Dawar Jamal of Flushing, Queens, a Business major at Queensborough Community College, is the 2009 winner of the David A. Garfinkel Essay Prize, awarded by The Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York.
From left (top row): Christine Mooney, Assistant Professor, Business; Jennifer Ahmed (fiancée of Mr. Dawar); Dr. Jonas Falik, Professor and Chairperson, Business.
From left (bottom row): Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman; Dawar Jamal; Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau.
Dawar Jamal, a Business major at Queensborough Community College, is the winner of the coveted David A. Garfinkel Essay Prize, a statewide writing contest sponsored by the Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York. Students from approximately 50 SUNY and CUNY community colleges participated in the contest, submitting essays related to the 400th Anniversary of the Dutch Arrival in New York.
Mr. Jamal, a Flushing native, received a $1,000 award at a ceremony in Albany on May 1, which was attended by, among other notable officials, Governor David A. Paterson.
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