C.W. Post Campus Unveils State-of-the-Art Engelke Lecture Hall
in Humanities Hall

October 8th, 2003

George L. Engelke, Jr. (left), wife Sandra and Long Island University president David Steinberg celebrate the dedication of the George L. Engelke, Jr./Astoria Federal Savings Lecture Hall.

The C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville celebrated the opening of the state-of-the-art George L. Engelke, Jr./Astoria Federal Savings Lecture Hall on Wednesday, October 8 at 4 p.m.

The renovated 195-seat room features a high-tech audiovisual system and new seating, flooring, lighting and stage area. The Lecture Hall, located in C.W. Post’s Humanities Hall, is used daily for academic lectures, classes, seminars and workshops.
Joseph Shenker, provost of the C.W. Post Campus said, "These renovations will certainly have a tremendous impact on the quality of learning that takes place within the walls of the Lecture Hall for many thousands of students each year."

The fully modernized hall was named for George L. Engelke, Jr., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Astoria Financial Corporation and its subsidiary, Astoria Federal Savings, whose continued generosity made the modernization project possible.

"This lecture hall is the heart of Humanities Hall and its renovation will greatly benefit the C.W. Post campus faculty and its 13,000 student community. Long Island’s premier community bank, Astoria Federal Savings, and I are honored to co-underwrite this project. It is another example of how we work hard to support important education-based projects in the communities we serve and live up to our brand promise of ‘Putting people first,’" said Engelke, a resident of Garden City.

Engelke, a certified public accountant, joined Astoria Federal as Vice President and Treasurer in 1971, after specializing in audit and tax work for savings and loan associations for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., predecessor to KPMG, LLP. Engelke was named Executive Vice President in 1974, a member of the Board of Directors in 1983, Chief Operating Officer in 1986 and President and Chief Executive Officer in 1989. He was elected Chairman of the Board in 1997.

Engelke is a member of the Board of Trustees of Long Island University. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Community Preservation Corporation and a member of the Advisory Board of Directors of Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc., both non-profit housing consortiums, and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York. He also serves on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Thrift Institutions Advisory Panel, is a past chairman and current member of the Community Bankers Association of New York State, and is a member of various committees of America’s Community Bankers. He previously served as a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council.