page 99 Joel Leider Class of 1972 NYU Heights Campus — BEEE Memories — Class of 1972 — [email protected] As a first term sophomore Electrical Engineering major in 1969, I took a class in Fortran. The professor was Alvy Ray Smith III dressed in super casual clothing, long hair, open collar shirt with a necklace and sporting a beard, not your typical professorial dress. I recall that he had a research interest in “Cellular Automata.” He later became the technical founder of Pixar. However, I was highly motivated by this subject and his tutorial skills. I even wrote extra Fortran programs to print block letter calendars, print mortgage tables, solve differential equations and print magic squares up to 31x31 to enhance my skills. In our senior year we were encouraged to do an independent project in lieu of a typical engineering lab in the final semester. A fellow EE major Richard Herman and I decided to do a joint project to write a Fortran program to play checkers in 1972 using the Artificial page 99 From top: 1972 graduation ring, Taylor Swift, Hall of Fame Terrace Joel Leider’s photos are also featured throughout this book.
100 page Intelligence (AI) techniques developed by Donald Knuth of Stanford University. All that work was done in the computer center (now the receiving area at Bronx Community College) with a UNVAC 1108 mainframe computer with card decks created on keypunch machines. We were quite successful in this challenging AI project back then as our checkers program beat me and a friend every game until we took some crazy risks and beat the computer once. I still have boxes full of NYU punch cards and continue my friendship with Richard Herman. We both went to the 2022 graduation ceremony at Yankee Stadium featuring Taylor Swift and 19,000 NYU graduates that also honored the 50th anniversary of NYU graduates who were treated to Legends Seating and a buffet luncheon behind home plate. In 1972, the practical utility of AI was 20 years away and stayed that way for 25 more years. Now AI is making its way into the world by beating a chess champion, performing voice recognition and facial recognition which were considered impossible by the experts back then. Just recently, ChatGPT and other impressive AI conversational products have been introduced that are good enough to write term papers for today’s students. I liked computer science so much, I wanted to get a master’s degree in computer science at NYU, but it was not offered by NYU at the time, so I went to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to earn it. With that master’s degree, I started working in Boston at Teradyne writing software for seven years. Then, with an engineering consultant I contracted there, we founded and ran a data storage company, Winchester Systems, for 35 years. We sold high capacity, high performance, highly reliable RAID disk arrays to major corporations plus customized rugged data storage systems that met strict military standards for the US Navy. NYU and specifically Alvy Ray Smith III were very influential in my life and career. Joel & Jean Leider, Laurie and Richard Herman in Legends Seats at 2022 Graduation at Yankee Stadium Former NYU UNIVAC 1108 computer center with intact raised floor at Bronx Community College
Henry (Hank) W. Mentel Class of 1972 Remembering the Heights … As a commuting student from Queens (one bus; two subway trains 1.5 – 2 hours one way) the Heights campus was my home away from home. While I did not participate in many of the on-campus activities afforded to resident students, I still enjoyed my times relaxing on the mall, walking the Hall of Fame (something I did often), visiting the Gould Library and studying in the then new Tech building. Specific memories which I will always cherish are: • Having to wear the NYU purple beanie (…get real; it was a Yakama) during the 1968 fall freshmen orientation. The sole purpose was to be hazed by upper classmen. I still have that beanie. • Sitting in the Student Union Building lounge with fellow commuters having our brown bagged lunch. • Playing touch football; tossing a frisbee on the mall. • Using the mainframe computer available on campus … submitting the deck of punch cards to run a Fortran program and coming back hours later to find a single sheet of paper indicating an error due to a mis-placed comma. Or finding that a jokester placed a statement card in my deck saying my professor was a jerk (or worse). • One of my more memorable teachers was Professor Werner (Aeronautics) who believed existing published books on Aeronautical Engineering were inadequate and provided his students with mimeographed sheets from the book he was writing. If I recall the sheets had to be returned. I hope he finally got to publish his book. • Most memorable for me was Professor Gabriel Miller. A true academic, he was never comfortable in the classroom, but did influence me in many ways. Facing numerous rejections in obtaining engineering employment, Professor Miller helped arrange an offer for me through his contacts. While I did not accept that offer, I will always remember his thoughtful assistance. • Most memorable event was the time Black Panthers (or sympathizers) took over the Student Union Building barricading themselves in the building in protest. While the Heights had their own limited security force, the NYU administration called upon the NYPD to come on campus to break up the protest. Most memorable was the student population response which was to form a human chain across the main entrance of the campus stopping the police from coming on campus. While the majority just didn’t want the “pigs” on campus, I saw it as a true sign of student pride in their University Heights campus. • Of course, the worst memory, one which I will never forgive Dean Hester and the NYU administration for, was the decision to sell the campus. Henry (Hank) W. Mentel, Class of 1972 NYU School of Engineering, University Heights Campus BS in Aeronautics & Astronautics page 101
