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14 unusual facts about Brooklyn College


17233 Stanshapiro

Named for Stanley Shapiro, the teacher-advisor of several Intel Science Talent Search finalists from Midwood High School at Brooklyn College.

A. F. K. Organski

In 1952 he started teaching at the Brooklyn College, moving in 1964 to the University of Michigan, where he became professor of political science and senior research scientist in the Institute for Social Research.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit performing arts presenting organization located on the campus of Brooklyn College.

Dirk Weiler

In 1999, he went to New York City where he studied voice at Manhattan School of Music, City College of New York, and finally at the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College, where he received his Master of Music in 2001.

Emory L. Cowen

Upon his return, a well-known and distinguished psychology faculty member at Brooklyn College, Abraham Maslow, convinced him to further his education in the field of psychology.

Grover C. Stephens

Stephens began his academic career teaching at Brooklyn College (1952–53), after which he joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota (UM) in September 1953.

Jesús Colón

Edna Acosta-Belen, professor of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Albany and Virginia Sanchez Korrol, associate professor and Chair of the Department of Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College, put together a booklet of Colón's writings called "The Way it was and Other Writings".

Joseph Wershba

He entered Brooklyn College but dropped out after 3 years in 1940 and was drafted into the Army during World War II.

Lynne Williams

She returned to New York City and attended Brooklyn College, where she received an M.A. in Experimental Psychology in 1975.

Pamela Talkin

She earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Spanish from the City University of New York at Brooklyn College.

Ruth Aaronson Bari

Bari grew up in Brooklyn and attended Brooklyn College, earning her bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1939.

Shosha Goren

Shosha immigrated to Israel in 1951, while on a visit to the United States, she abandoned her position as teacher of Hebrew Literature and Language, and went to pursue her acting career at Brooklyn College in New York.

Thomas Mermall

He went on to become a full professor of Spanish Literature at Brooklyn College and formed part of the doctoral program of the City University of New York.

William Rarita

Rarita taught physics at Brooklyn College for 32 years before he became a visiting scientist in the theory group at LBNL.


Allie Sherman

He was not only quarterback but captain of the 1941–42 Brooklyn College football team, and a teammate of future longtime Boston Celtics play-by-play man Johnny Most.

Arthur Nowick

Nowick was born in Brooklyn, New York and received his BA degree in Physics in 1943 from Brooklyn College, and MA and PhD degrees in Physics from Columbia University in 1948 and 1950, respectively.

B'nai Yosef Synagogue

Every inch of wall space, including the prayer hall, is covered with murals painted by Archie Rand, professor of art at Brooklyn College, fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, and a Laureate of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture.

Danielle Knafo

She has also taught at a variety of academic institutions including New School for Social Research, Brooklyn College, City University of New York and City College of New York, Adelphi University, Tel Aviv University and Bar-Ilan University

Frederic M. Wheelock

He taught at Haverford College, Harvard University, the College of the City of New York, Brooklyn College, Cazenovia Junior College, the Darrow School for Boys, the University of Toledo, and Florida Presbyterian College.

Jerry Goldstein

Goldstein got his B.S. at Brooklyn College and his Ph.D at Dartmouth College, where he studied magnetospheric cavity mode resonance, a phenomenon in which the Earth's magnetic field traps electromagnetic waves.

John J.A. Jannone

John J.A. Jannone (born in Towanda, Pennsylvania) is a musician, installation artist, videographer, and founder of the graduate programs in Performance and Interactive Media Arts at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, which he directed from 2003-2008.

Leonard Everett Fisher

Between 1932 and 1942, Leonard Everett Fisher continued his training at the Heckscher Foundation (NY), with Moses and Raphael Soyer (NY), with Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League of New York, and Serge Chermayeff at Brooklyn College.

Martha Greenblatt

In January 1962 she received a BSc (cum laude) in Chemistry from Brooklyn College and she chose to work for the Chiclets Chewing Gum Company in Long Island City as a chemist.

Raúl daSilva

daSilva has been an adjunct instructor on the script scenario at St. John Fisher College and a lecturer in screenwriting and directing at NYU, Rochester Institute of Technology, Brooklyn College, and Ithaca College.