[dropcap sid="dropcap-1446591497"]"L[/dropcap]eadership has changed dramatically over my career,” says distinguished alumnus Stan Ross, one of the nation’s most influential real estate accountants and chairman of the Lusk Center for Real Estate at the University of Southern California. Ross built a successful career as vice chairman of Ernst & Young and managing partner of E&Y Kenneth … Continue reading Stan Ross (’56) on Leadership
In Memoriam Fall 2015–Winter 2016
Baruch College offers its condolences to the family and friends of the more than 80 alumni
Making Learning Fun
This alumnus is the genius behind the popular, twice-released educational toy robot 2-XL (shown here) among many other claims to fame
Crain’s “40 Under 40” Fame
The alumnus calls the recognition by Crain's New York Business “a great honor, especially when I realized it encompassed all sectors and amazing people from all different backgrounds”
A Refocused Life
With hindsight, this alumnus realizes that his Baruch-business training and subsequent successful career ensured the artistic freedom he enjoys in his second career. “I don’t have to worry about being commercial," he says. "I do what I want to do artistically and flow from there”
For the People
This MPA grad had long aspired to a career in public service, but elected office wasn’t on her radar until she received a one-word message on a graded assignment for one of her Baruch master’s degree classes. "Not only had I gotten a high grade," recalls the alumna, "but the only comment on the front of the paper was ‘RUN!’”
An Independent Woman
Passionate about her Polish-Jewish heritage, this alumna made a $1 million estate gift to endow the Ruth Printz O’Hara Professorship in Holocaust Studies to support a faculty member affiliated with the College's Sandra Kahn Wasserman Jewish Studies Center
Bringing Ideas to Fruition
Fresh and innovative, Baruch’s Makerspace encourages students’ critical thinking and creativity across the curriculum
Greatly Admired, Respected & Loved
Cherished memories of this beloved alumnus pored in from his friends in the alumni community, including four tributes from Joel J. Cohen (’59), Lawrence Zicklin (’57), Dov Schlein (’70), and Bernard Laterman (’52)