Sirin Elena Marie Valencia
Norman M. Saks Memorial Travel Award*Finances awards to Brooklyn College students majoring in biology who are traveling abroad to enhance their knowledge of and exposure to the biological sciences.
Leonard ’50 and Claire ’52 Tow Student Research Travel FellowshipFinances awards to students for study and research abroad.
Elisa Libraty
Leonard ’50 and Claire ’52 Tow Faculty Research Travel FellowshipFinances awards to faculty for study and research abroad.
Jennifer AdamsBeth FerholtChristian GrovRosamond S. KingRobert LurzRobert ShapiroJudylee Vivier
Woodrow Wilson Foundation— Sidney E. Frank Early College FellowshipAwarded to Early College Now students in the Brooklyn College Science, Technology and Research (STAR) Program for excellent academic performance.
Wolff-Ravenal Art Research AwardFinances awards to students performing research in one of the following areas: architectural history, museum mentorship, architecture and psychobiography, or art education.
Wolff-Ravenal Art Travel AwardFinances awards to students majoring in either art history or art studio who are traveling abroad to further their studies and practice.
Gustavo CaravajoRita Fabris
* Not awarded in the 2014-15 academic year.
AICE Israeli Studies GrantFinances a residency for a Visiting Israeli Scholar
Anat Maor
Procope S. Costas LectureAwarded to distinguished scholars to lecture in the field of classics.
Brooke Holmes, Princeton University
Frederic Ewen Conference and Lecture FundAwarded to lecturers who prepare students for careers in college teaching.
Dawn Nunziato, George Washington University
Arlene Fromchuck Feili ’65 Memorial LectureAwarded to distinguished scholars to lecture in the field of classics.
Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Columbia University
H. Martin Friedman ’35 Lecture Awarded to lecturers who have made outstanding contributions to the field of chemistry.
Thomas W. Muir, Princeton University
Frances Haidt ’44 Memorial Lecture Series GrantAwarded to speakers in the area of judaic studies.
David Berger, Yeshiva University
Robert L. Hess Memorial Scholar-in-Residence ProgramAwarded to a distinguished scholar who is invited to campus each year to engage faculty and students in discussions relative to their shared disciplinary interests and to address issues of concern to the entire college community.
Thomas Frank
Julian B. Kaye Lecture*Finances a lecture series on James Joyce studies.
Kilcoyne Memorial Lecture*Finances a lecture series that incorporates some element of the study of religion.
Sheila ’46 and Wilbur Liebson Ethics Colloquium and Lecture* Finances a scholarly symposium and lecture on timely ethical issues.
Martin Mendelsohn ’63 & Syma R. Mendelssohn ’64 Lectureship in International RelationsFinances a lecture series at Brooklyn College on the topic of international relations led by a practitioner in the field of international relations, preferably an ambassador.
Stephen Vasciannie, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Jamaica to the United States
Jacques Travers Pacem in Terris Lecture*Finances a lecture series for the Wolfe Institute for the Humanities.
* Restricted funds that were not awarded during the 2014-2015 academic year
Lectureships
Generous donors and friends have established the following funds to provide financial incentives to attract scholars and practitioners who are leaders in their fields to visit and host lecture series at Brooklyn College:
Stephen Vasciannie, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Jamaica to the United States, visited the campus to deliver the 2014 Martin and Syma Mendelsohn Lectureship in International Relations.
“My study at the Louvre permitted me to observe
firsthand numerous works of art from the early
Roman imperial period. I was able to view an
entire gallery of the Early Empire, a fragment of
the Ara Pacis that some scholars believe represents
Augustus’s daughter Julia, and additional Roman
mythological paintings. The opportunity to view and
compare significant ancient Roman art first-hand
has given me new insights into my subject and has
been an invaluable educational experience.”
— Rita Fabris, recipient of the Wolff-Ravenal
Art Travel Award
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Sylvia Kaye Fine ’33 Chair in Musical Theater*Awarded to a scholar in the history and development of musical comedy and musical theater in America.
Marshall G. Kaplan Chair in Municipal Government*
Herbert Kurz ’41 Chair of Constitutional RightsAwarded to an academic legal scholar or practitioner in the field of constitutional rights and civil liberties.
