Barry Tivin was a member of the House of Bamboo from 1963-1965. During his HOB days, Barry loved touch football, track, and partying. He was part of the famous HOB trio of himself, Paul Garelick and John Jokl, who remained lifetime friends and who all sadly passed away in the past five years.

He graduated Queens College in 1965 as an accounting major, and NYU Law School in 1968. Barry had a long career in the law and civic affairs of Queens County before his untimely death at the age of 62 in the spring of 2006. He was the Secretary to a Judge of the New York State Supreme Court for 25 years before his passing.

He served as President of the Queens County Bar Association for 2004-2005, and was a past president of the Queens County Lodge of the Knights of Pythias and the Queens County Brandeis Association. Barry is also remembered for running Come Together with Paul Garelick for many years, which was a very successful singles company on Long Island.

Barry is survived by his wife Rochelle who is a reading teacher on Long Island, his daughter Kimberly, an attorney who is a Queens County Supreme Court Secretary, his son Michael who has just begun the practice of law after graduating Harvard Law School, and his daughter Jillian who will be attending SUNY Binghamton.

Barry and I attended NYU Law School together and continued to be close friends and attended each other's family events. His funeral service was crowded with friends, law associates, and what seemed like most of the judges and elected officials of Queens County.

Barry will be terribly missed from our world, but if there is a House of Bamboo heaven I am sure he will be organizing a fantastic group up there which we can all look forward to joining.

Submitted by Mike Solomon