Josephson, Abraham J.,

From 1968 to 1972, Abraham Josephson was a faculty member of the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology. He also graduated from the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, a precursor to RIT. In 1965, he ran for Executive Council Representative for the RIT Alumni Association. The ballot states: Abraham J. Josephson, PH '39, graduated from the Institute in 1939 with a major in Commercial Photography, after which he was employed as a photographer with Sibley, Lindsay, and Curr Co. in Rochester. Since 1945 Josephson has operated his own studio which specializes in advertising photography. He received a P.P. of A. Master of Photography degree in 1958, and has been active as a lecturer on photographic techniques at numerous conventions. Among his hobbies and interests he includes woodworking, ceramics, and golf. A copy of the ballot is included in the collection.