Student Receiving Award at New York Trade School Commencement Ceremony

A student (right) is shown shaking the hand of an administrator and accepting an award at a New York Trade School commencement ceremony. Photograph is black and white.

Group photo at New York Trade School Commencement Ceremony, 1959

A group of administrators from the New York Trade School pose at the 1959 commencement ceremony held May 19, 1959. Original caption: "Front: (left to right) Wm. F. Vanderbeek - Kenneth Schweiger - Bernard Rosenstadt - Ralph D. Cole - George E. McLaughlin - Herbert Brod - Edward Hansen. Back: (left to right) James Wright - Lawrence Levenstein - Ronald B. Smith - Roy Wall."

Student being congratulated at a New York Trade School Commencement Ceremony

A student is being congratulated at a New York Trade School commencement ceremony. Administrators and other important persons can be sitting on the stage behind him. Photograph is black and white.

George E. McLaughlin Speaking at a New York Trade School Commencement Ceremony

A George E. McLaughlin, a New York Trade School administrator, is pictured speaking along with others on dais at the May 1958 commencement ceremony of the New York Trade School. Photograph is black and white.

Group photo at a New York Trade School Commencement Ceremony

A group, possibly administrators, pictured at a New York Trade School commencement ceremony. Photograph is black and white and contains some writing in red ink on it.

Student receiving diploma at New York Trade School Commencement Ceremony

A student is shown on stage shaking hands with an administrator at a New York Trade School commencement ceremony. A diploma can be seen in his left hand. Black and white photograph with some damage from folding in upper right hand corner.

Group Photo at a New York Trade School Commencement Ceremony

This is a group photo mainly comprised of the school's administrators taken at the 1958 commencement ceremony of the New York Trade School. Original caption reads, "Back Row - Left to Right: William F. Vanderbeek, Robert H. Scholl, Gurdon Simmon, Miss Marie Kaye, and Peter H. Vermilye. Front Row - Left to Right: Gilbert G. Weaver, George E. McLaughlin, John Clarke, Enders M. Voorhees, Ralph Cole, Frank Casino and Charles Leidig." Black and white photograph.

Speaker at a New York Trade School Commencement Ceremony

A speaker at the 1957 commencement ceremony at the New York Trade School is shown. George E. McLaughlin, superintendent of the school, can be seen amongst other administrators on the stage behind the speaker. Black and white photograph.

Speaker at a New York Trade School Commencement Ceremony

A speaker at a commencement at the New York Trade School. Other administrators can be seen on the dais behind the speaker. Photograph is black and white.

Student Receiving Award at a New York Trade School Commencement Ceremony

Bernard Rosenstadt, an administrator at the New York Trade School, hands an award to a student at the school's 1957 commencement ceremony. Black and white photograph.

Charles W. Merideth at Commencement Ceremony

Charles W. Merideth, sixth president of City Tech, is shown at one of the College's commencement ceremonies. The date of the ceremony is unkown. Charles W. Merideth was the sixth president of the City Tech. He was formerly installed on October 19, 1990. Before coming to City Tech, Merideth had a long career in science and higher education. Under Merideth, the College expanded the number of baccalaureate programs offered by the College.

Ursula C. Schwerin at Groundbreaking Ceremony

Ursula C. Schwerin is pictured with others at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Atrium Building in 1985. Ursula C. Schwerin, a former City Tech student, was president of the College from 1978-1988. She was the first woman to be president of a community college in the CUNY system along with the first woman to be president of a technical college in the U.S. Under Schwerin's tenure, the College made the transition from a two-year to a four-year senior college. and the school was thus renamed New York City Technical College.

Otto Klitgord at 1951 Commencement Ceremony

Otto Klitgord is presiding over the May 24, 1951 commencement ceremony of the New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences held in Carnegie Hall. Otto Klitgord was the first president of the New York City College of Technology. He was named director of the New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences when it was formed in the 1946 and became president in the 1950s when the administration was reorganized. Klitgord served until 1960, making his tenure as president the longest in City Tech's history.

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