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Corrigan Conference Center Officially Unveiled

Fordham News — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 21:09:11 +0000

The Lowenstein Center’s 12th floor was officially christened the E. Gerald Corrigan Conference Center in a ceremony held on Oct. 17.

The ceremony, which was postponed from last year due to Hurricane Sandy, honored
E. Gerald Corrigan, Ph.D., GSAS ’65, ’71.

Corrigan, a former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and a managing director of Goldman Sachs, was honored at a dinner attended by Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham; Stephen Freedman, Ph.D., provost; Msgr. Joseph G. Quinn, vice president for mission and ministry; David Gautschi, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration; and Nancy Busch, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Also in attendance were recipients of the endowed scholarship fund that Corrigan established in 1999 and which has provided financial support to undergraduate students for nearly a decade.

Corrigan has served on the Fordham University Board of Trustees and has been a mentor and educator to Fordham students. In 2007, he made a $5 million gift that funded the E. Gerald Corrigan Chair in International Business and Finance in the Schools of Business, and he continues to generously support university initiatives.

From left to right: former Corrigan Scholars Michael Sansarran, GSB ’13 and Nicole Campiglia, FCLC ’13; current Corrigan Scholar Matthew McDonnell, FCRH ’14; E. Gerald Corrigan; and current Corrigan Scholars Maygan Anthony, FCRH ’14, and Mark Espina, FCRH ’16.
Photo by Bruce Gilbert

Fordham Institute for Family and Private Enterprise Symposium

Fordham News — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:54:57 +0000

Fordham Institute for Family and Private Enterprise Symposium
Family business owners address key organizational issues

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 | 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Lowenstein Center, 12th Floor | Lincoln Center Campus

The Fordham Institute for Family and Private Enterprise Symposium Conference will address the opportunities and challenges of running a family business such as succession planning and legacy and organizational challenges, and offer first-person testimonials. A new definition of family that engages community will be explored over lunch.

Speakers include:

Dr. Bert Twaalfhoven, GBS ’52
Bert W.M Twaalfhoven, founder of EFER and former President of Indivers B.V. will offer his perspective on how to masterfully “Learn, Earn and Return” as an entrepreneur and in life. Dr. Twaalfhoven graduated from Fordham University and received his MBA at Harvard Business School. In 1993, Dr. Twaalfhoven received an honorary doctorate from Fordham University for his achievements in the area of education and as an international entrepreneur.

Mithat Bereket
Mithat Bereket is a visiting scholar at Fordham GBA. He is a leading broadcast journalist and news anchorman in Turkey on TRT, Turkey’s national public broadcasting network, and CNN Turk, CNN’s Turkey affiliate. Bereket is known for his news and foreign affairs commentary and for his exclusive interviews with world leaders and prominent public figures.

Fabian Fabrega
The Fábregas are a family of entrepreneurs responsible for the design, restoration and management of the historic El Castillo Hotel and Organizational Center in Argentina. It took them a decade to fully develop their “eco-fairy tale castle” model of a sustainable resort that was the subject of an INSEAD business case study.

This conference is open to the entire Fordham Community of students, faculty, alumni and friends.

$20 Fordham affiliates / $25 Guests

For more information, contact Jean Howard, Director, Fordham Accelerator for Business at212-636-6165 or [email protected].

Fordham Mourns Philanthropist and Benefactor

Bob Howe — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:03:48 +0000

Fordham University mourns the death of Robert Austin Bendheim, a generous benefactor of the University and former member of its Board of Trustees.

Bendheim, president of the Leon Lowenstein Foundation and former chairman of M. Lowenstein Corp., served on the Fordham University Board of Trustees from 1976 to 1982 and from 1983 to 1989. A 1937 graduate of Princeton University, he was awarded an honorary degree from Fordham in 1966.

“Fordham has lost a great friend,” said Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of the University. “Robert Bendheim was a true benefactor, having shared with us not just his time and financial resources, but his gentle heart. We will sorely miss him, as will all those who care about education, medicine and child welfare.”

Since 1984, the Lowenstein Foundation has given more than $1 million to the University, supporting the Academy Project, the NYC Superintendents Network and the Early Childhood Literacy Project in the Graduate School of Education. In 1996, the foundation established the Robert Bendheim Chair in Economic and Financial Policy at Fordham’s Graduate School of Business. The foundation provides funding for medical research, higher education and youth programs.

M. Lowenstein Corp. was founded by Bendheim’s grandfather, Leon Lowenstein, in the 1920s. The elder Lowenstein donated nearly $1.8 million to Fordham between 1956 and 1971 to establish the Leon Lowenstein Center at the University’s Lincoln Center campus.

The Lowenstein firm was once the largest printer of fabrics in the country. Bendheim joined the company in 1939, was named director and secretary in 1946, and moved up in rank to become president in 1964 and chief executive in 1970. He served as chairman of the board from 1972 to1985. When the company was purchased by Spring Industries in 1984, Bendheim retired, and in 1986, he became president of the Lowenstein Foundation.

Bendheim is survived by his wife, Jane, his two daughters by a previous marriage, Lynn Bendheim Thoman and Kim Bendheim, his step-daughter, Josephine Poole, his brother, John M Bendheim of Scarsdale, N.Y., and four grandchildren.