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OBITUARIES
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1931
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Eli Ginzberg, professor, presidential adviser
and director of Revson Fellows Program, New York City, on December
12, 2002. Ginzberg was born on April 30, 1911, in New York City,
where he grew up just a few blocks from the University. His father,
Louis, a professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary, was one of
the foremost Talmudic scholars of the 20th century. Ginzberg attended
DeWitt Clinton High School. He earned a doctorate in economics from
GSAS in 1934 and joined the faculty of the Business School in 1935.
That same year, Ginzberg completed a yearlong tour of 40 American
states. His observations formed the basis for a set of recommendations
on reforming the regulatory and monetary systems, published in 1939
as The Illusion of Economic Stability. Ginzberg first showed his
bent for applied economics during World War II, when he moved from
New York to Washington, D.C., and served the federal government
in a variety of positions. He built on that experience for decades,
supervising studies designed to reduce manpower waste, publishing
books and articles and later advising governments and corporations.
Ginzberg also worked in the government’s hospital division
and the surgeon general’s office of the War Department, where
he coordinated the extensive medical preparations for the D-Day
invasion of France in 1944. He was awarded the medal for Exceptional
Civilian Service from the War Department in 1946. After the war,
Ginzberg was appointed by President Harry S. Truman to represent
the United States at a conference in May 1946 on victims of German
actions who could not be repatriated. He continued to provide advice
to former Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower; Ginzberg first advised President
Franklin D. Roosevelt and continued to advise subsequent U.S. presidents
through Jimmy Carter. In 1950, Ginzberg was appointed to the staff
of the Conservation of Human Resources Project at the Business School,
a research effort founded by Eisenhower that involved the federal
government, business groups, foundations and trade unions, and developed
pioneering research efforts in employment and health policy. Ginzberg
was co-author of its first major study, The Uneducated, which
argued for a greater federal role in education. He also wrote about
the importance of integrating women and racial minorities into the
workforce. In the early 1950s, Ginzberg played a role in the desegregation
of the U.S. Army as an aide to Secretary of the Army Frank Pace
Jr., and was sent to Europe by the Pentagon to help break the resistance
of the Army senior staff to desegregation. He and his colleagues
at the Conservation of Human Resources Project later wrote about
the problems of the segregated Army in a three-volume study, The
Ineffective Soldier: Lessons for Management and the Nation.
After the war, Ginzberg returned to teaching, and he served as director
of staff studies at the National Manpower Council from 1952–61.
He was A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics until 1979, and
the University bestowed an honorary degree upon him in 1982. Ginzberg
also applied his knowledge of economics to the health care system,
writing more than 100 books and dozens of articles. He contributed
many books on subjects such as the supply of doctors and managed
care, which he viewed skeptically. In 1974, Ginzberg helped found
the Manpower Demonstration Research Corp., a nonprofit group dedicated
to rigorously testing public policy ideas on subjects such as welfare
and the reintegration of former prison inmates. In 1978, on the
verge of retirement, Ginzberg accepted an appointment to direct
the Revson Fellows Program on the Future of the City of New York
at Columbia. For more than two decades, he led the program, overseeing
the selection of more than 230 fellows, all of them civic leaders,
and actively mentoring them during their year of fellowship and
afterward. Like his parents, Ginzberg was active in Jewish causes,
volunteering for the United Jewish Committee and serving as a member
of the board of governors of Hebrew University in Jerusalem in the
1950s. The first of his two memoirs, My Brother’s Keeper,
(Transaction Publishers, 1989), deals mostly with his family and
his Jewish heritage. The second, The Eye of Illusion (Transaction
Publishers, 1993), is mostly about his professional career. Ginzberg
was married in 1946 to Ruth Szold, who was an editor at the Conservation
of Human Resources Project. She died in 1995. He is survived by
his children, Abigail, Jeremy and Rachel; and three grandchildren.
