Pratt Institute - Prattonia Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 228 of the 1978 volume:

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Kenneth Mitkowski Engineering 1. Andre Poularp 2. Reeni Goldin 3. Robert Huckabee Engineering 1. Victor Zazzu 2. Victor Dias Construction Management 1. John Tomanelli 2. Earl K. Hiller 3. John Krzynowek 4. Liz Hollmann 5. Richard Smyth 6. Peter Davoren 1. Richard Stern 2. Cia Mooney 3. Randy Ginsburg 4. Jamie Titcomb 5. Tony Smith “ J = = 4 = = N - - ew w z j Fashion 1. Deborah Capoverde 2. Janet Nelson Printmaking 1. Jim McManus 2. Alex Nalywayko 3. Susan Stahl Architecture 1. Bob Krause 2. Richard Moss Food Science 1. Bill Young 2. Eiko Moriguchi 3. Todd Adelman Architecture 1. Gerard Higgins 2. Lehava Shani 3. Joseph Levine 4. Stan Weisbrod 5. Peter Talbot 6. Kevin Bone 7. Chainun Amompiyagris 8. Alan Zimbler Illustration l. Curtis King 2. Brian Griffin 3. Robin Kusten 4. Dan Gonzalez ay Naibnge 1. Mona Wertzberger 2. Mirtha Alvarez 3. Sharon Gresh 4. David John Basque %e “Se La? we A bt f Engineering 1. Bob Buhowski 2. Martin Valcicak 3. John Burke a Engineering 1. Jaques Baron 2. Edward Obrenski 3. Roy G. Dieterle Engineering 1. Ali Yassine 2. Francisco Lopez 3. Gunther Engel Architecture 1. Bilu Blich 2. Delores Malecki 3. Anthony DeSimone Fashion 1. Paula Goodridge 2. Mary Priebe -———— Printmaking ]. Fred Nunley 2. Cynie Linton 3. Allen Baki Engineering l. Braulio Santana 2. Rudee Cox 3. Tania Santana Engineering 1. Thomas Lollo 2. Leroy Ferguson 3. Alexander Cortez Engineering 1. Victor Zazzu 2. Victor Dias Fashion l. Gwen Carmon 2. Diana King Engineering 1. Robert Huckabee 2. Walter Krajewski 3. Brian Lynch 4. Jose Araque 5. Terence Stoute 6. Neil Gorin 7. Fitzcarl Johnson 8. Frank Petsche 9. Brian Friend 10. Arthur Gray ll. Fred Meyn Graphic Design 1. Gary Cianciotta 2. Ellen Schwartz 3. Dianne Dudek 4, Lisa Irizarry 5. Robert Keane 1. Ira Liss 2. William Lozano 3. Jamie Bauer 4. Donna Musial 5. Barry Quaitromani 6. Carmine Bruno 7. Robert Sickeler 8. Chandra Centoscudi 9. Bruce Ligerman 10. Frank Theodos Industrial Design ]. Peter Benson 2. Marilyn Tibbs 3. Jorge Lopez 4. Ann Mesquida l. Elliot Ring 2. Samson Dada 3. Ralph Choeff 4. Phil Livoti Fashion l. Cheryl Washington 2. Sanda Boyce Painting 1. Jon Smart 2. Ed Smith § f ' t Peewee need eeeeneeeeeeeae Architecture 1. Daniel Vastola 2. Antonio Rendeiro Industrial Design 1. Awilda de la Cruz 2. Stephen Wizowski oe Fashion Kenneth Felder 1. Ann Marie Mesquida 2. Matthew Foltz 3. Todd Light 4. Mark Stein 5. Nancy Vavas 6. Luis F. Hoyos 7. Jamie Bauer 8. Glenn Fujii 9. David Conroy 10. Pete Doebele Environmental Interior Design ] 2. 3 4 5. 6. ‘3 8 9 . Robert Caggiano Chris Williams . Bobette Garben . Florence Graham Monika Dominak David Rutter Richi Lentinello . Jonn Winterbottom . Jill Kaplan Graphic Design 1, Michael McGinn 2. Diana Vasquez 3. Sharon Gresh 4. Judy Pensky 5. David John Basque Illustration ]. Anthony Sella 2. James Shefcik 3. Mark Bright Illustration Pat McGullan “wor une te? - ae Seep Fashion 1. Christine Cook 2. Sharon Bascom AQF yp, a A IN ea —— y — a 7 ‘ Architecture 1. Jesse Salghpo 2. Bruce Peterson 3. Paul Taylor eet tt Graphic Design 1. Richard Leonard 2. Charles Goslin 3. George Hoffman 4. Susan Wacker 5. Pam Wood Art Education 1. Helen Hernandez 2. Pamela J. Loucks 3. Ilene Lebowitz 4. Alan Bassett 5. Ken Prior 6. Sandra Boyce 7. Rona Goldberger 8. Judy Silberstein 9. Ellie Bisson 10. Diane Curatolo 11. Stephanie Haboush 12. Norman Tempia SETS TS eg) ES A on ‘ Photography 1. Virginia Conde 2. Rick Rodamar 3. Steven Polivy 4. Julio Trujillo 5. Harriet Goldstein 6. Mariano Pastor 7. Douglas Wonders 8. Steven Colandrea 9. Michael Starr Fashion Collette Hawkins Illustration 1. Mary Campbell 2. Carlos Basile 3. Jennifer Reid Food Science l. Jean-Marie Reid 2. Julia M. Raines 3. Myma D. Cumberbatch E ngineering 1. Errol McAllister 2. Edgar Grant 3. Aderemi Onashile ) |) Architecture 1. Steven Butler 2. Andrew R. Wojtas 3. Rob Strong 4. Anthony LoGrande 5. Carl Feinman s on ,) 3 Cer iat-F) EES CLL ee pe ait -3 3 tie: Eo oy Sais sees EET Pasa ee | a 1. Bob Leslie 2. Dominick Macaluso 3. Enzo Ravese 1. Scott Daniels 2. Andrew Panagiotidus 3. Peter Paspalas 4. Dobie K. Chow 5. Ceasar Bustamante 6. Edward Harris 7. Enck Hofschmid Architecture Stavros Kypragoras Food Science 1. Valerie Rogers 2. Susan Schindler 3. Consola C. John Engineering 1. Trevor Sterling 2. Chandra Naharaj 3. Darwin Straker Engineering 1. Maurice Leslie 2. Gilbert Pepitone 3. Carlos Pinheiro Engineering 1. Maurice Leslie 2. Gilbert Pepitone 3. Carlos Pinheiro Engineering 1. George Bettman 2. Robert Heizler 3. Kenneth Woo 1. David Rohn 2. Karen Romeyn 3. Elliot Moses 4. Kathy Kovary 5. Joyce Houlihan 6. Deborah Kumi 7. Harry Martinian 8. Art 9. Bill Fashion 1. Wanda Hayes 2. Ivy Seigle 3. Linda Chang ™ ; vee � Pi “a Fs jh? Printmaking l. Barbara Duval 2. Alan Ruden 3. Liz Ehrlich Engineering 1. Mahabeo Singh 2. Mesias Serge 3. Dennis John yt ao 1. David John Basque 2. Mirtha Alvarez 3. Carolyn Davis 4. Elton 5. Beverly Horton 6. Hyacinth Daniel 7. Arlene McClary Y Architecture 1. Marcus Marino 2. Larry Beals 3. George Szendilich 4. Joe Busk 5. Richard Suter 6. Leon Paboojian 7. Andy Cohen Drawing 1. Sandy Garelick 2. Donald Delli Paoli 3. Pamela Dreyfus 4. Tom Schurr 5. Ki-Choong Cho 6. Melanie Fowler 7. David Gothard 8. Art Church 9. Radha Honig 10. Frank McCarthy Advertising Design lL, 2 3 4, 5. 