Spotlight

October 25, 2000

Pulitzer Prize-Winner Frank McCourt and New York City Official Iris Schumer Named Alumni of the Year at Brooklyn College

Alice Newcomb-Doyle (718) 951-5882
adoyle@brooklyn.cuny.edu

     Brooklyn, NY -- The 1995 Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt, M.A. '67, was honored as the Brooklyn College Alumni Association's Alumnus of the Year at its Gala Millennium Reunion on Saturday, October 28, at the Brooklyn College student center, at 7:00 p.m. Mr. McCourt received a master's degree in English in 1967 from Brooklyn College.
     Also being honored as Alumna of the Year is Iris Weinshall Schumer, '75, commissioner of the New York City Department of transportation.
Dennis Duggan, a columnist for Newsday, will introduce Mr. McCourt while Ms. Schumer will be presented her award by her husband, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer. Christoph M. Kimmich, president of Brooklyn College, will also deliver marks at the event.
     "It is a testament to the strength of our alumni association that these distinguished people return to Brooklyn College," said Marla Ginsberg, director of alumni affairs.
     Last year's recipients of the Alumnus- and Alumna-of-the-Year-Awards were actor Jimmy Smits, a 1980 Brooklyn College graduate, and U.S. Senator Barbara Levy Boxer of California, who graduated in 1962.
     For tickets and additional information about the Gala Millennium Reunion, contact Marcia Haness Safran, '55, assistant director of alumni affairs at (718) 951-5065.
Brooklyn College, founded in 1930 and located on a 26- acre, tree-lined campus in Flatbush, is one of the 11 senior colleges of the City University of New York. Visit the college Web site at: www.brooklyn.cuny.edu



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