Baruch Professor of Accountancy Emeritus Leopold Bernstein (’55) passed away on Feb. 11. A resident of Haworth, N.J., Bernstein taught at Baruch from 1962 to 1995 and was the author of two significant accounting texts, Financial Statement Analysis: Theory, Application, and Interpretation and Advanced Accounting, the latter written with Calvin Engler.
Born in 1927 in the Austro-Hungarian province of Bukovina (now the Ukraine), Bernstein immigrated to Israel during World War II to escape Bukovina’s occupation by the Nazis. He began studying accounting in Israel and later came to New York to complete his studies at Baruch. He obtained an MBA from Harvard in 1957 and worked for the accounting firm of Lybrand, Ross Bros. and Montgomery in Massachusetts before transferring to the New York office. He earned his PhD from New York University in 1965 while teaching at Baruch. Bernstein is survived by his wife, Cynthia; his children, Deborah and Jeffrey; and grandchildren Jennifer and Stephanie.
Arthur W. Brown died Jan. 12 at the age of 88 in Baldwinsville, N.Y. Born in Sheshequin, Penn., Brown graduated from St. Thomas College and received his master’s degree from Cornell and his doctorate from Syracuse University. During his career, he was head of the English Department at Utica College, president of Adelphi University, vice president of Fordham University, president of Mary Grove College, and dean of liberal arts and sciences at Baruch from 1972 to 1977. He retired as dean of arts and sciences at the University of Miami in 1992. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; seven children; 26 grandchildren; and 31 great-grandchildren.
The Baruch community was greatly saddened by the loss of Sanjoy Kar, a part-time staff member at the Baruch Computing and Technology Center (BCTC), who was killed in a hold-up at the Dunkin’ Donuts where he also worked as a manager. Kar joined BCTC as an intern from LaGuardia Community College and stayed on after his internship ended, planning to study computer science at Baruch. A responsible and dedicated colleague, he is sorely missed by his friends in BCTC and throughout the campus.
