History of Baruch College Book and Exhibit

GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS
Baruch College in the City of New York, 1847-1987

Selma C. Berrol
©1989 Greenwood Press

Index

AACSB. See American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business

AAS. See Associate in Applied Science

Administrative Center, 248

Admission requirements: exclusionary policies, 97—98; Free Academy, 5; in 1969, 215; in 1983, 215; School of Business and Civic Administration, 15; during World War II, 31. See also Open Admissions

Advanced Management Program, 194

Alumni: donors, 252, 253, 254; failure to enroll children, 95—96; of Free Academy, 7; growth, 209; job success, 219—20; loyal to Baruch College, 156; objections to separate Black and Hispanic Alumni Associations, 256; opinions on curriculum, 63; oppose independence, 127; oppose tuition, 104; question open Admissions, 247; remain with City College Alumni Associations, 156

American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business(AACSB), 66, 103, 107-8, 157, 195, 216

Americanization, 62—63, 221

Arkin, Herbert, 138

Associate in Applied Science (AAS): expanded, 60, 67, 87—88; origins, 19; problems, 100, 159

Atlantic Terminal, 133—34, 165, 206, 208-9, 249

Austin, Philip, 245

Baruch, Bernard M.: bequests, 85— 86, 161; gives name to School of Business, 56, 76; lampooned in Lexicon, 172; student at City College, 5; trustee of City College, 10

Baruch Annex, 165

Baruch College Committee on Educational Development, 160, 161

Baruch College Conference Committee (BCCC), 171, 186

Baruch Development Fund, 86, 161

Baruch Endowment Fund, 86, 161

Baruch Scholars Program, 235 Baruch School of Business and Public Administration, 1953— 1968, See Alumni; Cottrell, Donald, 1950 report, 1962 report; Curriculum; Enrollments; Ethnicity; Faculty; Governance plans; Graduate programs; Holy Report; Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges; Nondegree students; Overcrowding; Students

BCCC. See Baruch College Conference Committee

Benewitz, Maurice, 165, 175, 190, 194

Birnbaum, Robert, 160—61, 178

Blacks and Hispanics: Biddle, Stanton, 256; faculty, 167; Gardner, Thomas, 198; Mitchem, John, 211 n.22; and Open Admissions, 175, 176, 178; Pappy, Adele, 167; Smith, Donald, 172, 197; “stars,” 256; students, 94— 95, 142, 238; Williams, Audrey, 167, 199

Board of Higher Education: Atlantic Terminal Site, 206, 208; Citizens Commission on the Future of the City University of New York (Wagner Commission), 202; college structure, 156; Committee on Personnel (Stroup Committee), 42; creates Certificate of Continuous Employment, 91; establishes Committee on the Future of the Baruch School (Keppel Committee), 130; evening session, 60, 69; events leading to establishment of Baruch College, 122, 128-33, 135, 137, 141; expansion needs, 115; faculty, 42, 48, 51, 90, 189; fees, 171; fiscal crisis, 174; Long Range Planning Committee (Holy Committee), 114; Open Admissions, 177; Personnel and Budget Committee, 48; appoints Robert Weaver, 141; Student Center, 85; teacher education program, 193; Top One Hundred Scholar Program, 176; transfer policies, 159; women students, 25, 33; work load reduction, 90 Bowker, Albert, 106, 175, 176, 204 Briloff, Abraham, 86, 138 Brown, Arthur (Dean), 191, 214

Center for Collective Bargaining in Higher Education, 190, 194—95

Citizens Commission on the Future of the City University of New York (Wagner Commission), 202

City University of New York: ad hoc degree, 161; Construction Fund, 176; creation, 105—6; fiscal crisis, 202—5; Kibbee becomes Chancellor, 204; Master Plans (1964), 121; Master Plans (1972), 206; salaries, 91; unionization, 168. See also Board of Higher Education; Bowker, Albert; Open Admissions

Cohen, Jerome: Acting President, 159—60, 165, 173, 175; Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, 89, 90; college structure, 138; Ph. D. program, 107; subchairman of economics department, 90

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of City College, 12, 29, 35, 63- 64, 72, 125, 157