102 page Helen Rubel Class of 1972 Living and studying on a campus in NYC was always my dream during high school. Planning my future and escaping my family and Ct helped me cope with high school. I applied early decision to the Heights Campus. My father later told me if he had known how expensive NYU was in contrast to the U of CT, I would have been in the hinterlands of Storrs, CT. I couldn’t wait to leave West Hartford, CT to be in NYC. The diversity of people, the variety of arts and ideas have always drawn me in. Though part of me wishes I had been transformed by what I studied, it wasn’t the case. I was transformed by the turbulence of the times, the people I met, my friends and some professors. It would be more intellectually productive for me do it again with a mature brain. I remain in contact with many friends from NYU. We grew up together. In fact, I have been married to a former classmate, Neal Allen, for 49 years. The ideals of the 60’s and 70’s towards making the world a better place remain important to me. The ability to protest injustice and the ideals of feminism began for me at NYU. It was a meaningful time to be alive and be living in the Heights in what felt like the heart of changed culture. In 1973, hip hop was born on Sedgwick Avenue close to the Heights. It was the same year the campus was sold to become a resource of higher education for the community. It’s an interesting coincidence. Helen Rubel Class of 1972 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, (birthplace of Hip Hop) Bronx, New York Photo from Wikimedia Commons.
Robert Samis Class of 1972 University Heights Remembrances There were two pizza joints in the neighborhood. One sold a slice for 35 cents and the other for only 25 cents. The second one was known as a front for the local loan shark. A fellow student who lived on my floor in the newly built dorm whose rooms were size of jail cell with immovable built-in furniture used to bet on the horses and got into debt with the pizza guy. So he took up driving a cab at night to pay off his loan. One night he picked up a customer who asked him to take him to LGA for the shuttle to Boston. He offered to take the passenger himself driving all night back and forth. When he returned the cab to its garage the manager wanted to know where he had been. He pocketed the airfare and made up a story about getting lost in Staten Island. Cab drivers were hard to come by in those days due to the high crime rates so he did not lose his shift. The second year I moved off campus with Todd Strasser to an apartment on Sedgwick Ave near the Safeway on Tremont Ave. Since the neighborhood was near the GW Bridge people from New Jersey would come over to drop off and abandon their cars in our neighborhood probably claiming it was stolen for insurance money. After a few days one would find the car resting upon the aluminum milk crates with the wheels missing, then the radio, seats, etc. until nothing of values was left. A professor of psychology, Phil Zimbardo observed this social pattern and wrote a paper contrasting the Bronx with what happens in suburban California after he planted abandoned vehicles on the street there. The library at the Heights campus was beautiful and had a cameo appearance in the movie Good Bye Columbus. The students in MLP were an exceptional collection and were taught by and large by an equally exceptional faculty in multi-disciplinary teams. We all knew that Joe Bianco would make his mark on the wider world since he had, during his night shift at the brokerage firm he worked at fixing the trading errors of that day, figured out what the brokerage partners were investing in. The trading system was still done using paper records in those days. Richie Davidson and others were focused on Asian religious practices and their Western interpreters. President Nixon instituted the conscription lottery for the armed services as a way to cut down on the domestic resistance to the Vietnam War that he secretly expanded. I recall two dorm floor mates who received very low lottery numbers, a black student and a Lutheran. That night as the lottery number announcements were made over the broadcast media one could literally hear gasps of fear or relief as the numbers for birthdays were drawn. My number was high. I continued my draft counseling talking to several students who were desperate. This was also the year of the Kent and Jackson State murders by the National Guard of student protesters. NYU and other universities were shut down by student protests and grades were made pass/fail for the semester and the moratorium marches and protests. The strains of these protests took personal tolls on some individuals’ relationships and divided the community. The campus quad was home to Black squirrels not grey ones which would climb up one’s pants’ leg begging for food. Perhaps an evolutionary sign of survival of the fittest in a grimy city versus the suburbs. Robert Samis ’72 page 103
