THE GRADUATE CENTER, CUNY: 365 Fifth

SPECIAL SECTION: Campaign for The Graduate Center

The Graduate Center
Foundation, Inc.
Gifts and Pledges, January 1-December 31 2003

$1 Million+
Altman Foundation**
Monroe J. Carell, Jr.***

$100,000-$999,999
Anonymous Donors (3)
The Irene Diamond Fund**
The Ford Foundation
Marian S. Heiskell*
Joyce and Seward Johnson Foundation, Inc.***
LCU Foundation
Vera Mowry Roberts, Ph.D.
Jill & Marshall Rose Family Foundation, Inc.***
May & Samuel Rudin Family
Foundation***
Martin E. Segal**
The Thomas W. Smith Foundation*
The Starr Foundation***
The Julien Studley Foundation*

$10,000-$99,999
Alberta B. Arthurs
The Albert and Lin Bildner Foundation, Inc.*
The Blackstone Group LP*
Goldie and David Blanksteen
Muriel H. Block****
Brows Family Fund
Compass Group
The Cousins Charitable Foundation*
Everett Philanthropic Fund
Feil Family Foundation
FleetBoston Financial*
The Georgetown Company*
Gould Investors L.P.*
Alan C. Greenberg Philanthropic Fund
Paula and Jeffrey R. Gural*
Michael Hecht
Helenia Fund*
Diego Hidalgo*
HSBC Bank USA
James Family Charitable Foundation*
Joy of Giving, Inc.
Jane & Robert Katz Foundation
Caroline B. Kennedy***
Leeds Equity Partners III, L.P.
Leonard Litwin
The Malkin Fund Inc.*
MCJ Foundation*
The MSBW Trust*
New York Yankees Foundation
J.W. O'Connor & Co. Inc.
Morton and Carole Olshan
One Liberty Properties*
Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations
Dr. Adamantia Pollis
The Polonsky Foundation
Ambassador Felix G. Rohatyn
The Adam R. Rose Foundationc
The Segal Company*
Beatrice B. Slater**
The Honorable Jean Kennedy Smith***
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal*
Richard Steinberg
Charles J. Tanenbaum and Szilvia Szmuk-Tanenbaum
The Taubman Company, LLC
Taubman Investments LLC
TishmanSpeyer Properties*
Caroline Urvater
Vornado Realty L.P.
Estate of Frances Doonan Walter****
Estate of Otto L. Walter****

