We mourn the passing of Judy Broadwin, a beloved and exceedingly gifted teacher of math.
“Judy was a wonderful person,” said Professor Warren Gordon, Mathematics Department Chairman. “She loved to teach and felt she was blessed being in our department. Little did she realize we reaped the benefits of her blessing.”
She was a “master teacher,” Gordon said, with the best success rate in the department for students passing calculus, and the fewest students withdrawing–usually none. “No one sat idly in her classroom,” he added. “She made special efforts to intervene early with those students in jeopardy.”
She was also known as the “matriarch of AP Calculus,” having taught hundreds of teachers in AP workshops both locally and throughout the world. She helped design the exam, and was extremely successful in preparing her high school students for it.
Broadwin came to Baruch after a 50-year career teaching at Jericho High School on Long Island and at Queens College. She was a lecturer at Baruch from 2003 to 2015, and was actively involved in training tutors both in SEEK and SACC. She reluctantly retired after suffering an accident that affected her mobility.
“Judy was a warm, energetic,compassionate woman with a tremendous enthusiasm for teaching,” Gordon added. “She had a special relationship with her students. They appreciated her devotion to their education.”
Broadwin died February 23, 2022. She was predeceased by her husband of nearly 60 years, Stanley, and is survived by her daughters, Dr. Beth Belkin and Sharon Lorman; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Her family encourages those seeking to make a donation in her memory to give to Town and Village Synagogue or the SEEK Program at Baruch.
