Alumni Foundation Annual Report

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Annual Report

PARTNERSHIPS ENHANCING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR BROOKLYN TECH STUDENTS

• ACE Mentor Program – Through our partnership with ACE we have been able to expand the number of internship experiences available to Brooklyn Tech students to seventy placements

• American Society of Civil Engineers

(ASCE) – A new partnership that will pair Brooklyn Tech and our Middle School STEM Consortium to utilize ASCE’s Future World Vision to engage secondary students in activities to pursue STEM education and careers.

• American Society of Mechanical

Engineers (ASME) – This new partnership initially connects ASME with our Mechatronics and Robotics major. • Con Edison – Con Edison continues to be a lead partner supporting multiple programs. Their recent grant enabled us to build a greenhouse as an extension to the environmental science lab. In addition, they support our Robotics Team and a summer internship program for rising Brooklyn Tech seniors.

• DOW – our partnership with DOW Inc. is providing funding for equipment in the Materials Testing Lab. • Long Island University – the partnership with the School of Pharmacology provides research opportunities for Weston Research Scholars. LIU has sponsored two new majors – the first is an accelerated program leading to a PhD in Pharmacology and Physical Therapy and the second is in Advanced Health Professions

• Leon Root MD Motion Analysis Lab –

Hospital of Special Services – This new partnership provides research opportunities for Weston Research students and visits to the lab by Tech students. National Grid – Our partnership with National Grid continues into its ninth year supporting the Middle School STEM Pipeline Program. • New York Institute of Technology – we are working with NYIT to develop ties to our media major. NYIT continues to provide support to make the course management software, Moodle available to Brooklyn Tech on a school-wide basis.

• NYU Tandon School of Engineering –

Continues to provide research internships, access to the ARISE Program, ties to the ACE Mentor Program and the Dynamic Systems Lab. • Picattiny Arsenal – Picattiny Arsenal has provided a mentor and financial support for our robotics team.

• Rutgers University – The Civil Engineering Department of Rutgers School of Engineering is providing professional advice in the development of our Materials Testing Lab and has provided tours of their facilities.

• Stevens Institute of Technology – Our partnership with Stevens continues to develop. It provides internships for Weston Scholars and dialogue between Stevens professors and Brooklyn Tech faculty. • Turner Construction - Worked with Turner to make a comprehensive scholarship/internship program in construction management at Pratt Institute available to Brooklyn Tech students. Continued to work with Turner to maintain our connection with the Turner Youth Force program. • Urban Glass/ St. Francis College - The Tom Volpe Glass Technology Initiative pairs Urban Glass, St Francis College and Brooklyn Tech in providing students in Brooklyn Tech’s Industrial Design major with experiences at Urban Glass and in developing entrepreneurial skills. • Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology – A new partnership has enabled us to replace computers in the Environmental Science Lab. PROGRAMS

LEANDRO P. RIZZUTO INTERNSHIP

PROGRAM- Provides field based opportunities for our students. • The Architecture Construction Engineering (ACE) Mentorship Program continues to be a popular program with over 90 Tech students participating. • Our ‘flagship’ internship, The BTHSCon Edison Summer Internship Program, provided internships for students from the Electrical, Megatronics & Robotics, Physics, Software Engineering and Mathematics majors. • Futures and Options popular program providing career exploration and internships At least a third of the 50 internships posted on the school website are from Tech alum.

WESTON RESEARCH SCHOLARS

PROGRAM – Josh Weston ’46 sponsors a research programs designed to pair students with a Brooklyn Tech mentor and an external mentor to pursue research in all STEM areas.

• Coordinated research experiences for sophomores, juniors and seniors in the program. • Produced a research journal documenting the work of the Weston Research Scholars Class

• Held virtually a Weston Research Scholars STEM Fair to provide additional opportunities for Weston students to present their work. • Conducted virtually the recognition program and White Coat Ceremony which included a welcoming of new members.

MIDDLE SCHOOL STEM PIPELINE PROGRAM

Brooklyn Technical High School in collaboration with the Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation and National Grid launched the STEM Pipeline program in July 2013 to introduce Middle School students to the exciting world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The program is designed to develop the next generation of STEM leaders by opening the world of science and technology to middle school students and prepare them for the challenges facing them in high school, college and careers. Preparation for the Specialized High School Admission Test, SHSAT, is incorporated into the program

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to enable access to the specialized high schools.