6. vf 8 9 Mark Hogan . Koni Shimura . Robin Kusten Drew Robinson Belinda Lee Lee Epstein . Charles Bromley . Kevin Creighton . Paul Barath Graduates Not Pictured Architecture Victor Acosta Segun F Ajenifujah Dimitris Alexandrakis Jesus Alvarez Natale Barranco Robert H. Blau Thomas Canzani Cutteridge Cedemo Martha Cesery Kyung Bong Choi Jonathan Contract Timothy Conway James Coombes III Walter Cuff James L. Davis, Jr. Mario DiCorcia Michael Difede Gerard F. Donnelly Fernando Fernandez Michael Ferrera Arthur Fleck II Thomas Foerderrer Marion Fowlkes Hanna Gafni John B. Goehring Fitzgerald L. A. Grant Thomas Holian Miroslav Hromin James Johnson Wayne Johnson Ty Kaul William J. Keeley John Kelemean, Jr. John Kelley Robert S. Kerr Jeffrey Kinzler Nikolaos Koutsomitis Louis Lin Kuan Paul Kuehn Erich O. Kuhles Henry Hoshing Kwong Raul D. Lafaye Michael Landolina Paul J. Lazzaro Anthony Lee John B. Leggett Alexander Lemberger Neil M. Lemelman Scott Lewis Bruce Ligerman William R. Lozano Joma Mahomey Michael Marzialo David Mieger Rafael Mora Tanya Morrison Michael U. Muroff Donald Napp Peter Paspalas Deborah Pedler Martin Radburd Cameron Rashti Joyce L. Rhodes Theresa Roberts Paul A. Rosas Robert Roubian Gaetano Roviezzo Peter Ruebel Ivan Santiago John Schaberg Klaus Schmitt William K. Sheehan Charles Siano Raymond William Spano Martha L. Steinberg Riki Swede Oded Tal Yadollah Tehrani Frank Theodos Thomas G. Trizzino Vasiliki Tsatsaris Daniel Vastola Irene Velali Kirk Wassmann Bice C. Wilson Richard Wilson Robert Wolf Kathleen Avino Richard Esposito Architectural Engineering Lynn Hall Robert F. Hildebrand David Kerr Paul D. Rivera Art Education Edward T: Borgen Robert Flanagan Pepi Gabor Bruce Lisanti Pamella Locks Barbara A. Morris Arnita Reed Norman Tempia Building Science Angel Tineo Chemical Engineering Frederick J. Doeman Kateherine Gunn Luis Jordan Maxim Karafian Horance Leshmore Carlos Morandi Walter A. Vaca Douglas Young Chemistry Alan D. Brook Communications Design Paul Agresti Walter Ashe Allen Bianchi Steve Bowser Maurie Brown Florence E. Burns Jerry Cable Frank Canore Gary Cianciotta Neville A. Davis Robert Dick Anthoney DiPersia Nancy Doyle Dorothy B. Felske Fred Fowler Bruce Hadley George Hoffmann Annette Hunt Lisa Irizarry Marilyn Johnson Lucille Kinney Peter Korzaan Margaret Lee Joseph P Lertola Geralyne Lewandowski Namiko Link Laurie McBarnette Pamela Pollack Alice M. Rimmelin Michael Roach Anthony S. Saris Stephen R. Schlott Ellen Schwartz Dipti Shah Takane Shimura Tatiana Sklepkovych Holly Smith Steven R. Smith Thaddeus S. Steward Maybelle Stickney Diana Vasquez Joan Vogel Susan R. Wacker Pamela Wood Construction Management Robert Bisaccio Peter Davoren Victor McDaniel William Arendt, Jr. Sebastian D'Allesandro Earl Hiller Elizabeth Hollmann Robert Konopka Stuart Koshner John Kryznowek Victor McDaniel Frank Nucatola Carter Proctor Robert Safarian Richard J. Smyth David Thompson John Tomanelli Charles Uscinski Theodore Zach Francis Ziegler Data Systems Management George N. Bettman Maurice Leslie Electrical Engineering Samuel Acquaye Chun Au Andrew Bach Roger L. Bubello Jaime Camargo Carmine N. Caron Leonard F. Chetti Dennis L. Copemann Robert Crow III Robert Eliot Ronald John Ficarotta Ruben Ghiraldi William Ginis Harry Nehman Kyriacos P Hadjipares George C. Ham Neville Hohner Dennis John Joseph Katzourin Majid Khan Kevin Kuhland Chandra Maharaj Daniel Mapes Bradford Mills Gary J. Nacer Sean F O'Brien Michael F Orlando Thomas A. Piazza John Reformato Allan L. Robinson Armando Solorzano Peter C. Stancato Suranrt Tanvejsilp Dan Urdaneta Larry Robert Zafrin Environmental Science Patricia Miller Fashion Sharon Bascom Gwendolyn Carmon Linda Chang Christine Cook Deborah Corsano Irene DeVita Linda Diaz Dorothea Edmonson Wanda Hayes Yim Hong Huie David C. Husarik Joanne Lazzaro Cynthia Meserve Marycarol Miller Carmelo Pistritto Doris D. Pritchett Tanya D. Richardson Ivy Seigle Rachel Smolar Cherly A. Trainor Fashion Management Merchandising Marilyn Benjamin Wm. Bradley Elaine L. Cassinis Jacqueline Forde Kathryn L. Garner Karen Gendusi Jocelyn Gist Robert F Keane Mary Ann Kurtz Natalie Ludwig Deborah Marvell Frances V. McKinnely Joan Melnick Michael Ranoutar Rhonda Riccio Janet-Rae Smith Marie D. Spence r Deborah St. Clair Ogden Starr, Jr. Lauren