Title

Newt Godnick interview, 1994 November 1

Contributor Names

Poll, Carol (Interviewer)

Godnick, Newton E.

Date

1994-10-31

Date Digitized

2020

Description

Newton Godnick, 18 year Chair of the Fashion Buying and Merchandising Department (FBM) at the time of this interview, discusses his introduction to the school and its close-knit nature. He describes the 1965 groundbreaking for new buildings and various delays in their construction. He goes on to comment on how the student body and departments have evolved over the years in positive and negative ways. He mentions FIT's former dress code and then goes into the history of the buying and merchandising department. He describes the development of the four year program and effects of the 1970s recession. Godnick then details close relationships with the industry, distinguished alumni, and how the Fashion Buying and Merchandising Department (FBM) Industry Advisory Board has affected his department's curriculum. He discusses the social unrest of the 1960s and 1970s and how FIT changed over those years. Finally, he discusses the formation of the UCE Union and its positive effect on FIT's standard of education.

Type

Moving Image

Oral histories

Sound

Subject

Godnick, Newton E.

Kamali, Norma

Klein, Calvin, 1942-

Jarnow, Jeannette A.

Brandriss, Marion K.

Winters, Arthur A.

Fashion

Education

Dress codes

Labor unions

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Fashion Buying and Merchandising Department

New York (State)

New York (State)--New York

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Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_000791

SPARC reference code: US.NNFIT.SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.5