We draw our participants from seven Brooklyn middle schools that are underrepresented in the specialized high schools. This past year the program was conducted virtually. The program is being transformed to a Future World Vision STEM Pathways Program that will be initiated in the 2021- 2022 school year. year.

JEFFREY M. HAITKIN ‘62 FACULTY

GRANT PROGRAM - supports faculty projects, student activities, and curriculum enhancements. The grant program, enables teachers to attend professional conferences, earn additional professional credentials, receive training to stay at the cutting edge of their craft, bring teaching tools to the classroom that otherwise would not be available, expand instructional opportunities for students. Grants have been awarded in many categories including: NASC;LEAD conference for the Student Government Organization; DNA Lab materials; College Board Training for teachers teaching Advanced Placement and the Capstone Project; Chemistry manipulatives for classroom use; National Society of Black Engineers, Debate, Mock Trial, AMC Math Contest; Science Olympiad and a host of other items. SCHOLARSHIPS - Office manages $17,000 in scholarships annually started by alums in memoriam or for subject area recognition. Our office obtains the names of the nominees, makes certain that each meets the selection criteria, presents letters at Senior Awards night and makes disbursements before the end of the school year. EVENTS/ACTIVITIES/ INITIATIVES

CAREER DAY - We recruit speakers with the help of alums, friends, local community, and the Parents Association. We generally have 200 attendees who cover close to 250 classes consisting of junior and senior major classes, freshman and sophomore English classes, freshman DDP classes, AP Computer Science, and sophomore digital electronics classes RECENT ALUMNI DAY - Our target audience base consists of individuals that were five years out, or less. Alums are given schedules of two-three classes within their previous major, or those that were closely aligned with their college studies. They are also given different key-points to speak on, depending on whether they were freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or seniors. HOMECOMING We held our first virtual Homecoming this past year on Friday May 20 in the evening and on Saturday May 21 in the afternoon. Homecoming was highly successful with alumni from classes of 1946 through 2019 participating. Being virtual, we were able to include Technites that might not otherwise have been able to attend. Alumni from the UK, Germany and Hong Kong participated as well as alums from all over the US. Each day included live and recorded segments. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. RUBY ENGINEERS – Leadership and selfesteem building group for young women founded by Susan Mayham ’76.

MIDDLE SCHOOL OUTREACH The Foundation continues to work with Brooklyn Tech to make students and parents of Brooklyn Middle schools aware of the opportunities of attending a specialized high school, the admission process and preparing for the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test.

TITANS OF TECH DINNER – I Am

Brooklyn Tech 1This year a virtual celebration “I Am Brooklyn Tech” was held in place of the Titans of Tech Dinner. The event was highly successful in bringing together the Brooklyn Tech community to celebrate the very special qualities of Brooklyn Tech. Four themes of Brooklyn Tech (Unique, Creative, Innovative, and Inspiring) were emphasized throughout the event. Brooklyn Tech alumni of all generations shared their stories highlighting these themes. The event was participated in by thousands of individuals.

Prior to the celebration, four Think Tanks took place with each being led by prominent Brooklyn Tech alum. The topics of the Think Tanks includes Future World Vison, Space -the Final Frontier, Artificial Intelligence, and the Mathematics of Sports. These sessions incorporated a question and answer portion to enable participants to interact with the presenters.

Founders Day – This event celebrates the creation of Brooklyn Tech and its rich history. This year it was held virtually in June.

TECH CELEBRATION - We recognize former faculty, alumni who have graduated within the last 25 years, alumni who have had sports careers seeded in Tech, distinguished alumni and friends of Tech who have provided extraordinary service.

HALL OF FAME – Alumni are honored for their extremely successful careers and their outstanding contributions to society.

ACCOUNT STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

UNRESTRICTED TEMP RESTRICTED PERM RESTRICTED TOTAL 2020 TOTAL 2019

SUPPORT 959,510 243,118 REVENUE 238,943 201,700 NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS 149,912 (149,912) TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE 1,348,365 294,906 EXPENSES 1,803,150 CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (454,785) 294,906 1,202,628 489,365 440,643 1,509.631

1,643,271 2,498,896

1,803,150 2,280,119

(159,879) 218,877

NET ASSETS BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 4,753,822 1,667,716 7,817,212 14,238,750 14,019,873 NET ASSETS END OF THE YEAR 4,299,037 1,962,622 7,781,212 14,078,871 14,238,750

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Lifetime Giving

The list reflects total lifetime giving through June 30, 2021 above $5,000. Many thanks to all the contributors who have not yet reached that level but whose contributions are making a difference at Brooklyn Tech.