$1,000-$9,999
Anonymous Donor
42nd Street Development Corporation / The 42nd Street Fund*
Albanese & Albanese LLP/Albanese Building Company
Dr. Karen C. Altfest and Dr. Lewis J. Altfest
American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
Andor Capital Management
Aventis Pharmaceutical
Stephen M. Axinn
Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC
Allen I. Bildner
Professor Rosemarie Bletter
James A. Block*
Bloomberg
Edward & Susan Blumenfeld Foundation
David Bolotsky
Bruce S. Brickman
Fortuna Calvo-Roth
Cashin Family Fund*
John K. Castle*
CB Richard Ellis*
The City CollegeCUNY
Timothy C. Collins*
Stephen Cooper
The Cooper Family Foundation, Inc.
Leon & Toby Cooperman Foundation
Professor William E. Cross, Jr.
Joan K. Davidson (The J.M. Kaplan Fund)
Professor John P. Diggins
Dobkin Family Foundation
John Dougherty
Kathleen A. Dunn
Dunphy Family Foundation*
Eastdil Realty Co., L.L.C.
Eastgate Realty Corp.
Joseph H. Ellis
Dr. Linda A. Ellis and Mr. James H. Ellis
Estreich & Company, Inc.
Thomas J. Fanning
Felix Bloch Erben GMBH & Co.
Marcha Prottas Flint, Ph.D., Psy.D.
Frances T. Fisher
Forbes Foundation
The Barry Friedberg and Charlotte Moss Family Foundation
Dr. Bea Friedland
Sylvia H. Fuhrman
Marc S. Ganis
David B. Gerstein
Glenview Capital Management, LLC
Myron S. Glucksman, Esq., and Amanda Gimble
Golden Family Foundation*
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Aaron Gural
Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects
Hallmark Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
Melvyn H. Halper, Esq.
James C. Halpin*
Dr. Mary-Jo Haronian
Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York
Hecht and Company Philanthropic Fund*
Hecht Family Philanthropic Fund*
The Mary C. Henry and Rajpal Sandhu Foundation
Herrick, Feinstein LLP
Robert E. Higgins
Judith M. Hoffman
Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Hyman, Jr.*
The Indira Foundation
Ralph Joel
Barbara and Donald Jonas Philanthropic Fund
Barry A. Kaplan
Craig Kaplan and Anne Helen Hess
Lewis Katz, Esq.
Earle W. Kazis
John L. Kelly
Kelter-Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.
Karen A. & Kevin W. Kennedy
Foundation
Mary E. Ketchum and Richard G. Ketchum
Martin Kimmel
Professor William Kornblum
Morris L. Kramer
Dr. Stuart Krasney
Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Alan Landis
Michael Lappin
Dr. David J. Lehner
The Michael Lynch & Susan Baker Foundation
M.G. 101, LLC
Bernard L. Madoff
Robert K. Marx
Dr. Katherine T. McCaffrey
Joan McCarthy
McCune Foundation
Vincent McGee
Meltzer Weissman, LLP
Rolf Meyersohn
Milton J. Womack, Inc.
The Mindich Family Foundation
Miramax Film Corp.
Professor Jane Ross Moore****
The Garrett and Mary Moran Family Foundation*
Joseph Moses
Dr. Patricia Harrigan Nadosy
Daniel M. Neidich and Brooke G. Neidich Foundation
John C. Nelson
Netlogic Inc.
The New World Foundation
Newmark & Company Real Estate Inc.*
Normandy Realty Partners, LLC
Professor Loraine K. Obler
Greg Ostroff
Frederic S. Papert
David Scott Parker
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Ph.D. Alumni Association of CUNY
Pine Cone Fund
Carole Pittelman
Jack Resnick & Sons Inc. Mgmt.
The Felix & Elizabeth Rohatyn
Foundation
Esther H. Rose, M.D.
Dr. Rose K. Rose
Martin & Joan Rosen Foundation*
Howard J. Rubenstein*
Dr. Margrit W. Rustow
Dr. Christina Maria Sassi-Lehner
Schering-Plough Foundation
Professor George D. Schwab
Dr. Daniel Shapiro
The Sherlund Family Foundation
Stephen B. Siegel*
Smith & Krantz LLP
The Edward and Deanne Spiegel Foundation
Robert K. Steel Family Foundation
The Meyer and Jean Steinberg Family Foundation
Yaromir Steiner
The Judy & Michael Steinhardt
Foundation
Robert Stone
Dr. Michael P. Straher
John H. Streicker
F.G. Sullivan, Jr., Contractor, LLC
Martin Tackel and Abbe Raven
Time Warner Inc.
Professor Carol Kehr Tittle
U.S. Trust Company of New York
United Way of New York City
Bartholomew Voorsanger
Dr. Chao-Yea R. Wang
The John S. and Amy S. Weinberg Foundation
Kim M. Wentworth
Jay W. Wertheimer
Wertheimer Fredman & Siegelman, LLC
WGBH Educational Foundation
Barrie A. & Deedee Wigmore
Foundation
Winter Properties, LLC
The Milton J. Womack Foundation
Migs Woodside
The Donald and Barbara Zucker
Foundation Inc.
Roy J. Zuckerberg Family Foundation

*Gifts secured with trustee assistance
**Represents full amount of pledge made prior to 1/1/03
***Gifts secured with trustee assistance and represents full amount of pledge made prior to 1/1/03
****Planned gifts

Foundation Board Welcomes Two New Members

With great pleasure, The Graduate Center Foundation welcomes two new members to its Board of Trustees.