Anna O. Law
Herbert Kurz Chair of Finance and Risk Management*
Jay Newman Endowed Chair of the Philosophy and CultureAwarded to an academic scholar in the fields of philosophy and culture.
Serene J. Khader
Madelon Leventhal Rand ’64 Chair in LiteratureAwarded to a scholar or practitioner in the field of literature.
Marjorie Welish
Women’s Studies Endowed Chair*Awarded to a scholar or practitioner in the field of women’s studies.
Carol L. Zicklin ’61 Honors Academy ChairAwarded to a scholar who will provide a degree of excellence in the prestigious Honors Academy at Brooklyn College
Miguel Diaz Barriga
Carol ’61 and Larry Zicklin Chair in ScienceAwarded to a scholar or practitioner in the fields of biology or chemistry.
Luis Quadri
Lester D. and Alice Crow ProfessorshipAwarded to faculty with outstanding skills in education, counseling, research and scholarship
Linda Louis
Matthew J. Fantaci Professorship in Modern Languages and Literature*Awarded to faculty who excel as outstanding teachers of Spanish or Italian literature.
Donald I. Fine Professorship in Creative WritingAwarded to visiting faculty who have successful records in imparting to the current generation of students an appreciation and knowledge of the creative principals underlying original works of fiction and/or poetry. Recipients often visit campus to lead and participate in inter-genre reading series.
Ernesto MestreAnne Washburn
Jacques Edward Levy ’35 Professorship in Analytical ChemistryAwarded to faculty to enhance teaching and research in the discipline of analytical chemistry.
Brian Gibney
Levy-Kosminsky Professorship in Physical ChemistryAwarded to faculty to enhance teaching and research in the discipline of physical chemistry.
Mark Kobrak
Daniel Lyons ’39 Professorship in American HistoryAwarded to faculty of distinction whose work demonstrates a commitment to the values embodied in the U.S. Constitution and who has a proven ability to communicate and transmit these values to students.
Benjamin L. Carp
George and Beatrice Schwartzman Professorship in ChemistryAwarded to faculty who demonstrate excellence in teaching in the field of chemistry.
Ryan Murelli
Bernard H. Stern ’32 Professorship in HumorAwarded to faculty who demonstrate a scholarly interest in humor as witnessed by supporting materials including but not limited to published works on the subject.
Robert Cherry
Tow ProfessorshipsAwarded to faculty to recognize and honor distinction in teaching and scholarship, and a commitment to the college and its mission.
Carol ConnellAndrew DelamaterKenneth GouldLaurie Rubel
Belle Zeller Visiting Professorship in Public Policy and AdministrationAwarded to accomplished professors to encourage them to teach courses and offer lectures or seminars to faculty and students of Brooklyn College and the college community at large.
Liza Featherstone
Claire Tow ’52 Claire Tow ’52 Teaching AwardGranted to senior faculty members for outstanding performances as teachers and role models for students and peers.
Peter Taubman
Milton Fisher ’38 Second Harvest AwardAwarded to Brooklyn College alumni who have passed the fiftieth anniversary of their graduation from the college, and since that anniversary have demonstrated exceptional achievement in creative or professional endeavors or public service.
