CCNY THE CLASS OF 1985

CCNY THE CLASS OF 1985

In his opening remarks in Microcosm, President Bernard W. Harleston heralded the long-awaited opening of the North Academic Center, the $125-million complex that spreads along three full blocks on Convent Avenue. He also cited advances in the College s academic and research programs, as well as international outreach: City College received over $10.7 million in research and other grants this year, the largest total in our history... You have also witnessed a major international thrust by the College with the establishment of a new International Studies Program and important new linkages with foreign institutions. Two CCNY alumni from the Class of 1937, Herbert A. Hauptman and Jerome Karle, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985, for their outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods for the determination of crystal structures. The Campus newspaper opened the academic year with a front page headline declaring, Architecture Comes Home. The article exclaimed, A miracle has happened! The School of Architecture has finally moved to a new and better location in Shepard Hall after sixteen years of temporary stay in what everyone from faculty to staff to students described as the dungeons, slums, garage,... Only to mention a few. (Twentyfive years later, the school has moved into a beautiful new state-of-the-art building of its own, and is now known as The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture.) With a presidential election happening in the fall, there was a politically charged atmosphere on campus at the start of the academic year. A Defeat Reagan Rally was held at the

Holman Gymnasium on October 21, featuring the Communist candidates for president and vice-president, Gus Hall and Angela Davis. And in April of 1985, a group of about 35 students and faculty joined a protest staged by students of Columbia University against that school s business dealings in South Africa. The anti-apartheid protests by a group known as the Coalition for a Free South Africa included the takeover of Hamilton Hall at Columbia, to fortify the demand that Columbia divest some $34 million that it had invested in corporations doing business with South Africa, such as I.B.M. and General Motors. The City College Alumni Association held the 104th annual Alumni Dinner at the Sheraton Centre on November 14, 1984. The dinner s theme was a salute to the three sister colleges that joined with CCNY to form the City University in 1961. Dr. Donna Shalala, then President of Hunter College, spoke on behalf of Hunter, Brooklyn and Queens Colleges as part of the celebration of the City University of New York. (Dr. Shalala would later serve for eight years as the Secretary of Health and Human Services during the Clinton administration, January 1993 to January 2001.) In sports, swimming team coach Marcelino (Marcy) Rodriguez earned a highly favorable profile in the newspaper for his excellent record from the previous year. In 1983-84 the men s varsity swimming team won the Metropolitan Dual Meet Collegiate Championships and one swimmer, Pablo Valedon, became the first All-American swimmer in City s history. For 1984-85, three members of the City College women s basketball team and one member of the men s squad were named to the All-City University Conference basketball

teams. CCNY women s basketball coach Gary Smith was voted the CUNY Women s Coach-of-the-Year for a second consecutive season after leading the team to a 10-0 record in the conference. Nightwatch, the evening newspaper of City College, ran a photograph in March of the last moments of south campus s old student union, John Huston Finley Hall. The teaser of an article noted: The long anticipated demolition of Finley Hall is almost complete. This picture was taken just before the belfry atop old Finley mysteriously disappeared. Reliable administration sources allege that skulkers in the night somehow managed to abscond with the old belfry...but nobody knows for sure. The Class of 1985 dedicated its yearbook to Professor Haywood Burns, Vice Provost and Dean for Urban Legal Programs and Director of the Greenberg Center for Legal Education and Urban Policy. Professor Burns had a distinguished legal career prior to joining the City College of New York, including service as General Counsel to Martin Luther King, Jr. s Poor People s Campaign. A founder of the National Conference of Black Lawyers, he was the first African-American dean of a New York law school, leading CUNY School of Law to full American Bar Association accreditation as its second dean. After Burns died in an automobile accident in South Africa in 1996, the Law School established a Chair in Civil Rights in his memory. The Chair is a visiting position that has enabled a succession of lawyers, scholars, and activists to bring their experiences, wisdom, and perspectives to the classrooms of CUNY Law.