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1934
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Anthony Barres, retired police chief, Florham
Park, N.J., on October 9, 2002. Barres was born in Newark, N.J.,
on December 6, 1911. After graduating from the College with a degree
in medicine, he joined the Newark Police Department. He started
as a patrolman and worked his way up through the ranks to serve
as chief of police, which he did until his retirement in 1977. According
to a letter that CCT received from his son, David ’88,
“I am sure that [my father’s] Columbia education was
one of the reasons he achieved such great success in his chosen
profession. My father always spoke to me with great pride and fondness
of his days at Columbia. He inspired me to attend the College.”
Barres is survived by his wife, Marisa; sons, Anthony and David;
and brother, Donald.
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1938
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Victor B. Vare Jr., M.D., retired physician,
King of Prussia, Pa., on October 6, 2001. Vare was born in Brooklyn,
N.Y., on May 28, 1917, and grew up in Hollis, Queens. He graduated
from Jamaica High School in 1934. That same year, Vare entered the
College. He received a full scholarship, but to pay for room and
board, he worked a variety of campus jobs. During those years, students
in the College could choose the “professional option,”
which allowed them, after three years of undergraduate study, to
apply early to one of Columbia’s professional schools and,
if accepted, spend what would have been their senior year in graduate
school. Under this program, Vare spent the 1937–38 academic
year at P&S. He received his M.D. in 1941. The advent of World
War II disrupted Vare’s plans to enter private medical practice,
and he entered the military as an Army surgeon in 1942. He served
with U.S. forces in North Africa, Italy, France and Germany. Following
the war, during which he was decorated for valor, he served in the
Army Medical Corps until 1953, retiring as a colonel. Following
his military service, Vare practiced medicine in the Philadelphia
area until his retirement in 1985. He was a board-certified orthopedic
surgeon and a fellow in the American College of Surgeons. An avid
golfer, he was for many years a dedicated member of the Aronimink
Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa. Vare always was grateful for the
educational opportunities provided by Columbia, and he was a lifelong
supporter of the University. His fond memories of his student years
in Morningside and Washington Heights remained strong throughout
his life. Friends and family admired Vare for his wide-ranging —
and sometimes intimidating — intelligence, his consummate
professionalism and his sharp sense of humor. He is survived by
his wife of more than 50 years, Anne Vidensek Vare; four children;
and nine grandchildren, including John Vare Bennett ’99.
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1950
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George M. Rogers Jr., retired advertising executive,Tucson,
Ariz., on November 29, 2002. George was born in Auburn, N.Y., on
July 25, 1926, but lived many places in the United States, as his
parents served in the Air Force. Rogers graduated from Manlius Military
Academy, Manlius, N.Y., and then entered World War II, serving in
the Air Force for two years. His 42-year business career began at
NBC in New York, where he became department manager of the Today,
Home and Tonight shows. In 1960, Rogers was the advance TV planner
for the Nixon and Lodge presidential campaign. He was a v.p. at
the BBD&O advertising agency in New York for five years. In
1964, Rogers served as presidential candidate Barry Goldwater’s
TV producer, and, in 1970, became director of advertising for the
Alberto Culver Co. in Chicago. While in Chicago, Rogers was v.p.
of media services for the Bozell & Jacobs and the McCann-Erickson
advertising agencies and the sales manager for the Mutual Broadcasting
System. His final position was senior v.p., media at DMB&B in
Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Rogers retired to Tucson in 1991, where
he could enjoy golf. He was a member of El Conquistador CC and was
active in the Episcopal Church of the Apostles, the Greater Oro
Valley Arts Council, Invisible Theater, Tucson Symphony, and Tucson
Museum of Art. He taught a marketing course at Pima Community College.
Rogers is survived by his wife of 52 years, Jan (née Janice
Coy); son, Grant M.; daughter, Amy E.; two grandsons; and two granddaughters.
Donations may be made to the Building Fund, Episcopal Church of
the Apostles, PO Box 68435, Oro Valley, AZ 85737 or the Northwest
Interfaith Center, 2820 W. Ina Rd., Tucson, AZ 85741.
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1952
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Saul H. Barnett, Baltimore, on October 3, 2002.
