In Memoriam

Robert “Bob” Kahn was a UFT member for 50 years, most recently as a programmer at George Westinghouse HS in Brooklyn...

Rose M. Sabatino died on Nov. 21, 2016 at home in Manhattan. She was 93. A longtime UFT member, she was a secretary at Brooklyn Technical High School...

Gerald Fitzgerald, a former media teacher at MS 324 in Washington Heights, passed away after a heart attack on Nov. 19, 2016...

Irene Ruth Hammer Goldstein passed away on Sept. 19, 2016. Irene began her teaching career in 1947 and taught music in elementary schools in Brooklyn and Queens until 2003...

Alice was a teacher and assistant principal in multiple schools in Brooklyn and Queens prior to working as a mathematics coordinator for the New York City Department of Education...

Sylvia Kuller taught English at IS 246 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and later became a guidance counselor at the school...

Mildred Lucille Gersh (nee Gerst) was a teacher at PS 78 in the Bronx and subsequently a reading coordinator for District 11 in the Bronx. ...

Leo Benardo began his career as a teacher of foreign languages in the New York City public school system in 1947. He later became a junior high school supervisor and a principal before being appointed as the director of foreign languages for all NYC public...

Edith Packer-Greenberg taught 6th grade and gifted children at PS 42 in Arverne, Queens for many years...

Reynaldo Beltre was a UFT member for 10 years and a dedicated paraprofessional at the Business of Sports School in Manhattan...

Sharyn Levine was a loyal UFT member for 36 years, teaching language arts first at the Arthur S. Somers MS in Brooklyn and then at IS 75 on Staten Island...

Lorraine C. Porter was a chapter leader at PS 6 in East Flatbush, Brooklyn for the last eight years. Lorraine was a licensed high school physical education teacher for 36 years and held a license in administration and supervision...

Carolyn Grossman was a kindergarten teacher at PS 200 in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. She retired in 1976, and lived in Suffolk County, Long Island...

Shirley D. Safran was a lifelong New Yorker and a graduate of Music and Art High School, Brooklyn College, with a B.A. in Speech and Theater, and Hunter College, with an M.A. in English...

Norma Joseph Hart, a school psychologist for more than 20 years, was a UFT delegate and a founding member of the Hispanic Affairs and Capably Disabled committees. ...

Lou Tagliani served as teacher, assistant principal and principal at PS 23 in Richmondtown from 1964 to 1996. In those roles, he was revered by several generations of Staten Island families...

Bruce Samuel Davidson, a former high school teacher, passed away peacefully on April 1, 2016 in New York City...

Dorothy Kreiselman was a teacher and chapter leader in District 20 in Brooklyn. Kreiselman was a union activist for many years, participating in demonstrations, rallies and phone banks...

Paul Friedman, 80, died on Feb. 22 in Brooklyn. A former English teacher at New Utrecht HS in Brooklyn, Paul was a lover of jazz, literature and movies and believed in education through the arts...

Kinereth Louise Stubbs taught at PS 192 in West Harlem for 34 years. Teaching was her passion...

Dr. Bonilla served as a teacher in Newtown High School for 37 years with great selflessness and prestige. A free-spirited dreamer, Felix was always seen with a book in his pocket...

Lisa Moore was a mentor, an academic intervention coordinator, an academic intervention specialist and grade leader...

Lennie Brice was an elementary school teacher, including at PS 30 in Manhattan, and a UFT member for 26 years. After retiring in 1993, she continued to work as a substitute teacher for a decade...

Sylvia Schaum, 87, died on Nov. 12, 2015. She was a 1st grade teacher in District 12 in the Bronx for 26 years before retiring in 1991...