Lehman College is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY) in the Bronx, New York City. It started in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College. It became an independent college in CUNY in September 1967. The college is named after Herbert H. Lehman. He was a New York governor, United States senator, philanthropist, and the son of Lehman Brothers co-founder Mayer Lehman. It is a public, comprehensive, coeducational liberal arts college with more than 90 undergraduate and graduate degree programs and specializations. 53% of undergraduate students graduate within six years.

History
Hunter College in the Bronx was built during the 1930s.

Campus

Lehman has a 37-acre (15 hectare) campus with a combination of Collegiate Gothic and modern architecture, located near the Jerome Park Reservoir at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West (250 West 200th Street).

Students
Students at Lehman College are from multiple ethnic and racial identities, multiple language backgrounds, various social classes, and diverse sexual orientations with many international students.

Enrollment (Fall 2018) Lehman College:
 Undergraduates: 12,639
 Graduate Students: 2,148
 Total: 14,787 students

Programs
Lehman College offers a variety of selective and distinguished undergraduate and graduate programs in the Schools of Arts & Humanities, School of Education, School of Natural and Social Sciences (NSS), School of Health Sciences, Human Services, and Nursing, and School of Continuing Education.

Well known faculty
There are nearly 400 full-time faculty. Notable faculty include:
 Allison Amend, Professor of English, novelist, and short story writer
 Michael Bacon, Associate Professor of Music, Lehman alumnus, and Emmy Award winning composer and songwriter; performs in the band the Bacon Brothers with his brother Kevin Bacon
 Jason Behrstock, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Sloan Fellowship winner
 Laird W. Bergad, Distinguished Professor of Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies
 Eugene M. Chudnovsky, Distinguished Professor of Physics
 Jane K. Cleland, Lecturer in English
 Billy Collins, Professor Emeritus of English, United States Poet Laureate 2001–2003
 María Teresa Babín Cortés, Professor Emeritus of Latin American and Latino Studies
 John Corigliano, Professor of Music, Academy Award winner
 Joseph W. Dauben, Distinguished Professor of History
 J. Yellowlees Douglas, former Assistant Professor of English
 Martin Duberman, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History
 Melvin Fitting, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science
 Dmitry Garanin, Professor of Physics
 Nancy Griffeth, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
 Michael Handel, Professor of Mathematics
 Nicholas Hanges, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics (in memoriam)
 David Freeman Hawke, Professor Emeritus of History (in memoriam)
 William M. Hoffman, Associate Professor of Theatre (in memoriam)
 Linda Keen, Professor Emerita of Mathematics, Noether Lecturer
 Ádám Korányi, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science
 William Latimer, Professor of Health Sciences
 Robert Lekachman, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics (in memoriam)
 John L. Locke, Professor of Language Science
 Ursula Meyer, Professor Emerita of Sculpture (in memoriam)
 Margot Mifflin, Professor of English
 Joan Miller (choreographer), former Professor of Dance and founder of the Dance program
 Melvyn B. Nathanson, Professor of Mathematics
 Matt O'Dowd, Associate Professor of Astrophysics
 Victor Pan, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
 Lawrence Raphael, Professor Emeritus of Speech Science
 Stanley Renshon, Professor of Political Science
 Rob Schneiderman, Associate Professor of Mathematics
 Raymond Smullyan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Philosophy
 Marilyn Sokol, Distinguished Lecturer of Theatre
 Christina Sormani, Professor of Mathematics
 Dannielle Tegeder, Associate Professor of Art
 Concetta M. Tomaino, Adjunct Professor of Music
 Lloyd Ultan, former Adjunct Professor of History
 Eric Wolf, former Distinguished Professor of Anthropology
 Eleanore Wurtzel, Professor of Biology, AAAS Fellow
 Naomi Zack, Professor of Philosophy

