Stern College for Women - Kochaviah Yearbook (New York, NY)

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YESHIVA UNIVERSITY 5D0 WEST 1B5TH STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. 1DD33 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT September 19, 1979 To the Class of 1980: You have the special privilege of graduating from Stern College for Women dur- ing its most significant anniversary in its young life: its 25 th anniversary. As I write these words, it occurs to me that you are all younger than the school itself and therefore can hardly be expected to appreciate the novelty that it repre- sents and the imagination and creativity that went into its founding. Stern is a school that ought not to be taken for granted and its singular contribution should not be underestimated. You now take your places in the ranks of its alumnae armed, I trust, with that special loyalty to the school and commitment to its values that derives from the spe- cial character of this year ' s celebration. May you achieve success in all your undertakings, and bring glory to your alma mater, to Torah, to Israel, and to our country. Cordially yours, NORMAN LAMM President

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MAJOR LANDMARKS IN STERN COLLEGE FOR WOMEN ' S HISTORY SEPTEMBER 1954 MAY 19-JUNE 19, 1958 MAY 22, 1958 JUNE 19, 1958 ■ ' ' ' OCTOBER 1959 DECEMBER 1964 SEPTEMBER 1965 MARCH 26, 1969 SEPTEMBER 27, 1970 SEPTEMBER 1971 SEPTEMBER 1977 Stern College for Women opens at 253 Lexington Avenue with 33 students— the nation ' s first liberal arts college for women under Jewish auspices. The School is established through an initial grant of $500,000 by Max Stern. Mayor Robert Wagner declares Stern College Month. Eleanor Roosevelt has a Fireside Chat with the graduating class. First commencement of Stern College for Women. Twenty-six students receive degrees, A 10-year, $70,000,000 Blueprint for the Sixties development program announced. It includes classroom and residence facilities for Stern College for Women. Police station on 35th St. is sought for Stern College. $4,000,000 hotel-apartment structure at 50 East 34th Street becomes dormitory of Stern College for Women. Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for new 11-story classroom-administration building at 245 Lexington Avenue, Midtown Center, for Stern College for Women. Classroom-administration building is dedicated at Stern College for Women. Stern College Senate established to provide students participation in University goverance together with administration, faculty, and alumnae; range of authority is generally similar to that of Yeshiva College. Stern CoUege for Women begins Beit Midrash Program, enabling students at any level to study the original rabbinic texts, using the traditional combination of lectures and individualized group study.

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STERN COLLEGE FOR WOMEN OFFICE OF THE DEAN YESHIVA UNIVERSITY I am very happy to extend my best wishes to you, the class of 1980, and to join with you in a celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Stern College for Women. A celebration it truly is, for we can all be justly proud of the pioneering distance this college has covered in its first quarter century. In many ways your experiences at Stern College have been different, your studies more demanding and innovative, than those of the graduates of the 50 ' s, 60 ' s and 70 ' s whom you now join as fellow alumnae. Yet despite these differences, there are some fundamental values that bind us together. Many of these values I clearly asso- ciate with the unique individual who has been the inspiration for Stern College and its benefactor these many years, Mr. Max Stern. These values-extraordinary dig- nity, service to one ' s people and community, love of learning and culture, com- mitment to quality-represent the common denominator of our varied experiences and our guidelines for the future. May you go from strength to strength in all your undertakings. p - S