S. Weiner Patricia Welsh Food Science Management Edward Boo Marcus Morris Steven Zoltek Film Jon DeMartin Robert Kirkpatrick Gina Romano Industrial Design Eunice Bolt Dennis Cohen Bruce Glaser David Jacobson Lily Moy Paresh Shah Julio Soto Randall Stultz Robert Thomas, Jr. Industrial Engineering Anthony Andres Harod Antoine Oy-Min Wee Lawrence Williams Integrative Studies Brenda Branch Joel Cantor JoAnn Case Elizabeth Conard Pamela Hird Ira Liss Richard Murdock, Jr. Lethia J. Robertson Rochelle Sitt Interior Environmental Design Russell Corey Dorothy B. Dallas Lynn Graziadei Sondra Miller Anna Sasso Mathematics Rudee Cox Mechanical Engineering Courtney Bartholomew William Blackman Jeffrey De Verteuil James DiSantis Anastasios Frangias Harry D. Gilliam Joseph Gulino Kasuma J. Santos Ali Yassine Nutrition Dietetics Theater Arts Bernadette Batiste Kenneth Shelley Norma Bhalai William Wunder Erica S. Bittencourt Gloria Bryan Virginia Caserta Linda Consorte Hyacinth I. Daniel Lurlanda M. Dewar Sharon Fishman Desmond O. Gooding Fay V. Green-Muckle Joyclyn Holder Grace O. Isagba Mildred E. Mellard Philomena Oshuntola Maria A. Pierre Marlene T. Seaton Idowu Shatola Ester F Weekes Winsome Wright Photography Steven G. Colandrea Virginia M. Conde Dominique Edwards Harriet Goldstein Alexandra Kent Michael Starr Julio Trujillo Priatonia’ds rat I nstetule Lrooklyn, New Gok C ontents The Administration Departments Science and Engineering 4 Theatre and Dance 10 Construction Management 12 Environmental and Interior Design 14 Foundation 16 Communications Design 20 Filmand Photography 26 Industral Design 30 Food Science 34 Architecture 38 Art Education 44 Fashion 46 Fine Arts 52 Humanities 58 Etc. 63 Is it extraordinary, amazing, or merely a strange paradox that a school like Pratt whose success has come from years of being the arbiter or original, highly crea- tive, and often times quite unconventional thought could exist so harmoni- ously with the tried and true, established, and very conventional form- ula for running the show. Whatever the reason one thing is certain; it is the ones in command who play a major part in mak- ing it all work. Without them it is questionable how well and for how long our institute could exist. In this 90th year of (might have been) operation, the Pratt Shoe Factory has enjoyed a rewarding ex- perience. The esthetic adhesion of soles, heels and uppers is indeed challenging and with the assistance of expert pro- fessionals we have suc- ceeded in a gratifyingly large number of combina- tions. The only difficulty we had was in pairing the successfully combined soles, heels and uppers. Our extensive advertising efforts to locate substantial numbers of potential customers for non-pairs reinforced our research which concluded there were none. We are delighted to report, how- ever, that what appeared to some possibly to be an error in manufacturing has become a windfall as the Vice Presidents and Legal Counsel John Klinzing, Joe Azzinaro, Stratton Lee, Matthew Hall uppers, soles and heels are selling like hot cakes with syrup in our employee restaurant endearingly known as the P.H. (pancake heaven) shop among our contented employees. President Richardson Pratt, Jr. Provost Steve Kaagan Deans Nasser Sharity, Bruce Sharpe, Joelle Brink, Warren Gran, Izchak Friedman, Arthur Seidman x. Ww xX ay us Ww S Fred Assadourian Tamas Bartha Vicki Baartmans Peter Basch Eleanor Baum Sigmund Beale Morton Berstein Theodore Borecki Raymond Borichewski Howard Boyet Richard Burke Marvin Chartin Donald Duncan Burton Fabricand Abraham Finkelstein Izchak Friedman Paul Fnedman Leary Gilpin Benjamin Gross Luther Haibt George Helme Morton Herman Esmet Kamil Harry Katzan, Jr. Max Klinger Herman Krinsky Joel Levitt Haroun Mahrous Frank Monasa Peter Markstein John McClarnon Richard North Stanley Petrick Ida Rafail Frank Rand Julius Randall, Jr. Frank Rankin John Rice Ben Sandler Joseph Schwaije Arthur Seidman Carole Sirovic Herbert Tesser Linda Wilson Wen Yu Demetrius Zelios e vse . a) bee a BOR a e . SUSESNS ve ue SEE TR = E as B | g | lak a ine s| 8 fee 3 seg dea eee ae | ae OE cet Gagan ae: HI iis Seaes BERBB8Sa: Sosae g: ae 2588 008 88 §$ 8 8 8 5h: ‘) Well, I mean like, dey give me dis yo-yo and they tell me to use it. I mean, like, whoever gave ya yo-yo lessons before. I mean, just | because the string busted, | ain't no use to get all bent out | of shape over it. As the yo-yo attainsa static | charge from the Telas coil in excess of 125,000 ergs and is subjected to a magnetic flux of eight or more nano- Webers per centimeter, it | attains a state of hyperkene- sis and, barring a disruption in the time space contin- num, warps tangentally into the future. Theatre Dance “All the worlds a stage...” | —Wm. Shakespeare, As You Like It “I open in Vegas Thursday...” —Shecky Green, ) The Tonight Show | Ian Calderon Paul Corrigan James