WHO S WHO AND WHERE

Mr. Tajudeen A. Bakare 107 Crafton Court Delaware, OH 43015-5057 940-362-0863 TBAKARE1@AOL.COM Tajudeen Bakare was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a single proud parent of two sons, Ameen, 27 (a civil engineer) and Azeez (an architect). Tajudeen earned a bachelor s and a master s degree in civil engineering at City College. He was a member of the national civil engineering honor society Chi Epsilon; the national engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi; and the Golden Key Honor Society. Tajudeen is currently a regional transportation manager for CT Consultants, Inc. He is a former project engineer for A.G. Lichtenstein & Associates; senior bridge engineer for Woolpert LLP; and senior bridge engineer for CH2M HILL Inc. He holds professional engineering licenses in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and is a member of the ASCE, National Society of Black Engineers, and American Society of Highway Engineers.He is listed in the 2008 Who is Who in Black Columbus, Ohio. He volunteers for Habitat for Humanity and Delaware Ohio Community Unity Coalition. FOND MEMORIES OF CCNY: Team competition at the City College Concrete Canoe Club. Honor societies meetings. Surveying off campus - Van Cortlandt Park. Graduation ceremony (1985).

Ms. Denise E. Callender Eugene 212-949-4843 office Denise Elizabeth Callender Eugene earned her BA from City in 1985 and was a member of the Golden Key Honor Society. She earned an MSW in 1997 from Hunter College and a certificate in Family Therapy from the Ackerman Family Institute in 2009. Denise has worked for the Children s Aid Society since 1991 as a social worker and supervisor of medical foster care. She served as the assistant director of Pelham Fritz Apartments Children Aid Society from 2001 to 2003. She is a member of the NAACP, Ackerman Alumni, and BASW. The Child Welfare League of North America honored her in 1995. FONDEST MEMORIES: The professors and my adult classmates. The atmosphere was conducive for the adult learner. The students experiences and knowledge were valued by the professors.

Mrs. Frances Price Gboizo 21 Fleetwood Pl. Newark, NJ 07106-3505 973-351-0061 Frances Price Gboizo, MSEd is a retired teacher. For thirty-two years, she specialized in developing curricula and promoting inquisitive minds in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade students, and children with disabilities. Frances volunteers her time at the New Hope Baptist Church, The Super Neighborhood Community Covenant, The Greater Newark Conservancy, The West Ward Community Collective, and Newark Now. She is a member of the Alumni Association of the City College, National Retired Teachers Association, New Hope Baptist Church- Women s Ministry, Fleetwood Tri Block Association, Ivy Hill Neighborhood Association, Super Neighborhood Community Association, Newark Now Association, and 7-Day Adventist Church. The honors she has received from all of these organizations include the Newark Now Power 15 Award for Newark s Most Influential Grass Root Leaders 2006, The Spirit of New York Award-2005, Greater Newark Conservancy Annual Garden Contest, Beren Seven Day Adventist Church Community Service Award, and the Health Ministry Department Award. In November, 2009, she was recognized by Cambridge Who s Who for demonstrating dedication and leadership.

Dr. Qaizar Hassonjee QHassonjee@gmail.com Qaizar Hassonjee earned a PhD. in chemical engineering at City College. In 1999, he received an MBA from University of Delaware. Qaizar is currently vice president for innovation at Adidas, WSE. His past positions include VP of development & commercialization at Textronics, Inc. and director at DuPont Textiles and Interiors.

Ms. Felice Hunter blackwhiskers@verizon.net Felice Hunter majored in music and was elected to the Dean s list in 1985. She was a member of the swimming club and the Art Department work study. Felice earned her master s degree in music in 1992 from Hunter College. She currently teaches music at PS 37 and doesn t plan to retire until 2014. She writes: I grew up in Trump Village in Brooklyn. N.Y. in West Brighton Beach/Coney Island. I graduated Lincoln High School in 77. I chose CCNY because a good friend told me how wonderful their music department was. Janet Steel was the most significant professor to me. Also I ll never forget how hard Theory 4 class with Persky was and how mean he was as a professor. I also admired Prof. Bushler who gave me a lot of the important info I needed in order to pursue my career as a music teacher he taught us student-teaching methods. Highlights of my career have been teaching music, having a huge

