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 4 Collections and/or Records:
Annette Piecora interview, 1994 December 1, 1994 December 1
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.12
Scope and Contents
Annette Piecora joined FIT in 1977 as a clerical assistant under Gladys Marcus and Jean-Ellen Gibson, the chair of the social science department. Piecora would work in both the personnel department and faculty services department before finding a long-term position in the president’s office. Piecora mentions meeting her husband, Professor Steve Harrington of the social services department, through FIT. Piecora worked with Marvin Feldman and Allan Herschfield, and discusses how she began...
Dates:
1994 December 1
Barry Karp interview, 1994 October 12, 1994 October 12
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.33
Scope and Contents
Psychology professor Barry Karp began at FIT in 1968 and was tenured in 1971. Shortly thereafter he became active in the FIT union. Around 1986 he became administrator of the Welfare Fund. Karp discusses changes in the department’s coursework and the introduction of classes such as the Psychology of Color. He talks about changes in the student body over his time at FIT and states that FIT has more non-traditional students than at its inception; many students are coming back to school instead...
Dates:
1994 October 12
David Zeigler interview, 1994 November 11, 1994 November 11
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.13
Scope and Contents
This is an interview with David Zeigler who began at FIT’s continuing education division in 1956 following a transfer from the Board of Education. At the time, the school was still based in the Central Needle Trades High School. Zeigler discusses contentions within the English department, the formation of a union in response, and how he came to be elected as the first faculty president of FIT. Zeigler mentions various faculty in his department and emphasizes how deeply he became entrenched...
Dates:
1994 November 11
Jean Ellen Giblin interview, 1994 November 21, 1994 November 21
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.17
Scope and Contents
Jean Ellen Giblin, the Vice President of Academic Affairs at the time of this interview, explains how she came to FIT as an economics professor in 1970. She was later Chair of the Social Science Department as well as the curriculum committee. After a time, she was asked to work on the development of the new upper division program which had a marketing option in international trade. She talks fondly of that creative work and how it led her to become the acting Dean of the Business and...
Dates:
1994 November 21