Leon Goldstein
{{Short description|Educational leader}}
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| death_date = January 8, 1999 (aged 66)
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Leon M. Goldstein (died January 8, 1999) was a college administrator, President of Kingsborough Community College, and acting Chancellor of the City University of New York. The Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences and the Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center are both named in his honor.
Early life and education
Goldstein was born in Borough Park, Brooklyn, to Jewish immigrants from Poland.{{Cite web|url=https://kingsboroughblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/14/leon-m-goldstein-and-kingsborough-community-college/|title=Leon M. Goldstein and Kingsborough Community College|date=November 14, 2016}}{{unreliable source|date=January 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/10/nyregion/leon-m-goldstein-dies-at-66-led-a-city-university-college.html|title=Leon M. Goldstein Dies at 66; Led a City University College|first=Karen W.|last=Arenson|date=January 10, 1999|work=The New York Times}}Jacques Steinberg (September 23, 1995). [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/23/nyregion/the-new-math-of-the-man-who-would-be-chancellor.html The New Math of the Man Who Would be Chancellor,"] The New York Times. He received his B.A. from City College of New York, and his M.A. from Brooklyn College.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/chancellor/former-chancellors.html|title=Former Chancellors - Office of the Chancellor - CUNY|website=www.cuny.edu}}
Career
Goldstein taught and was ultimately a professor of history, dean of faculty, and Vice President at New York City Community College from 1960 to 1971.
Goldstein was President of Kingsborough Community College from 1971 to 1999.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wEgrDwAAQBAJ&q=leon+goldstein+-%22high+school%22+kingsborough&pg=PA32|title=CUNY's First Fifty Years: Triumphs and Ordeals of a People's University|first1=Anthony G.|last1=Picciano|first2=Chet|last2=Jordan|date=2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781351982153|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/06/nyregion/public-lives-an-amiable-defender-of-colleges-under-fire.html|title=Public Lives; An Amiable Defender of Colleges Under Fire|first=David|last=Firestone|date=February 6, 1998|work=The New York Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/27/obituaries/academic-mystery-an-educator-s-resume.html|title=Academic Mystery: An Educator's Resume|first=Don van Jr.|last=Natta|date=September 27, 1995|work=The New York Times}} In 1981 he was also Deputy Chancellor of the City University of New York.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIm6AAAAIAAJ&q=leon+goldstein+deputy+chancellor|title=Urban Academic Librarian|date=August 12, 1981|publisher=Library Association of the City University of New York|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-wXuAAAAMAAJ&q=leon+goldstein+deputy+chancellor|title=New York Community College Finance|first=Gordon B. Van de|last=Water|date=August 12, 1981|publisher=Education Commission of the States|via=Google Books}}
Goldstein was acting Chancellor of the City University of New York from July 1982 to September 1982, during which time he took a leave of absence from his position as President of Kingsborough Community College.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/26/nyregion/chancellor-finalist-is-praised-by-mayor.html|title=Chancellor Finalist Is Praised by Mayor|date=September 26, 1995|work=The New York Times}} He also served as CUNY's Dean for Community Colleges. He was Vice President of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1994.
Goldstein died at his home in Manhattan on January 8, 1999, at the age of 66.
The Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences in Brooklyn, New York, was named in his honor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lmghs.org/general_information.jsp|title=Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences|website=www.lmghs.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/leon-m-goldstein-high-school-sciences-academic-excellence-meets-artistic-freedom-article-1.1154658|title=Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences: Academic excellence meets artistic freedom|first=Ben|last=Chapman|work=New York Daily News|date=September 9, 2012}} The 743-seat Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center at Kingsborough was also named in his honor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newyorkitecture.com/kingsborough-community-college/|title=New York Architecture Photos: Kingsborough Community College|date=March 17, 2015|website=NewYorkitecture}}[http://www2.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/page-assets/about/administration/offices/ese/KCC-Presidential-Search-Profile-Doc1.pdf "KCC Presidential Search Profile,"] CUNY.
References
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External links
- [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1996-pt9/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1996-pt9-5-2.pdf "Tribute to Leon Goldstein on his 25th Anniversary"], Hon. Charles E. Schumer, in the House of Representatives, May 29, 1996.
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Category:20th-century American academics
Category:City College of New York alumni
Category:New York City Community College faculty
Category:Brooklyn College alumni
Category:Chancellors of City University of New York
Category:Educators from New York City