Marcus, Gladys (Unknown-1991)
Person
Dates
- Existence: Unknown-1991
Biography
Gladys Marcus was the dean of liberal arts at the Fashion Institute of Technology, joining as a part-time instructor in 1950. According to the NY Times, "She was instrumental in expanding and maintaining a broad-based liberal arts program at the school as part of its career-oriented degree programs. A proponent of global education, she initiated an overseas curriculum for the fashion institute. She was a member of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools visiting teams evaluating other colleges." She passed away in 1991.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Edith Sancroft interview, 1994 November 22, 1994 November 22
Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.25
Scope and Contents
Edith Sancroft, professor of health and physical education at the time of this interview, and former Dean of Liberal Arts, joined FIT in 1964. She immediately began a large expansion of the school's dance program and talks about the introduction of an intermediate level of dance for her more advanced students. Sancroft sees choreography and dance as a natural partner to fashion design; her students benefit from the knowledge that body movement has to offer. She pays homage to the 1960s as a...
Dates:
1994 November 22
Jack Rittenberg interview, circa 1994-1995, circa 1994-1995
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.24
Scope and Contents
Dean Emeritus at the Department of Business and Technology at the time of this interview, Jack Rittenberg discusses his many roles while at FIT between the years of 1963 and 1992. He talks of the development of degrees within the baccalaureate program such as those in advertising and menswear, the latter being a degree that Rittenberg co-developed with Ted Roberts. He talks extensively about the school’s early existence in the C Building and the growth of the physical campus as FIT became...
Dates:
circa 1994-1995
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