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Many of our graduates were pioneers:
Frieda B. Hennock 24, first woman Federal Communications Commissioner Hon. Henry Bramwell 48, first African-American judge appointed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Percy E. Sutton 50, first African-American Manhattan borough president and founder of the media giant, Inner City Broadcasting Corporation Herman Badillo 54, first U.S. congressman of Puerto Rican origin Hon.William C. Thompson 54, African-American founder of nations first community development corporation, Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Hon. David N. Dinkins 56, first African-American mayor, New York City Hon. Benjamin Ward '65, first African-American Police Commissioner of the City of New York Hon. Sterling Johnson, Jr. '66, United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York Hon. Dorothy Chin-Brandt 74, first Asian-American woman judge, New York State Hon. Peter Tom 75, first Asian-American appellate justice, New York State Hon. Rosalyn H. Richter 79, first executive director of Lambda Legal, groundbreaking anti-discrimination organization Charlotte Owens Wise 84, first African-American female captain, U.S. Navy Judge Advocate Generals Corps Today, minority graduates hold top positions in every field: Hon. John Carro 56, founding partner of Carro,Velez, Carro & Mitchell, LLP, the largest Latino-owned law firm in New York Thomas Sung 64, president and CEO of Abacus Federal Savings Bank Geraldo Rivera 69, veteran broadcast journalist Melvin Garner 73, past president, New York Intellectual Property Law Association Raphael Pineiro 80, chief of personnel, New York City Police Department Astrid Garcia 80, past president, National Association of Minority Media Executives Wanda Denson-Low 81, vice president and general counsel, Boeing Company Carlos Ortiz 85, general counsel, Goya Foods, Inc.; vice president, Association of the Bar of the City of New York Desiree Kim 90, executive director, New York City Advisory Committee on the Judiciary Learn more about Brooklyn Law School's alumni association.
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