Schwarz to receive honorary degree
Thomas J. Schwarz, president of Purchase College , will receive an honorary degree from Hamilton College at its commencement ceremony May 25.
“We confer honorary degrees on men and women whose accomplishments can serve as examples for our graduates,” said Joan Hinde Stewart, president of Hamilton College. “Tom Schwarz has had two outstanding careers: first as a partner and litigator at one of this country”™s most distinguished law firms and now as president of Purchase College, New York”™s premier public conservatory and liberal arts college.”
Schwarz, a 1966 graduate of Hamilton College, is the fifth president of Purchase College. Since he joined Purchase in 2002, both retention and graduation rates have improved, the endowment has increased, the campus has added new residences and a student services building and more students are taking advantage of international programs.
Prior to joining Purchase, Schwarz was a partner at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where he was national practice leader of the litigation department. He was also the founding partner of the firm”™s committee on diversity.
Schwarz earned a bachelor”™s degree in economics at Hamilton College and a law degree, cum laude, from Fordham Law School, where he was an editor of The Fordham Law Review. Among other accomplishments, he served as mayor of the village of Ocean Beach in Suffolk County; was special counsel to the New York State Commission on Government Integrity and served on the Commission to Promote Public Confidence in Judicial Elections.
Schwarz joined the Hamilton College Board of Trustees in 1987. In 1999, he served as Hamilton”™s acting president, during which time he worked to improve administrative and operational functions and to secure increased private and grant funding.
Meyers named head of Corporate Walk
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Westchester/Hudson Valley Chapter recently announced its 2014 Corporate Walk Chair and Executive Leadership Committee members. Chris Meyers, managing principal of Houlihan Lawrence Real Estate, has been named the 2014 Light The Night Corporate Walk Chair.
Meyers oversees the day-to-day operations of Houlihan Lawrence”™s 26 offices and 1,200 real estate agents. His second year serving in this leadership role, Meyers in 2013 with the Houlihan Lawrence team had an impact of nearly $100,000 on the local Light The Night campaign, which raised nearly $1.1 million in total for the Westchester/Hudson Valley chapter.
The 2014 Westchester Light The Night Walk will take place Saturday, Nov. 1, at 5 p.m. at Playland Amusement Park in Rye.
Guiding Eyes hosts Spring Tee-Off with Eli Manning
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning was welcomed back by Guiding Eyes for the Blind of Yorktown for the Spring Tee-Off of its 37th annual Guiding Eyes for the Blind Golf Classic at a sponsor-recognition party hosted by Mulino”™s of Westchester in White Plains.
Returning for his eighth year as host, Manning was introduced to Guiding Eyes”™ Golf Classic through family friend and Corcoran Cup champion Patrick W. Browne Jr.
“Each year that I host the Golf Classic I”™m reminded of how many people Guiding Eyes is helping to live their lives to the fullest,” Manning said. “For people without sight, teaming up with a Guiding Eyes dog can change their lives. Not only do these dogs provide independence to people who are blind and visually impaired, they also assist children with autism. I”™ve been told the Heeling Autism program has just placed its 55th dog within a family. I feel privileged to play a part in this organization and I”™m regularly inspired to do more.”
For the seventh consecutive year, Mulino”™s has donated its facility and hospitality for the tee-off.
Guiding Eyes will hold its Golf Classic June 9 at Mount Kisco Country Club in Mount Kisco and Fairview Country Club in Greenwich, Conn. The field will include golfers hosted by Diamond Sponsors Entergy and Gatorade. Guiding Eyes anticipates the classic will raise more than $700,000 for its programs and services.
Founded by PGA legend Ken Venturi in 1977, the Golf Classic has raised more than $8 million for the nonprofit, which provides superbly trained guide and service dogs, free of charge, to men and women who are blind and visually impaired as well as to families with children with autism.
Kagan appointed to global group
Dr. Bryan B. Kagan has been appointed to the Science and Practice Subcommittee on Forensic Podiatry of the International Association for Identification. A forensic podiatrist, Kagan has written and lectured nationally on forensic podiatry and is conducting research and analysis on footprints and gait at crime scenes.
