Alumni Newsletter -- Volume 3, Number 1, Spring 2001

Volume 3, Number 1 Spring 2001

Winners All!

Enjoying the Post-fiftieth Alumni Reunion are (seated, from left) Helen Stoller Taub, ’33; Seth Freeman; *Devery Freeman, ’35; *Alice Selinkoff Wengrow, ’35; (standing, from left) *Anthony Navarra, ’35; and Mary Navarra. (* Recipients of Lifetime Achievement Awards.)

by Malcolm Sellinger, '53

The Sam, '34, and Esther Levine Levenson, '34, Scholarships, awarded at the Brooklyn College Alumni Association Annual Meeting, were established to recognize the achievements of outstanding students and to help them further their educational goals. The recipients for 2000 were Ronald DeSuze, '01, theater; Daniele Pizzocolo, '01, music; and Malka Schwartz, '00, art history.
The Fabulous Fifties Scholarship was established in 1999 by alumni of the classes of the 1950s and awards $500 scholarships each year to students who maintain a grade point average of at least 3.5-three juniors in the School of Education and three graduating seniors who majored respectively in biology, chemistry, and physics, and who will go on to graduate studies. The recipients for 1999-2000 school year were Jonathan Ghassemi, '01; Amy M. Katz, '01; Fazel Khan, '01; Victor Levy-Sherman, '01; Charles Robinson, '02; and Chanie Stark, '01. Contributions to the Fabulous Fifties Scholarship Fund are welcome.

The Post-fiftieth Alumni Reunion
by Roberta Rose Wallach, '53

   On September 24, 2000, the classes of 1935, 1940, and 1945 were honored at the Post-fiftieth Alumni Reunion. The accomplishments of alumni receiving Lifetime Achievement Awards and their moving tributes to Brooklyn College were impressive.
   The Second Harvest Award was given to Himan Brown, '34, a radio pioneer also known as "Mr. Radio-Drama." The award, a gift of $5000 established by Milton Fisher, '38, recognizes alumni who have distinguished themselves creatively, professionally, or in public or community service after the fiftieth anniversary of their graduation. Mr. Brown, who is also a winner of the prestigious Peabody Award, selected the Television and Radio Department to receive the grant and generously matched the award with $5000.
   Graduates of 1936, 1941, and 1946-plan now to attend the Post-fiftieth Reunion on Sunday, September 30, 2001, honoring your classes.
   For information, call Marcia Safran, '55, assistant director of alumni affairs, at (718) 951-5065, or e-mail msafran@brooklyn.cuny.edu. I look forward to greeting you at the event.