Queens College Celebrates 85th Anniversary
October 20, 2022
On October 12, Queens College President Frank H. Wu presided over a celebration marking the 85th anniversary of the first day of classes at the college on October 11, 1937. Among the offerings in a daylong series of events for an invited audience were the presentation of President’s Medals—the college’s highest administrative honor—to notable alumni Peter Archer ’85 and ’87, and Robert Jacobs ’70. Archer, a music teacher for more than 30 years at Nathaniel Hawthorne Middle School 74 in Queens, served as a cultural consultant and role model on the 2020 Disney Pixar Academy Award-winning movie Soul. Jacobs, President of Health/ROI, a company he founded, established an endowment fund that has so far provided 13 scholarships to deserving students. Guests viewed a historical exhibition and video on the college, followed by a reception with live music.