Peter Tishman Varsity Letter Sweater

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 31-8-1294

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A varsity letter sweater belonging to University of Buffalo student Peter Tishman, a member of the university's fencing team.

Dates

1936-1937

Creator

Tishman, Peter (Person)

Terms of Access

The Peter Tishman Varsity Letter Sweater, 1936-1937, are open to researchers.

Copyright

Copyright is held by The State University of New York at Buffalo, University Archives. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

Biographical / Historical

Peter Tishman (1919-1989) was a student at the University of Buffalo from 1936-1938. While at the university he joined the men's fencing team. Although Tishman transferred to New York University in 1938, he was a prominent member of the six-man fencing team while at UB.

At NYU, Tishman was a member of the 1941 Intercollegiate Fencing Association championship team and placed in the 1942 national individual epee fencing championship of the Amateur Fencers League of America. He later served as treasurer of the U.S. Olympic Fencing Committee.

During his time at UB, Tishman was teammates with Sid Schwartz, who later became fencing coach at the university.