College Relations (public relations), 70, 162, 189

Committee on Social Activities, 93, 185

Communications Skills Program, 198-99

Community colleges, 98, 99, 100, 236-37

Compensatory Education Department, 198-99, 233, 237

Connelly, Francis (Dean), 246

Continuing Education Program, 193, 232

Cottrell, Donald: advocates expansion, 175; 1950 report, 87, 97; 1962 report, 44, 115, 116, 120, 121

Curriculum: Baruch School of Business and Public Administration, 87, 88; bridge programs, 195—96, 226; common core, 196, 228, 229—30; control of, 163,187; Cottrell’s views, 120; Division of Vocational Subjects, 11; minor, 226—27; School of Business and Civic Administration, 17, 18, 20-21, 48, 60, 61, 64,65, 66, 67; School of Business and Public Administration of Baruch College, 158; School of Education, 192—93, 229; School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 157-58, 226, 228-30

Departments: Accounting, 20, 41, 57, 60, 82, 84, 124, 126, 195; Black and Hispanic Studies, 167, 172; Business Administration, 41, 60; Compensatory Education, 172, 198-99, 233, 237; Economics, 12, 14, 20, 41, 57, 60, 90, 116; Education, 136, 140, 192; English, 12, 60, 126, 166, 172, 178, 230; Foreign Language Departments, 12, 186, 195; Government (Political Science), 12, 57, 64, 116; History, 12, 57, 90, 126, 135, 172, 229- 30, 232; Law, 41, 57, 60; Management, 91, 198; Marketing, 90, 91, 126; Mathematics, 126, 172, 178; Music, 163; Natural Sciences, 186, 228; Philosophy, 139, 160; Physical and Health Education, 192, 233; Psychology, 57, 116, 126; Sociology, 12, 161, 173; Speech (Public Speaking), 86; Statistics, 91, 138, 169; Student Life (Student Personnel Services), 62, 72, 73, 74, 88, 165, 178, 233

Diplomas, 11, 14, 15, 19, 31, 32

Division of Vocational Subjects and Civic Administration, 11 — 12, 22

Edwards, George (Dean), 22, 44

Eilbert, Henry, 90, 138, 159, 191

Endowed chairs: Lippert, 253; Speiser, 253; Wollman, 140

Enrollments: falling, 96—97; low in School of Education, 231; low in School of Liberal Arts, 160; 1929-1949, 30-31; 1980s, 214- 15; under Open Admissions, 174

Ermilio, Tony, 185

Ethnicity: faculty changes, 167; open admissions impact, 179; recent, 220—21

Evening session: criticisms of, 59- 60; curriculum, 17—18

Faculty: achievements, 254; apathy, 256; benefits, 224, 249, 250, 251, 252; evening session, 59; fiscal crisis impact, 204—5; Free Academy, 4, 6; graduate programs, 68; grants and evaluation, 188—89; growth, 165—66, 222—23; improved conditions,90, 91; interschool hostility, 161—62; lack of cohesion, 255; liberal arts and sciences problems, 92; Open Admissions response, 197; oppose move to Brooklyn, 133, 208; organizing college, 156; part-time, 103; Presidential Excellence Awards, 247; reorganization, 49—51; School of Business and Civic Administration, 12, 21—22, 40, 41—42, 43; Senate, 168—69; separation, 116, 117, 122—25, 127, 129, 133; space, 114, 116, 119; student unrest, 170—71; transition decisions, 135—36, 138—40; unionization, 168

Feit Seminars, 226

Feldman, Herman (Dean): Americanizer, 62; background, 56; curriculum, 60—61; defends School of Business and Civic Administration, 44; evening session, 59; leaves, 65; physical conditions, 57—59; student radicalism, 46; women students, 35

Finkelman, Jay, 188

Finley, John, 9

Fiscal crisis (1975—76), 203—5

Frazier, Thomas, 163, 164, 191

Free Academy, 1—7. See also Harris, Townsend

Freshman orientation: camp, 88; Chapel, 71; colloquium, 89; seminar, 188

Gadol, Joan, 93—94

Gallagher, Buell (President), 117— 19, 122-23, 125, 127, 134, 135

Globus lectures and seminars, 225

Golub, Lester (Dean), 231, 232

Governance plans, 186—87, 251—52

Graduate programs: accreditation problems, 195, 216; BBA/MBA, 16—17; criticized, 67—68; ends thesis requirement, 195; expanded, 89—90; Master of Science in Education, 160; MBA in Labor Relations, 195; MBA/JD, 195; MPA, 68, 89; MPA in Educational Administration, 159; Ph.D, 106—8; separate MBA program, 20

