News from Alumni of the 1960s
60 Phyllis Orlikoff Flug has been installed as the president of the Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the City of New York. She sits as a justice in Queens County. 62 Michael Bernstein...
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53 As part of the 125th anniversary of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Journal of Accountancy named Stuart Kessler (MBA) one of 125 people who have made a...
View ArticleBaruch’s First Computer
The IBM 1620—Baruch’s first computer—from the 1963 LexiconToday few students can imagine a time when computers were not an integral part of the Baruch educational experience. But things were very...
View ArticleThe Aaronson Challenge - Alumni Set New Record
Baruchians really step up to the plate when tasked with a challenge. More than a year ago, 17 Lex Society member Allen G. Aaronson (’48) invited the alumni community to set a new record for the number...
View ArticleEnter Stage Lex - Frederick Harrison (’55) Remembers Theatron
In looking back on my Baruch years from an increasingly far remove, I realize that the relative strength of my memories of the period, and of the people I knew then, directly reflects the venue in...
View ArticleRemembering Leon Weiss (’58)
The Baruch community was saddened by the passing of Leon Weiss (’58) on Oct. 11, 2012. Weiss, a longtime supporter of the College (his first gift to The Baruch College Fund was received in 1985), was...
View ArticleHorse Sense Saves Theatrical - Theatron Memories from Martin Dawson ’42
Martin Dawson (’42) with his wife of 70+ years, Renee, at the October Class of ’42 luncheon, held last October in the Newman Vertical Campus in honor of the class’s 70th anniversary. Dawson was one of...
View ArticleEntertaining the Troops - CCSO: City College's USO
The Lavender Trio, the 1950s folk group. From left: Phil Gittelman, Sylvia Levine, and Larry LevyBy Philip Gittelman (’54) The headline in The Ticker read “CCSO Program Packed Fort Dix Club to...
View ArticleInspiring Professor Jay Finkelman - Richard Friedman (’72) Remembers
Alumnus Richard Friedman illustrates Prof. Finkelman’s influential class.In the early 1970s, Jay Finkelman (right) was my industrial psychology professor. And while I never pursued graduate-level study...
View ArticleAltruism as Entertainment: Theatron and CCSO
Baruch students joining together to make a difference was recently in the news, as student groups worked to help those in the Tri-State area devastated by 2012’s Hurricane Sandy. That tradition of...
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71 Lance Wallach, co-author of several AICPA books with Sid Kess (’48), has completed his forth CPE book for Bisk CPEasy on business valuations. Wallach writes for over 20 financial publications and...
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60 Hal Weiner and his wife Melvin Lazar was appointed to the board of directors of First Choice Healthcare Solutions, Inc. He was founder and managing partner of the accounting firm Lazar Levine and...
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52 Samuel Shapiro is partially retired as professor of statistics at Florida International University. He is currently a co-director of a university program that prepares biology majors with the...
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37 Emanuel Saxe Distinguished Professor of Accountancy Emeritus Abe Briloff (MSEd ’41) was named to the Journal of Accountancy’s list of 125 people who have made a significant impact on the profession...
View ArticleDepartment Named for Baruch Legend
Photo by Jerry SpeierIt’s official: Baruch College has a new named department, its fourth. The William Newman Real Estate Department was dedicated late last year in honor of real estate industry legend...
View ArticleGolden Archer - Helen Belden Evokes Early Years of Baruch Athletics
Athletics has been an essential part of Baruch’s renaissance over the past 15 years, with the opening of the Athletics and Recreation Complex (the ARC) in the Newman Vertical Campus building in 2001...
View ArticleBearcat Cubs
Baby Bearcats are first welcomed to the world and later, as they grow older, to the campus and the Baruch community. Shown: Five-year-old Charlotte Klusko, daughter of Christine Klusko (’05, MA ’07),...
View ArticleAlums Spread Baruch Sunshine - And Help Recruit the Next Generation of...
“As far as I know, it’s a first for Baruch,” says longtime undergraduate admissions recruiter Larry Strickler of alumni officially assisting the College’s recruitment efforts in the Sunshine State....
View ArticleThe Reporter - The Evening-Session Student Newspaper: Gone, Not Forgotten
A photo from The Reporter archives circa 1980In today’s increasingly online world, news that some venerable print publication is ceasing operation is simply a sign of the times. Baruchians know this...
View ArticleA Pitch-Perfect Connection - The Mother, the Daughter, and the Music Professor
Standing from left: Salihe Redzovic (’14) and Haxhire Redzovic (’96) with Associate Provost and Associate Professor of Music Dennis Slavin. Photo by Jerry SpeierIn his 27 years at Baruch College,...
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