Don Buchwald
* Restricted funds that were not awarded during the 2014-2015 academic year
Endowed faculty chairs bring their areas of expertise to bear on departmental course offerings and augment the prestige of a department as well as the college by fostering innovation in teaching and research. Alumni and friends have financed the following perpetual funds at the Brooklyn College Foundation to support
endowed departmental chairs: Professorship stipends are awarded to Brooklyn College faculty members who have distinguished themselves
as educators and mentors in order to foster innovation in teaching. The following professorship funds have been established in perpetuity at the Brooklyn College Foundation to honor those faculty members who
have made significant contributions to both the campus and the community:
Endowed Chairs Endowed Professorships
Faculty and Alumni Awards
Liza Featherstone, recipient of the Belle Zeller Visiting Professorship in Public Policy and Administration
Don Buchwald ’59 recipient of the Milton Fisher ’38 Second Harvest Award
Anna Law, Herbert Kurz ’41 Chair of Constitutional Rights
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Permanently Restricted
Sidney Becker ’42 Memorial Fund
Martha Bell Memorial Fund
Biology Small Equipment Fund
Lou Celenza Memorial Physics Fund
Diana Rogovin Davidow ’66 Fund for the Speech Language Hearing Center
Direct Action Award
Faculty Circle Library Fund
Glagov Book Fund
Jules Glaser ’45 and Barbara Glaser Book Fund
Ilene ’62 and Stanley Gold Fund for the Center for the Performing Arts
Jean Hakes Vocal Fund
John Harvey Fund
Michael ’66 and Marilyn ’67 Hausfeld Fund for the Performing Arts Center
Jenie Heiden Fund
Liora Hendel Memorial Concert Fund
Robert L. Hess Memorial Fund
Robert L. Hess Memorial Library Fund
Herbert Kurz Leadership Academy
Carol Lainoff Masters in Fine Arts Program Fund
Gregor and Theresa Lazarcik Department of Economics Fund
Sheila ’46 and Wilbur Liebson Ethics Program
Marjorie Stern Lucker ’52 Memorial Book Fund
Marsh and McLennan Writing Center
McAlpin-Naylor Book Award
James D. Merritt Memorial Book Fund
Donald ’40 and Edith ’41 Peiser Exhibition Series
Preparatory Center Performing Arts Fund
Philosophy Department Discretionary Fund
Helen and Will Rausnitz Fund
M.D. Sass Investment Institute
George and Beatrice Schwartzman Fund in Chemistry
Samuel N. Seidman ’55 Economics Department Enhancement Fund
Esther Shottenfeld ’34 Memorial Book Fund
Dennis J. Spininger ’63 Memorial Library Fund
June Lee Stoppick Memorial Fund
Morton ’59 and Angela Topfer Library Café
Claire ’52 and Leonard ’50 Tow Center for the Performing Arts
Vogelson Library Fund
Washkowitz Technology Fund
Jeannette K. Watson Foundation Fellowship Fund
Morris ’42 and Shirley ’45 Weinstein Book Fund
Charles Everett Whipple Book Fund
Charles Everett Whipple Endowment
Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities Fund
Temporarily Restricted
50th Reunion Class Gift Fund
AIDS Research Program
William Alfred Archives Fund
Alumni Affairs Fund
Alumni Chemistry Fund
Applied Science, Financial Engineering, and Legal Social Responsibility Fund
Willard ’68 and Eleanor ’67 Archie Professional Skills Training Program
Art Department Painting Program
Art Library—Meier Bernstein Center
Athletic Wall of Fame Fund
Dr. Stanley A. August Instrumentation Laboratory Fund
BC Academic Enrichment Fund
BC Auditory Research Fund
BC Foundation TV and Radio Account
BC Health Clinic
BC History Department Core 4 Book Fund
BC Library Fund
BC Observatory Fund
Biology Department Discretionary Fund
Bringing Theory to Practice Seminar Grant
Brooklyn Community Foundation-East NY Family Academy College Readiness Program Fund
Himan Brown ’34 Radio Fund
Lynda Tepfer Carlson ’65 and George Carlson Political Science Fund
Cape Town Trip
Capital Campaign Fund
Center for the Study of Brooklyn Discretionary Fund
Center for Computer Music
Center for Health Promotion
Center for Italian American Studies
Walter Cerf Conservatory of Music Fund
Walter Cerf Fine Arts Fund
Walter Cerf Theater Fund
The Challenge of the Sophomore Year at BC Grant
Chemistry Alumni Undergraduate Research Fund
Chemistry Department Graduate Account
Chemistry Department Resource Account
Rochelle Cherry Audiology Fund
Shirley Chisholm Center Fund
Shirley Chisholm Archive Fund
Christian Johnson Endeavor Foundation-Reclaiming the Conversation on Education
Conference Grant
Citigroup Entrepreneurship Program
Helen Cohen Fund
Christopher Columbus Fund
Contemplative Practice Funds in Education and English
Computer and Information Science Department Discretionary Fund
Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
Cornell University Medical Center Fund