Well known graduates

 André Aciman, writer, author of Call Me by Your Name, and professor at CUNY Graduate Center
 Debo Adegbile, Commissioner for the United States Civil Rights Commission
 Gary Axelbank, journalist, disk jockey and TV personality based in The Bronx
 Michael Bacon, Emmy Award winning composer and songwriter, and Associate Professor of Music at Lehman College; performs in the band the Bacon Brothers with his brother Kevin Bacon
 Jacqueline Bishop, writer, visual artist and photographer from Jamaica and a professor at New York University
 Carl Chaiet, artist and illustrator
 Steven Contursi, businessman and numismatist
 Blondell Cummings, modern dancer and choreographer
 Rubén Díaz Jr., Borough President of the Bronx in New York City
 Rubén Díaz Sr., member of the Democratic Party; represented the 32nd district in the New York State Senate from 2003 to 2017
 Jeffrey Dinowitz, American politician who represents District 81 in the New York State Assembly
 Brandon M. Easton, professional writer, screenwriter, and educator
 Christopher Emdin, professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University
 Eliot Engel, U.S. representative for New York's 16th congressional district (1989-2020)
 Ailene Fields, sculptor and stone carving teacher
 Nabie Foday Fofanah, Guinean sprinter, also known as the Speed Doctor
 Philip Foglia, prosecutor and Italian American civic rights activist
 John Fox, former American novelist and short-story writer
 Joe Foy, Major League Baseball third baseman
 Eve Franklin, Democratic, represented Great Falls in the Montana Senate from 1991 through 2002 and served in the Montana House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007
 Lewis Gordon, philosopher, works in Africana philosophy, philosophy of human and life sciences, and phenomenology
 Micki Grant, singer (soprano), actress, writer, and composer
 Ramona Hernández, community leader, sociologist and historian, Professor of Sociology at the City College of New York, and director of the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
 Andre Harrell, founder of Uptown Records, president/CEO of Motown Records, and the first half of the hip hop duo Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde
 Letitia James, Attorney General of New York since 2018
 Janet Kaplan, poet and professor
 Matt Kilcullen, Director of Athletics at Mercy College
 Jeffrey R. Korman, politician who was a member of the New York State Senate (33rd District) from 1990 until 1992
 Graig Kreindler, painter and illustrator
 Don Leicht, visual artist who has worked as a painter and sculptor in the Bronx
 Kenney Mencher, painter and Associate Professor of Art and Art History at Ohlone College
 Steve Mirsky, writer for Scientific American and the host of the magazine's weekly science podcast, Science Talk
 Jacqueline Moody, writer, editor, and producer, and Founder and Chief Executive of YadaYadaCo
 Devon J. Moore, American poet and author
 Jenn Morel, Dominican singer and songwriter
 Robert McCullough, former basketball player
 Pepón Osorio, Latino artist
 Ron Perlman, actor and voice actor, best known for playing the comic book character Hellboy in both Hellboy (2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), and Clay Morrow on the television series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2013).
 Richard Rakowski, entrepreneur, investor, and health care and energy consultant
 Christopher "Kid" Reid, actor, comedian and former rapper, formerly known as Kid (shortened from his original MC name, Kid Coolout)
 Elizabeth Rodriguez, Puerto Rican actress who plays Aleida Diaz in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019)
 Ediberto Roman, Professor of Law at Florida International University College of Law
 Jimmy Rowser, jazz double-bassist
 Murray Sabrin, professor of finance at Ramapo College and candidate for US Senate in 2018
 Abdel R. Salaam, choreographer, director, producer, mentor, and educator, and co-founder and director of Forces of Nature Dance Theatre
 Davi Santos, Brazilian-born actor best known for playing Sir Ivan, The Gold Ranger on the television series Power Rangers Dino Charge
 Ivan Seidenberg, former chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications Inc.
 José Enrique Serrano, member of the United States House of Representatives since 1990
 David L. Spector, cell and molecular biologist and professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and head of the Gene Regulation and Cell Proliferation program of the CSHL Cancer Center
 Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Democrat who represents District 35 in the New York State Senate
 Bob Stewart, jazz tuba player
 Andrea Stone, until 2019 the director of career services of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism (later the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism)
 Theodore Swetz, actor, theatre director, and educator and Head of Acting at UMKC Theatre at the University of Missouri-Kansas City
 Al Taylor, Democrat and Assembly member for the 71st District of the New York State Assembly
 Michelle Tokarczyk, author, poet, and literary critic and a professor of English and former co-director of the Writing Program at Goucher College
 Celines Toribio, Dominican actress, model, and Spanish-speaking television personality
 Robert Torres Sabor Latino, hip hop artist and author
 Julius Penson Williams, African-American composer, conductor, and professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston

References

Other websites

 
 Official athletics website

1931 establishments in New York (state)
Colleges and universities in New York City
The Bronx