$1,000,000 +

Isaac Heller ‘43 Norman K. Keller ‘54 Leonard Riggio ‘58 Leandro P. Rizzuto ‘56 Charles B. Wang ‘62 Josh S. Weston ‘46

$500,000 +

John A. Catsimatidis

‘66 & United Refining

Company Fred M. Grafton ‘44 Victor Insetta ‘57 Achilles Perry ‘58 Floyd Warkol ‘65

$250,000 +

James Fantaci ‘64 Erik Klokholm ‘40 Mary Jane & Richard H.

Schnoor ‘49

$100,000 +

Harold Antler ‘46 Charles A. DeBenedittis

‘48 Susanne D. Ellis Howard Fluhr ‘59 & The

Segal Company Jeffrey M. Haitkin ‘62 Herbert L. Henkel ‘66 Stuart Kessler ‘47 Alfred Lerner ‘51 Richard Mack & Stephen

C. Mack Frederick C. Meyer ‘40 Michael F. Parlamis ‘58 Lee James Principe ‘56 Louis H. Siracusano Sr.

‘60 George J. Suffal ‘53 Thomas J. Volpe ‘53 Michael A. Weiss ‘57

$50,000 +

David Abraham ‘48 Martin V. Alonzo ‘48 Willard N. Archie ‘61 John Arfman Anthony J. Armini ‘55 Larry Birenbaum ‘65 Peter J. Cobos ‘72 Robert F. Davey ‘58 Jacob Feinstein ‘60 Peter A. Ferentinos ‘55 Joseph J. Jacobs ‘34 Eric Kaltman ‘60 Joseph J. Kaminski ‘56 Richard M. Kulak ‘56 Rande H. Lazar ‘69 William L. Mack ‘57 Michael Minikes ‘61 Carmine A. Morano ‘72 Robert C. Ochs ‘59 Sherman Rigby ‘46 Anthony P. Schirripa ‘67 & Mancini Duffy Alan M. Silberstein ‘65

$25,000 +

Martin V. Alonzo Jr. &

Marlene Alonzo &

Sabrina Alonzo Anonymous ‘67 Lawrence A. Baker ‘61 Douglas Besharov ‘62 Robert H. Buggeln ‘57 Larry L. Cary ‘70 & Cary

Kane, LLP Dorcey Chernick Joseph M. Colucci ‘54 Louis C. Cosentino ‘61 Kenneth D. Daly ‘84 John di Domenico ‘69 James DiBenedetto ‘71 John J. Eschemuller ‘65 Andras Frankl ‘67 Penny & Jason Haitkin Lawrence S. Harte ‘49 Alice C. Hartley Glenn Y. Louie ‘59 Lawrence C. Lynnworth

‘54 Penelope Kokkinides ‘87 Mathew M. Mandery ‘61 Robert Marchisotto ‘47 Betty J. Mayer Arnold J. Melloy ‘40 Margaret Murphy ‘83 &

NYStaffsearch Murray H. Neidorf ‘45 Eugene Picone ‘76 Bert Reitman ‘63 John B. Rofrano ‘61 Patrick Romano ‘43 Edward R. Rothenberg

‘61 George E. Safiol ‘50 Harry Scheuer ‘48 William Sheluck Jr. ‘58 John C. Siltanen ‘31 Lawrence Sirovich ‘51 Ned Steele ‘68 Chester Wong ‘94 William H. Wong ‘64 Wellington Yee

$10,000 +

Jeanine Aguirre-Ramirez

‘88 Frederick H. Ajootian ‘41 Joseph Angelone ‘63 Mark Arzoomanian ‘83 Tony Bartolomeo ‘70 Emanuel Becker Cindy L. Bird-Kue ‘86 Harry H. Birkenruth ‘49 Samir K. Bose LeRoy N. Callender ‘50 Wilton Cedeno ‘82 Nicholas Y. Chu ‘77 John V. Cioffi ‘67 William A. Davis Jr. ‘59 Thomas C. DeCanio ‘63 Al D’Elia ‘67 Murray Dropkin ‘62 Jonathan D. Dubin ‘74 Leonard Edelstein ‘55 Jeff Erdel ‘63 Charles D. Federico ‘47 Richard R. Ferrara ‘59 Victor M. Finmann Keith Forman ‘76 Bernard R. Gifford ‘61 Jeffrey L. Goldberg ‘69 Robert J. Golden ‘63 Jacob Goldfield Domingo Gonzalez ‘72 Eugene J. Gottesman ‘47 George Graf ‘70 William H. Henry ‘57 K. Steven Horlitz ‘64 Joy H. Hsiao ‘87 Edward H. Kadushin ‘57 Charles Kyrie Kallas ‘37 Leslie P. Kalmus ‘56 Steve H. Kaplan ‘63 Elizabeth Korevaar Eliza Kwong ‘93 Edward T. LaGrassa ‘65 Richard E. LaMotta ‘60 Franklin F. Lee ‘77 Salvatore Lentini ‘79 Michael Levine ‘61 Stephen J. Lovell ‘57 John M. Lyons ‘66 Sidney A. Mayer ‘46 Susan Mayham ‘76 Victor Montana ‘60 &