104 page Richard T. Foltin Class of 1973 Here are pages 1 and 2 (pages 3 and 4 to follow) of the notorious (or completely forgotten, whatever) Heights Daily Nose, dated 2/23/1972, issued as the scope of the NYU financial crisis became widely known. My own small contribution was the rigorously prepared economics graph that appears in the lower left-hand corner of page 1. Why February 23 and not, say, April 1? Who knows? Maybe because Purim was the next week and the pintele yid of many of the preparers was peeking through. Don’t let it be forgot That once there was a spot For one brief shining moment that was known As Camelot. Camelot the Musical — Finale Lyrics Music by Ken Darby, Frederick Loewe Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Richard T. Foltin University College (Heights) ‘73 (240) 988-3663 [email protected]
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106 page Solomon Hamburg Class of 1973 So Happy to remember the Heights Entered 1969 — Graduated 1973 At that time College had perquisites for the first 2 years, including English, Physical Education, a Foreign Language, a Science course and a math course (unfortunately all that has changed and too many students leave college without a general education). Orientation week: we had to watch the movie “ The Seventh Seal” and had to write a paper for English about the movie. Highlights : Met my first wife there Pamela Schreiber in Inorganic Chemistry as a Sophomore 1970. Last graduating class on the Mall — 1973 we all wore black arm bands First class to occupy Sedgwick Hall as a Freshman 1969. Sedgwick was TERRRIBLE, the beds were fixed to the one wall and overhung, so that one’s feet were under the other bed with a six inch clearing. My first roommate was a religious Jew who woke up at 4:00 am to pray then read the NY Times on the floor from 4:30 to 5:30 Am. “Ouch.” Spring 1970 — SDS exploded a bomb in The Gould Library, classes were dismissed early and everyone got Pass or Fail, Vietnam was raging. I was a chemistry major and got my own lab to do research in the Chemistry Building as a senior in 1972-1973 under Professor Basil Swanson — Now at Los Alamitos National laboratory My favorite professor was Dr. John Ricci – Professor of Chemistry — Taught Physical chemistry – in my senior year, he worked on the Manhattan Project during WWII. Spoke in this great gravelly voice. I remember one student coming to an 8 am class, and “washing” himself with a moist toilet in front of Dr. Ricci, who ask him tersely to “bath before coming to class”. I spoke to him once after an exam on which I received a B grade. I told him I knew the work perfectly and he said “ son, if you knew it you could explain it”. I use that phrase to this day whenever I teach. I certainly remember getting “high” on the Mall that first semester in 1969. As pre-med students Pam and I closed the library every day Midnight Sunday- Thurs, 11:00 PM Friday, 5:00 PM Saturday. Walking in the Hall of Fame was always a thrill and eating dinner at Silver Hall. I loved Tech II, an amazing monstrosity composed of “large white Legos”. I for one have no regrets going to the Heights and look back at it with fond memories. In the long run I believe its sale was a loss to the University and perhaps someday it will return!!! With best wishes to all, Solomon I. Hamburg MD-PhD Clinical Professor of Medicine Division of Hematology-Oncology Department of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine-UCLA Attending Physician Cedars Sinai Medical Center Photo from Heights Daily News 9/30/1970 contributed by Harold Schultz
I first visited the Heights as a junior at NYC’s Stuyvesant HS. The School of Engineering and Science held a multi-week Introduction to Engineering program. Each week we would be introduced to a different field of engineering. If I recall correctly, the program was held in Begrisch Hall. I attended with the late Jeff Friedman, a friend and Stuyvesant classmate. The following year I applied to a single college, City College of NY. I imagine NYU SES kept the names and addresses of all those attending the Intro program as I received an unsolicited application in the mail. I figured I might as well apply to a second school, and sent it off. Accepted to both CCNY and NYU, I chose the four year degree program at NYU (CCNY’s engineering program was five years). Jeff also was accepted to both, and I remember having a discussion with him about which to choose. He also picked NYU, but for a different reason. He figured NYU was the “bigger named school” of the two, which would be helpful in his career. Years later we spoke and I asked him about that. He told me he once had a discussion with someone about where he went to school, and when Jeff replied “NYU,” the other person asked if that was the free CUNY school. So much for a big name! In September 1969 I was off and running! I was a commuter from Queens, but the bus and two trains didn’t take much longer than the bus and two trains I took for three years attending Stuyvesant. I am sure I missed much by living at home, but the decision was a financial one. BTW, I still have the NYU SES Bulletin for my last two years. Tuition my senior year was $1,350 per semester for a full-time student. That won’t buy one credit at Tandon these days! Freshman year ended in an unimaginable way. The first weekend of May was Spring Weekend on campus. On Friday and Saturday nights we had concerts, the Incredible String Band on Friday, and Ten Wheel Drive (with lead singer Genya Ravan) on Saturday. Sunday found me at the Central Park bandshell for a free concert by the Jefferson Airplane. Monday, 4 May, four students were shot dead at Kent State. Our school shut down, along with hundreds of others across the country, as a nationwide moratorium was declared. I still have