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REGARDING THE ARTICLE ABOUT HUNTER COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: HELAN FRANKENTHALER WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AT HUNTER WHEN I ENTERED HUNTER COLLEGE IN 1950; THEN MARRIED TO ROBERT MOTHERWELL, BUT GETTING AN ACRIMONIOUS DIVORCE. ALSO ON THE ART FACULTY WERE MARK ROTHKO, DONG KINGMAN, AND JACKSON POLLACK!! IT WAS THE TALK OF THE ART DEPARTMENT! ALSO ON THE FACULTY WAS LOUISE TALMA-GODCHILD OF THE FAMOUS NADIA BOULANGER, WHO TAUGHT MANY OF THE WORLD'S MOST ACCOMPLISHED MUSICAL PERFORMERS...LEONARD BERNSTEIN, AARON COPELAND, CLAUDIO ABBAS, AND MANY OTHERS STUDIED WITH MLLEBOULANGER AT FONTAINBLEAU, FRANCE, AND MSS TAMLA TOOK BOULANGER'S PLACE AS INSTRUCTOR WHEN MLLE BOULANGER COULD NO LONGER TEACH. MISS TALMA WAS A COMPOSER IN HER OWN RIGHT, AND A BOOK HAS RECENTLY BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT HER.

ALSO: HUNTER COLLEGE DOWNTOWN (PARK AVENUE) ADMITTED 6 MALE STUDENTS UNDER THE G I BILL IN 1952 OR 1953, OF WHICH ONE WAS SALVATORE LOMBINO, FORMER WRITER FOR THE ARMY TIMES, AND AS A GRADUATE, AUTHOR OF "BLACKBOARD JUNGLE...BASED UPON HIS ACTUAL STUDENT TEACHING EXPERIENCES WHILE WE WERE STUDENT TEACHING DURING THE SPRING TERM OF 1954.HE USED 'EVAN HUNTER' AS A PEN NAME...EVAN AFTER EVANDER CHILDS HIGH SCHOOL (WHICH HE ATTENDED), AND HUNTER FOR HUNTER COLLEGE. HIS PUBLISHER WOULD NOT USE HIS REAL NAME BECAUSE THEY SAID "IT IS TOO ETHNIC". UNFORTUNATELY, SAL DIED IN 2010 OR 2011 (I CAN'T EXACTLY REMEMBER WHICH). ANOTHER GI STUDENT ADMITTED AMONG THE 6 WAS ONE NAMED EDWARD GREENBERG, WHO MARRIED ONE OF THE 1954 GRADUATES-JOAN BRUCKHEIM.

I CANNOT STRESS TO MUCH THE EXCELLENCE OF THE EDUCATION ALLOWED ME TO PURSUE...ALL TEACHERS SHOULD BE FORCED TO TAKE LIBERAL ARTS STUDIES, AS IT BROADENS THE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF ACADEMICS. TEACHERS' COLLEGES TEACH YOU HOW TO TEACH, BUT IT NEEDS MUCH MORE TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL INSTRUCTOR. I PUT MY HUNTER TRAINING TO WORK FOR 30 YEARS, TEACHING AT 1 IN NEW YORK STATE, 3 IN CALIFORNIA, 2 IN VIRGINIA, AND OVERSEAS IN JAPAN FOR THE DEPT OF DEFENSE...ALL SYSTEMS WITH OUTSTANDING RATINGS! SEVEN DIFFERENT SYSTEMS...ALL RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. I SPECIALIZED IN THE EDUCATION OF THE GIFTED AND TALENTED, AND EVEN TAUGHT 1 SUMMER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S SUMMER SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTED. I AM VERY PROUD OF HUNTER AND WHAT IT TAUGHT ME!