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Letty Eisenhauer Obituary
Letty was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 30, 1935, to Charlotte Itzen Eisenhauer and Frances Eisenhauer. She attended Ramsey High School in New Jersey and went on to receive her Bachelor of Arts degree from Douglas College in 1957.
After graduating, Letty moved to Paris, France where she worked in the editing department of a fashion magazine. On returning to the states in the 60's, Letty acted in many of the" Happenings" in New York City, her best known performance being "The Tart, or Miss America" written by Dick Higgins. She also posed for Roy Lichtenstein.
Letty went on to study Forensic Psychology eventually becoming a professor, counselor, and forensic psychologist for many years at Borough of Manhattan Community College in New York City.
Letty loved her work, the Delaware River, gardening, cooking, and entertaining her many friends and family. She traveled several times to Africa volunteering with Habitat for Humanity.
Letty was predeceased by her common-law husband, David Becker, a sister, Sherry Smith and a brother, Victor Eisenhauer. She is survived by two brothers, Glenn Eisenhauer of Gorham, ME and Philip Eisenhauer of Charlotte, NC and three sisters, Sibylla Linden of Madison, OH, Melissa Hanham of Ocala, FL and Linda Heinonen of Trout Creek, MI.
No funeral services are planned at this time. The family requests any donations in her honor be made to the Delaware River Conservation Fund in support of Letty's love of the river.
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Sheila Cardinale
December 18, 2024
I had the privilege of getting to know Letty and taking care of her while she resided at ProMedica.
She´s gone, but not forgotten. She was a wonderful woman.
Debbie Yorizzo
February 13, 2024
Professor Eisenhauer is why the Borough of Manhattan Community College is the Harvard of Community Colleges in New York City. She inspired her students to think, dream and follow through with education. She believed in education; trusted its growing pains and kept those flames of education glowing, with that New York 'umph' of an educated worker that said: if you do the work now, it will do the work for you, and with you, in the future - that is education. Help your work and your work will help you.
Professor Eisenhauer was one of those cool white professors at BMCC who trailblazed and emphasized "Black Lives Matter" like they always mattered, and always will always matter. Professor Eisenhauer held the spiritual hands of Zora Neale Hurston to James Baldwin and Nina Simone through her work as a professor and counselor at BMCC. She had the strong and graceful spine of a Rosa Parks and Bessie Coleman.
She inspired BMCC students to work for their educations like a tree works from roots to branches - like an educated New Yorker works from bridge to bridge, taxi to taxi, library to library, book to book. Professor Eisenhauer had that Immanuel Kant kind of philosophy about her: "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me." Professor Eisenhauer reminded us why we are here.
Will Hart
November 14, 2023
I rented a room from Letty at 42 North Moore street during my 3rd year at New York Law School in 1982-83. I have fond memories of sharing space with her in her spacious loft in TriBeCa. On many evenings I came home to find Letty and Leda, her friend , laughing and drinking Boucheron wine in the convenient jug size. Letty treated me like I was her adopted son and made me feel very much at home. She attended my marriage in Connecticut in 1985. She had two cats: a male tabby, whom she spoiled and a Siamese female, named “madamoiselle,” who befriended me. On weekends she often left me in charge because she would go to Pennsylvania. She often brought home vegetables from her garden there. Leda once told me about Letty’s experiences in Manhattan’s Art scene in the 1960s and the outlandish “Happenings “, which apparently were pretty wild and risqué. I was aghast, of course. She was a little taken aback when I invited over a Japanese Bhuddist monk, named Ishibashi. I had joined him on several occasions when he would chant and beat a drum at the Speaker’s Corner on Wall Street. His order was very committed to nuclear disarmament. Life was never dull at 42 North Moore Streets. I have many fond memories of living there with Letty.
M Raab
May 21, 2023
We lived near Letty on the Delaware and while we moved many years ago, we have fond memories of the time we shared. Michael and Cathy Raab
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Dawn, Chas. Hoffman & Sons, Inc.
May 9, 2023
Letty was a dear. For us, what began as a work relationship with Letty became a friendship. We truly admired her passion for whatever she endeavored to do - building her house along the river, gardening, art, people, etc. Prayers to all of her loved ones.
Sheila Cardinale
May 8, 2023
It was a pleasure to know Letty. Prayers and condolences to her friends and family.
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