Patricia Vasbinder Ellen Mazur Thomson George W. Moran ‘61 John Moy ‘58 Shana Mummert John R. Murphy ‘61 Michael D. Nadler ‘52 Alan S. Natter ‘69 Hau Yee Ng-Lo ‘80 Floyd R. Orr ‘55 Michael G. Reiff ‘72 Daniel K. Roberts ‘43 Edward Roffman ‘68 Robert M. Rosen ‘51 William J. Rouhana Jr. ‘69 Edward P. Salzano ‘64 Alfred Schroeder ‘46 Phyllis Scroggie Irwin I. Shapiro ‘47 Moshe Siegel Roy B. Simpson ‘41 Lauren Soloff Barry Sohnen ‘70 Daniel Stahl Jonnie Stahl Ronald P. Stanton ‘46 Stuart Subotnick James Spool ‘46 Joseph N. Sweeney ‘48 Michael Tannenbaum ‘58 Daniel Tomai Wesley E Truesdell ‘46 Armand J. Valenzi ‘44 George L. Van Amson ‘70 Salvatore J. Vitale Jr. ‘56 Ralph B. Wagner ‘51 Louis Walkover ‘37 Denice C. Ware ‘83 Stephen Weinryb ‘75 Anre Williams Steven Wishnia ‘66 Douglas Yagilowich ‘76 Peter Yan ‘88 Randi Zinn

$5,000 +

Ron S. Adler ‘68 Louis G. Adolfsen ‘67 Kenneth S. Albano ‘68 Michael A. Antino ‘60 Joseph F. Azara Jr. ‘64 Donald Bady ‘48 Rudolph Bahr Jr. ‘41 Randell Barclay Eric D. Barthell ‘75 Theodore Bier Syd Blatt Anthony Borra ‘58 Marty Borruso ‘71 Thomas Breglia ‘76 Robert B. Bruns ‘55 Charles Cahn Jr. Dominic N. Castellano ‘45 Joseph A. Cavallo ‘58 Sylvia Cember Samuel D. Cheris ‘63 Robert J. Ciemian ‘59 Leonard B. Comberiate

‘69 Deirdre D. Cooke ‘80 Peter J. Coppolino ‘61 Brian Cosgrove Joseph L. Cuzzocrea Sr.

‘06 & Patricia Cirillo

Cuzzocrea ‘06 Kenneth D’Alessandro ‘66 James E. Dalton ‘49 Fred M. Del Gaudio ‘71 Frederick DeMatteis ‘40 Lucia DeSanti Edward Diamond ‘63 Ronald T. Diamond Robert C. DiChiara ‘63 Robert H. Digby ‘61 James Dimon Robert J. Domanoski ‘47 Mary-Jean Eastman Barry D. Epstein ‘58 Domenick J. Esposito ‘65 Samuel Estreicher ‘66 Murray Farash ‘52 Arthur A. Feder ‘45 Robert Femenella ‘72 Al Ferrara Clifford H. Fisher ‘59 Keith Franklin ‘78 David L. Fung ‘81 Arnold Goldman ‘73 Adrienne D. Gonzalez ‘94 Herbert A. Granath ‘48 Kenyatta M. Green ‘89 Michael Greenstein ‘65 Robert Gresl ‘46 Arnold Gruber ‘59 Mario Guerrero ‘86 William L. Haines Steven A. Hallem ‘72 Konrad E. Hayashi ‘73 Robert J. Heilen ‘53 Gordon H. Hensley ‘47 John Hensley Christopher Hong ‘09 Clifford A. Hudsick ‘61 Piper Jaffrey John Jarrard Allan C. Johnson ‘28 Michelle Y. Johnson-