a button I wore that May that simply states “moratorium.” Students were given the choice of taking finals for a grade, or getting pass-fail grades for classes. I opted for the latter. The next three years are more of a blur, with the electrical engineering classes getting more difficult and taking more of my time. I always found time to attend concerts around the City though. Along the way, I had several teachers that remain in my memory. Sid Shamis taught Signals and Systems, which proved helpful in my career. The first day of second (maybe third) year calculus, there was a young guy with overalls sitting in the front row of the classroom, stroking his beard. I assumed he was a student I didn’t know, until he stood up and addressed the class. With a corn-belt accent, newly minted PhD David McLaughlin began his first day of teaching. Years later I was surprised to learn this “yokel” (to us NYC raised sophisticates) was now the Provost of NYU! Alvy Ray Smith was also a young electrical engineering faculty member who taught a computer class. He went on to greater things, co-founding Pixar. May 1973 was somber on campus. The fate of both the School of Engineering and Science, as well as the University Heights campus, was already known when we held the last campus Founders’ Day. A cap and gown event, it was essentially the campus graduation event. Many of us held black balloons during the ceremony, in memory of our school. When it was my turn to walk across the stage, I presented the balloon to either President Hester or Dean Raggazini. Asked what he should do with the balloon, I replied “balloon things.” As they released the balloon and it took flight, I remember many of my fellow graduates applauding and shouting. I have only once returned to the campus since that Founders’ Day, maybe 10-15 years later, convincing the Bronx Community College guards to allow me to park and walk across the campus. The ghosts of friends, classmates, faculty and staff surrounded me, but to paraphrase Thomas Wolfe, you can never go back to campus again, though I hope to during this fiftieth reunion year. Howie Hollander NYU SES, BE (in Electrical Engineering), ’73 Howie Hollander Class of 1973 Photo by Howie Hollander page 107
108 page Robert (Bob) Katz Class of 1973 Remembrances of NYU School of Engineering, Heights Campus Once upon a time, nestled on a hill in the heart of the Bronx, overlooking the Harlem River, the New York University Engineering Heights Campus stood proudly as a beacon of innovation and learning. Although the campus was eventually closed in 1973, the year of our graduation, its rich legacy, and the memories of those who studied and worked there continue to live on. Relocated to the Bronx from its Manhattan roots, the Engineering Heights Campus quickly became a hub for engineering innovation, attracting students and faculty from around the world. The campus was home to various engineering disciplines, including civil, electrical, mechanical, chemical, and industrial engineering, as well as computer science and applied mathematics. The campus also boasted state-of-the-art facilities, such as modern research and computer laboratories, spacious lecture halls, and an extensive library. Life at the Engineering Heights Campus was more than just academics; it was a thriving and close-knit community where students and faculty came together to learn, connect, and grow. The campus was renowned for its strong sense of camaraderie and collaboration, fostering lifelong friendships and professional networks. Students at the Engineering Heights Campus had access to a wide range of extracurricular activities, including various clubs, sports teams, and cultural events. Between classes in early springtime, I remember enjoying many intramural beer/softball games. From the engineering club to the chess team, there was something for everyone to enjoy and get involved in. The campus also hosted an annual Engineers’ Ball, a much-anticipated event where students came together to celebrate their achievements and unwind after a year of hard work. The Engineering Heights Campus played a pivotal role in shaping the Bronx’s reputation as a center for engineering excellence. The campus served as a catalyst for innovation, with many of its graduates going on to make significant contributions to their respective fields. Among its notable alumni were engineers who worked on groundbreaking projects such as the development of the artificial heart, the design of the first communications satellite, and the creation of the first computer language for artificial intelligence. The campus also had a profound impact on the local community, providing educational opportunities and resources for Bronx residents. The campus was a source of pride for the community and served as an inspiration for aspiring engineers and scientists in the area. Due to financial challenges and the need for consolidation, NYU decided to close the Engineering Heights Campus and sell the property in 1973. The campus was eventually acquired by the City University of New York (CUNY), which transformed it into the Bronx Community College. NYU’s strong engineering tradition continues with the Tandon School here in its new home in Brooklyn. Though the Engineering Heights Campus no longer exists, its spirit and legacy live on through the lives of those who studied and worked there. The campus will always be remembered for its unique combination of academic excellence, vibrant community life, and lasting impact on the field of engineering. The lessons and teachings I learned while there are still relevant to my life and work even today. In summary, the NYU Engineering Heights Campus in the Bronx may have closed its doors almost five decades ago, but the memories of its contributions to my engineering education and its impact on the lives of countless students and faculty remain strong. As I look back with nostalgia, we honor and celebrate the legacy of this once-vibrant institution and the many lives it touched. The Engineering Heights Campus will forever hold a special place in the hearts of those who were fortunate enough to be part of its story. Robert (Bob) Katz Class of 1973 School of Engineering Department of Industrial Engineering/Operations Research
