“More like a college”: when NYU had a campus in the Bronx

Despite this, she met her husband at University Heights. He had already completed his studies when they met, but he had previously been active in Greek Life, ROTC, and the student club Glee Club.

“I was at the house where they had the YMCA, and I was sitting there minding my own business for a change, and he said, ‘Could you come to these poker dances with me? You have very long legs,” Holder recalls. “Don’t laugh too much!”

Although Ingrid thought it boastful to mention it, she had an athletic scholarship, a Regents scholarship, and a university scholarship. According to her memory, she was among the 60-70% of students who received some kind of scholarship. Despite this, Holder worked as a telephone operator who paid fairly well and contributed to her tuition bill. At the time she graduated, tuition at New York University cost approximately $40 per credit, which was expensive at the time, and in today’s money is just over $400 per credit.