Class of 1970 - Pratt Commencement 2020

We celebrate your 50th reunion in tandem with the class of 2020, who now share with you the absence of a traditional Commencement ceremony. Taken during your time of action and activism, we hope that the photos highlighted stir heartfelt nostalgia of your time as a Pratt student 50 years ago.

In I970, you joined the national uprising, achieving global impact. You protested for peace and human rights as well as aligned your efforts with students from colleges across the country. All this while finding the time to commit to your studies and earn your degree.

Today, we applaud your tenacity, bravery, and resilience for all you did to make the Pratt Institute class of 1970 truly unique and remarkable.

Members of the 1970 graduating class of Pratt's art education program, which included Barbara Jeanie Bieg, John Boiano, Brian Boland, Gary Boyd, Srule Brachman, Bruce Brooks, Anita D'Amica, Mary Didardo, Gloria Flores, Johanna Gargiulo, Lynn Hanson, Sharron Hedges, Kenneth Henderek, Marilyn Hershkowitz, Kristina Karnilovich, Therese Kayatta, Marjorie Black Kennedy, Jay Klahr, Nancy Korczakowski, Karen Lundquist, Judith Maclaurin, Carol MacTaggart, Janna Mandel, Janet Marchese, Kerin McNulty, Annette Mickiewicz, Cyrilla Mozenter, Sheryl Nixon, Harry Novak, Kathy O’Donnell, Anette Jacobsen Pecca, Charles Posner, Jeffrey Pullen, Victor Roseman, Susan Smith, Tom Tampa, Peter Wallach, and Joel Weltman, along with some of their young students. Photo by Steve Kaulback/Linda Fromer, Prattonia 1970

1970 Student Coordinate (left to right): president Andrew Seidel, BArch '72; vice president John Busch, BEng '70; secretary Marsha Salisbury; treasurer William Matts, BEng '70. Prattonia 1970

From the left: Name of Student 01, BFA Information Experience Design; Name of Student 02, BFA Information Experience, BFA Information Experience; Name of Student 03, BFA Information Experience

Members of the 1970 graduating class of Pratt's interior design program, which included Piet Bekaett, Diana Burgi, Steven Cowan, Joseph Cucchiara, Karen Engdahl, Karen Fellows, Bruce Firger, Daniel Galasso, Jeffrey King, Ronette King, Francis Leone, Jonas Lieberman, Linda Loh, James Montgomery, Maribeth Morris, John Murphy, Elliott Newcomb, Ann Newman, Linda Nichols, Kathryn Ross, Werner Roth, Charlotte Ruffead, David Safko, Josephine Saladino, Marjorie Schlossberg, Micaela Sharon, Charles Skowronski, Carol Strober, Ralph Tedesco, Leonora Thompson, David Tredway, Kenneth Vrana, and Charles Whidden. Photo by Steve Kaulback/Linda Fromer, Prattonia 1970

"Commencement is an
important marker, but it
only represents the opening

of the starting gates. now
you're off and running -

finding your own way.

You are equipped with the skills, portfolio, and

training from one of the
best schools in the world.

it counts. It all starts happening now."

Robert Barker, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Advertising Design and Visual Communications ‘70

From Prattonia 1970

"My hope is that we will live through

this to be a better nation and a better world."

Michael Wallach, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art Education ‘70

1970 computer science graduates Willie Andrews, Dieter Bohr, James Conlon, Alan Labelson, Philip Savino, and Judith Theiss. Photo by Steve Kaulback/Linda Fromer, Prattonia 1970

1970 fashion design graduates Elizabeth Ross Burger, Angela Candace Candela, Christina Ida Ann D'Urso, Bette Jean Heininger, Patricia Ann Hughes, Susan Emily Jones, Nancy Kim Lew, Ronald J. Marini, Patricia Ann Mekeel, Cella Scharf Ornstein, Claire E. Palizza, Janice Sharon Pollin, Sara Beth Quart, Barbara Marcus Reich, Susan J. Sawicki, Margery Scott, Lynn Seidman, Suzanne Stoner, Wendy Lee Winetzky, Joyce Ann Wischusen, Michael Pierce Zimmerman, and others. Photo by Steve Kaulback/Linda Fromer, Prattonia 1970

1970 computer science graduates Willie Andrews, Dieter Bohr, James Conlon, Alan Labelson, Philip Savino, and Judith Theiss. Photo by Steve Kaulback/Linda Fromer, Prattonia 1970

Ceramics student, pictured in Prattonia 1970

"I know your Pratt education will give you

knowledge to design, create, and contribute to the world.

People will see that and you will succeed.

Good luck, be safe,
you will create!"

Jeff Hoyt,
Bachelor of Industrial Design, Industrial Design ‘70

1970 photography graduates Esther Agonis, Donna Alfano, Charles Bourke, Ronald Brucato, David Burke, Margaret Calhoun, Cynthia Capone, Romolo Costa, Patrick Cunningham, Janice Willcocks, Pamela Webster, Arthur Hibbert, Pepi Karpel, Stephen Kaulback, Thomas Kochie, Anne Kofler, Ellen Kostroff, Daniel MacLaurin, Susan Mitchell, Joseph Ramos, Ruth Rindler, Jaclyn Ritz, Jeanne Spohn, and Ilya Tinfo. Photo by Steve Kaulback/Linda Fromer, Prattonia 1970

Members of the 1970 graduating class of Pratt's industrial design program, which included Jane Asche, Claude Beique, Gary L. Bowers, Philip Branch, David Brown, Robert Brown, Duncan Burke, Edward Dike, Michael Dooley, Robert Druss, Jane Effinger, John S. Fackre, Remi Feingersh, Frederick Fine, Brian Flahive, Joel Flora, Deborah Gold, Mark Golderman, Stanley Goldman, Valery Guignon, Janet Healy, Jeffrey Hoyt, Bruno Lefevre, Lucian Leone, Joseph Maresca, Glen Maugere, Alan Morehouse, Frederick Myers, George Nitefor, Dennis O'Brian, Lowell Park, Stephen Paulson, Ronald Pietruska, Merilee Pritchard, James Rohrer, Elliot Rudell, Martha Ryan, Brian Serra, Jon Shaheen, Edmund Starling III, Bruce Stern, Karen Thomas, Charles Tiffany, Philip Vlasak, Gregory Welz, Christopher White, and Hugh White. Photo by Steve Kaulback/Linda Fromer, Prattonia 1970

"We questioned everything.

It was our duty to change things."

John Dorris, Bachelor of Architecture, Architecture ‘70

Prattonia 1970 designers at Jones Beach, March 1970 (left to right): Robert Orsini, Marjorie Merena, Judith Theiss, and Gary Belford

"Today's students can effect positive change if they stay focused, united,

and informed. There is immense power in numbers and in voting."

James F. Rohrer,
Bachelor of Industrial Design, Industrial Design ‘70