Lewis ‘79 Gerard Justvig ‘75 Peter Kakoyiannis ‘65 Sheldon Katz ‘52 Arthur H. Kettenbeil ‘67 Carl H. Kiesewetter ‘55 Kiseon Ko Eugene V. Kosso ‘42 Bert Krauss ‘50 Danny Lee-Lap ‘91 Joel F. Lehrer ‘48 Marvin J. Levine ‘65 Nathan Lipke ‘92 John Liu ‘98 Raymond M. Loew ‘58 Carol Loewenson Thomas Lowry Joel O. Lubenau ‘56 Frank R. Luszcz ‘61 Taahira Maynard ‘99 Stephen Mazur Steven D. Menoff ‘72 Ira Meislik ‘41 Michele Meyer Edward D. Miller ‘56 Joseph Montalbo ‘74 Francis C. Moon ‘57 Alfred J. Mulvey ‘67 Kaeisha T. O’Neal ‘99 Bola Oyedijo ‘92 Robert J. Paterna ‘72 Robert J. Pavan ‘47 Regina M. Pitaro Lee H. Pomeroy ‘50 Jeff Porrello Valentine P. Povinelli

Jr. ‘59 Bertram Quelch ‘45 Joan Riegel Jonathan Riegel David Rios Charles J. Rose ‘70 Edward M. Rosensteel ‘74 Herb Ross ‘41 Randi Rossignol Lawrence G. Rubin ‘43 Dan M. Ruesterholz ‘56 Richard K. Ruff ‘58 Seth Ruzi ‘76 Erwin L. Schaub ‘46 Roger E. Schechter ‘70 Ernest R. Schultz ‘25 Richard Schwartz ‘53 William B. Siegel ‘66 Leon C. Silverman ‘57 Michael Simpson ‘90 Irwin Smiley ‘46 Jonathan D. Smith ‘80 Richard E. Sorensen ‘60 Robert J. Stalzer ‘59 Mitchell E. Stashower ‘83 Ivan D. Steen ‘54 Robert C. Stewart Robert Sumanis Peter M. Taras ‘77 Richard S. Taylor ‘57 John Thonet Mike Trovini Richard W. Turnbull ‘69 David W. Wallace ‘42 Elizabeth M. Wieckowski

‘79 Grayling G. Williams ‘76 Russell P. Wong ‘79 William C. Wurst ‘67 George A. Yabroudy ‘48 Joni A. Yoswein Lloyd Zeitman ‘69 Barry Zemel ‘64 Laurie Zephyrin ‘92 Erwin A. Zeuschner ‘53 Wei-Jing Zhu ‘86

Corporate & Organization Sponsors

Air Products Alfa Piping Corp American Express

Foundation B T Alex Brown BDO Seidman, LLP Bonanza Productions Inc Brooklyn Nets BTHS Alumni Long

Island Chapter BTHS Parent Association,

Inc Burson-Marsteller C. R. Bard Foundation Care2 Cellini Fine Jewelry Ceramax Co., LTD Charles B. Wang

Associates Inc Charles B. Wang

International

Foundation Chase Manhattan Bank Chicago Bridge & Iron

Company Cirocco & Ozzimo, Inc Computer Associates

International, Inc Con Edison Construction Resources

Corp of New York Cowles Media Foundation Credit Suisse Securities Daikin Applied Deutsche Bank Duggal Color Projects,

Inc Eastern Metalworks of

NY, Inc El Paso Energy

Foundation FIRST GameStop Corporation Gateway Institute for Pre-

College Education Gatorade Company GE Foundation GIBC Digital GiveSmart US, Inc Goldman Sachs Gives

Annual Giving Fund Goldman Sachs Matching

Gifts Program Haights Cross Operating

Company HC12 Net Heritage Mechanical

Services, Inc Hines Interests LP - East

Region IBM Ice Air, LLC Ingersoll Rand InnoCare Services

Company LLC Itron ITW Foundation Jaros Baum & Bolles John Wiley & Sons, Inc JPB Foundation Keyspan KSW Mechanical, LLC Laura Berdon Foundation Liberty Science Center Lucent Technologies M & I Electric Industries,

Inc Marathon Bank Math For America Inc MBS Textbook Exchange Merrill Lynch & Co

Found Metromedia Company Miller Proctor Nickolas

Inc. Morgan Stanley

Cybergrants National Basketball

Association National Grid National Hockey League

Foundation National Society of Black

Engineers New York City Urban

Debate League Octagon P.J. Mechanical Corp Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,

Wharton & Garrison Pennoni Associates, Inc Pension Review Pfizer Inc Piper Jaffrey Polytechnic University Raytheon Company Related Construction

