www.BillSchimmel.com - May 2005

Mark has a letter from the former president to prove it.

Mark Birnbaum holds a doctorate from Columbia and he will be one of this year’s recipients of the Neupauer Conservatory Order of the Shield diploma.

I've known Mark for over 35 years - first as a student of mine at Brooklyn College CUNY - now as a friend and colleague. We have had regular discussions on a philosophical level - over this 35 year period - and still do.

As I grow older, things are less black and white - more like shades of