Posamentier, CCNY Dean,
Awarded Coveted Austrian Cross of Honor
Recently City College School of Education Dean Alfred S.
Posamentier was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art—First
Class by the President of the Federal Republic of Austria Thomas Klestil. The
ceremony took place at a reception and dinner held at the Art History Museum in
Vienna, Austria. The nomination for the award came from Prof. Hans Matzenauer,
former head of the Vienna school system and member of Parliament, and was
sponsored by the Austrian Federal Minister for Education, Science and Culture,
Elisabeth Gehrer. This award is one of the highest presented by the Austrian
government and must be approved by an act of Parliament.#
