Godnick, Newton Everett (1926-2020)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1926-2020
Biography
Newton Everett Godnick was a former chairman of the Fashion Buying and Merchandise Department at FIT.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Elaine Stone interview, 1995 March 1, 1995 March 1
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.28
Scope and Contents
Elaine Stone, a professor in the Fashion Buying and Merchandising Department (FBM) at the time of this interview, also served as the coordinator of the Small Business Center and the director of the Center for Global Enterprise. She talks about her first encounters with FIT students while working at various department stores during the holiday season and her invitation to speak at the school. She was immediately taken with FIT and began teaching in 1975 after meeting Newt Godnick of the FBM...
Dates:
1995 March 1
Eve Pollack interview, 1995 March 6, 1995 March 6
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.21
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Chair of the Marketing Department at the time of this interview, Eve Pollack explains the educational and professional trajectories that led her to a position at FIT in 1978. As her father was a textile converter, Eve found a career in buying haute couture to be a natural fit. She worked in the financial sector as well before being offered an adjunct position teaching a class called “Introduction to the Fashion Business,” at FIT. Pollack discusses the changes she has witnessed in both the...
Dates:
1995 March 6
Helen Xenakis interview, 1995 February 22, 1995 February 22
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.31
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Helen Xenakis, the Internship Coordinator at FIT at the time of this interview, began as an adjunct professor in theFashion Buying and Merchandising Department (FBM) in 1988, following a 25-year career in buying. She talks about the inception of the internship program at FIT and its growth ten-fold. She sees the program as mutually beneficial for employers and students, which explains its exponential success. At the time of the interview, FIT had over 900 company sponsors including Donna...
Dates:
1995 February 22
Jack Rittenberg interview, circa 1994-1995, circa 1994-1995
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.24
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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
Newt Godnick interview, 1994 November 1, 1994 November 1
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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.5
Scope and Contents
Newton Everett Godnick, 18 year Chair of the Fashion Buying and Merchandising Department (FBM) at the time of this interview, discusses his introduction to the school and its close-knit nature. He describes the 1965 groundbreaking for new buildings and various delays in their construction. He goes on to comment on how the student body and departments have evolved over the years in positive and negative ways. He mentions FIT’s former dress code and then goes into the history of the buying and...
Dates:
1994 November 1