Barnett, the 1947 recipient of the McCormick Award for the Unsung
Football Hero, was a graduate of City College as well as Columbia
College. He was a 1954 graduate of the Law School, where he served
on Law Review for three years. Barnett practiced entertainment law
in New York City and Beverly Hills. In addition to his work as an
attorney, he produced film and theatre, including Richard Pryor
in Concert and Give ’em Hell Harry, a play starring James
Whitmore. For the past 15 years, Barnett participated actively in
Aspen life, serving as a ski ambassador in the winter and volunteering
for the summer music festival. He also was active in Aspen’s
political life. Barnett is survived by his mother, Mary; wife, Sally;
daughter, Nancie; sister, Ruth Lee; stepchildren, Marni Rosen, Noah
Rosen and Julia Swift; several nieces and nephews; and three grandchildren.
Donations may be made to the Saul Barnett Memorial Scholarship Fund
of the Aspen Music Festival and School, 2 Music School Rd., Aspen,
CO 81611.
Herbert B. Max, retired lawyer and financier,
East Hampton, N.Y., on August 4, 2002. Born on May 24, 1931, in
Newark, N.J., Max grew up in Hillside, N.J. He earned a degree from
the Law School in 1954. He served as a Navy seaman from 1953–55
aboard a ship in the Mediterranean, and began practicing law in
1961 at firms that included Delson & Gordon, and Mayer, Brown,
Rowe & Maw. A pioneer in private equity transactions, Max was
the author of the second edition of Raising Capital: Private
Placement Forms and Techniques (Prentice Hall Law and Business,
1981). He was considered to be an expert in the field of small-business
investment companies and often lectured on the topic. He is survived
by his mother, Minnie; three sons, Adam, Eric and Daniel; brothers,
Jerome and Leonard; two sisters, Elaine Birnholz and Shirley Silverstein;
and six grandchildren. His wife, Dorothy, died in 1998.
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1956
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Milburn D. Smith Jr., playwright and writer, Forest
Hills, N.Y., on September 8, 2002. Smith was born on June 21, 1934,
in Fort Plain, N.Y. A theatre lover from an early age, he had long
ago declared his intentions to move to New York City in order to
pursue a career oriented around the stage. While at the College,
he was a member of and served as president for the Columbia Players.
Smith was a 40-year veteran of the magazine industry, and recently
had collaborated with Tony Award winners Lee Adams and Albert Hague,
providing the book for the musical Flim Flam. Smith and Hague
also collaborated on the musical Surprise! Surprise! Smith
authored numerous plays, which were staged in New York and in regional
theaters around the country. A.T.A. Readings of his plays were performed
at the Vineyard Theater, the HB Studio and The Open Eye: New Stagings.
For television, Smith wrote the script for Hollywood Diaries,
which aired on the American Movie Classics channel. He also contributed
material for the Disney Channel. His novel, Wings of Darkness,
was published by Tower Books, and he authored two non-fiction books,
The Teen Scene and 365 Ways, both published by Pinnacle
Books. Smith’s career in the magazine business included writing
for numerous movie, entertainment and soap opera magazines throughout
the ’60s and ’70s, interviewing such icons as Joan Crawford,
Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Beatty and Johnny Cash. In the 1980s, he
began working for The Starlog Group and held the title of associate
publisher there until his retirement in 2001. Smith was an active
member of his parish, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Forest
Hills. In 1971, he helped found The Gingerbread Players of St. Luke’s,
a community theatre group that continues to stage regular performances.
He wrote and directed many of the group’s productions. Smith
is survived by his wife, Mollie; children, Milburn III, Jonathan
Vesey, Eliza and Benjamin; and five grandchildren.
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1958
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Scott Shukat, personal manager, New York City,
on January 9, 2003. Shukat, who formerly went by Sanford, spent
his career connected with show business, first as an agent and then
as a personal manager for a large roster of well-known performers.
He was very involved in College alumni affairs and a generous donor
to the Columbia College Fund. He also instituted monthly class lunches
at the Columbia/Princeton Club, which remain popular with classmates.