I found this well-used bookmark souvenir from the Hall of Fame Players whilst cleaning out a desk. Nora Lee Mandel, MLP, Class of 1973 Nora Lee Mandel Class of 1973 Photo by Nora Lee Mandel page 109
110 page Michael B. Rubin Class of 1973 170 Talbott St. Apt. 104 Rockville, MD 20852 September 18, 2023 Hi fellow graduates of the New York University class of 1973, I am attaching a few photos mainly taken by my father at my graduation from NYU’s School of Engineering and Applied Science at the Heights campus, in June 1973. They were taken with a Polaroid camera that developed the photos instantly. The four photos from top left clockwise are: 1. me at the stage in front of the graduation receiving an award for graduating first in the mechanical engineering department, 2. me, my mother, father, mother’s mother, and step-grandfather, 3. the Heights College of Arts and Sciences main library with the letters S O L D on the columns in the front of the library, and 4. me standing in line with the top students in the other engineering departments before going on stage to get our awards. I know that after my junior year I had the 3rd highest GPA in the entire School of Engineering and Applied Science. I got all As in my senior year so I could very well have graduated number 2 or number 1 in the entire School. However, I was not told what number in the entire School of Engineering and Applied Science I graduated as. I have numerous fond memories of studying and being in classes at NYU including working on physics problems at first on Friday evenings with my friend Jimmy Otalora, then all day Saturday too with him. I was a very serious student and never socialized while going to college due to my parents forbidding me to date or go to parties, which I obeyed unfortunately. I remember things professors said about me in classes, where nobody knew who I was because I never said anything in class. I was very shy and afraid to speak up in class because my parents had brought me up in a very strict manner. Basically, my mother told me what to do after consulting with me father. I had no say in my life. I was expected to do what I was told by my mother to do and not encourage or even allowed to think for myself. I realized later in life that I was very creative. But my parents suppressed my creativity. After the first exam in Dynamic Systems Controls, a junior mechanical engineering class, the teacher, Professor Wolfe, was asked in class “What was the average grade on the exam?” His reply was “62. But there was one student who got 100. Guess who? I got 100 on all of Professor Wolfe’s exams and most of the exams I took in all my other courses, including on all the exams in the math courses I took. I hardly knew any of the other mechanical engineering students. I was always way ahead of all the other students in studying and doing assignments. I did have enjoyable discussions with many of my professors. A favorite of mine was Professor Barry Wolf(e). I am not sure if he had an (e) at the end of his last name or not. In the class Advanced Strength of Materials with Professor Singer, to my amazement he read out loud the average grades of all the students at our last class. He gave a quiz every week and three major exams. He allowed students to take two make-up quizzes, for quizzes they did poorly on and one make-up exam for an exam they did poorly on. I remember when he got to me in the list of students he said “Mr. Rubin is the star of the class. He had a 100% average in the quizzes and a 99.5% average in the exams. And he did not take any make-up quizzes or exams!” In my first Mechanical Engineering Design Course I remember students asking one of the professors questions about the first design problem we were given. The professor answered the student and then said “One student already finished the design.” Guess who that was? Unfortunately, NYU was in bad shape financially my senior year and there was no money to support the machinery in the basement of Sage Hall that was used in previous years’ design courses. I remember there was a steam turbine, various engines, and a machine shop there with machines for building components for machines a student could design. Those were not available to us. Instead, we worked on analytical designs. In my Spanish class, the teacher, Professor Wayne Finke after a while started to call me “Einstein,” because I was the only student in his class who knew the answer to all his questions. He gave me a gift for every exam I got the highest grade in, which was all his exams. His gifts include two tickets to see Man of La Mancha on Broadway (I took my mother with me to see it), and gold cuff-links from Toledo, Spain. I regret not attending any of the parties he had where he lived on 14th Street in Manhattan, that I was forbidden to attend by my parents, and that I was totally oblivious to all the non-academic events and clubs on campus.
