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Borough Hall Hosts Welcoming Reception for Presidents Hotzler and Peruggi
From left, Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., chairman of the board of trustees, The City University of New York; Regina S. Peruggi, president of Kingsborough Community College; Russell K. Hotzler, president of New York City College of Technology; and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz.
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz hosted a reception on September 22 in the Borough Hall Rotunda welcoming Brooklyn’s two newest City University of New York presidents – New York City College of Technology’s Russell K. Hotzler and Kingsborough Community College’s Regina S. Peruggi.
“Brooklyn prides itself on its institutions of higher learning,” said Borough President Markowitz in his opening remarks. “Our schools provide a superb level of education that rivals any university in the country. We produce graduates who go on to be leaders in every field, and go out into the world representing Brooklyn and the quality education that they have received here.”
Borough President Markowitz, who himself is a CUNY alumnus from the Brooklyn College class of 1970, praised the leadership of Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. in his role as chairman of CUNY’s Board of Trustees. Chairman Schmidt served as President of Yale University as well as Dean of Columbia Law School before being appointed by Governor George Pataki as vice chairman of the CUNY board in August 1999 and chairman in April 2003.
Dr. Russell K. Hotzler has previously served the City University as vice chancellor for academic program planning. He also held the position of interim president at both York and Queens Colleges, earning him the nickname of CUNY’s “Mr. Fixit” from The New York Times.
Dr. Regina S. Peruggi was formerly president of the Central Park Conservancy and also was president of Marymount College for 11 years. She is the first woman named president in the 40-year history of Kingsborough Community College.
Chairman Schmidt and CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein hosted
a second welcoming reception for new Executive Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs Selma Botman and newly named Presidents Jeremy
Travis (John Jay College of Criminal Justice), Kathleen Waldon
(Baruch College), Russell Hotzler and Regina Peruggi at the Lotus
Club in Manhattan on October 5.
Photo by Amelia D’Entrone