Alumni and friends have established the following funds at the Brooklyn College Foundation to support research equipment, books, materials, and other necessary items for various academic departments and programs at Brooklyn College:
Departmental Funds
Procope S. Costas Library Renovation Fund
Department of Anthropology Lott Project Fund
Alan M. Dershowitz ’59 Project
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Urban Community Teachers Program Grant
Disabled Student Services
Dynamitron Accelerator Laboratory
Early Childhood Center Program
Eisenstadt Faculty Achievement Award
Electrochemistry Institute
Educators for Civil Liberties Convenings Fund
English Department Discretionary Fund
ERIS Program Services Fund
Everett Library Fund
James ’68 and Anna Fantaci Fund
Irwin and Concepcion S. Federman Fund for the Brooklyn College School of Business
Barry R. Feirstein ’74 Fund for the BC Graduate Programs in Cinema
Ford Colloquium
George Fried Seminar
Friends of the Brooklyn College Library
Geology Department Discretionary Fund
Barbara Gerber ’62 Book Fund
Barbara Gerber ’62 Journals Room
Walter Gerboth Music Library Fund
Jules Glaser ’45 and Barbara Glaser Financial Literacy Program Fund
Professor Phyllis Gold Gluck Fund for the School of Education
Mamie and Frank Goldstein Resource Center
Health and Nutrition Sciences Fund
History Department Discretionary Fund
Hitchcock Institute for Studies American Music Fund
Ann B. Jacobs Fund in Aphasia
Judaic Studies Department Discretionary Fund
The Hank Kaplan Boxing Collection Archival Fund
Saul ’41 and Juanita ’41 Kaye Fund
Kurz Consortium Fund
Kurz Family Foundation Black and Latino Male Initiative Grant
Linda Law B.A.-M.D. Fund
Leadership Fund
Jerry Lewart Memorial Book Fund
Library Acquisition Fund
Library Associates of BC Fund
Library Music Fund
Library Special Collections
Literacy Stipend Grant
Jay K. Lucker ’51 Fund for Library Staff Professional Development and Support
Edward O. Lutz Fund
Egon Mayer ’67 Memorial Fund
Mathematics Department Discretionary Fund
Mellon Foundation Humanities Grant
Merck Foundation Fund
National Park Foundation-America’s Best Idea Program Grant
Natural and Behavioral Sciences, Dean’s Strategic Fund
New Library Building Fund
New York Community Trust/Mark Family Fund for the Children’s Studies Program and Center
New York Community Trust Transportation Grant
New York Council for the Humanities Guthrie Centennial Celebration Grant
NYU Evaluation of Women’s World Banking’s Center for Microfinance Leadership Grant
Oak Foundation—“Violence Against Children” Project Grant
Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation Student Emergency Fund
Physical Education Departmental Fund
Political Science Departmental Fund
President’s Fund for Excellence
Psychology Department Discretionary Fund
Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Departmental Fund
Reclaiming the Conversation on Education Conference Grant
Reed Foundation’s International Association of Caribbean Archaeologists Congress Grant
Research Fund for Feeding Behavior and Nutrition Lab
The Rockefeller Foundation Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay Grant
The Roots of Modern Brooklyn
Rudin Leadership Program
Scholars Program Fund
Schott Foundation Urban Community Teachers Project Grant
George Schwartzman Chemistry Department Fund
Samuel and Beatrice Siegel Fund
Rebecca and Howard ’59 Slusher Athletic Fund
Slusher Family Athletic Travel Fund
Speech Department Fund
STAR Early College High School Fund
Teagle Foundation Leading to College Grant
Marion Wilson Starling Book Fund
Woody Tanger Auditorium
Women’s Center Project Impact
Women’s Studies Discretionary Fund
This booklet would not have been possible without the hard work and collaborative efforts of the following departments:Brooklyn College Foundation Inc.Office of Communications and MarketingOffice of Scholarships
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How You Can Support Brooklyn CollegeThe Brooklyn College Foundation relies on the generosity of individuals, foundations, and corporations to help further the college’s mission of providing high-quality, affordable education to our students. There are many ways that donors can support our work.
The Annual FundGifts to the annual fund provide critical unrestricted operating supports making it possible for the foundation to respond to the immediate and evolving needs of Brooklyn College. Common uses of annual fund dollars include student scholarships, internship stipends and travel abroad support, funding for faculty research, as well as school improvements. Unrestricted annual fund gifts are essential and benefit more than 16,000 students each year.
