Edward Brender (’48, MBA ’50), 85, of Fresh Meadows, N.Y., passed away on New Year’s Day. Born in Brooklyn, he was a member of the U.S. Army Corps from 1941 to 1945, attaining the rank of sergeant. He received his BBA and MBA from Baruch (then City College Downtown), his LLB from Blackstone College of Law, and his PhD from New York University.

He worked for the City of New York in the Department of Finance, in the Capital Budget Division of City Planning, and finally in the Department of Air Resource as the CFO of budget and planning. He taught accounting at Baruch and had his own accounting practice. In his later years, he enjoyed writing poetry, and his works include The Poetry of Wall Street, his memoirs of WWII, and a self-help book entitled How to Avoid Poverty and Accumulate Wealth. He is survived by his wife, Ruth; three sons; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Bernard M. Halpern ’30
Meyer “Mike” Greenberg ’35
Ephraim Sperman ’37
S. David Iver ’40
Selma Seff Clayton ’42
Walter I. Reich ’47
Irwin H. Trinkoff ’48
Sanford P. Fine ’49
Harry Rabinowitz ’52
Mervyn Shachtman ’57
Martin A. Wetzstein ’60
William P. Shaughnessy MS ’92