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Alexander Schure, founder of NYIT, dies at 89

The tributes Friday for Alexander Schure, founder and first president of the New York Institute of Technology, included words like "visionary" and "pioneer." People said he was passionate about education.

Schure died Thursday at New Island Hospital in Bethpage from complications of Alzheimer's disease. He was 89 and lived in Massapequa.

Schure founded NYIT in 1955 in New York City....

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