Myron Glucksman
Photo: Branan Edgens

Myron Glucksman, formerly managing director in Citigroup's Corporate and Investment Bank, has over thirty-four years of transaction and legal experience in global securitization and other securities matters. He provides independent expert advice to boards of directors and audit committees on matters relating to off balance sheet entities. He also advises banks, law firms, corporations, and investors assessing legal, regulatory, accounting, and structural issues related to off balance sheet entities and asset-backed securities.

Mr. Glucksman received a Master of Laws in Corporation Law from New York University (1992), a Doctor of Laws from Fordham University (1985), an MBA, with distinction, in Finance from New York University (1970), and a BS in Engineering from Columbia University (1968).

He has presented to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Securities and to the Financial Executives Institute. He has also been a guest speaker on securitization at Yale Law School, Columbia Law School, M.I.T. Sloan School of Management, and Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy as well as at various industry conferences. Mr. Glucksman is a member of the Bars of New York, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia and is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States.

Robert Wechsler
Photo: Branan Edgens

Robert Wechsler is a native New Yorker who has been a resident of East Hampton since 1975. He attended the Ethical Culture and Fieldston Schools in New York City and graduated cum laude from Harvard College in 1949. He attended the Yale School of Fine Arts from 1949 to 1950.

Mr. Wechsler's early work experience includes various positions in television production, including a stint as associate producer of "The Perry Mason Show" in the 1950s. Later, he joined his family business and ultimately served for over twenty years as president and CEO of Wechsler Coffee Company, which had sales of over $200 million when he retired in 1982. He also founded and served as board chairman of Grill Concepts Inc. (NASDAQ) and its predecessor companies from 1983 to 1999.

Mr. Wechsler has provided many years of service on corporate and non-profit Boards, including those of Restaurant Associates Inc., 92nd Street Y, Guild Hall of East Hampton, and the Interracial Council For Business Opportunity.

The Graduate Center Foundation is a private not-for-profit organization that supports the mission and goals of The Graduate Center through the investment of donated funds and the development of additional resources. The Foundation's Board of Trustees is composed of twenty-three corporate and philanthropic leaders from a range of professions and backgrounds.

Alumni Phonathon is Off and Running

Photos: Larry Cowen

The 2003-2004 Annual Alumni Phonathon, Campaign 365, is off and running and ahead of pace. Last year at this time, 740 gifts totaling $64,211 had been reported. As of January 27, 2004, 994 gifts were counted for a total of $97,624, reflecting approximately a 52% increase in the number of gifts and approximately a 34% increase in funds received. The average gift has risen from $87 to $98. A February Phonathon Follow-up to contact alumni that were missed is now being planned.

This year's Phonathon challenged alumni to try to make a minimum gift of $365—the number of our address in the former B. Altman building, and a dollar a day for a year. The new secured website of the Development and Alumni Relations Office received a record number of gifts for this effort.

In the accompanying photos (top to bottom), Professor Joan Richardson, executive officer of the Ph.D. Program in English; Professor Martin Gitterman, executive officer of the Ph.D. Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences; and Professor Ruth O'Brien, executive officer of the M.A./Ph.D. Program in Political Science, make calls to their programs' alumni. New phone banks in the staff lounge have made calls from faculty and students to alumni more convenient this year.

Vera Mowry Roberts Chair in American Theatre Announced

On October 21, 2003, The Graduate Center held a party for Vera Mowry Roberts, professor emerita of the Ph.D. Program in Theatre, in celebration of her 90th birthday. During the celebration, attended by many of her colleagues and former students, Roberts announced that she had funded the Vera Mowry Roberts Chair in American Theatre.

Speakers at the reception congratulated Roberts and shared stories about working with her over the years. They included Professor Emeritus Rolf Meyersohn, co-chair with Roberts of the Library Associates Executive Committee; two colleagues from the Ph.D. Program in Theatre, Professor Emeritus Edwin Wilson and Distinguished Professor Marvin Carlson; Martin Tackel, a former student; and Nancy Swortzell, a long-time friend and NYU professor who read a message from her husband, Lowell Swortzell, also a professor at NYU. Lloyd Richards, the renowned theater director and former dean of the Yale School of Drama, also made remarks on the occasion.

