Lehman College

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
Maria Teresa Babin Cortes, 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
Adam Koranyi, 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
Andre 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
Ruben Diaz Jr., Borough President of the Bronx in New York City
Ruben Diaz 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 Hernandez, 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
Pepon 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.
Jose 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