My career has been a winding path which I feel very fortunate to have taken. After graduating CCNY with a bachelor's in engineering (my most prized degree), I went to N.Y.U. law school. With the civil rights movement in the air, I spent 3 incredibly rewarding months in Mississippi as a civil rights law student. Back in NYC, in the late 60’s I became a criminal defense lawyer with an anti-poverty law program on the Lower East Side, happily in the midst of the political and cultural turmoil of the 60’s. In 1970 I began a three year stint teaching the criminal law clinic at N.Y.U. law school, handling cases with students. After that I quit lawyering for 8 years, and became a teacher in and director of an urban studies in program in the N.Y.U. college. At the same time I studied for and received a doctorate in psychology from the Union Graduate School, and worked half-time as a psychotherapist. After about 8 years, I felt burned out as a teacher so I left N.Y.U., ended my practice as a psychotherapist (it was too sedentary for me) and started a 25 year career as an Assistant Attorney General with New York State. My specialty was overseeing the sale of coops and condos and handling all of the construction defect complaints. I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to spend my entire working life doing interesting, rewarding and very varied work. Eight months ago I retired from the AG’s office and I have been having a great time pursuing hobbies, learning a great deal, doing volunteer work and working a little as a consultant and an arbitrator/mediator.
I am married and have two boys from a previous marriage, aged 23 and 29. My wife is a lawyer with the N.Y.C. Dept. of Health, my older son is a computer wizard of some sort, and the younger one just graduated from Wesleyan and is searching for himself.
(posted on Ollie's behalf by Bob Bein)
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Hi my name is Steve Benathen and I am a brother at ZBT Gamma at NYU. ZBT Gamma recently recolonized last year and we were chartered and recognized as a chapter this year. We are a brotherhood of 36 men at the moment. Right now we're trying to track down any and all ZBT alums/brothers living in New York City who might like to become involved with our chapter. Right now we are currently the oldest active chapter of Zeta Beta Tau in the country and as such we feel a very strong bond with you all, our Alpha Brothers, members of our fraternity's inaugural chapter. Please contact me at stevebenathen@yahoo.com if you want become involved with our chapter. We are having our chartering ceremony on May 2nd and it would be wonderful to have you all there!
C.F.S.,
Steve
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