chorus singing 3-pt harmony in my concerts, and Christmas caroling around neighborhoods in Brooklyn with my students from David A. Brody JHS. The turning points in my life have been my marriage, the birth of my 2 children, my divorce, moving to upstate N.Y. My son is 13 Nick, my daughter is Mackenzie 10. My interests are performing music, traveling, winter sports, swimming, and the beach. FOND MEMORIES OF CCNY: Hangiing out in the piano room, jamming with my friends.

Mr. Harold S. Kitt 675 Morris Ave. #2J Bronx, NY 10451-4784 Kitt1018@yahoo.com Harold S. Kitt earned a BSEd in physical education at Winston Salem State University in 1975 and has been a teacher of physical education since earning his MSEd at City College in 1985. He was head coach of the women s varsity basketball team at CCNY from September of 1979 to June, 1980 and has been a substitute teacher for A Better Chance Program at CCNY since 1999. Harold has been an athlete since high school. His many accomplishments in sports earned him a place in the UNC- WSSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. He has coached, taught and counseled at National Youth Sports Program in Winston-Salem, NC; National Urban League Sports Foundation; Wake County Public School in Raleigh, NC; Cities in School (Synergy Program) in NYC; City of New York Department of Juvenile Justice; City of New York Department of Correction; City of New York Board of Education; Jewish Board of Family Services, Westchester Day Treatment; Hawthorne Cedar Knolls, Union Free School District; Teaneck High School, NJ; Arthur Ashe Junior Tennis League, NY; UNC-Chapel Hill Summer Baseball Camp; Christian Herald Association, NY (2005-present); and Frederick Douglass Academy, NY (2006-present).

Ms. Jean Ping Lum jean_lum@hotmail.com I was born in Guangzhou, China and moved to United States in 1980. I chose City College because it is among the best City or State universities that provide accredited Engineering program. I have been members of Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi and ASCE. I was given the J. Charles Rathbun Award for Excellence in Structural Analysis in 1985 and received Cum Laude upon graduation. My most wonderful experience at CCNY was joining the Concrete Canoe Contest with some of my fellow classmates in spring of 1984. We designed and constructed the concrete canoe with the guidance from the professors. Then it was loaded on a van and we drove it all the way for 8 to 10 hours to University of Pennsylvania. It was a touch competition and we lost the race in the end, but it brought us fun memories. After graduating from CCNY, I started working for Hardesty & Hanover Engineering, a bridge firm until the present. Then I applied for Master program in Engineering School at Columbia University and was accepted with a teaching assistant stipend. I received Master of Science in 1988. Over the years I have worked on many bridge design projects in the tri-state area. Among them are Cross Bronx Expressway and Bruckner Expressway Interchange, Whitestone Expressway and Northern Boulevard Viaducts, and Replacement of Willis Avenue Bridge currently under construction. In my leisure time I have been members or served for the boards of the Asian Alumni Group of CCNY and Asian Columbia Alumni Association.

Mr. Charles S. Maggio Charles S. Maggio has a bachelor of science in architecture, 1985, and a BArch degree, 1987, from City College. He is a licensed architect in NY and NJ and is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. He is a co-chair for D&T facilties on the NY State Health Code Advisory Committee, and a member of the Health Facilities Committee of the AIA; National Fire Protection Association; American Society for Healthcare Engineering of AHA (ASHE); and New York Society of Health Planners. An experienced architect, hospital facilities executive and project management consultant, Charles is currently the senior vice president and national director of Jones Lang LaSalle. Among his current projects are the Women s Hospital and Psychiatric Hospital of North Shore LIJ, the Hoboken University Medical Center, and the Montefiore Medical Center. Charles is a former member of the Old Tappan Open Space Advisory Committee and currently serves on the Old Tappan Planning Board. He has been married for more than twenty years and has two daughters and a beagle. FOND MEMORIES OF CCNY: Professors Feigenberg and Pearson. Football on the roof of the science building.