Holdings, LLC Ridgewood Foundation Ridgewood Savings Bank Robinson Silverman

Pearce Aronsohn &

Berman LLP SIAC Simatelex Manufacturing

Co Simpson, Thacher &

Bartlett LLP SPX Cooling

Technologies SRS Enterprises, Inc Starlite Printers Sterling Project

Development Group Structure Tone, Inc T.E.C. Systems, Inc TD Bank Textron Charitable Trust The Benevity Community

Impact Fund The Dow Chemical

Company Foundation The Durst Organization The Hyde Agency The Jay Chiat

Foundation, Inc The Kahn Family

Charitable Foundation The Lotos Foundation The McGraw-Hill

Companies The New York

Community Trust Time Warner Truist Comprehensive Turner Construction Co. Verizon Foundation, Inc. Walentas Foundation Warner Brothers

Television Wasserman Foundation Zoppas Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology

Group, LLP

BROOKLYN TECH ALUMNI FOUNDATION

Officers President Denice Clarke (DC) Ware ‘83 Vice Presidents David Lee ‘78 Susan Mayham ‘76 Bola Oyedijo ‘92 Anthony P. Schirripa ‘67 Treasurer Jim DiBenedetto ‘71

Secretary Ned Steele ‘68

Directors John Albert ‘90 Wilton Cedeno ‘82 Horace Davis ‘84 Tomas Hernandez ‘73 Lesleigh Irish-Underwood ‘82 Penelope Kokkinides ‘87 Amy Kong ‘99 Edward T. LaGrassa ‘65 Salvatore Lentini ‘79 Margaret Murphy ‘83 Achilles Perry ‘58 Valmira Popinara ‘18 Deepti Sharma ‘04 Michael A. Weiss ‘57 Giselle Williams ‘92

Honorary Director Leonard Riggio ‘58 Student Representatives Samuel Greenberg ‘22 Rommy Sasson ‘23 Lucy Vuong ‘22 Foundation Staff Acting Executive Director Marcel Vaughn-Handy Chief Educational Officer Mathew M. Mandery ‘61 Special Advisor Elizabeth A. Sciabarra Director of Alumni Engagement & Inclusion Carolina Brandao Hojaij Director of Communications Lisa Trollback Administrative Manager Ina Cloonen Graphics Administrator Suzanne Hausman

BROOKLYN TECH ALUMNI FOUNDATION 29 Fort Greene Place Brooklyn, NY 11217 718-797-2285 www.bthsalumni.org info@bthsalum.org BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL David Newman, Principal THIS PAST YEAR has been one unlike any other in recent history. Our country, communities, and neighborhoods have had to rediscover the world and create a new normal. During this time, we have seen acts of extreme courage and heroism displayed by individuals in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. These feats are illustrated here in the stories of your fellow Technites. As a newcomer to the Brooklyn Tech family, I am inspired by your stories and excited to learn more about the amazing alumni who have passed through these hallowed halls.

As Brooklyn Tech enters its Centennial Year, the Alumni Foundation looks to continue the legacy of excellence and usher in a new era for future generations of Technites.

Thank you for your continued support of the Foundation’s work. Your generosity has provided for much-needed programming and educational initiatives. We hope that you will join us in taking the Alumni Foundation and Brooklyn Tech to greater heights as we usher in the next 100 years. Marcel Vaughn-Handy Acting Executive Director

Before you set this issue aside… We hope you’ve enjoyed reconnecting with your alma mater through this edition of TechTimes as much as we enjoyed creating it. Before you go…. Please show your support for Brooklyn Tech and its 6,000 students. Make a taxdeductible contribution using the reply envelope or at www.bthsalumni.org/donate The young people you met in these pages, and their classmates, will be grateful.

Students Tell Their Pandemic Stories: See page 6

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ABOUT THE COVER TECHTIMES invited BTHS graduating senior Isabella Blanco to create art that reflected the student reaction to life and school during a pandemic shutdown. Her work graces our front and back covers. It also opens this issue’s core section on the students who lived through, and learned from, 16 months with a Tech that wasn’t, and yet somehow still was, the Tech we all know and love. THE ARTIST’S STATEMENT:

“The pandemic transformed not just students’ academic lives but personal too. Novel situations became everyday anxieties that piled up, hidden behind glazed eyes and apathy. These pieces were created to convey how much happened under a facade of so little.” (See Page 6 for more of Isabella’s work and a link to learn more online about her.)