Homerooms

In order to facilitate classmate connections and promote attacks of nostalgia, we are working to recreate the classmate makeup of each homeroom. Check for the accuracy of your name, homeroom, and status. Add information/corrections about friends and homeroom classmates. Send contact information for those classmates for whom we have none.

We are all also seeking memories and anecdotes about teachers, homerooms, and activities (clubs, teams, service organizations) to include on this website for our enjoyment. And we would like your comments.

Email information to Stan Mandell (sman415@comcast.net)

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We have color-coded the classmates:

BLUE: we have contact information;

BLUE & BOLD:  plans to attend the Reunion;

RED:  we are missing contact information;

GRAY: classmates who are deceased.

HOMEROOMS

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COHEN, CECILE (replacing Mr Hart)

Paul Berman, (Irving) David Blumer, Marvin Brown, Paul Cohen, Saul Cohen, Robert Coppolino, Gimley Farb, Daniel Feigin(d), Stuart Gershon, Stuart Glickman, Ronald Grabe, Alan Green, Robert Greenfield, William Hanousek, Baruch Heller, Carl Hodges, Albert Kahan, William Joseph LaForte, William LaSorella, Barry Levine, Jerold Levoritz, Michael Michalofsky, Stephen Miller, William Motzer, Larry Pearson, Robert Pierson, Mark Scher, Gustavo Serina, Eric Toppin(d), Steven Wallach, Charles Wertheimer, Gregory Wiliams(d), Alan Winokur

“Leibel was a magician when it came 

to folding immense issues of the

Times into shapes that could be easily

handled and read in the confines

of a crowded subway car.”

CRABLE, MR.

Al Fleischman, Walter Heitner, Arthur Heyderman, Mike Leibowitz, Al Levine, Steve Markowitz, Mike Nadel

Memory (Heyderman): My homeroom teacher was Gus Crable initially and then Mr Lehrer (not Tom Lehrer the Harvard Math Professor/Singer). As you recall, we graduated in the 60′s and those years are pretty much a blur for me. I remember that there were other students in the class, but not much more. I also cannot currently find my copy of the Pegleg Yearbook. I suspect it might have been stolen. Two neighboring town here are Dewitt Iowa and Clinton Iowa, and I’ve always mistrusted the folks from them.

GRUOSSO, MR.

Francis Albino, William Arlt, Avram Caspy, Charles Cifuni, Pasqule DePetris, Harold Fabinsky, Gimley Farb, Eben Feinstein, Michael Gimbel, Mark Ginsberg, Harold Helfand, Donald Lefante, Jonathan Mills, Joseph Rosenbaum, Sheldon Rubenfeld, Sheldon Sachs, Robert Salerni, Peter Shalen, Steve Shestakofsky, Louis Simchowitz, Alan Turner

HILL, WILD BILL 4JP

Michael Allen, Edward Carlson, Michael Crowe, Barry Dorf, Gimley Farb, Kenny Friedman, Joel Garrett(d), Sy Goldman, Stan Grossman, Ron Gutterson, Steve Kaplan, Harry Kukk, Howard Lipsky, Adalberto Lopez, John Mamalakis, Roberto Marte, Anthony Mathias(d), Howard Medoff, Edward Mendelson, Michael Michalofsky, Howard Miller, Fidel Nabor, Roger Niclas(d), Andre Petrosino(d), Anthony Policastro, John Richards, Alan Schulman, Robert Silver, Hal Silverman, Jeff Spiro

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LEIBEL, EMMANUEL 3JD, Rm 501

Joseph Albeck, James Baumbach, Mark Berger, Lawrence Bernstein, Stanley Carol, Erwin Elber, Arthur Epstein, Gimley Farb,  Edward Feinberg, Kenneth Fields, Barry Freeman, Michael Friendly, Arthur Golden, Peter Goodman, Burton Gordon(d), Samuel Graff, Bob Grauer, Lawrence Greenberg, Kenneth Grossberg, Craig Hathaway, Dennis Hoogerman, Robert Kanigel, Harold Katcher, Morris Margolin, Bruce Menn, Alec Nacht, Bruce Rosner, Louis Schwartz, Jack Silver, Michael Silverstein, Rainer Theurich(d), Robert Tunis, Steven Unger, Paul Vincino, William Weintraub, Douglas Wise, Steven Weinstock(d), Arthur Woodard

Memory (Hathaway): Leibel was a magician when it came to folding immense issues of the Times into shapes that could be easily handled and read in the confines of a crowded subway car. He was always immaculately attired when he arrived at school although I understand that had already done copy editing for the Times each day before that arrival. I wonder how many students realized that the compact notes and terse commentary found on their almost literate essays had been employed earlier in the day to some of the most influential writing in the culture. He could also wing a piece of chalk with unfailing accuracy at any student head which was not effectively posed to give the impression of paying attention to his remarks.

