Gary Popkin

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Gary S. Popkin (born May 17, 1938, in New York City) is an American retired professor, textbook author, and politician. He is a retired professor of computer systems at New York City College of Technology and has written several college textbooks on the Cobol Programming Language. He has a Ph.D. from Polytechnic University. A libertarian activist, he has run as a candidate in the Republican Party and Libertarian Party, including for the United States House of Representatives in 1994 and 2020 and New York State Assembly in 2018. In the early 2000s, he produced Hardfire, a Libertarian Talk Show which was broadcast on (BCAT). He was Treasurer of the Libertarian Party of New York from 2006 to 2009.

Early life and career[]

Popkin was born on May 17, 1938 in New York City. He attended the Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, where he received his PhD in Operations Research in 1991. He taught at the New York City College of Technology from 1970 to 2004.^[1] Between 1981 and 1983, he author several college textbooks on the Cobol Programming Language.

Politics[]

Popkin has been involved in politics since at least the early 1990s, first as a member of the Republican Party and later as a member of the Libertarian Party. He has served in several positions in the Libertarian Party of New York, including Treasurer from 2006 to 2009, and a member of the State Committee since 2015. He has also run for office several times.

In February 1991, Popkin ran as the Republican candidate in the special election for New York City Council District 29, where he received 988 votes, losing to Democrat Ken Fisher. In 1992, Popkin ran for New York State Assembly as the Republican Party candidate and received 5,879 votes, losing to Democratic incumbent James Brennan. In 1994, Popkin ran for Congress in New York's 11th congressional district as the Republican Party candidate, receiving 6,605 votes and losing to Democratic incumbent Major Owens. Popkin was elected to Community School Board 15 in 1999.^[1]

In 2005, Popkin ran as the Libertarian for Brooklyn Borough President. During that election, his petition was declared invalid as there were multiple candidates on the ballot. Popkin took the matter to the State Supreme Court and won, but the Board of Elections appealed the decision to the Appellate Division. The decision of the lower court was affirmed, and Popkin appeared on the ballot and received 2,143 votes.^[2] In the early 2000s, he produced Hardfire, a Libertarian Talk Show which is broadcast on (BCAT).

In 2018, Popkin ran for New York State Assembly in District 52, receiving 667 votes.^[3] Popkin was a 2019 candidate for the New York City Public Advocate.^[4] In 2020, he was the Libertarian Party candidate for New York's 9th congressional district, receiving 1,644 votes.^[5]

Works[]

• Gary S. Popkin, Arthur H. Pike (1981). Introduction to Data Processing with BASIC. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-30091-6
• Gary S. Popkin, Arthur H. Pike (1981). Introduction to Data Processing. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-29483-5
• Gary S. Popkin (1985). Introductory Structured Cobol Programming. Kent Publishing Company. ISBN 0-534-04566-9
• Gary S. Popkin (1986). Comprehensive Structured COBOL. Kent Publishing Company. ISBN 0-534-06216-4
• Gary S. Popkin (1987). Advanced Structured Cobol. Kent Publishing Company. ISBN 0-534-07788-9
• Gary S. Popkin (1993). Comprehensive Structured COBOL. Kent Publushing Company. ISBN 0-534-93270-3
• Instructors Manual, Introduction to data processing, second edition (BASIC version also)

References[]

External links[]

• Libertarian Programs

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