A graduate of Yeshiva University, Kagan received his degree in podiatric medicine with honors from the New York College of Podiatric Medicine. He completed his residency in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery at Coney Island Hospital and is board-certified in podiatric medicine. Kagan maintains his private practice in White Plains and is a member of the American Podiatric Medical Association, serves on the executive board of the American Society of Forensic Podiatry and was elected its secretary-treasurer in 2013. He is also a member of the International Association for Identification.
An adjunct instructor in the department of community medicine at the New York College of Podiatric Medicine, podiatric consultant at the Esplanade Senior Residence in White Plains and Willow Towers Senior Residence in New Rochelle, Kagan is also on staff at White Plains Hospital Medical Center.
Food Bank executive receives award
The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship honored the Food Bank for Westchester”™s Executive Director Ellen Lynch with the 2014 Lowell B. Mason Annual Award for Exemplary Volunteer Service at a gala in Washington, D.C. April 24. The award is the highest recognition given to a volunteer who has made a significant impact in the community throughout his or her involvements with NFTE by developing an innovative way to open doors for its students.
“We are all thrilled that Ellen is receiving this honor. She is dedicated to making a difference and cares deeply about the young people NFTE educates, many who come from challenging circumstances,” said Diane Rosenthal, executive director, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. “Ellen captures the true spirit of NFTE volunteers who help students establish real-life goals, gain the knowledge that can break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and learn the skills most sought after by today”™s employers.”
Lynch has served the NFTE Fairchester chapter, which represents Westchester and Fairfield counties, in all capacities for the last 13 years. She has dedicated her time as a business plan coach, classroom competition judge, mentor to individual students and has assisted students in preparing for countywide and national competitions.
Newman honored for leadership
Dr. Barney Newman, medical director at WESTMED Medical Group, was recently presented with the Dr. Mary Ann Quaranta Visionary Award by the Collaborative for Palliative Care/Westchester/NYS Southern Region, for his “outstanding leadership” in improving the care of patients who are living with serious, chronic and progressive illnesses.
“Dr. Newman is a visionary who understands the importance of enhancing palliative care services throughout Westchester,” said Judith Dobof, executive director of the Cancer Support Team, who presented the award. “Through his extraordinary leadership at WESTMED, he created and launched WESTMED”™s unique palliative care program in 2012, the only palliative medicine program in our area housed in an ambulatory nonacademic private practice.”
The namesake of the award, Dr. Mary Ann Quaranta, was one of the founders of the collaborative in Westchester and New York state”™s southern region and a renowned social work educator and leader.
The Collaborative for Palliative Care advocates for increasing palliative care services in Westchester and beyond and improving the care of the seriously ill through education, research and advocacy.
Bristal names director of business development
Charles Dean Brown has been appointed director of business development at The Bristal at White Plains.
Prior to joining The Bristal, Brown was a territory manager at Quinnova Pharmaceuticals and director of community relations for Edgehill, a retirement community in Stamford, Conn. He graduated from East Carolina University and has been recognized as a member and honorary graduate of the Army”™s 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard).
Active in the community, Brown is serving his second year as a member of the Greenwich Gala Committee and was also a member of the committee for the Alzheimer”™s Association”™s Walk To End Alzheimer”™s Connecticut Chapter in 2013. He currently resides in Stamford with his wife, Rose, and 5-year-old son, Nico.
New president elected at ENTA
Dr. Robert Green is the newly elected president of ENT and Allergy Associates (ENTA), which has 150 doctors and 41 clinical locations across New York and New Jersey.
Green has long-served patients at ENTA”™s East 86th Street office in Manhattan and is an original and founding member of the practice. Prior to his election, he served as the chairman of ENTA”™s finance committee and company treasurer for 17 years, identifying and leading various initiatives that resulted in unprecedented growth, stability, profitability and the availability of resources deployed toward patient care.
Green graduated from Harvard Medical School, following an undergraduate tenure at Stony Brook where he graduated as the valedictorian. Following medical school, he completed a residency in otolaryngology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Presently, he is an associate clinical professor in otolaryngology at Mount Sinai and is nationally recognized as a teacher of the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the ears, nose and throat.
“I am honored to have been chosen by my colleagues to serve the best needs of our practice, and more importantly, our deserving patients,” noted Green. “And I can only hope to live up to the standards of excellence set by my superb predecessor, Wayne Eisman. I will be seeking out his counsel, as well as that of all my fellow physicians, as we move forward.”
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