1980 CITATIONS TOWNSEND HARRIS MEDALS

Victor Keppler '26

Through your imaginative and creative techniques in the art of photography. You have affirmed the maxim that it's all in the eyes of the lens holder. Your works, which are on permanent exhibition at several leading institutions across the nation, have earned for you many honors including the Harvard Award, conferred or' two occasions, and your election as Trustee of the Photographic Hall of Fame. In recognition of your extensive writings and lectures on photography, you have been affectionately designated by your colleagues “The Dean of Photography." In you Alma Mater has particular reason to rejoice.

Elvin A. Kabat '32

As professor at Columbia University in the fields of microbiology human genetics and development you have devoted a lifetime career to the study of the body's immunity processes as they relate to many illnesses including meningococcus meningitis, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, cancer and allergies. Prolific author, noted lecturer and highly respected consultant to government and scientific organizations in this country and abroad, you have been the recipient of a plethora of honors, notably election to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Your peers heralded your leadership by electing you president of the American Association of Immunologists. In you, Alma Mater has particular reason to rejoice.

Joel Colton '37, '38E

You are the beneficiary of a brilliant history department faculty at Alma Mater. A specialist in modern European history at Duke University where you served as department chairman, your writings received international recognition and won you many awards. You were honored with Guggenheim, Rockefeller and National Endowment for the Humanities research fellowships and election as Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Since 1974, you have held the prestigious assignment as director of humanities at the Rockefeller Foundation, where you have been responsible for organizing several international conferences seeking the enhancement of the humanities in the world community. In you, Alma Mater has particular reason to rejoice.

Leonard Davis '44B

Through your sensitivity to a basic human service lacking in society, you founded and developed a phenomenal corporate enterprise the Colonial Penn Group, Inc. Observing that our older citizens lacked adequate insurance protection within their economic means, you initially developed and expanded low-cost programs of group health insurance for them and subsequently extended your operations into the areas of life, homeowners' and auto insurance. These programs conceived initially for retired persons, provided an incentive for membership recruitment into their newly formed organizations.  In recognition of your contributions financial as well as programmatic, both the American Association of Retired Persons and the National Association of Retired Teachers elected you honorary president. In you Alma Mater has particular reason to rejoice.

Irene M. Lober '48E

The first woman to receive this award since its inception nearly fifty years ago you are our sole alumna who entered the teaching profession moved up through the ranks become principal at both the elementary and secondary levels and emerged with certification in three states as a superintendent of schools. Currently serving in University City, Missouri as superintendent of schools you have demonstrated through your skillful leadership as curriculum innovator and business administrator that a school system with predominantly minority children can exceed national norms in academic achievement. As author teacher and consultant you have been acclaimed for your enrichment programs for academically gifted students and for those with learning disabilities. In you Alma Mater has particular reason to rejoice.

Andrew S. Grove ‘60T

Even Horatio Alger would have found your life story to be incredible. An escapee to this country in I956 from oppression in Hungary you received your Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree at CCNY in I960 and your Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1963. As founder president and chief operating officer of Intel Corporation as well as through your extensive writing and teaching, you are among our nation's foremost scientists in the development of surface controlled semi-conductor devices, In recognition of your outstanding achievements you were honored by your fellow engineers with several prestigious awards and election to membership in the National Academy of Engineering. In you Alma Mater has particular reason to rejoice.

Judd S. Hirsch '60

In the tradition of such City College luminaries as Sam Jaffe and Edward G. Robinson, you have been acclaimed a leading character actor on stage. screen and television. You have demonstrated your versatility in the portrayal of such memorable roles as the smart-aleck cabdriver in the Emmy Award-winning series “Taxi" as Matt Friedman the pariah-suitor in “Talley's Folly", as Bill, the night manager. in “Hotel Baltimore" as George, Neil Simon's alter ego in "Chapter Two" as the comic telephone man in "Barefoot in the Park"; is Weisman in Jules Feiffer's "Knock Knock"; as Murray Stone in the television movie, ''The Law"; and as the psychiatrist in the recently-released film "Ordinary People.” In you Alma Mater has particular reason to rejoice.