Seniority Counts

32 years

Charles Mannino

Fashion Institute of

Technology

Since starting out as a part-time press operator in 1966, Charles Mannino has seen many changes at New York City's Fashion Institute of Technology print shop. Mannino, who has been supervisor since 1977, recalls that when he started at FIT the in-plant had "primarily mimeograph machines, a duplicator, a big old Xerox drum copier, and a Multigraphics 1250 that did all the offset work. For the finishing we used a hand clamp cutter, a semi-automatic collator, student aids, and during exams, temporary help," recalls Mannino.