Memory (Marvin Brown): Mr. Leibel explaining how he prepared himself in the morning before he came to school. He had us in stiches with his account of his bath.
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LIEBERMAN, SHAKEY JAKE 8V, Rm 213

Rhett Alston(d), Gerald Bergstrom, Melvyn Delfrin, Stuart Edelstein, Bruce Eichner, Gimley Farb, Paul Freidman, Tony Gambino, Arthur Goldstein, Wally Gossett, Richard Herzog, Harry Hobbs, Ira  Klein, Philip Krampetz, Lawrence Kronenberg, Len Levine, Albert Lewis, Stan Litow, Mark Lubetkin, Ray Martoccia, Myron Meisner, Peter Mitas, Charles O’Rourke, William Reich, Peter Rotolo, John Russo, William Samsonoff, Jon Spinner, Jesse Tarshis, Joseph Wesolowski, Joel Wittman, Michael Wolin

Memories (Gambino): Pop was such a unique and lovable character because of his antics, “words of wisdom” and appearance. I recall the times he would  stand on a milk box, because he was so short, but  still couldn’t see who was talking, so he would yell out for  “joe jerk” who was “picking his nose,” to be quiet.

One of my fondest memories is Pop’s reaction when we presented him with a retirement gift (I think he actually retired two years later). I think it was a short- wave radio (correct?). I kind of remember his reaction – it looked like  he was saying to himself “what the heck am I going to do with this– couldn’t they have gotten me tickets to the fights, instead!”

LINDNER, MR.

Warren Balinsky, Allen Cutler, Gimley Farb, Russell Goodman, Les Martin, Andrew Renert, Arno Roost, Stephen Rudley, Ed Schneider, Marvin Sloben, Myron Stein, Allen Tomkins, Eugene (Josh) Weinstein, Charles Williams,

“Our whole official class went to

his (Richie Nickel’s) funeral on a dark 

rainy day at a cemetery in Canarsie. 

His parents were devastated.”

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LOEWENTHAL, JESSE (Ms Schorr freshman year)

Harold Bloomfield, Bob Chaban, Phil Cohen, Bobby Colomby, Frank Coppa, Alan Dombrow, Alan Dreifuss, Jan Eyerman, Gimley Farb, Peter Ferdico, Bob Greene, George Hrehorovich(Gregor), Richie Karle (d), Joseph Kindratiw, Bernie Klapper, Charlie Kovaacs, Mike Lamm, Stan Mandell, Hank Mariotti, Richie Nickel (d), Don Nussbaum, Gary Scott, Paul Shotter, Marty Soloman, JoeSolomon, John Stewart, Andrij Szul, Doug Turner, Ronnie Ward, Bob Zimmerman

Memory (Ferdico): I remember the day that my official teacher in the eighth grade informed me that I was accepted to Stuyvesant.  He receives a note from the office and then gets a big smile on his face.  He then tells me that I was accepted to Stuyvesant.  I think he was more happy than I was, and I was very happy. (I was like his protege.) He then me that he didn’t think I was accepted because in his daughter’s school, they had made the announcement the previous day.
Memory (Gregor): I remember during those lunch periods I organized a chess league. Lamm, Dreyfuss, Donald and I were four of the eight. We kept score and standings.
Memory (Mandell): I think we had students studying three languages (method for composing homerooms):  German, Latin, and Russian. German language (majority of the class) was with Miss Haesseler, who retired after our sophomore year, and we gave her a watch, a Colomby (brand) watch. She was so surprised, and cried. Mr Mischel replaced her the next year.
Memory (Gregor): I believe he spelled Richard Nickle or Nickel.  Had lunch together often with him, Donald Nussbaum, Bob Zimmerman, Alan Dreyfuss, Mike Lamm. Richard looked over into my plate in the cafeteria and asked “What’s that slop you’re eating?” Only 15 yrs old. Sad.
(Mandell) Pretty much our whole official class went to the funeral on a dark rainy day at a cemetery in Canarsie. His parents were devastated, though Richie had been enduring some serious chronic illness. He was a really nice guy with a big smile and was very bright. Joe Solomon, rarely one to be serious, had lost a parent earlier in life. In a moment of grim silence, after the burial, he quietly began to recite the mourners kaddish.                   Memory (Schaefer): I saw Richie Nickle sitting on the porch of a house in upstate NY the summer between our freshman and sophomore years. Since it was not too far from where my family summer home was, I thought that I should go pay a visit. Unfortunately, I never did. As a side note, Mr Rothenberg’s summer bungalow colony was directly across the lake from where I saw Richie Nickle.

