Leonard Lief
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Leonard Lief was founding president of Lehman College
, a Bronx institution that is one of the senior colleges of the City University of New York
. Lief was the college's president from 1968 to 1990, solidifying it as a college with a liberal arts focus on a tree-lined campus. Lief, an Elizabethan scholar, died after a long ailment with Parkinson's disease
at the age of 83, on July 29, 1997, at his home in New Rochelle, New York. The Lehman College's campus library is named Leonard Lief Library in his honor. His successor is Ricardo R. Fernández.
Lehman College
Lehman College is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, USA. Founded in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College, the school became an independent college within the City University in 1968. The college is named after Herbert Lehman, a former New York governor,...
, a Bronx institution that is one of the senior colleges of the City University of New York
City University of New York
The City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...
. Lief was the college's president from 1968 to 1990, solidifying it as a college with a liberal arts focus on a tree-lined campus. Lief, an Elizabethan scholar, died after a long ailment with Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system...
at the age of 83, on July 29, 1997, at his home in New Rochelle, New York. The Lehman College's campus library is named Leonard Lief Library in his honor. His successor is Ricardo R. Fernández.