Michael Smith is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Communications Technology program at York College. Prof. Smith hosts a personal digital archive project blog on Commons titled It Cannot Be Trivial.
@jdrobnicki thanks for the sleuthing on this and other photos. The cigar man in the middle is apparently philosopher Sidney Morgenbesser and to his right in the corner is a youthful Howard Ruttenberg who is still faculty at York College.
Below are a couple of articles shared by John about Mr. Morgenbesser.
Smoking *and* drinking on campus. Now that’s a club to join!
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@jdrobnicki thanks for the sleuthing on this and other photos. The cigar man in the middle is apparently philosopher Sidney Morgenbesser and to his right in the corner is a youthful Howard Ruttenberg who is still faculty at York College.
Below are a couple of articles shared by John about Mr. Morgenbesser.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/04/us/sidney-morgenbesser-82-kibitzing-philosopher-dies.html
http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/may05/forum.php
Smoking *and* drinking on campus. Now that’s a club to join!