Memory (Colomby): When I first got to Stuyvesant I had no idea how to allocate my study time.  How much should I focus on math, English, history… It was a source of great concern as my interests were clearly elsewhere.  I decided to ask the kid sitting in front of me how he planned to study each evening.  Armed with his input, I proceeded only to find that he was consistently getting 100s on his exams and I was a mid-80’s guy.  He invited me to sleep over at his mom’s apartment in Brooklyn.  I hadn’t spent much time overseas, so this was a two-fold opportunity: to see the world (no passport required) and check out his study habits first hand. Of course, had I known that the kid sitting in front of me (we were seated alphabetically) would become valedictorian (Philip Cohen) I would have asked someone else… anyone else.

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McGARRY, ED

Harvey Adelson, Mark Alper, Saul Cohen, Allen Cutler, Alan Dorkin, Fred Eckhaus, Gimley Farb, Allen Fleischman, Jed Goldart, Frank Guerra, Eric Herbst, John Hochman, Elliot Jacobs, Paul Kligfield, Gerard Lallemand, Marshall Levine, Adalberto Lopez, Eli Lustgarten, Peter Nester(d), Dan Turner, Vincent Vaccaro, Sasha Zill, Jay Zlotnick, Stephen Zurrow

Memory (Turner): Our homeroom had a raised stage in front & theater-type seats – I think it was used for “hygiene” lectures/films.
Memory (Turner): Big Ed always told us that, since he was a wounded vet, our parents couldn’t do anything to him, legally or job-wise, if he beat the shit out of us. (He was a very nice guy who never seriously threatened anyone.)

McGILLICUDDY, MISS 8N

Richard Ashley, Charles Brody, Martin Bronstein, Joseph Catanzaro, Barry Dorf, Paul Chipkin, Michael Cooper, Gimley Farb, Fred Feingold, Bruce Freund(d), Alan Horowitz, Douglas Houston, Andy Karlin, Alfred Liotta, Stanley Litow, Frank Madof, Harry Malakoff, Ed Mallon, Stewart Margolis, Martin Miller, Ronald Ocean, Harvey Weiner, Steven Weinstock(d)

Memory (Ashley): I always batted heads with her. This was usually over stupidity. Nothing new for teenagers. To this day I still don’t like redheads.

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“(McGarry): Big Ed always told us that,

since he was a wounded vet, our parents 

couldn’t do anything to him, legally or

job-wise, if he beat the shit out of us.”

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ROTHENBERG, JULIUS 8L, Rm504

Ken Baumel, Herbert Blatt, David Braverman, Barry Cohen, Henry Comiter, Ron Ehrenberg, Gimley Farb, Franklin Goins, Howard Grahn, Simeon Grater, Steve Green, Harvey Kadin, Howard Landon (Lipschitz), Howard Lantz, Johnny Lynn, Michael Marmor, Ben Mittelman, Kenneth Mittler, George Model, Michael Phillips, Bruce-Sean Reschen, Warren Rouse, Rick Silverblatt

Memory (Green): Julius Rothenberg was a total doppleganger for Groucho Marx.
Memory (Silverblatt): Two memories of Julius  Rothenberg come to mind: I had heard back then that he was a writer for Mad Magazine (not confirmed but that was the story). Also, during the morning recitation of the pledge of allegiance (Mr. Astrachan would come on the p.a. system in the  morning to announce this) Mr. R. said that if the FBI were to come around, he would report any boy who doesn’t say the pledge seriously. Those were the days.

Memory (Schaefer): Julius Rothenberg did write occasionally for Mad Magazine. The one piece I remember was about spelling mistakes. One that I remember was, “He was so trussworthy.” That was accompanied by a cartoon of a guy struggling with a safe on his back. If I remember any others, I’ll post them also.

