B.M.C.C. gala, gift make great night
BY GABE HERMAN
The Borough of Manhattan Community
College Foundation’s
board of directors hosted a gala
on May 16 that raised $922,000 for
scholarships for the school’s students.
Called “Invest in a Future, Celebrate
Success,” the college-boosting confab
was attended by 480 people.
Honorees included Tim Gokey,
C.E.O. of Broadridge Financial Solutions,
Inc., and special guest artist honoree
Ashley Bouder, the founder and
director of the Ashley Bouder Project
and principal dancer at the New York
City Ballet.
A third honoree was the Herbert and
Audrey Rosenfi eld Fund, which announced
at the gala a $1 million gift to
the B.M.C.C. Foundation, to support
the school’s Out in Two Program.
“These gifts bring our most talented
and hard-working students closer to
the careers and advanced degrees they
want, in order to strengthen their communities
and contribute to the world in
a positive way,” said Doris Holz, vice
president of development and C.O.O.
of the B.M.C.C. Foundation. “Students
who are awarded scholarships are
nearly four times more likely to graduate
within three years, than comparable
nonrecipients. Not only that, gradu-
Tom Rosenfield, trustee of the Herbert and Audrey Rosenfield Fund, right, announced a $1 million gift to
B.M.C.C., as Karrin E. Wilks, the college’s interim president, applauded.
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Herbert Rosenfi eld, who died in
2016 at age 97, was also a key supporter
of B.M.C.C.’s move from Midtown
to Chambers St. in 1983, and he was a
founder of the B.M.C.C. Foundation.
He also lobbied in Albany for the
Loft Law, which allowed artists to live
in their lofts, in places like Soho, organized
the fi rst community cleanup in
Gramercy Park in the 1960s, and helped
develop programs for New York Downtown
Hospital as a board trustee.
His wife, Audrey, who died in 2001,
worked locally with the New York
School for the Deaf, The Girl Scouts
of New York and the Gramercy Park
Flower Show. Audrey and Herbert both
helped to found the Chambers-Canal
Civic Association.
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ation rates for students who receive
scholarships are close to 85 percent,
compared with about 45 to 60 percent
for their peers who did not receive that
support.”
In acknowledgment of the $1 million
gift from the Rosenfi eld family, a
naming ceremony was held on May 20
at Shirley Fiterman Hall, at 245 Greenwich
St., for the Herbert and Audrey
Rosenfi eld Lobby.
The lobby memorializes the family’s
contributions to both B.M.C.C.
and Lower Manhattan, according to
a B.M.C.C. statement. In 1987, Herbert
Rosenfi eld founded the Abner B.
Rosenfi eld Memorial Award for Outstanding
Scholarship and Citizenship,
in honor of his father.
Members of the B.M.C.C. Foundation board.
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