Shukat is survived by his wife, Evelyn; son, Jonathan ’05;
parents, Harry and Florence Shukat; brother, Peter, and sister-in-law,
Yvette; and sister, Susan Kasten. Contributions may be made to Lincoln
Hospital Auxiliary Fund Child Advocacy Center c/o Lincoln Hospital,
234 E. 149th St., Bronx, NY 10451.
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1963
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Stephen A. Russo, attorney, Forest Hills, N.Y.,
on November 9, 2002. Russo was born July 18, 1941, in Brooklyn,
N.Y. He moved to Forest Hills when he was 7 and graduated among
the top in his class from Forest Hills H.S. in 1959. Russo earned
an economics degree from the College. A member of Alpha Chi Rho
fraternity, he was a catcher for the baseball team and played summer
league ball with a team run by the Milwaukee Braves. In 1966, Russo
graduated at the top of his NYU Law School class. Following graduation,
he worked as a law clerk under Judge Joseph Rao in the New York
Custom Courts, and then served as an assistant district attorney
in New York under the revered “Mr. District Attorney”
Frank S. Hogan ’24. After a number of years with Hogan, Russo
ran a successful private law practice and was still practicing at
the time of his death. His specialty was criminal defense, although
he practiced in a number of areas. He also was a financial consultant.
According to a note that CCT received from Russo’s
daughter, Hilary Russo Titus, “[My father] was a die-hard
Columbia fan and loved his alma mater more than any man I know.
Some of my fondest memories include stories of his baseball and
Alpha Chi Rho fraternity days … My father’s Columbia
pride was so deep that he had an impact on the lives of other Columbia
alums and present-day students. On top of being a wonderful father
to my brother, David, and me, he had an extended family of children
that he took under his wing. He spent many a night counseling prospective
students and writing countless recommendations. Many of my friends
and neighbors are proud students and alums of Columbia because of
my father’s encouragement and careful counsel … He was
a humble giant who was loved and respected by many and continues
to make a positive impact on those lives he touched.” Russo
married Beverly Lewis in August 1969. In addition to his daughter
and son, he is survived by his sister, Lorraine Russo Cuoco; and
two granddaughters.
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1966
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Daniel C. Morse, Stonington, Ct., on November
18, 2002. Born in New York City on November 26, 1942, Morse’s
family moved to Stonington in 1943. In 1969, Morse married Regan
Babb in Washington, D.C. Active in the Stonington community, he
was a member of the Stonington Volunteer Fire Department, the Stonington
Ambulance Corps and the Portuguese Holy Ghost Society. He was a
member of the Republican Town Committee; served as a member, secretary
and chairman of the Stonington Board of Finance; and was a founding
member of the Cordless Electric Drill Team. Morse’s love of
theatre was well known through his work as founder and producer
of the American Musical Theatre, which was the first primary tenant
of the Garde Arts Center in New London in 1986. He became the technical
director and manager of the center’s restoration project.
At the time of his death, Morse was serving as the president of
The Stonington Players, and was an avid gardener, an excellent cook
and was never without a book. In addition to his wife, he is survived
by a son, Samuel B.; daughter, Sage D. Williams; and many nieces
and nephews. Memorial contributions may be made to the Stonington
Ambulance Corps, PO Box 424, Stonington, CT 06378 or to the Garde
Arts Center, 325 State St., New London, CT 06320.
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1973
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Peter R. Barton, cable television company founder,
Denver, on September 8, 2002. Barton was a founder of Tele-Communications
Inc., which grew into one of the nation’s largest cable operators.
After graduation, Barton took a year off to become a professional
skier. He then turned to politics, and was soon named deputy secretary
to Gov. Hugh Carey of New York. Barton moved into business and received
an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1979. Three years later,
he joined Tele-Communications, then a fledgling cable company, where
he worked closely with John C. Malone to expand the business by
acquiring cable franchises across the country. In 1986, he became
deeply immersed in the founding of Cable Value Network, the home
shopping channel that ultimately became known as QVC. In an interview
in The New York Times in 1996, Barton said that after graduating
from Harvard, he went to a library and researched the most interesting
people to work for. “I sent a direct-mail piece to 322 people,
[asking], ‘Would you consider hiring me for 90 days?’
