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Dr. Alan Peterkofsky, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.: was a chemistrymajor. He went on to receive his Master of Science degree fromAlbany Medical College of Union University in 1955. He receivedhis Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from New York University in1960. He performed research at the National Institutes of Healthin Bethesda, Maryland from 1959 until 2006. He continues to doresearch as a Scientist Emeritus at that institution. He has publishednumerous papers in biochemical and molecular biologyjournals.***Frederick S. Pierce, B.B.A.: was an accounting major at theCity College of New York. From 1983-1986, he served as Presidentof the American Broadcasting Company. He was CEO of the FrederickS. Pierce Company, a TV and motion picture production company,from 1988-2012. He retired from his career as an executivein the broadcasting industry in 1988. He was a member of the IRTSTV Academy from 1974-2013. Frederick is Chairman Emeritus ofthe Board of Trustees of the American Film Institute. The Institutepresented him with a Doctorate of Communication Arts in 2008.Memories: “The NCAA & NIT Basketball Championship.”
Edward S. Plotkin, B.E., M.B.A., P.E.: earned his B.E. (Civil Engineering) and after servingin the military, M.C.E. (Civil Engineering) degrees from CCNY. He later earned his M.B.A. inEngineering Management from the CUNY Baruch School of Business. He is a Professional Engineerin New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Washington, DC, and Massachusetts. Ed, as he is commonlyknown, is a member of many professional organizations, including: the Municipal Engineersof New York City and the New York State Society of Professional Engineers (Westchester Chapter),in both of which he served as President; the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), of whichhe is a Fellow (he served as a Director of the Metropolitan Section and Chair of the GeotechnicalGroup); Director in the Westchester Municipal Planning Federation; a member and past Trustee ofThe Moles; and the Chair of the Village of Dobbs Ferry Planning Board for over 48 years, reviewing,planning, and approving land development and conservation projects.Ed is also affiliated with other professional organizations such as the Society of Mining Engineers—Underground Construction Organization, International Tunneling Association, where he served asthe UN NGO; the Society of American Military Engineers; and the New York State Highway SuperintendentsAssociation (Presidents Committee). He is Chair of the Westchester County ProfessionalPrequalification Board. Ed has worked in all facets of the industry. As a contractor, he wasVice President of tunnel constructor Maclean Grove, where he was Project Manager for the 63 rdStreet Cross-town Subway section in New York City, two stations on the Washington, DC Metro,a station cavern on the Boston subway, and a section of the New York City DEP Water Tunnel.As a designer, he was Assistant Director with DeLeuw Cather (now Parsons Transportation) forthe 1970s plans for the 2 nd Avenue Subway, and was a Consultant with the AECOM team for thepresent 2 nd Avenue Subway project. In government, he was Westchester County’s Commissionerof Public Works, where his responsibilities included all county facilities maintenance and operation,and a $200 million + annual budget for new and on-going capital programs. Ed’s current consultancyactivities include constructability issues, peer review, mediation, and Dispute Board Reviews.With respect to his continuing engagement with academia, Ed is an Adjunct Professor, who hastaught physics at Manhattan College and now teaches environmental science at Mercy College. Heis the immediate past president of the CCNY Engineering School Alumni Board, and an active andvalued member of the Civil Engineering Advisory Group (CEAG) of the CCNY Alumni, whichorganizes professional forums and field trips to construction sites for current students.Ed has been a recipient of many honors, among them being Construction Engineer of the Year in1986, and the Engineer of the Year Award in 1991 by the NSPE Westchester Section, and the Engineerof the Year Award by the Municipal Engineers of New York City in 1998. Most recently, theUnderground Construction Association of the Society of Mining Engineers awarded Ed the 2010Lifetime Achievement Award and the CCNY Alumni Association Service Award. Ed was furtherhonored in 2011 by CCNY with the Townsend Harris Medal.
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