Johanna Schwencke
Johanna Schwencke taught physical education at William Cullen Bryant HS in Queens for many years and also served as the UFT chapter leader.
Obituaries
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Robert Rizzotti
Robert Rizzotti was a 5th-grade teacher at PS 276 in Brooklyn.
Edward Markowitz
Edward Markowitz taught air-conditioning and refrigeration at DeWitt Clinton HS in the Bronx for 22 years.
Robert Kahn
Robert “Bob” Kahn was a UFT member for 50 years, most recently as a programmer at George Westinghouse HS in Brooklyn.
Rose M. Sabatino
Rose M. Sabatino was a secretary at Brooklyn Technical HS.
Gerald Fitzgerald
Gerald Fitzgerald was a media teacher and a dean at MS 324 in Washington Heights.
Irene Ruth Hammer Goldstein
Irene Ruth Hammer Goldstein taught at PS 115 in Queens and was a UFT chapter leader.
Alice D. Lombardi
Alice Lombardi was a mathematics coordinator for the Department of Education.
Sylvia Kuller
Sylvia Kuller taught English at IS 246 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and later became a guidance counselor at the school.
Mildred Lucille Gersh
Mildred Lucille Gersh was a teacher at PS 78 in the Bronx and subsequently a reading coordinator for District 11 in the Bronx.