I was a commuter student due to my parents forbidding me to live on or near campus. In fact, they forbade me to go away to college though I could have gotten accepted by almost any college or university. I lived with my family in the Bronx, a 45 minute commute to NYU. We were poor. I shared two twin beds with my two brothers. In the winter, my father shut the heat at 10 pm and my mother put it on at 5 am. One winter we had no heat because the furnace broke down and there was no money to fix it. When the furnace was working, I was able to take one shower for three minutes a week. When it broke down I was only seven or eight years old, the oldest of four children. My mother used to boil pots of water and carry them upstairs once every couple of weeks. The four of us took a bath together. Sometimes one of the neighbors let us use her shower and sometimes we’d travel to my grandmother’s coop in Flushing, Queens and take a shower. In my 3rd year at NYU, when I took all mechanical engineering courses plus two math courses, I figured out how to get into Sage Hall, the mechanical engineering building on the weekend although the front door was locked. I commuted to the campus every weekend and studied all day and night Saturday and Sunday in the building. I am quite sure I was the only person in the entire building. I remembered telling Professor Wolfe that I figured out how to get into Sage Hall on the weekend and that it was very quiet. He replied “I’m sure it is. Just like in a morgue!” I enjoyed math a lot and took seven math courses, two more than all the other mechanical engineering students and three more than most of the other students. My differential equations professor was so impressed with how good I was at solving differential equations that he asked me to do research for him at NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences using numerical methods, something new then, to solve partial differential equations representing plates. I wish the School of Engineering and Science had recognized +s and -s because I would have gotten way over a 4.0 GPA if they had and graduated summa cum laude. Instead they lowered grades with a + and raised those with a -. As a result I ended up with a 3.864 GPA and just missed summa cum laude. In particular, I got 100 in all the exams in the seven math courses I took. Thank you. Michael B. Rubin, B.E.M.E. NYU ’73, M.S.M.E. Cornell ’75, M.P.M. page 111
112 page Here are two pages from an old photo album I made that has three photos from the NYU Heights Campus and two from NYU’s graduation in 1973 at Madison Square Garden. On the first attached file the top photo is me on the far left two students and two professors. It was taken in a conference room in Sage Hall, where the mechanical engineering department was. I was at the meeting as the President of Pi Tau Sigma, the national mechanical engineering honor society. The other two students were there as newly elected members of NYU’s chapter of Pi Tau Sigma. On the far right is Professor S.H. Chan, one of my favorite professors, who I’m sure was a member of Pi Tau Sigma. The man second from the right is Professor Richard Thorsen, who I believe was made an honorary member of NYU’s chapter of Pi Tau Sigma, chosen by the student members. Professor Thorsen is I believe now a vice-president at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering. The horizonal photo in the middle on the right side of the page shows me to the left as President of Pi Tau Sigma, and Tony DiMarco, Vice President of Pi Tau Sigma. I was installing new members of Pi Tau Sigma. The vertical photo on the left side of the page shows me and Eugidio DiPrisco I believe (I might have the spelling of his name wrong) standing at the entrance to Sage Hall, the mechanical engineering building, where I spent countless hours studying, including on the weekends, when I was the only person in the entire building. I was a commuter student. I went to the campus every day of the week to study and work on course problems. Sage Hall was locked on the weekends, but I figured out way to get into it. Don’t tell anybody!
On the second attached file, the top two photos were taken outside Madison Square Garden, where NYU held its all university graduation in 1973. On the left photo one of my brothers (out of two) is sitting. On the right side of the photo one of my sisters (out of two) is sitting. The photo to the right shows me with my mother and father. I was the first person in my mother’s or father’s family to graduate from college in the U.S. as far as I know and maybe anywhere. Michael B. Rubin, B.E.M.E. NYU ’73, M.S.M.E. Cornell ’75, M.P.M. Photos courtesy of Michael B. Rubin, B.E.M.E ’73 page 113
114 page Heights Alumni Association Board of Directors with Dean Matthew Santirocco (far left) circa 1998 Photo taken by NYU photographer and submitted by Susan Tabor Wahman, Class of 1961.
Photo courtesy of Michael B. Rubin, B.E.M.E ’73 page 115
116 page Photo by Bruce Prussack E ’71, ’73, ’81
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