Richard Alpern
I am Richard Alpern. I graduated in 1969, and I am currently working as an executive compensation consultant in New York City.
My Binghamton education was invaluable in preparing me for law school and clearly in life in general. It taught me to think critically, which is an invaluable skill. I also met my wife here, which helped prepared me for life I suppose as well. So I have lot of fond memories from meeting my wife here as well. But to get an education of a quality that I did at Binghamton, at the cost that I got it, was really something.
When I graduated the resources, in the sense that they have today, were far more limited. There was no office of a pre-law adviser. But the education that I had and the advice that I had from professors were very helpful in getting me through college and trying to focus my attention on what I wanted to do.
The single most important thing that I learned in Binghamton was to be able to have a perspective on life that is more well rounded, that is not focused on just one thing. You can't have one aspect of the world dominate the rest of your life. You have to try to strike a balance. My fondest memory of Binghamton is meeting my wife.