Cunningham Laura Dean Michele Geller Dick Green Michael Halpern Peter Harvey | Jordan Hott It is Shakespeare, not Shecky, who proceeds to | callus “players in it”. Why, | then, do we need actors or even theatre? Perhaps . some of us are better at baring ourselves naked to a house of 750 than others. Who would you rather see on Broadway, Dustin Hoffman or your Uncle Nat? (Although he's “one heck of a storyteller”—your Aunt . Louise.) Herbert Lager Kermit Love George New Nancy Rhodes W.M.H. Sciretia Carol Spier Pauline Tish MA In the beginning, when Jack built his house, the site was a muddy wasteland, | covered with rocks. Jack said let there be a foundation and nothing | happened. So Jack got his shovel and dug a foundation. Jack saw how good the foundation was, but felt a great pain in his back, so Jack hired some labor. Then he said let there be a frame and so it | happened, the labor built the frame... And so it was—this was the house jaw srt Av ANAS that Jack built. He built more than one of course, but it didn't get any easier as he went along. Things got more complicated— building codes and zoning laws weren't around in the beginning. The tec hnology advanced, labor formed unions, and inflation made the cost of everything skyrocket. So Jack had to put his shovel away and just more to building these days than just hitting the nail on the head. CONSTRU CTIC IAGEMEN | Leo Kuhn | Howard Horii | Joseph LaRocca | Alton Burton Phillip Dworkin Richard Flanigan Herbert Kunstadt Harry Mahler Irving Minkin | Phillip Olin | Jules Sells Bertram Sherman | Irving Sigman pick upa briefcase. There's | Maxfield Vogel Norb ert Turkel J.S. Unger | Murray Weber SINTERIO Evan Bellin Rex Curry = Joseph Paul D'Urso LES we. | Phillip Farrell pil� 2� | Frederick Goldberg ’ vat ‘ ¥ | Stephan Klein Judy Pensky Harley Jones Laurie Maurer R. Guy McGinnis James Morgan John Pile MENTAL You've been tucked away in some god- forsaken, obscure corner of Pratt for four years, your de- partment forgotten by most and unknown to the rest. That distinct feeling of in- | significance left you asking yourself what was it all for. | But after your weekend | rendezvous with your draft- ing desk, the crit on your | design for turning Notre Dame into the world's ) largest disco made it all | seem worthwhile. You've already forgotten that just a little while ago you were about to turn in the old T-square and use your wrist ) as a cutting board And so what if your par- ents think that they've just | spent twenty thousand so you could learn about the effect of hydrocarbons on the reforestation of the | Douglas Fir in Prospect Park. And so what if after your twelfth explanation to them your mother asks for help in choosing the plas- tic slipcover for that new Danish Modern armchair in | the living room. At least you ) feel comfortable in know- ing that you've learned not only how to decorate an | envirnoment but also | how to decorate with an | environment | j In this beginning there existed a sect consisting o f an institute, a company of gods and a group of students... Herbert Beerman Al Blaustein Mary Buckley Ray Ciarrochi Bruce Colvin William A. Fogler William Fasolino Kathryn Filla David Gates Eugene Garfinkle Marion Greenstone Richard Hall Phoebe Hellman William Hochhausen Ted Kurahara Jacob Landau Edward Lazansky Donald MacKinnon John Pai Joseph Phillips Christopher Sanderson William Sayler Charles Schucker Richard Welch 18 Words are always thin when trying to describe a great man. What they show clearly is that Philip Schmidt pushed and pulled us, helping us to expand in one way or another. They also show that he will continue to do so. With all other ac- complishments aside, we feel that alone is a sign of greatness. “A presence that is constant and admirable in intellect and sensitivity is easy to love. The same presence is most difficult to lose.” Bill Fogler “Every day was a learning experience.” Lilyan Last “Philip knew himself and in so doing understood us.” Joseph Phillips “Philip Schmidt was for me a kind of hero in a world where such worship seems to have ceased to exist.” David John Basque “Professor Philip Schmidt was a human being who had the great capacity to make one question things, a simple thing perhaps, but this leads one to the extraordinary, unending process of learning.” Kathryn Filla “Most assuredly I can no longer experience his pain, his reality. lam no longer bound by history. He helped me stand on my own two feet. I've lost a friend.” Bill Sayler “He raised the questions and lowered the illusions.” Steven Bennett Homage to reason Philip when will you die. This is the mourning Handsome ruddy nose I think I miss him very much. Herbert Beerman “He had a remarkable ability for presenting complicated ideas crisply, briefly, and some- times humorously.” Marion Greenstone “The thoughts which are in my mind are such that the reality of having