Grand Central Palace, 24

Graves, Earl, 256

Green, David, 245, 246

Griffen, John (Dean), 191, 194

Harris, Townsend, 1—2, 3—4

Heald Report (Meeting the Increasing Demand for Higher Education in New York State), 97

Holy Report (Report of the Committee to Look to the Future of the Board of Higher Education), 4, 114, 175

House Plan Association, 73, 74

Hyman, Seymour, 133, 177, 207

Institutional Research, Office of, 186, 237-38

Jewish students, 14, 26, 38, 62— 63, 94, 95, 96, 201

Kamenoff, Ralph, 72

Kay, Patricia, 192, 233

Lang, Theodore, 159, 193, 214

Lavender, Andrew (Dean), 126, 139, 164

Le Clerc, Paul (Provost), 237, 245— 46

Legislative Conference, 168

Leinwand, Gerald (Dean), 136, 140, 164, 191-92, 193, 214

Levenstein, Aaron, 87, 205

Levy, Louis, 138, 139, 162, 214

Lirtzman, Sydney, 214, 222

Long Island University, 132—33

Love, Robert: college structure, 139; conflicts, 69, 102; evening session, 59—60; Intensive Technical and Business Program (ITBP), 65, 69; survey committee, 48

Macchiarola, Frank, 163

Manhattan Community College, 117, 118

Manson, Jules, 159

Martinez, Robert, 256

Mason, Eli, 207

Mayers, Lewis, 56, 60, 71, 82

Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges: 1955 report, 90, 101, 102, 103, 114; 1966 report, 91; 1972 report,186, 247; 1978 report, 225, 226, 231, 245, 247, 253

Mikulsky, Marylin, 248

Minority Small Business Program, 194

Mintz, Bernard, 190, 214

Mitchell Act, 98

Monat, William (Dean, Vice-President), 190

Moore, Justin (Dean), 22, 45, 47, 48, 59, 83

Mulligan, Agnes, 90, 93, 126

Nallin, Walter, 163

National Institute for Collective Bargaining in Higher Education, 194-95

Newhouse, Bertha, 159, 167, 179, 191

Newton, David, 88—89, 105, 169, 181

New York State Chamber of Commerce, 10

New York State Dormitory Authority, 137, 149

New York State Education Department, 18, 21, 136

New York State Legislative Institute, 190, 194

New York State Statistical Project, 194. See also Griffen, John

Nondegree students (nonmatriculants, limited matriculants, qualifying nonmatriculants): in Baruch School of Business and Public Administration, 95, 97, 101, 102; origins, 9, 11; in School of Business and Civic Administration, 15, 18—19, 30, 32, 41, 65, 69

Norton, Thomas (Dean): background, 66; cooperative business training program, 67; curriculum, 66—67; evening session, 69; faculty, 43; graduate program, 68; leaves, 81; overcrowding, 70; veterans, 40; women, 34

Open Admissions: analysis of, 180—81; background, 175—78; at Baruch College, 173, 175, 178; curtailed, 199; impact and evaluation, 197—201; problems, 179— 80; students, 178—79

Orleans, Jacob, 101, 102

Overcrowding; need for space, 23— 24, 44, 57-59, 70, 113-16; and Open Admissions, 174; Segall attempts to relieve, 247—49; Wingfield attempts to relieve, 206—9

Parents’ Day, 84

Phonathon, 210, 252, 253

Pierson, Frank E., 103, 110 n.35 Police Science: AAS, 67; BBA, 87;loss of, 88; MPA, 87

Professional Staff Congress (PSC), 91, 168, 251

Quinones, Augustas “Gus,” 217, 218

Rachman, David, 227

Reinhardt, Hedwig, 93

Research centers: Center for Management, 253; Center for the Study of Business and Government, 253; Center for the Study of Women in Business, 253; Graduate Business Study and Resource Center, 253

Robinson, Frederick (Dean, President): antiradicals, 45, 47; first Dean of School of Business and Civic Administration, 12, 13; leads Division of Vocational Subjects, 11; limited matriculants, 60; and new building, 23, 24, 25; resignation, 45; women, 33

