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S. Willis Rudy, College of the City of New York 1847–1947, 1949. James Traub, City on a Hill: Testing the American Dream at City College, 1994. Paul David Pearson, The City College of New York: 150 years of academic architecture, 1997. Sandra S. Roff, et al., From the Free Academy to Cuny: Illustrating Public Higher Education in New York City ...
Abraham Polonsky 1932 – screenwriter, director of Force of Evil. George Ranalli 1946 – architect and dean, Spitzer School of Architecture of The City College of New York. Adrienne Rich – feminist poet and essayist; taught at CCNY from 1968 to 1979. Faith Ringgold – artist known for her painted story quilts.
The City College of New York was founded as the Free Academy of the City of New York in 1847 by wealthy businessman and president of the Board of Education Townsend Harris. [19] A combination prep school , high school / secondary school and college, it would provide children of immigrants and the poor access to free higher education based on ...
Pages in category "City College of New York alumni" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,143 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Arthur Kornberg, who graduated from the City College of New York, a senior college of CUNY, in 1937, was the first CUNY laureate, winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959. [7] Herbert A. Hauptman and Jerome Karle , both of whom graduated from the City College in 1937 with Kornberg, jointly won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in ...
Member of the New York State Assembly [43] Melissa Mark-Viverito: 1996 MPA Former speaker of the New York City Council [44] Yuh-Line Niou: 2011 MPA Member of the New York State Assembly [45] Ada L. Smith: 1973 Former member of the New York State Senate: Michael G. Sotirhos: 1950 BBA Former United States Ambassador to Greece [46] Carl Spielvogel ...
This list of alumni of New York City's Collegiate School includes graduates and students who did not graduate. George Axelrod, 1940, playwright [1] Jason Beghe, 1978, actor [2] David Benioff, 1988, author and screenwriter [3] Egbert Benson, 1760, a Founding Father of the United States, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1st Attorney ...
The City University of New York (CUNY, spoken / ˈkjuːni /, KYOO-nee) is the public university system of New York City. It is the largest urban university system in the United States, comprising 25 campuses: eleven senior colleges, seven community colleges, and seven professional institutions. In 1960, John R. Everett became the first ...