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Dorothy Finkelhor
Dorothy Cimberg Finkelhor (February 22, 1902 – July 19, 1988) was an American academic, teacher, and speaker. She was the founder and first president of Point Park College in Pittsburgh. Dorothy Cimberg was born in New York City’s Lower East Side, and her parents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. She and her husband, Lawrence H. Finkelhor (aka L. Herbert Finkelhor), founded the Business Training College in downtown Pittsburgh in 1933. It eventually became Point Park University. Dr. Finkelhor, a native of New York City, was president of the college until 1971. Death Dorothy Finkelhor died on July 19, 1988, aged 86, at her home in Ocean Ridge, Florida. She was survived by her husband, three children and six grandchildren. References External links List of books written by the Finkelhors {{DEFAULTSORT:Finkelhor, Dorothy 1902 births 1988 deaths American educational theorists 20th-century American Jews Schoolteachers from Pennsylvania 20th-century American women educators Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point Park College
Point Park University is a private university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Formerly known as Point Park College, the school name was revised in 2004 to reflect the number of graduate programs being offered. History Beginnings The university began in 1933 as a one-room business school called Business Training College with an initial enrollment of 50 students, under the direction of Dorothy Finkelhor, a New York native, and her husband, L. Herbert Finkelhor. At the time, it was notable for a woman to found such an institution. Finkelhor provided her students with business and Secretary, secretarial skills. At the same time, she served in multiple roles as teacher, the dean of women, social chairman, janitor, telephone operator, admissions and finance director, and registrar. Becoming a college By 1960, the business school had grown to nearly 880 students and moved to the university's current academic center, Academic Hall, on Wood Street in central Downtown Pittsburgh. The Finkelh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
