In Memoriam: Fall 2012 – Winter 2013

The Baruch community was saddened by the passing of Jeanne (Silverstein) Mishkin (’34) last July. She was 91 years old. In 1991 Jeanne and her husband, Sidney (also Class of ’34), gave what at that time was the second-largest gift ever received by Baruch College (the largest being the legacy left by Bernard Baruch himself). Their gift—valued at approximately $2 million—endowed ten 2-year scholarships for undergraduate accountancy majors and enriched the collection of the College’s art gallery, which was named the Sidney Mishkin Gallery in his honor.

“Jeanne was deeply committed to ensuring opportunities for young people to advance their education, just like those Baruch had given her and Sidney,” remembers City University of New York Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, president of Baruch College at the time of the Mishkins’ gift. “She was a warm, vibrant, and elegant woman, and my wife and I adored her,” continues Goldstein. “She was very much the matriarch: smart, decisive, caring. She left an indelible mark on everyone who knew her and had an important impact on the College.” Mrs. Mishkin was also a member of Baruch’s Benchmark Society.

Of this beloved alumna and her husband, Mishkin Gallery director Sandra Kraskin says: “With their name and their generous donation, the Mishkins put Baruch’s gallery on the cultural map in New York City.”

The College also says goodbye to:

Louis P. Schleimer ’30, ’38
Edward Lewis ’32
George Brezel ’35
*Nettie (Honig) Israel ’35
Morris F. Phillips ’36
Joseph D. Blatt ’37
Herbert N. Abrams ’39
*Irving Hochberg ’40
Helen Hollinger Reiser ’40
Henry S. Blauer ’41
Daniel Chanes ’41
Charles Ernst ’41
Mitchell Fastow ’41
Albert Schultz ’41
Robert S. Alssid ’42
Bernard R. Brill ’42
Ferle L. Fox ’42
Leo I. Irvings ’42
Kenneth Nagelberg ’42
Rhoda E. Rutsky ’42
*Frances Villara ’42
Bernice G. Kaplan ’43
Marvin Rosen ’43
Martin Schildkraut ’43
Edward M. Weinberg ’43
Gilda Floersheimer ’44
Milton Kovner ’46
Sidney Salters ’46
Asher B. Abelow ’47
Lillian S. Ader ’47
Milton R. Kliger ’47
Robert B. Schein ’47
Isaac Behar ’48
Martin Brodsky ’48
Elliott A. Browar ’48
Sigmund Ebner ’48
Irving Fein ’48
Ruth (Lippel) Gibbs ’48
Jerome Kivial ’48
Sheldon Lippman ’48
Walter A. Mendelsohn ’48
Leonard Robinson ’48
Harvey Sternbach ’48
Irving Sultan ’48
Paul J. Wendell ’48
Herbert Cheskin ’49
Shepard B. Goldman ’49
Ephram Charles ’50
Leslie Lazar Kanuk ’50, MBA ’64
Arthur M. Lesser ’50
Solomon Liebowitz ’50
Joyce C. Segal ’50
Milton Weinger ’50
Matthew Weisman ’50
Norman Williams ’50
Robert F. Sutner ’52, MBA ’54
Seymour Witman ’52
Edgar “Buddy” Freitag ’53
Herbert Michaelis ’54
Robert R. Holly ’55
Howard J. Klumack ’55
Annette (Krasnow) Sternbach ’55
Harold Heller ’58
Ethel Prospect ’58
William L. Furlong MBA ’59
Leonard Stoller ’59
Ben Scott ’60
James M. Russo ’61
Alfred Trucios ’61
Seth A. Hanover ’62
Ambrose P. Murtagh ’63, MBA ’69
Richard C. Shea ’63
Harold Weinstein ’63
Walter M. Mintz MBA ’65
Paul J. Lafata ’68
Richard Dari ’69, MBA ’71
Richard McCaffrey MBA ’69
Michael J. Kane ’70
Edward R. Scanlon ’71
Mangal Gupta MBA ’73
Amparo A. Mejia ’73
*Carl J. Petersen, Jr. ’73
Richard Sciacchitano ’74
Jaclyn S. Sommers ’74
John M. Wilkinson ’74
Miriam S. Ko ’75
Wilfred R. Ramlall ’75
Fortunato Rubino ’78
Susan T. Gladis ’79
Dennis E. Ligus ’81
Scott H. Hyber ’82
Maria F. Simoes ’84
Carmen A. (Ruiz) Polukord ’88
William J. Hunter MPA ’89
Corey E. Green MPA ’07

*Benchmark Society member