The Cooper Union Alumni Association (CUAA) provides a vital link between the alumni and the institution, building a strong body of support to preserve, protect and promote The Cooper Union.
Meyer Steinberg was born in 1924 and grew up in Astoria, Queens. He graduated from The Cooper Union chemical engineering program in 1944. After graduating from The Cooper Union, Steinberg was drafted into the...
Dr. Barry Rosenbaum has been a Sr. Fellow of the University of Akron Research Foundation (UARF) for the past 18 years following retirement, focused on helping faculty and students commercialize their University Research. Born...
Laura Spinner A’90 Laura Spinner received a BFA from the Cooper Union in 1990. Upon graduation, Laura started a decorative painting business specializing in murals and fine painted finishes. Her clients have been both...
Standish Lee AR’11 Standish received a B. Arch from The Cooper Union in 2011 with a minor in History & Society. She is currently a Partner at Fulcra, a real estate development and design firm...
Pritzker Prize Laureate Shigeru Ban, architect, educator, and humanitarian, is widely recognized as a leader in design and an advocate for humanitarian causes. He began his career at the Cooper Union School of Architecture,...
Catherine Seavitt Nordenson is professor and chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design, where she holds the Martin and Margy Meyerson Chair of Urbanism....
Dean Maltz is a Managing Partner of Shigeru Ban Architects, an award-winning, international architectural firm led by Shigeru Ban, his longtime friend and business partner of over 40 years. The relationship between Dean and...
Ann Agee's has focused on replicating objects by hand, a process employed to simulate mass production and engage ambiguous delineations between fine art, design, and craft; histories of cultural appropriation and exchange; and the...
Victor Papanek was born in Vienna, Austria. In 1939 following Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria, 15-year-old Papanek emigrated to the United States as a refugee. He initially taught German at a YMCA in New York City. He...
Philip Auerbach graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School, The Cooper Union Engineering School in 1951, and the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. Prior to retirement, he served as Vice President and General Manager of Sperry...