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The Alumni Association of The City College of New York/CUNY can trace its origin to the first graduating class. On July 26, 1853, members of the class, meeting in the chapel of the original building on 23rd Street, formed the Associate Alumni of The Free Academy. On April 30, 1866, The Free Academy became The College of the City of New York (hence the initials CCNY), and the name of the Associate Alumni changed accordingly. In those early days the organization was mainly a social group with interests centered on the affairs of the College.
On March 7, 1913 the Association was incorporated in the State of New York as the Associate Alumni of the College of the City of New York, Inc. The Alumni Association is an independent organization with its own officers and Board of Directors.
As the Association grew it eventually obtained an office on the City College campus in the Webster Room, located on the fifth floor of the Main Building (now known as Shepard Hall). Later the Alumni Office moved to a space in the then new Library Building. Beginning in 1935 it occupied Rooms 106 and 107 in Townsend Harris Hall, and later the Alumni Office moved to 280 Convent Avenue. When CCNY acquired the South Campus in the 1950s, the Association received space on the fifth floor of the Finley Student Center. Its current offices are located on the first floor of Shepard Hall, off Lincoln Corridor.In the 1950s the Associate Alumni became the Alumni Association, and special interest groups were formed to better serve the particular concerns of our graduates: the Business & Economics and Engineering Constituent Groups, and a number of Affiliate Groups (Alumni Varsity Association, Architecture, Asian, Black, Latino, Center for Worker Education, Communications, Education, Nursing, Science, and Chapters located around the nation). The purpose of the Alumni Association, as stated in its By-Laws, is to promote the general welfare of The City College of The City University of New York and its alumni, to establish beneficial relationships between CCNY and its alumni, to advance public higher education and the interests of students without regard to race, creed, color or national origin, and to promote the ideals enunciated in The Ephebic Oath of The City College.
 | Welcome to the website of the Alumni Association of The City College of New York. To Association members, please accept my appreciation for your support. To those of you who are not yet members, I wish to invite you to join! | |
| Alumni Association membership brings with it numerous benefits, from discounts on automobile, homeowners, auto and life insurance, to participation in the social, cultural and educational functions of our many Affiliate, Constituent and Chapter organizations. You will also receive our annual wall planning calendar, an attractive planning tool for home and office, along with a subscription to the Alumnus magazine so you can keep up with developments among your fellow alumni and at today's City College. As you visit our website you will learn about the many other important benefits that come with Alumni Association membership. Most important, however, is the satisfaction you will receive from rejoining your Alma Mater. This is an extraordinarily hopeful time in CCNY's history when the College is undergoing a true academic Renaissance. Becoming a member of the Association will enable you to reunite with classmates and support today's worthy students - our future alumni - who are following in your footsteps and will play an important role in building a brighter future for our city, state, nation and the world. I invite you to join the growing number of our graduates who have reconnected with their Alma Mater and become active members of the City College family! | ||