” He had 125 responses, including one from Malone, who was
in the process of building a company of cable holdings. Barton liked
the concept and joined him. When Malone decided to spin off Tele-Communications’
cable programming investments from its cable systems into Liberty
Media, Barton was named president of that operation, which was controlled
by Malone. His career was marked by an ability to work closely,
and successfully, with hard-charging men, and he would frequently
handle the details of some of Malone’s toughest and longest
negotiations. Barton said in the interview that he hoped he would
be doing something else within the decade. A year later, he left
Liberty, formed his own investment firm and become an adjunct professor
of graduate business strategy at Daniels College of Business at
the University of Denver. Barton is survived by his wife, Laura
Perry Barton; three children, Kate, Jeffrey and Christopher; mother,
Hanna Jane Barton; and brothers, John A. and Thomas W.
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1975
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C. Daniel Levy, attorney, Los Angeles, on September
14, 2001. Levy was born in 1953 in Lima, Peru, where his family
ran a textile business. He came to the United States in 1970 and
studied at the University, earning his B.A., M.A. (1977) and M.Phil.
(1979) in anthropology, as well as a J.D. (1985). Levy began his
anthropological career researching the religion and beliefs of the
Shipibos tribe in Peru’s Amazon basin. After those studies,
he returned to New York and entered the Law School. Levy became
a nationally known defender of immigrant and refugee rights and
helped litigate numerous landmark cases involving the rights of
naturalized citizens, children and families. Among the best-known
cases he worked on was the ultimately successful effort to free
six Iraqi opposition leaders detained in California. Levy’s
950-page treatise, U.S. Citizenship and Naturalization Handbook
(West Group), which has had myriad printings, is recognized as the
authoritative work on its subject. After Columbia, Levy was an intern
for the Lawyers’ Committee for Human and Civil Rights in New
York. There, he focused on refugee issues at a time when immigration
to the United States was rising sharply, as was the need for capable
lawyers willing to defend the rights of new arrivals. Levy went
to Los Angeles, and from 1986–87 was a staff attorney for
El Rescate Legal Services, representing Central Americans seeking
political asylum in the United States. In 1987, he became a staff
attorney at the National Immigration Law Center in L.A. He spent
eight years there, training attorneys and paralegals nationwide
in immigration and nationality law. Levy joined the Los Angeles
offices of Bernard P. Wolfsdorf in 1995 as a senior attorney. He
entered solo practice in 1999, before joining Public Counsel’s
staff in 2001, where he headed the organization’s Immigrants’
Rights Project from February of that year until his death. In an
interview in 2001 with The Daily Journal, Levy said that the Amazon
experience heightened his awareness of society’s bias against
indigenous and poor people. Formal legal training, he reasoned,
would better enable him to battle such injustice. Levy was a member
of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and was co-chair
of its Employer Sanctions and Verification Task Force. He received
the association’s Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for his
contributions to his field. Levy also served on the INS L.A. District
Naturalization Advisory Committee. He is survived by his wife, Raquel
Ackerman ’78 Barnard; two children, Antonio and Eva; three
brothers, Alberto, Ruben and Miguel; and mother, Ethel Levy.
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Other Deaths Reported
Columbia College Today has learned of the deaths of the
following alumni (full obituaries will be published if information
becomes available):
1933 Edward G. Magennis, Altamonte Springs,
Fla., on September 20, 2001. Magennis received a degree from
the Law School in 1936.
1934 Otto H. Hinck Jr., Albuquerque, on
May 24, 2002.
1934 William Parson M.D., Seattle, on November
25, 2002. Parson received his medical degree from P&S
in 1937.
1943 John R. Lee Jr. M.D., pediatrician,
Rockville Center, N.Y., on November 30, 2002.
1947 Meredith Montague III M.D., physician,
Houston, on November 8, 2002.
1953 Ernest R. Gregorowicz, Northhampton,
N.H., on July 18, 2002.
1966 Thomas W. Michael, Marion, Ind., on
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