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Irving A. Gelb

BA '73

Career Success

I went to Bronx Community College after I graduated high school in '66. I transferred to CCNY because I wanted to continue my education. I was the victim of a good education, learning not so much what to think as how to think. While I unsuccessfully ran for office in the Bronx, because I majored in rhetoric and public speaking, and took a year of legal argumentation, I was able to represent myself in court. I got the New York City Board of Elections to admit they were wrong in denying me the right to continue as a write-in candidate in a contested primary after I was knocked off the ballot. I've been retired since my wife of 29 years passed away over six years ago.


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