known one as he brings beauty that overpowers even the sad- dest moments. Sandy Benjamin “He was our leader. He was our friend. GOODBYE PHILIP GOODBYE FRIEND. Gene Garfinkle These students, having come from the vast hinter- land of much that was nothingness, were young and impressionable. Their world was without form, and void, and darkness pervaded their counte- nances. Immediately the gods of colour deemed that they should see light and with the help of the theorists, there was light. The students began to see the fantasy world around them with the myriad of beautiful colours that once lay dormant in near dark- ness. Excitement and optimism filled their eyes. This was not enough. Soon a second group of gods whose forte was work- ing with plaster and clay decided that there must be form and structure in their world of shapeless space. Shortly after, the students began to mold the mounds of earth that appeared be- fore them as if by magic or miracle. Soon their efforts bore wondrous fruit and the gods saw that this was good. Yet, there was still more to be learned. A third group, the gods of pen and ink, of paint and crayon, of charcoal and conte, knew that these new students must learn to use line and tone to arrive at an image. They must learn to draw the creatures that moved about them and to render men in their own image. It was not long before figures of great beauty and perfect gesture appeared on the scrolls before them. Excitement was shared by all. Now it seemed that the gods had given them all that was needed to prepare them for what was yet to come and their work now completed it was time for the gods to rest. With confidence and self satis- faction they sat back and began to watch the power- ful lot they had created for soon another group would arrive. If it's true that people without problems lead boring lives, the communications student lives a thrill a minute. Problems are everywhere, inside and outside. How can someone enjoy meeting a wall with every step? I wouldn't know but Im sure he has an idea... Donn Albright Don Ariev Ray Barber David Barnett Michael Becker Frank Bozzo Gregory Chislovsky Dale Clark Gerry Contreras Bob Dacey Kenneth Deardoff David Epstein Lee Epstein David Gates Charles Goslin Ruth Guzik Art Harris George Klauber Jacob Landau Herschel Levit Gerald Lynas Jacqui Morgan Barbara Nessim David Passalacqua Werner Pfieffer Stan Smith Bert Waggot Douglas Wink Communications design 22 On the way to class he stops at Jake's. As he gets his gum and his change a smile spreads across his face, the deadline has been met. He realizes he must also meet his teacher and proceeds to class sans smile. A pack of gum later his piece is critted and two weeks of tension melt into wonderful relief. With a new problem bouncing in his skull he goes home anx- ious to begin work on it. He sharpens his pencil, opens his pad, and falls intoa deep sleep. Slowly he fills up his sketchbook. Slowly he fills up his trash can. The ans- wer can come at anytime and anyplace. it may be on the napkin while sitting at Mike's or it may be while sitting on the toilet (and it may stay there). The problem is the first thing to greet him in the morning and at night it never wants to leave. He thinks constantly. While riding the F train the noise goes unnoticed. At Jay Street he becomes ex- cited with a possibility. At Rockefeller Center he real- izes he has gone nowhere. Whether dramatically or quietly the solution even- tually appears, but he is far from finished. Another flurry of sketches will fol- low until the idea is solid. The hardest partis over but much time will be spent transforming the idea into a finished piece. All along he will ask himself, “Is It good? It has been said that communications design can be two things; chewing gum for the eyes or chew- ing gum for the mind. On the way to class he stops at Jake's. As he gets his change a smile spreads across his face. He knows he has just chosen the gum four out of five art directors recommend. a )_ Pe i Megat = C he a y 2 S MONIZ chor Mock FIRST SHOE -POLISH AS TOUGH AS A CAR WAX. ewnke mpeenenent THE AMERIC AN MAGI: i oat 112 ENS FAS ONS 977 FILM: | | | | PHOTO GRAPHY “Photography came into being through an artistic urge.” “And William Henry Fox Talbot was led to make his... researches because he found it difficult to draw.” “Anyone who has mastered a few simple instructions can make printable negatives with a pocket camera.” “The amateurs range from... to the group to whom photography is an extremely serious matter, and who will spare no pains to achieve the technical quality and aesthetic effect they personally desire.” Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 17 Marty Abrahams | Allan Brown Regina Cornwell Diana Edkins Robert Fiala Arthur Freed David Freund William Gedney Daniel Haskett Marvin Hoshino Lew Jacobs Al Jarnow David Langley Robert Levin Judy Linn Babette Mangolte Nick Manning Paul McDonough William Milling | Alan Newman | Anthony Nobile James Pasternak Roger Phillips Amy Taubin BIBLIOGRAPHY. —General: L. P. Clerc, Photography: Theory and Practice (English transl., G. E. Brown, ed., London, New York, 937); J. M. Eder, Ausfiihrliches Handbuch der Photographie (3rd ed., Halle, 1927, etc.); C. Fabre, Traité encyclo- pédique de photographie (Paris, 1889; supplements 1892, 1897, 1902, 1906); K. Henney and B. Dudley, eds., Handbook of Photography (1939); C. E. K. Mees, Photography (1937); T. H. Miller and W. Brummitt, This is Photography (1946); W. D. Morgan, ed., The Complete Photographer (55 parts, 10 vols., 1941-43); C. B. Neblette, Photography: Its Principles and Practice (4th ed., 1942); P to Plant Quarantine, 1958 28 29 “While depressing flaps A, B, Cand D, thread | io} r= Lalo) sty BY-1e) cre) bl 0) eL0) atc} 11A and 11B through Pool-Edge-Siding “K” and at the same time force the seleicomciblonrlsici-eele)ampelce) Edge-Receptor-Slit 22 (Secure with nuts as 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E).... From an instruction sheet y-co)terbelbelem eloyvim com olrillou-vel Flelei(—mrep ce) breloRcyiisteclectieles j ofole) io) ae (0) | koi Ralph Applebaum Giles Aureli Florence Bezrutezyk Alfred Blumenfeld Frederick Blumlein William Fogler Gerald Gullotta Rowena Kostellow Joseph Parriott Gordan Perry Alexander Sarkis (© To}de(- Bool stestlott Richard Welch Stanley Wysocki Could Erma Bombeck when she wrote: It was either Thomas Jefferson or maybe it was John Wayne who once said, ‘your foot will never get well as long as there is a horse standing on it.’ have been aware that she had summed up the very logic that has made Industrial Design what it is today? (Could she have known that Victor Papanek once described to me a certain aesthetically oriented design school in Gemmnany as being “mind fucking”). There is no question what design is, the problem is, “What is it like?” Well, Industrial Design is not unlike many things, as a matter of fact its not unlike anything. Design education has managed to merge the art of playing with the act of working, after all what else could you say in defence of tea pots designed with emotional conotations reminiscent of your grandmother on your father's side, or the classic, packaging eggs in aerodynamically designed paper constructions and dropping them out of a fourth floor window onto unsuspecting pedestrians below. These are parts of design education that seldom manifest themselves in the end product, with the possible exception of that five year period where all 362 variations of electric blow dryers on the market entailed subliminal conotations to the male sex organ (a remarkable achievement in so short a time). Such are the unspoken joys of design education, an experience, as of yet, unequaled, with the possible exception ofa “soft” toilet seat. Papanek, V. and Hennessey, J.; How Things Don't Work; 1977 Take a look at yourself. If you really are what you eat, you may have turned into Polysorbate 60 since the last time you checked. Look at the ingredients. A lot more goes into what you eat than you think, or would like to. There's also a lot more to the people behind what you eat than you think. Take a look at the ingredients and you can bet your bottom Bromo that they're capable ofa lot more than just cooking up a storm. Joy Crichlow Julia Erwin Margaret Franks Allan Freedman Lynne Garnett Joan Goldman Renee Hacker Irene Judge Richard Kemble Hilda Kriegenhoffer G.E. 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The speeches were not so much informational as an attempt to infuse the freshman class with the nobility of the art. They cheese and crackered us after the lecture. With each glass of wine, the nobility of architecture became more and more apparent. It's hard to pin down the PRATT image. Change is constant here and de- sign philosophies clash from one room to another. The turn of the decade upheavals were media charged events that cer- tainly revolutionized the school. We now have the freedom to call drawing courses “Media”, the gymnasium the “Activities Resource Center’, the campus maintainence car a “Pratt Urban Vehicle” and working drawings “Planning Management”. (Hallelujah! Free at last, free at last.) Come to registration early on bended knee with nineteen hundred dollars and a six-pack. Architectural history is only two semesters now. Facts only confuse the issue. All institute electives include: “God and his Man”, “Literature as a Placebo’, and “Preventive Dentistry’. Anew director. A new “Resource Center”. Collective Drafting Rooms. Changes, changes. Ever since the Student Evalu- ation system was instituted the wall in the second floor men’s room has never looked better. th i ts i A ih i Naas ibe hh itt Michael Desiano Barbara Erlichman Gillian Jagger Dorothy McGahee Andrew Phelan William