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September 17, 1969 Letter from CUNY Vice Chancellor Julius C. C. Edelstein to Assemblyman Samuel Wright

On September 17, 1969, Julius Edelstein, Vice Chancellor of the City University of New York (CUNY), wrote to Assemblyman Samuel Wright, who represented Central Brooklyn, to inform him of the Executive Committee of the Board of Higher Education (BHE)’s resolution the day before in relation to Community College 7. In that resolution, the Executive Committee had formally dissolved the Presidential Search and Planning Committee for Community College 7, composed of five CUNY officials and five representatives of Bedford-Stuyvesant’s education and community organizations. The BHE Executive Committee had further resolved to expedite plans for the new college for Central Brooklyn under the leadership of officials CUNY leaders would appoint.

Source | Donald Watkins Collection (Brooklyn Public Library)
Creator | Edelstein, Julius C. C.
Date Created | September 17, 1969
Item Type | Text (Correspondence)
Cite This document | Edelstein, Julius C. C. , “September 17, 1969 Letter from CUNY Vice Chancellor Julius C. C. Edelstein to Assemblyman Samuel Wright,” CUNY Digital History Archive, accessed April 27, 2024, https://cdha.cuny.edu/items/show/13782.

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