Harry Chapin ’60
Entertainer and Humanitarian
A seasoned performer while still at Tech, Mr. Chapin’s career included gold album records, his famous number one hit, “Cat’s in the Cradle,” an Oscar-nominated documentary film, a Tony-nominated stage show and an Emmy-winning children’s television program. He was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011. In 1975, he founded World Hunger Year, a charity to fight international famine. His social-justice efforts were posthumously recognized with a Congressional Gold Medal in 1987. In 1981, at the height of his popularity and influence, Mr. Chapin was killed in an automobile accident.
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Sophia Chok ’20
Asian women have traditionally been brought up to be quiet at home. Tech offers and creates an environment where if you want to be someone different, you can.
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Donald L. Klein, Ph.D., '49, inventor, was inducted into the Brooklyn Tech Alumni Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Adam J. Cirillo ‘29, educator, coach, and mentor, was inducted into the Brooklyn Tech Alumni Hall of Fame in 1998.
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