A bronze bust of Prof. Albert Einstein, cast from a work by sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein, was presented to the City College of New York yesterday in commemoration of Dr. Einstein’s visit to CCNY in April, 1921, when he first came to this country to lecture on his theory of relativity. The bust is a gift of Dr. Edward E. Penn, a professor at CCNY.
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