Appendix A: Meeting between The Board Committee to Seek Presidents and the Bedford-Stuyvesant Coalition
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APPENDIX A va,
MEETING BETWEEN THE BOARD COMMITTEE TO SEEK PRESIDENTS FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES —
SEVEN AND EIGHT AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE BEDFORD-STUYVESANT COALITION
- ON EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND SERVICES - March 14, 1968
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Present:
Members of the Board of Higher Education:
Honorable Porter R. Chandler
Honorable Frederick H. Burkhardt
Honorable Arleigh B. Williamson
Honorable Luis Quero Chiesa
Honorable James Oscar Lee
Honorable Benjamin F. McLaurin
City University Staff:
Professor Julius C. C. Edelstein, Coordinator of Urban Studies
Mr. Joseph Shenker, Acting Dean for Community College Affairs
Mr. Candido de Leon, Executive Assistant to the Chancellor
Dr. I. Edward Hollander, Dean of the Master Plan
Mrs. Almira Coursey
Community Representatives:
Mr. Albert Vann, Chairman
Mr. Easton (representing Judge Thomas Jones)
Mr. Timothy Vincent, Chairman, Board of Directors, Spare Unlimited, Inc.
Mr. Herbert Ottley, President, Young Adults College Organization
Mr. Dave Berkman
Mrs. Ella Sease, parent representative for District #16
Major Bernard, Salvation aeny
Rev. J. Chester Gage, Pastor's Conference of Stooklyn, 681 Jerome
Street, Brick la. New York 949-6053 ,
Mr. Robert "sonny" Carson, Brooklyn Chapter of CORE
Mr. Stuart Lewis, Director, Neighborhood Youth Corps
Mr. Herman Patterson
Mrs. Elsie Richardson, Chairman, Urban Planning Committee, Central
Brooklyn Coordinating Council (also secretary to committee)
Mr. Walter Pinkston, Executive Director, Youth-in-Action
“Mr. Ronald Breland, African-American Student Association
Mrs. Mary Mann, representing Cobb, Inc. .
-I. The two basic ideas expressed by the community representatives were:
A. That the college in Bedford-Stuyvesant should be a four year college
empowered to grant baccalaureate degrees.
B. That the college should be controlled by the community.
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By community control, the following was meant: q :
Le Decisive community eats in the selection of a president.
2. .Community control of budget after total amount has been
datetatied by the Board of Higher Education..
3. Community determination of curricula.
4. Community selection of all college personnel.
APPENDIX A va,
MEETING BETWEEN THE BOARD COMMITTEE TO SEEK PRESIDENTS FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES —
SEVEN AND EIGHT AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE BEDFORD-STUYVESANT COALITION
- ON EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND SERVICES - March 14, 1968
a
Present:
Members of the Board of Higher Education:
Honorable Porter R. Chandler
Honorable Frederick H. Burkhardt
Honorable Arleigh B. Williamson
Honorable Luis Quero Chiesa
Honorable James Oscar Lee
Honorable Benjamin F. McLaurin
City University Staff:
Professor Julius C. C. Edelstein, Coordinator of Urban Studies
Mr. Joseph Shenker, Acting Dean for Community College Affairs
Mr. Candido de Leon, Executive Assistant to the Chancellor
Dr. I. Edward Hollander, Dean of the Master Plan
Mrs. Almira Coursey
Community Representatives:
Mr. Albert Vann, Chairman
Mr. Easton (representing Judge Thomas Jones)
Mr. Timothy Vincent, Chairman, Board of Directors, Spare Unlimited, Inc.
Mr. Herbert Ottley, President, Young Adults College Organization
Mr. Dave Berkman
Mrs. Ella Sease, parent representative for District #16
Major Bernard, Salvation aeny
Rev. J. Chester Gage, Pastor's Conference of Stooklyn, 681 Jerome
Street, Brick la. New York 949-6053 ,
Mr. Robert "sonny" Carson, Brooklyn Chapter of CORE
Mr. Stuart Lewis, Director, Neighborhood Youth Corps
Mr. Herman Patterson
Mrs. Elsie Richardson, Chairman, Urban Planning Committee, Central
Brooklyn Coordinating Council (also secretary to committee)
Mr. Walter Pinkston, Executive Director, Youth-in-Action
“Mr. Ronald Breland, African-American Student Association
Mrs. Mary Mann, representing Cobb, Inc. .
-I. The two basic ideas expressed by the community representatives were:
A. That the college in Bedford-Stuyvesant should be a four year college
empowered to grant baccalaureate degrees.
B. That the college should be controlled by the community.
-2- ‘ia : ‘ 14, op
, 9
By community control, the following was meant: q :
Le Decisive community eats in the selection of a president.
2. .Community control of budget after total amount has been
datetatied by the Board of Higher Education..
3. Community determination of curricula.
4. Community selection of all college personnel.
Title
Appendix A: Meeting between The Board Committee to Seek Presidents and the Bedford-Stuyvesant Coalition
Description
Appendix A consists of a list of all those present at a March 14, 1968 meeting between the Board Committee to Seek Presidents for Community Colleges Seven and Eight and the Bedford-Stuyvesant Coalition Steering Committee. It also outlines the "two basic ideas" brought forward by community representatives. These are: the belief that the proposed school should be a four year college and that it should be controlled by the community. A definition of what is meant by "community control" is provided.
Contributor
Tager, Florence
Creator
Board Committee to Seek Presidents for Community Colleges Seven and Eight
Date
March 14, 1968
Language
English
Rights
Obtained from Contributor - Copyright Unknown
Source
CUNY Central Archives
Original Format
Report / Paper / Proposal
Board Committee to Seek Presidents for Community Colleges Seven and Eight. Letter. “Appendix A: Meeting Between The Board Committee to Seek Presidents and the Bedford-Stuyvesant Coalition.”, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/339