Singing for someone else's supper
Although CCM alumnus Lee Roy Reams often draws a crowd, this New York audience didn't come to hear his melodious Broadway voice. More than 100 people came to the 21 Club to pay tribute to Jerry Berns, A&S '29, a man whose impact on the city has been nearly as profound as his impact on the university.
In 1938, Berns and his brother built the club, a landmark that grew to be called "New York's favorite club." Among UC alumni, however, the restaurant at 21 W. 52nd St. was known as "UC's clubhouse," because they so frequently met there and often recruited students there. Jerry, pictured here with his wife, Suzanne, who passed away suddenly the next month, was a staunch UC booster, serving as a founding trustee for The University of Cincinnati Foundation, regional vice president of the Alumni Association and chairman of the New York alumni chapter. In recognition of his philanthropic leadership, the event raised money for the New York Scholarship Fund, established in his honor.
photos/Philip Goldberg
Above the rest
Bragging rights go to UC, again, for honors at the bar, on the Web, in the classroom and the "real world."
For the eighth consecutive year, the University of Cincinnati is first in the state in passage of the Ohio Bar Exam. UC's 93 percent pass rate for first-time test takers is seven percentage points higher than graduates of any other law school in the state. If all test takers are included, UC's passage rate still tallies 90 percent, or six percent higher than other schools.
The College of Business Administration was honored last winter in an "Academy of Management Journal" article ranking programs in 700 accredited U.S. business schools. CBA's production/ operations management program is one of the country's best with a No. 4 rating. Among combined international business/insurance/real estate programs, UC stands No. 15, with CBA's marketing program ranking 28th in the nation. The MBA program took 40th among all U.S. business schools.
Not surprising, then, that author Michael Viollt chose UC for his new national college guide. The birthplace of cooperative education, UC appears prominently as one of nine Ohio schools in "The Best 201 Colleges for the Real World: Get In. Get Out. Get a Job."
Meanwhile, MSN, Microsoft's Internet voice, has named UC's Web site one of America's top seven college sites. The other six are Duke, Florida State, Johns Hopkins, Michigan State, University of Alabama-Birmingham and University of Florida.
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