This spring, a Wagner College panel sat down with World War II Jewish partisan A. Romi Cohn. Included on the panel were: Judge Phillip Straniere ’69, member of the Wagner College Chai Society board; Charles DeStefano, past president of the Staten Island Trial Lawyers Association; Alexandra Zagorin, assistant professor, Wagner College’s Evelyn L. Spiro School of Nursing; Leo Schuchert ’15, former intern for Wagner College’s Holocaust Education & Programming Center, currently coordinator for the college’s Center for Leadership & Community Engagement; and moderator Lori Weintrob, professor of history and director of the Holocaust Center. The interview was edited and produced by Joel Bibula of Staten Island Community Television. On June 20, 2016, Wagner College honored Romi Cohn with the degree of doctor of humane letters, honoris causa.Watch Panel interview with Romi Cohn
Panel interview with Romi Cohn