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Wendkos married Ruth Bernat on March 1, 1953, and had one son, Jordan Elkan Wendkos. Ruth died in June 1978. In 1984, Wendkos married Lin Bolen, former NBC vice president and producer; they lived in Malibu, California until his death. [1] Wendkos was ill for several years following a stroke. He died on November 12, 2009, in Malibu. [6]
In 1999, Peter Buck and his wife Carmen Lucia Buck established the Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation (PCLB) as a private family foundation to manage their philanthropic initiatives. [13] The foundation's mission is to "give motivated people the tools they need to help themselves," supporting causes such as education, journalism, medicine ...
Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, [8] is a private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan , it is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth- oldest in the United States .
The history of Columbia University began prior to its founding in 1754 in New York City as King's College, by royal charter of King George II of Great Britain. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in New York state , and the fifth-oldest in the United States .
William Jelani Cobb (born August 21, 1969) [1] is an American writer, [2] author, educator, and dean of the Columbia Journalism School. [3]Before joining Columbia University as the Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism in 2016, Cobb was an associate professor of history and director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut from 2012 to 2016. [4]
Richard Leo Simon was born on March 6, 1899, in New York City to a wealthy Jewish family. [3] His father, Leo Simon, was a prosperous feather- and silk manufacturer and milliner of German Jewish descent, while his mother, Anna (née Meier), was a German Jewish immigrant.
Jacob Cohn (October 27, 1889 – December 8, 1956) was an American film producer and executive, who was the co-founder of Columbia Pictures Corporation. [ 1 ] Early life
Only three years later, Harriette W. Goelet offered the Trustees of Columbia, on behalf of herself and her children, up to $25,000 ($944,900 in 2024) to install "a bronze statue representing 'Alma Mater,' to be placed upon [said] pedestal" in memory of her husband, Columbia College alumnus Robert Goelet, who had died in 1899. [3] [4]