Robison, Helen, 192

Rosner, Lester, 174

Ruckes, Herman, 50, 65

Saidel, Frank, 98, 191

Saxe, Emanuel: AACSB, 108; background and personality, 82—83; criticizes faculty, 92; retires,140; searches for space, 113, 114—15; separation crisis, 118, 124, 125, 126, 129; student caliber, 99, 100; transition, 134—35, 136-37

School of Business and Civic Administration (1919—1953). See Alumni; Cottrell, Donald, 1950 report, 1960 report; Curriculum; Enrollments; Ethnicity; Faculty; Governance plans; Graduate Programs; Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges; Nondegree students; Overcrowding; Students

School of Business and Public Administration: accreditation, 216; attracts students, 224; curriculum, 158, 227, 228; faculty, 166, 167, 222; interschool hostility, 161—62, 196—97; research, 189; structure, 156; students, 224. See also Community Colleges; Transfers; Graduate Programs

School of Education: approves core curriculum, 229; becomes School of Education and Educational Services, 223; creation, 191; problems, 231-33; women faculty, 223

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences: curriculum, 157—58, 195, 196; faculty, 135, 162, 164-65; problems, 160, 224, 225; remedies, 224—30; research, 189; structure, 156

SEEK program, 170, 174, 176, 177, 178, 188, 198, 234

Segall, Joel (President): administrative center, 248; arrives, 214; background, 244; Baruch scholars, 235—36; expands faculty, 222; faculty meetings, 256; favors broad study for BBA, 228; fund raising, 252; minority faculty and students, 255, 256; plans new campus, 248—49; protects BBA, 222; refutes criticism of student caliber, 236; renovation of main building, 247

Senate: Baruch faculty, 163, 169, 186, 246, 250, 251; University faculty, 168, 177, 255

Silberman, Aaron, 225

Special Committee on the Future of the Baruch School (Keppel Committee), 130, 131, 132, 157

Stansky, Mildred, 256

Stevens, Martin (Dean): arrives, 225, 245; curriculum, 226, 228—30; faculty, 222—23; Globus programs, 225—26; leaves, 230; at School of Education, 232; writing across curriculum, 230

Strayer Report (A Survey of the Colleges Under the Control of the Board of Higher Education of the City of New York), 43

Strayer-Yavner Education Management Study, 87, 105

Students: activities, 73—74; aid,71, 203; caliber, 197, 233-34; Center, 74, 84—85; employment, 71, 76, 219—20; guidance, 71 — 72; House Plan Association, 73— 74; Lamport House, 74; protest (1968), 103-5; protest (1970), 169—72; radicalism, 45—47, 75— 76; scholarships and honors, 197—98, 235; transfers, 221—22, 236-37

Survey Committee, 48, 49

Task Force on the Future of the Baruch School, 124, 128

Temares, Lew, 190

Thomas, Samuel (Dean), 90, 141, 191, 222, 246

Torres, Joseph, 238, 255, 256

Townsend Harris High School, 22, 23, 25, 44-45, 58, 70

Tuckman, Bruce (Dean), 191 Tuition, 98, 104, 187, 202, 203, 205, 214

Twelve Who Made It Big, 254

Valinsky, David, 169

Veterans, 32, 34, 40, 55

Vredenburg, Donald, 228

Weaver, Robert (President): accomplishments, 172—73; appointed president, 139, 141; background, 141—42; faculty relations, 141; postpones arrival, 140—41; resigns, 142, 172; response to Black students, 142; restructure of college, 140

Weissman, George, 156—57, 228, 253

Wessell Commission (Temporary State Commission on the Future of Post-Secondary Education in New York), 205

Wingate, John, 43, 66, 69

Wingfield, Clyde: arrives, 185; creates centers, 194—95; expands administration, 189—90; evaluation of, 209—10; fiscal crisis, 204—5; governance plan, 186—87; respond to 1972 Middle States report, 186; new campus, 207—9; defends Open Admissions, 187;opposes tuition, 187; School of Education, 191

Winokur, Morris, 164

Wollman, Morton, 86, 140, 253 Women: admitted to day session,25, 33; attracted to teaching, 37; faculty, 92-93, 94, 166-67, 223- 24; post World War II, 34-36; during World War II, 33-34

Wood Foundation, 253

Wright, Harry (President), 50, 51,75

Wright, Ruth (Dean), 62, 72, 88,90

Wyschograd, Michael, 139, 160, 161