MARTIN B. BERNSTEIN class of 1955 passed away on
March 29, 2010 among his family and friends.
Marty was a graduate of Far Rockaway High School, the SUNY
Maritime College and Brooklyn Law School. His public service
included positions as an Assistant Attorney General of the
State of New York, a Councilman of the Town of Hempstead,
Long Island, and a director of the Long Island Power
Authority. He was a successful real estate developer and
investor, and long before recycling became a household word,
he founded Ponderosa Fibres of America, once the largest
producer of recycled pulp in the world. He went on to
finance various |
ventures and served as a director on
numerous educational and private boards, and worked
tirelessly to give senior citizens in New York City better,
safer lives. Marty's interests ranged from Saturday
afternoons at the opera to following the exploits of Jack
Bauer in "24". He was an avid bibliophile whose curiosity
ranged from serious studies of World War II and the Civil
War, to the big, contemporary novels of Philip Roth. He is
also one of the few who read all twenty of Patrick O'Brien's
Aubrey-Maturin books; still, he found time to read three newspapers a day as well as "The New Yorker" every week. He
loved a round of golf and a game of poker with his buddies,
and watching the New York Jets with his boys.
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