Vincent Ceci A'60

Vincent Ceci passed away peacefully on January 21, 2026. After earning his degree from The Cooper Union, he proceeded to become a graphic Design Director at Push Pin Studios, where he worked alongside other Cooper graduates like Milton Glaser A'51 and Seymour Chwast A'51. They remained friends for sixty years. Vincent was also created influential work at Macmillan Publishing and Scholastic, Inc. He is survived by his wife, Susan, his five children, seven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Read more about Vincent here.

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.