Dr. Anthony M. Mbogho 333 C 119th St Apt 2G New York, NY 10035-4273 maghanga@yahoo.com Anthony M. Mbogho has a BA in art (1985) and an MFA (1987) from City College, where he was a member of the Art Society. For outstanding scholarship, he was awarded the Silver Medal of the Royal Society of Arts and the Silver Medal of the Grummbacher Society. In 2006, he earned an EDD in art education and in 2009 an EDM in school education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Anthony teaches high school art at Passages Academy and was a lecturer on art and design at Nairobi University from 1988 to 1998. He is a member of the NAEA, UFT and NEA. FOND MEMORIES OF CCNY: Six years in Eisner Hall South Campus making art into the late night.

Ambassador Denneth Matthew Modeste Dennis Matthew Modeste is the Special Representative in Haiti of the Secretary General of the Organization of the American States (OAS) and Chief of the OAS Special Mission. As Chief of Mission he oversaw the registration of 3.5 million voters for local, parliamentary and presidential elections in 2006 and the implementation of projects in security, human rights and strengthening of the institutional capacity of the government. Following an attack on the National Palace in Haiti on December 17, 2001, and ensuing violence in which the homes and other properties of many opposition leaders were destroyed, the Secretary General appointed Ambassador Modeste as the Deputy Chief of the Special Mission for Strengthening Democracy in Haiti. He wrote the Mission statement and spearheaded its work on security. The Special Mission contributed immensely to the mediation of disputes and facilitated the exercise of the rights of freedom of association, assembly and expression in the volatile situation in Haiti that preceded the abrupt change of government on February 29, 2004. On that date, when it was confirmed that the president was no longer available to discharge the functions of his office, Ambassador Modeste helped to establish the key institutions and entities of the new transitional government. From August 1995 to July 2001 he was the director of the

Office of the General Secretariat of the OAS in Haiti. As director, he represented the general secretariat in all matters of mutual interest, particularly in the support and coordination of direct services provided by the secretariat s technical cooperation programs and specialized organs. Over five years, Ambassador Modeste implemented projects in literacy, the training of public and judicial officials, water supply, community development and technical assistance to strengthen the key institutions of the State. He helped to organize a political dialogue that brought together for the first time in Haiti s history, the president and representatives of all the major stakeholders, including the government, the political opposition, the civil society, the churches and the international community, to attempt to reach a consensual solution to the political crisis stemming from flawed legislative elections in May, 2000. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Grenada, Ambassador Modeste occupied the posts of executive officer, assistant secretary, senior assistant secretary as well as permanent secretary/head of the diplomatic corps. In 1989 he successfully coordinated the annual summit of the Heads of

Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). In June 1990, he was appointed Ambassador of Grenada to the United States where he served concurrently as Ambassador to the Organization of American States, Mexico and Indonesia. His OAS activities included chairman of the Permanent Council in 1994. Ambassador Modeste headed delegations of his country to several important regional and international meetings and conferences of the Organization of American States (0AS), the European Union (EU), the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, the Latin American Economic System (SELA) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). He also represented Grenada at the inauguration of many hemispheric Heads of State. At the City College of New York, Ambassador Modeste received the bachelor of arts de-

gree, magna cum laude. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, in recognition of high attainments in liberal scholarship. He was the recipient of writing awards from the departments of English, history, political science and philosophy. He was awarded the degree of master of philosophy (international relations) at Cambridge University, England as a Barclays Cambridge Scholar. He received training in project design and conceptualization from the Organization of American States and the Inter-American Development Bank In 199, the government of Chile conferred on him the Grand Cross of the Order of Bernardo O Higgins in recognition of personal achievements and his contribution to the strengthening and promotion of friendly ties and mutual understanding between Chile and Grenada.

