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CLASS OF 1953 WHO'S WHO & WHERE - The City College Fund

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Stuart Kessler, B.A., M.B.A., J.D., CPA: studied taxes at CCNY. He received his B.A. fromBrooklyn <strong>College</strong>; his J.D. from Brooklyn Law; and his L.L.B. from New York University School ofLaw. From 1970-1997, he was Senior Tax Partner at Goldstein, Golub, Kessler. He held the same positionat other firms from 1997-2009. Since 2010, he has served as Director of Taxation at Cohn Reznick.Stuart is a former Chairman of the AICPA (1997/98); former President of the NYSSCPA (1983/84);former President of the Accountants Club of America (1984-85, 2008/09); and former President of theFoundation for Accountants Education (1984/85). He is also a former Vice President and member ofthe Board of Directors of the Hebrew Center (1980s & 1990s). He is a current member of the New YorkSociety of CPAs (1957-present); the American Institute of CPAs (1958-present); and the AccountantsClub of America (1978-present).Stuart has published many articles in professional journals. He has also been the recipient of the GoldMedal from the AICPA for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement; inducted into the NYSSCPA Hall ofFame; and inducted into the Brooklyn Technical High School Hall of Fame. He has also been featuredas “One of the 100 Most Influential in Accounting Profession” by Accounting Today.Memories:“Being at school shortly after the NCAA/NIT double.”***Marvin Kitman, B.A.: was the media critic at Newsday for 35 years (from 1969 to 2005) thereason TV was so good. His latest book is “<strong>The</strong> Man Who Would Not Shut Up: <strong>The</strong> Rise of BillO’Reilly.” His nine other books include “<strong>The</strong> Marvin Kitman Show: Encyclopedia Televisiana” and“I Am a VCR.” As a historian, he wrote “<strong>The</strong> Making of the Prefident 1789” and co-wrote “GeorgeWashington’s Expense Account”—by Gen. George Washington and Marvin Kitman, PFC (Ret.), thebest-selling expense account in publishing history. He was a founding father of Monocle Magazine, astaff writer at the Saturday Evening Post, and the last critic at <strong>The</strong> New Leader Magazine. In 2001 and2012, he wrote columns (a.k.a. blogs) for Investor Uprising (www.investoruprising.com), the reason themarket did so well. As an English major at <strong>City</strong>, Marvin was a sportswriter, columnist, and editor atObservation Post. In 1992, the <strong>College</strong> awarded him the Townsend Harris Medal. His other honors includethe Folio Award (1988), the Society of Silurians Humorous Writing Award (1991) and SpecialCommentary Award (1993). He was on the short list for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary (1983). Heand his wife, Carol, have three children: Jamie Lincoln, Suzy, and Andrea Jordana. He is a resident ofLeonia, NJ (since 1961), a member of the Leonia Public Library, and a member of the FDIC.

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