At the event, President Frances Degen Horowitz surprised Roberts by awarding her The Graduate Center President's Medal. This made Roberts the first person to receive two President's Medals from two different presidents of The Graduate Center. She received her first from President Harold M. Proshansky in 1990.

Dedicate a Seat

Patricia Harrigan Nadosy, a graduate of the Ph.D. Program in Biology, responded to this year's appeal from President Horowitz by making a five-year commitment to dedicate a seat in honor of her advisor at The Graduate Center.

Dedicating a seat in the Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall or the Harold M. Proshansky Auditorium is a unique way to participate personally in The Graduate Center's history and future while providing vital support for its most pressing needs. A seat dedication is a perfect way to honor a loved one, celebrate a birthday, or mark an anniversary. It is an unforgettable and enduring gift that can be named for the donor or a family member, colleague, friend, or company.

In honor of this generous contribution, a plaque with the name of the donor, or a dedication, will be attached permanently to the back of a seat in the Harold M. Proshansky Auditorium or the Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall. All gifts go into the President's Millennial Fund in support of The Graduate Center. Dedicating a seat for $5,000 is fully tax-deductible and payable over a period of one to five years. To reserve your seat, please contact the Development and Alumni Relations Office at (212) 817-7130 or e-mail us at develop@gc.cuny.edu.

TIAA-CREF Consultant Speaks to Faculty

On December 2, Timothy J. Prosser, a senior consultant for estate & tax planning, spoke to faculty on "Opportunities in Estate Planning and Planned Giving." Topics covered included "why estate planning is important," "how assets are distributed at death," "tax planning for your estate," current tax laws, income tax deductions for planned gifts, and charitable gift annuities. Prosser explained how faculty and alumni can both enhance their financial futures and help The Graduate Center ensure vital funds for programs that will enrich the lives of many in the future, and help themselves as well.

When a donor sets up such a charitable gift annuity, he or she receives an immediate income-tax deduction and an income stream for life. The donor then collects regular payments, which do not fluctuate, and a portion of each payment is tax-free. Gift annuities are easy to initiate, and the option of direct deposit to the donor's bank is available. A charitable gift annuity may be initiated for the life of a donor, or of a donor and an heir, and payments can be deferred for years so that they increase in size.

For further information on how to set up this highly effective element of a retirement plan, or to view an illustration of returns with no obligation, please contact Larry Cowen in the Development and Alumni Relations Office at (212) 817-7132 or visit the DARO website, www.gc.cuny.edu/daro.

Biderman Honored at Reception

In November 10 an informal reception in the Foundation Lounge honored Sol Biderman of Brazil, a longtime friend of Graduate Center Foundation Board Member Albert Bildner. Biderman has donated artworks from his personal collection to adorn the walls of the lounge. Pictured at the reception are (left to right) Bildner, President Frances Degen Horowitz, and Biderman. The Foundation Lounge is the recently refurbished seating area for the first floor café, 365 Express, made possible through the generosity of members and friends of The Graduate Center Foundation Board of Trustees. Works from Biderman's collection on display include rare posters and prints by artists such as Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, David Hockney, and Henri de Toulouse Lautrec.

18th Century Reading Room Tour

Photo: Larry Cowen

Charles Tanenbaum (second from right) led a tour of the 18th Century Reading Room on Thursday, November 20, 2003. He spoke about his collection of several hundred 18th-century books, maps, broadsides, manuscripts, and other documents from this period to members of the Groliers Club during a special tour of the Mina Rees Library and the Reading Room. The 18th Century Reading Room also serves as a site of classes, seminars, lectures, gatherings, and exhibits devoted to 18th-century subjects. The collection is on loan to the Mina Rees Library through the generosity of Charles J. Tanenbaum & Szilvia Szmuk-Tanenbaum.