E. Russell Nancy Ross Judith Reiss Anne M. Sternbach VM 45 ‘It's a pitcha of you and mommy. And that's me there with the red hat. I consider it an attempt to two dimensionally synthesize the harmonic interpersonal relationships inherent within the nuclear family by juxtaposing obtuse allegorical value systems and simultaneously contrasting existential objectivity to the tangential Aryan ideals while inversely relating Nietzscheanismic political concepts to the coagulesence of Western man's primitivistic ambiguity resulting ina clarification of my basic premise concerning the essence of man. And there's my sister being dumb.” FASHION “What Is this thou hast done? “Please, look at the bright side of things. These leaves could be very profitable. There are so many pos- sibilities; the long leaf, the mini leaf, strapless evening leaves... You could come out with something new every year and before you know it you'd have your own Lincoln Continental edition.” “Perhaps thou hast done well, but these leaves are so fragile, they won't even survive a photo session. Perhaps skins...” “Now you're talking! Could you have them ready by Tuesday and make the pants real tight?” “No, I don’t think so. These clothes must be functional, too. You see, you have a lot of walking to do.” Paul Agule Jane Augustine Felix Buttar Marilyn Church John Cloonan Linda Daley Madeline Darling Rose Fabricant Murrel Fleming Linda Goldberg Judie Grimaldi Thomas Hass Barbara Hanlon Susan Jones Nina Kurtis Marion Lillard Carol Luiken Charles Macri Melissa Meyer Frank Manuella Sheila Murell Junnosuke Ohno Julia Poteat Marery Quackenbush Tas Speyer Gladys Tailis Paula Vogelsang Damn it Lucille, stand up straight! Ive seen hunchbacks with better posture. Did I tell you what happened with the gown? It worked out well but I had to take in four inches. You're getting fat, Lucille. Anyway she looked great. That's all I really want. I just want to make women look beautiful. That's the bottom line. It's ashame you don't get a cha nce to receive the compliments. Would you like to wear this dress, 0) eee) Hpgeug sO = cw GLVCGS EHS foo nes HQ gots ean leeE = Pook Os FER St RS GED is. gaog8g ; eae ae ea EAS) ees am One oe oO OTOP Onsen ete tO OABRAGAS oa poe sameeren ee on ee pee Ra IN Ne ? pial itis on us. That is what separates it from every other kind of design. Fash- ion identifies, protects, and enhances the human body every day. Nothing can be more intimate Fashion is not around us, | | At the same time fashion is far reaching. Just as we observe what someone is wearing and make various associations we also do the same for groups of peo- ple. Fashion is a mirror. Every time period has its distinctive clothing which speaks of the events of the day. In some cases it caused those events. It's hard to imagine all this —— i while putting on your socks in the morning but you ought to consider it. Fe Ai Ragone, Baranih fae penkers mo OR ee Erne.” 3rggs Howar Buchwald Ones fo An @ateaom Pi Rr Alena re By Fath ae a +. 448 Hellman ‘ 1 CReraman Arh piiieien Lreid aia yicaDa. ¢ Mohet i Saha Wich in {a 03h GIMGHaCG: Mix. a+] Malpass Salvatore Montano wonna Moran Silvia Netzer Toshio Odate John Pai Leon Polansky Michael Ponce de?: Richard Puglie se Tomaso Puliatito Elaine Rapp Clare Romano Anthony Saris James Silva Joseph Smith Alfonso Solimene Jack Sonenberg Joseph Stapleton Jeff Stone Vasilias Toulis 54 rN If one were to make a hasty generalization and say that the fine artist wears paint splattered, torn, blue jeans, and always has a paint brush in their hand, then one is likely to geta wet palettte in their face. In actuality, there is no general description or easy way to sum up fine arts. In the same way that a grade cannot be assigned to one's creativity, neither can words. This act of creation is an experience and must be felt to be appreciated. Short of telling anyone to go out and “feel” art, just look around and these things will astound you... Oto 31 HUlontew 55 56 | — ¢ 4) stNe Wl 2 Wb TUL | A NO, bent struct we} weisla TV UctUNG e thd UU CWE) MELON 9 | = hs © t dy Tt (Meg a Glournsmitl Octiney 21 HaAletolen, ore These are really the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me, If they are not yours as much as mine they are nothing, or next to nothing, If they are not the nddle and the untying of the niddle they are nothing, If they are not just as close as they are distant they are nothing. This is the grass that grows wherever the land is and the water is. This is the common air that | bathes the globe. — “Song of Myself,” Walt Whitman Juana Alegre Daniel Aspis Jane Augustine Sigmund Beale Harrison Bounds Felix Buttar Joseph Cobitz Marilyn Coffey Henry Cox Carl Craycraft Lenore Drumheller Kathleen Earley M.T. Eckhard Elliot Feingold Rolf Fjelde Josef Garai Marie Gehlbach Daniel Gerzog Estelle Horowitz Dorothy Ichioka Hesper Jackson Lee Lombard Robert McMaster