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1944
Tom Smith (B.S.) of Mount Dora, FL, is a former Hofstra Alumni Organization president. He was honored with the George M. Estabrook Award as well as the Hofstra University Award for Alumni Achievement ...
1946
Ona Curran (B.A.) of Esperance, NY, is an appraiser of antiques and fine art. She has been working with museums, lawyers, historical societies, and insurance companies for more than 20 years. Her book Thomas McIlworth, Colonial New York Portrait Painter was published in May ...
1955
Lt. Col. Charles Dryden (B.A., HND '96) of Atlanta, GA, was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen at a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda ...
1959
Stephen Barbone (B.B.A.) of Oxford, PA, recently performed with the Ambassadors of New Orleans Jazz Band at the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Elat, Israel. His band, Barbone Street, regularly performs in the Philadelphia/Wilmington area. He fondly remembers playing with Professor Herbert Deutsch on Long Island in the 1950s ... Martin Steingesser (B.A.) of Portland, ME, was named the first poet laureate of Portland. In addition, one of his paintings was chosen for the 2007 Portland Museum of Art Biennial ...1961
Ronald Pettit (B.A., M.S.Ed.'66) of Weston, FL, has published his first fictional novel, The Kiddie Cruise, a story of love, coming of age and murder set during the Korean War. He and his wife, Paula (B.S.Ed. '60), recently moved to Weston after having lived in Nissequogue for many years ...
1964
Lynn Cardozo (B.S.) of Westbury, NY, retired after teaching first grade in the Farmingdale School District for 42 years. She is now enjoying being a grandmother ...
1965
Barbara Bengels (B.A.) of Garden City, NY, had an article on Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal published in The Explicator, and an excerpt on grade inflation included in Newsday. She has been giving lectures at local high schools and the Commack Y on subjects ranging from Henry James to science fiction ...
1968
Lawrence Waldman (B.S., M.B.A. '74) of Roslyn Heights, NY, received the "Honorable Men-tion" award at the Long Island Women's Agenda Awards Dinner. He is currently a partner in charge of commercial audit practice development at Holtz Rubenstein Reminick, LLP ...
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