HIspanic Brotherhood of Rockville Centre to hold scholarship dinner

Four members of the Rockville Centre community will be honored at the Hispanic Brotherhood of Rockville Centre’s annual scholarship dinner at Temple B’nai Sholom on May 6.

The scholarship fund allows the agency to provide financial support to students going on to college. During these difficult economic times where funding is rapidly disappearing for its youth programs, monies generated from the event will support the organization’s Scholarship Fund as well as its After School Tutorial Program.

This year’s honorees are:

Dr. Isaac Cohen

Born in San Felipe, Chile to a Chilean mother and a Turkish father, Dr. Isaac Cohen graduated in May 1969, from the University of Chile Medical School. He was provided with the opportunity to further his medical knowledge with an American surgical internship at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital. From 1970-1974, he completed his orthopedic surgical residency at The Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

Cohen has been in private practice in Nassau County since July 1974, and is one of the founding partners of Orlin & Cohen Orthopedic Associates, a multi-specialty orthopedic group in Nassau and Suffolk counties. He has been a diplomat of the board of orthopedic surgeons since 1977, and a Fellow of the Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons since 1980.

Married to Dr. Helen Marks and the father of five children, Cohen is a member of the Nassau County Medical Society as well as the N.Y. State Medical Society and a Fellow of the Nassau Academy of Medicine.

Ingrid Davidson

Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Ingrid Davidson immigrated to the United States in 1987 and established her home on Long Island. After attending Hofstra University and graduating with a Bachelor in Administration with a major in Finance she dedicated herself for over 10 years to building a successful career in finance and banking, capital markets and Treasury management services.

Davidson joined Astoria Federal Savings Bank in 2005 and is currently its Rockville Centre branch manager. Her professional success is matched by her generous volunteer work. She is fluent in four languages and serves her community in outreach programs throughout Long Island, volunteering at St. Michael’s Church, and serving meals and helping people in any way she can.

Jeanne Mulry

Jeanne Farnan Mulry is an attorney in private practice. A graduate of Duke Law School, she has a B.A. and an M.A. in government from the Catholic University of America. A former trustee of the Village of Rockville Centre, Mulry is active in many civic and charitable organizations. In addition to being a member of the Advisory Council for the Hispanic Brotherhood, she serves as pro bono general counsel and secretary for the RVC Youth Council, and is on the advisory committee of the Rockville Centre/Lakeview Economic Opportunity Council.

Mulry is on the Board of the N.Y. Performing Arts Society, Ltd., a member of the steering committee for the RVC Community Fund’s Enchanted Winterland fundraiser, and volunteers as a committee member for the Mayor’s Golf and Tennis Outing. She is a member of the Rockville Centre St. Patrick’s Parade Committee, the Lions Club, and volunteers as a Choir Mom for the St. Agnes Cathedral Girls Choir and in various capacities for St. Agnes Cathedral School and for the ministries of St. Agnes Cathedral Parish.

Mulry has also served on the Ball Committee for the Nassau County Museum of Art, and is working on the ucpn’s Festival of Trees fundraiser.

Gary Schwartz

Raised in East Meadow, Gary Schwartz received his B.S. in Finance from St. John’s University and his J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law.

He was admitted to the New York State Bar in March 1980 and is admitted in the United States District Court for both the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Married to Paula, he is the proud father of Matthew and Jessica who will be married this July to Michael Recher.

Schwartz joined the Rockville Centre law firm of Jacobson & Schwartz in May 1983, and become partner in January 1989 and managing partner in 1993.

He is a past director, trustee, secretary and president of the Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce and was awarded the National Council of Chambers of Commerce Business Person of the Year in 2001. He currently serves on the Rockville Centre Community Fund Golf Committee and the Scholarship Committee for the Hispanic Brotherhood.