The Boylan SocietyThe Boylan Society is the Brooklyn College Foundation’s monthly giving program. When you join the Boylan Society, you authorize the foundation to receive a monthly tax-deductible gift from your checking account or by credit card. This is a wonderful opportunity to provide dependable, enduring, and reliable support to your alma mater. You will no longer need to be concerned with renewal payments or reminder mailings. And since automatic monthly gifts do not require outreach efforts to secure, they are the most efficient way to sustain the level of academic excellence at Brooklyn College.
Corporations and FoundationsThe Brooklyn College Foundation works with faculty and college leadership to identify, build, and steward relationships with corporations and foundations to ensure long-term and mutually beneficial partnerships. We aim to understand the needs of corporations and foundations and connect them with appropriate solutions at Brooklyn College. With a world-class faculty, a diverse and talented student body, and strong academic and co-curricular programs, Brooklyn College offers significant investment opportunities.
Establishing a Restricted FundA restricted fund helps to meet the needs of Brooklyn College and our students while reflecting the specific interests or desires of a donor. Restricted funds may support student scholarships and awards, and travel stipends, as well as faculty research and endowed professorships. Establishing and naming a restricted fund can be a special way to honor or memorialize a loved one’s interests or accomplishments, honor a former student and/or faculty member, or encourage students in a particular academic area. The Brooklyn College Foundation welcomes donations to establish and name new restricted funds, as well as donations of any size in support of already existing restricted funds.
Gifts OnlineIt is now easier than ever to make a donation to Brooklyn College. Just log on to the Brooklyn College Foundation website, www.brooklyncollegefoundation.org, and use our secure connection to make a tax-deductible gift with your credit or debit card with a MasterCard, American Express, Visa, or Discover logo. We also accept automatic fund transfers from your checking or savings account.
The Legacy Society: Planned Gifts Members of the Legacy Society share our vision of academic excellence for future generations by making a provision for the college in their estate planning. The Brooklyn College Foundation offers several future-oriented investment opportunities, including charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts or life insurance. Legacy Society members may also make planned gifts in the form of a bequest.
Matching Gifts: Double the impact of Your DonationIf your company matches employee contributions to higher education, you may be able to seek a match for your gift to the Brooklyn College Foundation. In order to find out if your company provides matching gifts please visit our online matching gift search engine on the donate page of the foundations website for further instructions or check with www.brooklyncollegefoundation.org. Your human resources office can provide specific instructions about how to seek a company matching gift.
Naming OpportunitiesBrooklyn College offers a wide spectrum of naming opportunities. Individuals or groups of donors may select from a menu of naming options ranging from commemorative bricks in front of our new West Quad Center, to benches near our beloved lily pond, to classrooms or lecture halls around campus. These are very special opportunities to leave behind a legacy at the college while contributing to the success of future Brooklyn College students.
Tributes and MemorialsThe Brooklyn College Foundation Tribute and Memorial Program was created in response to alumni requests as a means to offer special recognition to those who have made a difference in their lives. A donation to the Tribute and Memorial Program gives you the opportunity to honor a loved one, friend, business associate or caregiver. Gifts have been made to commemorate special occasions, including birthdays, anniversaries or retirement. The program is a meaningful way to express feelings of remembrance or gratitude.
Contact UsTo learn more about how you can support the mission of Brooklyn College, please contact us by phone at 718.951.5074, by fax at 718.951.4248, by e-mail at [email protected], or write to us at Brooklyn College Foundation, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889. You can also visit us at www.brooklyncollegefoundation.org.Gifts to the Brooklyn College Foundation are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
Staff ListPatty AllenAssociate Director Annual Fund
Courtenay A. Barton Associate Director Stewardship
Joe Fodor Associate Director Research
Charlotte Gonnord Board Relations
Michael Iadarola Senior Philanthropy Adviser
Anna Johnson Executive Assistant
Larisa Kholodenko Senior Accountant
Beth Farryn Levine Associate Executive Director
Michael B. McMahon Philanthropy Advisor
Farah Naz ’05 Database Manager
Sana Naz Database Coordinator
Patricia Palermo Office Manager
Andrew Sillen ’74 Executive Director and Vice President for Institutional Advancement
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