Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York. Established in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education, the College, in fact, had its beginnings as branches of Hunter College (then a women's college) and the City College of New York (then a men-only college). With the merger of these branches, Brooklyn College became the first public coeducational liberal arts college in New York City. The small campus is known for its great beauty.

Campus History

In 1934, an architect named Randolph Evans, drafted a plan for the college's campus on a large plot of land his employer owned in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. He sketched out a Georgian-style campus facing a central quadrangle, and anchored by a library building with a tall tower. Evans presented the sketches to the President of the college at the time, Dr. William A. Boylan. Boylan was highly pleased with the plans, and the lot of land was bought for $1.6 million. Construction of the new campus began in 1935, with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by then Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and Brooklyn Borough President Raymond Ingersoll. In 1936, then President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt went to Brooklyn College to lay the cornerstone of the Brooklyn College Gymnasium. President Boylan, Borough President Ingersoll and US President Franklin D. Roosevelt all had buildings on Brooklyn College's campus named after them. This campus located in Midwood became the only Brooklyn College campus after the school's Downtown Brooklyn campus was shut down during the 1975 budget emergency.

Modern Campus History

Brooklyn College's campus today still looks much like it did when it was originally constructed, but with extensions of Ingersoll Hall and Roosevelt Hall. The most recent construction to take place on the campus was the demolition of the Plaza Building, due to its inefficient use of space, poor ventilation and significant maintenance cost. To replace Plaza Building, the college is currently constructing a new West Quad. To keep with the academic style of the campus, the new grounds will contain a newly landscaped quadrangle with grassy areas and trees. Also, new façades will be constructed on the Roosevelt and James Hall buildings where they once connected with the Plaza Building. In addition to these changes, a new building will be built that will house classroom space, offices and the Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science. The building will also contain new gymnasiums, a swimming pool and indoor track.

Divisions

Brooklyn College is made up of three academic divisions:

College of Liberal Sciences
School of General Studies
Division of Graduate Studies

Division of Graduate Studies

About

The Division of Graduate Studies draws on this record of achievement. For almost seventy years, the division has enabled qualified students of diverse backgrounds to acquire an advanced education of superior quality at a comparatively modest tuition. Today students from almost every state and more than thirty countries are working toward their master's or doctoral degrees at Brooklyn College. The Division of Graduate Studies offers more than sixty master's degree and advanced certificate programs in the arts, education, humanities, social sciences, sciences, and professional studies. Each year hundreds of graduate students embark on professional careers with the assistance of the Center for Career Development and Internships. Fostering a strong sense of community are the Graduate Student Organization, a number of student clubs, a graduate student newsletter, a series of graduate student lectures, and lively social events.

An outstanding faculty, highly praised academic progrmas, and distinguished graduates --these are the hallmarks of success at Brooklyn College. The College is continuing to develop programs and curricula that will train forthcoming generations of students. Today, under the administraion of its eigth president, Dr. Christopher M. Kimmich, Brooklyn College is building on traditions that have given it a place among the nation's most respected institutions of higher education.

Mission Brooklyn College is a comprehensive, state-supported institution of higher learning in the borough of Brooklyn, a culturally and ethnically diverse community of two-and-one-half million people. As one of the eleven senior colleges of the City University of New York, it shares the mission of the university, whose commitment is to access and excellence.

The College seeks to extend its educational mission to graduate students through advanced programs offered by the Division of Graduate Studies. The academic goals of the division build on the College's tradition of academic excellence in the liberal arts and in teacher education programs. The division offers studies in specialized areas to serve the growing number of adults who seek to continue their intellecual pursuits and broaden thier professional goals. In addition, in order to meet the changing needs of society, Brooklyn College continually develops new degree and advanced certificate programs as well as new concentrations of courses in existing programs. The College participates in a range of doctoral programs offered by the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, including campus-based programs in the sciences.

B.A.-M.D. Program

The Brooklyn College B.A.-M.D. program is an 8-year program affiliated with SUNY Downstate Medical Center. The Program follows a rigorous selection process with a maximum of 17 students being selected every year. Each Student selected to the program receives a Brooklyn College Presidential Scholarship. B.A.-M.D. students must engage in community service for a period of three years, beginning in their lower sophomore semester. During one summer of their undergraduate studies, students are required to volunteer in a clinical setting where they are involved in direct patient care. B.A.-M.D. students are encouraged to major in the humanities or social sciences. A student who majors in a science must choose a minor in the humanities or social sciences. All students meet the premed science requirements by taking Cell and Molecular Biology, Botany, Physiology, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and General Physics. B.A.-M.D. students must maintain at Brooklyn College an overall grade point average of 3.5 and a premed science grade point average of 3.5.

