September 24, 1969 Letter from Chancellor Albert Bowker to Al Vann
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September 24, 1969.
Mr. Albert Vann, Chairman
Negotiating Team of the
Bedford=Stuyvesant Coalition
on Educational Needs and Services |
268 Ashland Piges
Dear Mx. Vann: ;
As instructed by the Executive Committee exe the:
Board of Higher Education, I herewith convey to you
officially the appreciation of the Board "for the energy |”
and efforts devoted by the members of the Negotiating Team, .
and of the Coalition, during the many months of meetings and ~
deliberations" and other common efforts. I enclose .a copy: of
a Resolution enacted by the Executive Committee of the Board,
at a meeting of the Committee on Sept. 16. I know that Vice.
Chancellor Edelstein transmitted that ReroLuelon to’ yous inn
mediately after its adoption. i
Personally, I will miss the good fellowship and |
of our appvoach as we continue our efforts to suléill | our.
mission in the centzval Brooklyn area. LNs
Se hi Sa ie iy
Le He ee
; Dr. J. Oscar Lee
' Mr. Luis Quero Chiesa
Professor Arleigh Williamson
Mr. Porter R. Chandler.
ue Granada Hotel, Room 602
Brooklyn, N.Y.
. stimulat ing give-and-take which characterized the major part”
Ene: 1 ae Ae
cc; Mr. Frederick Burkhardt
535 East 80 Street, New York, N.Y. r002r .
212/360-2121
September 24, 1969.
Mr. Albert Vann, Chairman
Negotiating Team of the
Bedford=Stuyvesant Coalition
on Educational Needs and Services |
268 Ashland Piges
Dear Mx. Vann: ;
As instructed by the Executive Committee exe the:
Board of Higher Education, I herewith convey to you
officially the appreciation of the Board "for the energy |”
and efforts devoted by the members of the Negotiating Team, .
and of the Coalition, during the many months of meetings and ~
deliberations" and other common efforts. I enclose .a copy: of
a Resolution enacted by the Executive Committee of the Board,
at a meeting of the Committee on Sept. 16. I know that Vice.
Chancellor Edelstein transmitted that ReroLuelon to’ yous inn
mediately after its adoption. i
Personally, I will miss the good fellowship and |
of our appvoach as we continue our efforts to suléill | our.
mission in the centzval Brooklyn area. LNs
Se hi Sa ie iy
Le He ee
; Dr. J. Oscar Lee
' Mr. Luis Quero Chiesa
Professor Arleigh Williamson
Mr. Porter R. Chandler.
Title
September 24, 1969 Letter from Chancellor Albert Bowker to Al Vann
Description
On September 24, 1969, Albert Bowker, Chancellor of the City University of New York (CUNY) wrote to Al Vann, a community leader of Bedford-Stuyvesant, formally informing him of the Board of Higher Education’s Resolution eight days before to dissolve the Presidential Search and Planning Committee for Community College 7, of which Vann had been a member. In his letter, Bowker reiterated words of thanks included in the resolution for the “energy and efforts” of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Coalition on Educational Needs and Services (B-SCENS) and its delegated Negotiation Team in negotiations and plans for Community College 7, and shared his personal appreciation with Vann for the “good fellowship and stimulating give-and-take” in their collaboration.
In February 1968, the City University of New York (CUNY) announced plans to establish a new “Community College 7 in or near Bedford-Stuyvesant. . . oriented to the Bedford-Stuyvesant Community and operated in consultation with the community.” Representatives of a broad network of Central Brooklyn community organizations engaged in an 18 months-long negotiation with CUNY Board of Higher Education officials over CUNY’s plans for its newly announced “Community College 7,” including discussions about the proposed school’s curriculum, who would lead it, and what role the community would play in the school’s governance. The role of the Bedford-Stuyvesant community in planning and determining the leadership of the college remained a central point of controversy between Central Brooklyn’s educational and civil society leaders and CUNY officials in the negotiations that followed.
Contributor
Woodsworth, Michael
Creator
Bowker, Albert
Date
September 24, 1969
Language
English
Relation
13772
Source
Donald Watkins Collection (Brooklyn Public Library)
Original Format
Correspondence
Bowker, Albert. Letter. “September 24, 1969 Letter from Chancellor Albert Bowker to Al Vann”. 13772, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/2044