Linda Metcalf Jack Minkoff Anthony Missere George New Norman Oakes George Obiozor Judith Padow Rosemary Palms Irving Perlman Susan Perlstein Richard Perry Douglas Robbins Philip Roddman Carole Rosenthal George Schmidt Sidney Schwartz Oscar Shaftel Terry Seigel Tobin Simon Morton Sloane Carole Stemmler Wayne Sunderland Jill Teitelman Kenneth Wallace Sherwood Weber Jules Wein Joan Wertheim Sal Westrich Nick Yank agen es (hii mar hes of learnu ad unth man ALUMNI 19) f St. Loui: yf David Sarnoff (E.E. '11) Fa RCA's former Chairman of the Board ‘ 2 James Kelso (A D. '49) Designed U.N. Flag James Cavanagh } New York's Deputy Mayor ‘ Edward Koren and Jules Pfieffer (A. '48) 7 Cartoonists in the New Yorker and the Voice os ee The designers of the oe Stingray, Thunderbird, $ Duster, Continental, ” and the Lincoln Richard Leonard : 2 1 4 7. BF ll i aA . Kew York, City. ENTERTAINMENT Judy Pensky RNITY Oh, Oh, Oh, Hanna, My Delta Gamma, She's got a shape just like a baby grand piano. She's not so nifty, She weighs two-fifty, But all the fattest girls are relished by the best of men. So, oh, oh, oh, Hanna, My Delta Gamma, I'll put my arms around you as far as they will go, go, go, go, go. I don't want no mashed potatoes, Alls I wants a hot tomato, Hanna! My Delta Gamma, Gamma, Gamma, Gamma, Theta. Rah, what, rah, what, rah! Jay Street Flatbush DeKalb Myrtle Juniors Dottie’s Erick’s Tony's Cino’s Mike's Jake’s Charlie's Johns Johns Johns Adami's Dan's Ely's Joe’s Spiro’s Billy Junior's Steve’s Pratt Grocery Sterling Red Awning Venice Alibi JadeInn TwoStepsDown Francine’s Key Brooklyn Country Citibank Prudential J M A P P.O. 88th Poor, poor Mary Jane Going through your growing pains Thinking ‘bout all your brand new hopes Feeling as though at the end of your rope You know you must go higher... Poor, poor Mary Jane Running with your rolling brain Sort it out over a cup of tea Where to go and what to be You know you must go higher... Poor, poor Mary Jane You want to scream but can't explain To have, to have you have not Even one chicken in your pot. ee Oo oe | ALL NIGHTERS QUALITY S1qeD Aref i SHOP wosueqoy juelg ORGANIZATIONS SPNOTEH Tessny RELIGION Judy Pensky unlock unpack undergraduate unworldly unaware uncouth uneasy unknown unsociable unpopular unhappy uncertain unbearable unless untimely unexpected unusual unabashed unbutton underwear undulate unlimited undecided unwilling untouchable unscrew unproductive ungrateful unworthy unreasonable unAmerican unbelievable unreal : unforgettable UNCONSCiouSs § UNCLE! It’s a book! We stayed up nights Sharon Gresh waiting for the final labor Michael McGinn to begin, downing cups of black coffee, thankful Copywriting for the caffein. The kicks David Basque trippling, the heartbeat Steve Bennett accelerating, the life John Dudek swells. The moment Jim Gornicki comes. The push, the Doug Hunt calls to push. Allenergies | Paul Lassard focused on this one Janice Maiman moment. The hands pull Mario Mondelli at creation. This is the Jeff Salocks instant of birth. Congratulations! Photography It’s a book! Paul Agresti Paul Barath David Basque Steve Bennett Jerry Cable Mary Campbell Dan Gonzalez Rob Leyko Scott Menchin Mariano Pastor Diana Vasquez Doug Wonders Concept, design editing Illustration Car] Basile David Basque Steve Bennett Jerry Cable Art Church), Gerry Contreras Elizabeth Ehrii Peter Fiore Michael Gibbs Dan Gonzalez Kevin Grasty Brian Griffin Russell Halfhide Curtis King Jed Krescella Robin Kusten Richard Leonard Judy Pensky Brent Robertson Ozzie Simmonds Diana Vasquez Willie Wong Mechanicals Steve Bennett Cindy Goldman Administrative istance Joe Azzinaro ; John Klinzing Richardson Pratt Faculty adviso David Barnett Charles Goslin Faculty Ae David Epstein Gerry Contreras David Gates Sal Prevete Irwin Sheftel Community assistance Adami Hardware Cinos We would also like to thank all those who helped with the hand operations and those who have somehow been overlooked in the acknowledgements. Thanks. Prattonia78 was printed by the Sterling-Roman Press, Inc., New York. The paper is eighty pound Mead Black White dull coated stock and seventy pound Mohawk Sandstone Vellum Text. The text typeface is Rockwell set by Innovative Graphics International, Inc. The cigars are from The Nat Sherman Co. The package was manufactured by the Mack Allied Corporation and assembled by the Brooklyn Bureau of Community Services. Prattonia78 is published by the students of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., Copyright 1978 ee ee Whew again! Mechanicals Judy Pensky Diana Vasquez _ Photography Jim Gornicki Charlie Lundigran Steve Polivy Printing Steve Polivy Cigar Band Wrapping Consultant and Engineer Patrick McGinn Moral and Physical Support AAA Willie and Jeanette Little Kat Maxwell House C.C, Robert G. fog be. 5S SINGLEWaLL © BOX MEETS ALL CONSTRUCTION _ REQUIREMENTS OF A FREIGHT CLASSIFICATION