Notable alumni

Donald Berman (B.A. 1974), News Producer, Entertainment Tonight
Richard Bellman (B.A. 1941), mathematician and inventor of dynamic programming
Barbara Boxer (B.A. 1962),Senator (D- California)
Oscar Brand (B.S. 1942), Folk singer, radio host, musicologist
Paul Cohen (B.A. 1953), mathematician, winner of Fields Medal
Stanley Cohen (B.A. 1943), Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1986)
Alan Dershowitz (B.A. 1959), Harvard Law School professor and author
Bob Dole (Army Special Training Program 1943,1944) , Senator from Kansas and Republican Presidential nominee in 1996
R. Bruce Donoff (B.A. 1964), Dean of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Delia McQuade Emmons (B.A. 1973) ,Senior Vice President, American Stock Exchange
Frank Field (meteorologist) (B.S. 1947), meteorologist and science editor
George Friedman (B.A, 1956), Chairman and CEO, Parallel Communications, Inc.
Leon M. Goldstein (B.A. 1958), Former Chancellor of the City University of New York and President of Kingsborough Community College
Allan Gibofsky (B.A. 1969), Professor, Hospital for Special Surgery Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Beverly Hall ( B.A. 1970), State District Superintendent, Newark, New Jersey Schools
Lionel Hurst ( B.A. 1980), Ambassador, Antigua and Barbuda Mission to the United States
Myron Kandel, (B.A. 1952), Reporter, CNN
Donald Kagan (B.A. 1954), historian; former Dean at Yale University
Pamela Kendall (B.A. 1976), Vice President of Fixed Income Documentation, Deutsche Bank
Barbara E. Klein (B.A. 1965), Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin
Israel Kirzner (B.A. 1954), economist
Mitchel Levitas, (B.A. 1951), Editor, New York Times Op,Ed Page
Harvey Lichtenstein, (B.A. 1951), President and Executive Producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music
Jackson Mac Low (B.A. 1958), poet
Michael Lynne (B.A. 1961), President and COO, New Line Cinema
Marty Markowitz (B.A. 1970), Senator in the New York State Legislature; Brooklyn Borough President (2001,present)
Paul Mazursky (B.A. 1951), Film Director, best known for Down and Out in Beverly Hills; Producer; Actor
Barry Munitz ( B.A. 1963), Chancellor of the California State University System
Gloria Naylor (B.A. 1981), Novelist; Winner American Book Award
Peter Nero (B.A. 1956), Grammy Award Winning Pianist; Conductor; Composer
William Paul (B.A. 1956), Head of the United States National Aids Program
Deborah Poritz (B.A. 1958), Chief Justice, New Jersey State Supreme Court
Ellen Prince (B.A. 1964), Professor of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
Stuart A. Rice (B.S. 1952), Notable physical chemist at The University of Chicago
Stephen Riggio (B.A. 1975), CFO, Barnes & Noble, Inc.
David Salzman (B.A. 1965), President, Quincy Jones David Salzman Entertainment Company
Suzanne Scherer (M.F.A. 1989), Painter; First Woman Admitted to the Russian Academy of Art in Russia
Irwin Shaw (B.A. 1934), playwright, screen writer, and author; winner of two O. Henry Awards
Jimmy Smits (B.A. 1980), actor, NYPD Blue and L.A. Law; won an Emmy Award in 1990
Zachary Solomon ( B.A. 1957), President and CEO, Associated Merchandising Corporation
Thomas Tizzio (B.A. 1962), President and Director, American International Group
Leonard Tow (B.A. 1950), Chairman, CEO, CFO, Citizens Utilities Corporation
David Trinidad (M.F.A. 1980), poet
Rochelle Udell (B.A. 1966), Editor-in-Chief, Self Magazine
Nari Ward (M.F.A., 1991), Mixed-media Sculptor, Guggenheim Fellow, featured in Venice Biennale
Joel Zwick (B.A. 1962), Theater and Television Producer, Family Matters

Notable Faculty

Edwin G. Burrows - historian; Pulitzer Prize winner for co-writing A History of New York City to 1898 with Mike Wallace.
Michael Cunningham - writer/novelist, 1999 Pulitzer Prize winner for The Hours; professfor for the MFA Writing Program
Allen Ginsberg - noted Beat poet, taught at Brooklyn College until his death
Agnieszka Holland - Accomplished film director best-known for Europa, Europa (1992).
John Hospers - first presidential candidate of the United States Libertarian Party, professor at Brooklyn College from 1956-1966.

External links

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