Memory (Baumel): JGR said that he had material published in Mad Magazine, but was not a regular contributor. JGR retired and went to Italy to live for a few years because it was cheaper to live there. He was attracted to the language, weather, culture, art, and landscape. But, he was not happy there and came back to live in the Bronx with his brother or a relative. During 1962, he told us he would be retiring. I asked him not to retire so soon because he was such a great motivator and cared for each of us so much. I thought he needed to share his passion with a few more classes at least. Teaching was his ministry. He was an inspiration. Because he retired so early, he could not qualify for the better pay and pension system that came when the teachers union became a national force. I think his retirement package was too modest and placed a great financial burden on him the rest of his life. It was a great pleasure to see JGR and Mrs. Barron at the 25th.

Memory (Mandell): I had Rothenberg for English one semester. I think I recall more funny stories from that class than from any other. He used to bring out a violin and crying towel for stories about why you didn’t have your homework. However, if you came up with an excuse he had never heard before, he’d give you an ‘A’ for that assignment.

“(Rothenberg) He brought out a violin and 

crying towel for stories about why you

didn’t have your homework. If you came up

with an excuse he never heard before,

he gave you an ‘A’ for that assignment.”

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SCHINDELHEIM 8C, Rm215

Efrom Adler, Nicholas Belsky, Robert Bornfriend, Allen Cooper, Emmanuel Coplit, David Danow, Arnold Elman, Gimley Farb, Alan Feigelson, David Goldstein, Artie Hecht, Marshall Hilsberg, Peter Jarvis, Thomas Kalfa, Teddy Kaplan, Marty Karlin, Hyman Katz, Fred Mercado(d), Stanley Klein, Milton Koch, George Krasilovsky, Jon Latunik, Richard Lippman, Harvey Mate, Steven Parnes, Vincent Pellitteri, Martin Penzer(d), Irving Perlman, Jesse Rabinowitz, Michael Radetsky, Gary Roebuck, Bruno Santonocito, Eddie Sutton, Ronald Thomas, John Wechsler

Memory (Motzer): Sam Schindelheim was the best chemistry teacher (Qualitative Analysis) that I ever had (and that includes chemistry courses for three degrees, attending other University courses to keep current, and numerous workshops and seminars in a 35+ year career.   Not only that, he was a Mensch.
Memory (Roebuck): I phoned him prior to the 35th, when we were thinking of inviting some still living teachers. He was 88 and living in Boca Raton. When I said to him that you probably don’t remember me, he replied that not only did he remember me… but quickly named Nick Belsky, Bruno Santonocito, Tommy Kalfa, Milton Koch, etc. The guy was amazing and had a wry sense of humor.

TALLMAN, MRS.

Alan Amira, John Anselmo, James Bardunias, Edward Berla, Wayne Block, Neil Bookman (d), Bob Bourne, John Connor (d), Hank Duval, Gimley Farb, Steve Fishman, Jed Goldart, Steven Goldenberg (d), John Gray, Bob Gross, Johnnie Geida, Neil Hurwitz, Kenny Ligot, Jerry Maravegias, Louis Mettey, Steve Meininger, Miller, Randy McKee(d), Rick Pearl, Phil Radomsky, Keith Schaefer, Charles Schwartz, Pete Shkymba (d), Kenny Werner, Steve Ziegler

WOLFE, WINSLOW 4D

Fred Brosowsky, Mark Chernoff, Donald Cutler, James Dale, Alan Dombrow, Gimley Farb, Peter Georgopulos, Woody Goldstein, Pete Grauna, Peter Jarvis, Tom Kalfa, George Krasilovsky, Jon Latunik, Richard Lippman, Howard Lipshitz aka Landon, Arnie Netka, Teddy Papahatzis, Bruno Santoncito, Bernie Savedoff, Larry Traub, Curt Yamaolka, Stan Zinner, Jeff Zwerin

Memory (Heyderman): RememberJake Lieberman?  LSMFT.

Memory: How about Peter Gioberti in mechanical drawing (always drew a hangman if a line hung out too far or a ship going thru a canal if it didn’t quite go far enough), or what about Mr Cavalero in gym?  Mr Haas in Spanish class, he was a funny piece of work, but at least he could write forwards and backwards on the blackboard simultaneously.