Mrs. Tahita Nassor, P.E. tnassor1@yahoo.com Tahira Nassor holds a BCE from the College and is a structural engineer. She is a technical team manger at Overseas Bechtel Inc. and a Professional Engineer, Ontario. Mr. Harish V. Patel 7417 Woodside Ave Elmhurst, NY 11373-1849 harish8808@gmail.com Harish V. Patel has a BChE and MchE (1988) from the College. He is an environmental engineer and has worked for the U.S. EPA since 1987.

Mr. Winston E.Smith 1967 Rosemary Hills Dr. # 2 Silver Spring, MD 20910 301-585-1721 347-236-5830 office wsmusicworks@gmail.com Winston E. Smith was born on the island of Jamaica. He earned a BA at City College, majoring in social science with an elective concentration in international studies and a minor in communications. He was appointed as the editor of the College s student publication, The Paper, a position that led to a lifelong love of journalism. Writing entertainment-based features, and interviews with acclaimed recording artists, Winston discovered a new relationship with his musical roots that would eventually define him as one of the world s most respected reggae journalists. He has published with Reggae Times, RAPS, Everybody s, CLASS, Unfold, Caribbean Times, Jamaica Times, Carib Beat, New York Daily News and VIBE, among many others. In addition to his work as a reporter, he has been a music editor, music critic, publicist, photojournalist, and radio & television host/producer, working across the industry from music to film and the literary arts. Today, Winston is the CEO of EVLT Communications, a boutique agency offering services in event production, media consulting, artists and stage management, multi-media promotions, management contracts and concert promotion. In addition to this fascinating career, Winston continues to

work in the field of social science. After City College, he did additional work at the CUNY Graduate Center, School of Education, centered on methods of teaching and educational, behavioral and cognitive psychology. He holds more than a dozen professional certificates in these areas. He has been commissioned as the assistant director of family programs at the American Red Cross Society; social service supervisor at Urban Strategies, Inc; consultant and research associate at the Smithsonian Institute/Museum of Natural History; project coordinator for Women in Need; and community representative for Air Jamaica (New York 2000-2005). He has also been a teacher of the social sciences at New York City public schools, and recently served as a case manager and program compliant consultant for Peoples Involvement Corporation in Washington DC. He is currently working towards an MBA from Strayer University. I received a first rate education at City College and the college remains one of the best educational institutions in the country. -Winston Evan Smith

LTC Jozy Smarth 6 Pin Oak Ct. Pinehurst, NC 28374-9452 JO.SMARTH@US.ARMY.MIL Lieutenant Colonel Jozy Smarth holds a BSN degree from City College and an MSN from the University of Kentucky, 1996. She is presently chief of outpatient services at Combat Support Hospital in Afghanistan. Jozy s military training began in 1985 with Army Medical Department officer basic training at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. She now holds eight different Army medical diplomas and has worked for the military around the United States and in Germany, Central America, West Indies, and Italy. Some highlights of her career include service as chief of the Ambulatory Nursing Services at Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, NC (2009); deputy commander for Medical Element, Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras; officer in charge, linguist cell/senior linguist, Operation Secure Tomorrow, Combined Joint Task Force, Haiti; deputy commander for nursing and health services, USAMEDDSAC Bavaria, Wuerzburg; and chief nurse, Clark Health Clinic, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg. She is a past or current member of more than a dozen professional organizations and committees, and is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Sigma Theta Tau (nursing honor society), Army Nurse Corps Association, Association of the United Army, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Military Officers Association of America. Among her

many awards and decorations, Jozy was the recipient of the Delta Psi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society Scholarship; Lyman T. Johnson Fellowship; Professional Nurse Traineeship; Meritorious Service Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters; Army Superior Unit Award x2; Joint Meritorious Unit Awardx2; Humanitarian Service Medalx1 Oak Leaf Cluster. MEMORIES OF CITY COLLEGE: Spending a lot of time studying in the NAC. Ms. Goldie M. Yorke gmyorke@yahoo.com Goldie M. Yorke holds two degrees from City College, a BA in sociology, 1985 and an MSEd in early childhood education, 1996.