Description: This is a 1957 City College of New York Microcosm yearbook. It is in excellent condition. The book begins with four pages of photos of administrators. Next: RespiceAdspice (individual photos of graduating seniors)Shepard HallBiologyClassical LanguagesGeologyPhysicsSpeechPublic RelationsCivil EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringChemistryChemical EngineeringMathematicsDraftingMilitary ScienceROTCLibrariesGovernmentEconomicsHistoryPhilosophy PsychologySociologyEnglishGermanRomance Languages Athletics basketball swimming fencingWomen's basketballSoccerLacrosseOrganizationsSocieties Fraternities One notable pictured on page 62 is Leonard Kleinrock. Wikipedia writes: Leonard Kleinrock (June 13, 1934) graduated from the noted Bronx High School of Science in 1951. He received a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree in 1957 from the City College of New York and a master's degree and a doctorate (Ph.D.) in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1959 and 1963 respectively. He then joined the faculty at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), where he remains to the present day; during 1991–1995 he served as the chairman of the Computer Science Department there. Kleinrock made several important contributions to the field of computer science. He has received numerous prestigious awards. Another notable (shown on pages 24 and 140) is Don M. Baida: Don Baida was born and raised in the Bronx. He studied art and photography at City College of New York where he graduated with a B.A. in Commercial Art and had an undergraduate fellowship teaching photography. He also studied art at the Art Students League.In 1956, while working as a photo assistant, he met Weegee (Arthur Fellig) and was invited to join a photography club outing to Headley Farm in New Jersey where Bettie Page was a model.During the subsequent years, he also photographed such notables as Louis Armstrong, Jerry Mulligan, Peter and Jane Fonda, and Dick Van Dyke as well as numerous beauty pageants and events at Palisades Amusement Park where the likes of Bobby Darin, Johnny Mathis, and the King and Queen of Nepal were captured by his lens. His work was published in Life, Seventeen, and various other magazines.His iconic photo of the first moon landing on July 20, 1969, was published in the award-winning book, "Life Magazine and the Power of Photography" (Princeton University with Yale University Press, 2020).The book also contains a photo of actress Jayne Mansfield and the previous year's Carnival Queen crowning the 1956 Carnival Queen. The book: The yearbook is in excellent condition. It measures 12 1/4" X 9 1/2 " and has 255 pages, including advertising. The covers are black cloth over boards. There are no binding issues and there are no loose or missing pages.
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Evanston, Illinois
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Publisher: --
Subject: Students/faculty of City College of New York in 1957
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1956
Language: English
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Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Region: North America
Personalized: No
Topic: City College of New York
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
