Special thanks to Dean Maria Ann Conelli, School of Visual, Media and Performing Arts, for her support throughout this project and making this exhibit a reality. Many thanks to Asya Dodina who assisted with all facets of preservation, planning and installation of the exhibit; and to Beth Farryn Levine, Associate Executive Director, Brooklyn College Foundation for her expert guidance. We are greatly appreciative of Joseph LoGuirato’s graphic design for both the exhibit and catalogue. We are grateful to Colin McDonald for his expert software design for the touch screen and Emily Fairey for designing a terrific exhibit website.
Michelle J. Anderson, President Brooklyn College
Maria Ann Conelli, Dean: School of Visual, Media and Performing Arts
Mary Mallery, Chief Librarian and Exec. Director of Academic Information Technology
Brooklyn College gratefully acknowledges these members of the Class of 1964 for their generosity and commitment to the preservation of this important piece of our history.
Potoula Anastation
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Arlene Baxt
Stephen M. Belis
Rochelle Benezra
Michele J. Birnbaum
Julia M. Blair
Leonard Blum
Martin Brenner
Eva Brisman
Roslyn H. Chernesky
Adele F. Cohen
Rita E. Cooperman
Madelyn Donoff
Robert F. Dore
Jeanette Dowdell
Shirley F. Ebner
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Bonita Ganot
Ronald B. Gold
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Leonard Goldberg
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Arthur M. Goldstein
Eileen I. Haber-Davis
Joel A. Hertz
Rita Hofer
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Philip Howort
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Lawrence K. Katz
Roslyn M. Kaye
Leslie W. Keena
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Gershom Kravitz
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Arthur H. Mackler
Barbara J. Malinsky
Judith A. Malz
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