QCC benefactor Harriet Kupferberg dies

Harriet Kupferberg, 83, Malba resident, Holocaust survivor and benefactor of Queensborough Community College, passed away at home on Monday, January 21.
She donated $1 million to expand the Holocaust Center at the college. Following a ceremony, it was renamed the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives.
Dr. Kenneth Kupferberg’s widow was a former teacher who attended Bayside High School.
She was a founding member of Temple Beth Sholom in Flushing. She was also involved with the Queensborough Community College Fund Board, the Flushing Council Women’s Association, the advisory board of Flushing Hospital and the John Bowne House Historical Society.
Following Kupferberg’s death, Dr. Eduardo J. Marti, President of Queensborough Community College issued this statement:
“Harriet Kupferberg was a longtime friend and supporter of Queensborough Community College. During her long-lasting involvement with the college, she became a part of the Queensborough Community College family. She was particularly involved with the renovation of the college’s Art Gallery and in the world-class opening exhibit with works by over 100 significant modern art artists.”
Marti continued, “Mrs. Kupferberg’s endowment [to the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives] will ensure that the Center’s programming to educate current and future generations of the ramifications of unbridled prejudice continues in perpetuity.”
Kupferberg is survived by son Mark and daughter-in-law Ina; daughter Anne and son-in-law Mark Pepper; daughter Sarah and son-in-law Sydney Temple; eight grandchildren; and two sisters, Polly Radwin and Naomi Goren.
Services were held at Temple Beth Sholom on Thursday, January 24.