Grondahl: 50 years ago, Union College starred in Streisand-Redford hit ‘The Way We Were’
Barbra Streisand, who plays Katie Morosky, a strident anti-war activist and Marxist Jew, walks across the Union College campus with security and assistants during filming of “The Way We Were” in September 1972. Provided by Union College https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/1973-union-college-starred-streisand-redford-s-18416747.php Schenectady college celebrates its role as backdrop for scenes in 1973 drama that features students as extras By Paul Grondahl , Columnist Updated Oct 12, 2023 2:55 p.m. This column was originally published in 2023. Redford died Sept. 16, 2025, at age 89. SCHENECTADY — The stars aligned in the fall of 1972 to bring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford, two of that era’s biggest entertainers, to Union College to film several key scenes of “The Way We Were.” “It was a really exciting time on campus and we were in awe that those two huge stars were in our midst,” recalled Gail Goodman Snitkoff, a 1974 Union graduate and one of numerous studen...