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  Arts leader and businessman to give


  Commencement Address


      Speaker is Chair of New Paltz Foundation;


      his family is namesake of Dorsky Museum



*NEW PALTZ-*Noah P. Dorsky, chair of the SUNY New Paltz Foundation, the 
philanthropic arm of SUNY New Paltz, and son of Samuel Dorsky, the 
namesake of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art on the New Paltz campus, 
will be the May 2011 Commencement Speaker.

"We thought it was quite fitting that Noah Dorsky speak at Commencement 
on this, the museum's 10^th anniversary," said Interim President Donald 
Christian. "The Dorsky is a major cultural resource in the region, which 
is rapidly becoming an international destination for arts and culture. 
The museum attracts thousands of visitors from on and off campus each 
year. And its exhibitions enhance the learning experiences of our 
students, both in the fine arts and in other disciplines, including 
English, history and political science. And Noah is a great friend and 
supporter of the College."

A New York City businessman, Dorsky is**president and chief investment 
officer of Dorsky & Company, Inc., a private investment management and 
advisory firm.  In addition, he is vice president of Kings Point Fine 
Arts, and managing member of Storage Associates, LLC, and SA Capital 
Group, LLC.   He is also a member of the Board of Directors of two 
private foundations:  The Dorsky Foundation, Inc. and Dorsky Gallery 
Curatorial Programs in Long Island City.

Along with his brother David and sister, Karen, Noah serves on the 
Advisory Board of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. Together with another 
sibling, Sara Bedrick, the Dorsky family has been a major supporter of 
the Museum and of the College.

In 1994, Samuel Dorsky's lead gift provided the impetus for the 
transformation of the former, single-room College Art Gallery into a 
brand new museum building linking the Smiley Art Building and McKenna 
Theater into an integrated fine arts complex, which opened in 2001.  The 
six galleries, offices, storage and research facilities surrounding a 
common corridor now comprise the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art.

Dorsky will address more than 1,600 students who are eligible to 
participate in the commencement ceremony, which begins at 10 a.m. on 
Sunday, May 22, on the Old Main Quadrangle.

Said Dorsky, "SUNY New Paltz has been receiving widespread accolades in 
the press for its impressive accomplishments, but what is often 
overlooked is that those achievements belong to the students who, in the 
truest sense, _are_ SUNY New Paltz.That I have been privileged to play 
even a small role in their success has been one of the most gratifying 
accomplishments of my own life."

In addition, endowed gifts from the Dorsky family to the museum have 
contributed to the creation of the Sara Bedrick Gallery and the 
establishment of the Museum Directorship named in honor of Neil C. 
Trager. Additionally, the family is committed to ongoing support of the 
museum's exhibitions and programs. The Dorsky Museum uses its 
collections to enrich and amplify the academic programs at the College, 
and also presents changing exhibitions of art from the region and around 
the world for the benefit of students, local residents and the many 
tourists who visit the Hudson Valley each year.

Dorsky represented SUNY New Paltz as part of Chancellor Nancy Zimpher's 
Group of 200, which culminated in the Power of SUNY strategic plan, and 
he participated on the search committee this year to select the next 
President of the College.

In 1974, Dorsky received his B.A. with honors in psychology from Brown 
University. In 1977, he received his M.A. in psychology from Johns 
Hopkins University.  He has had his research published in psychology 
journals and taught psychology classes at the University of Baltimore 
and a Baltimore-area community college. He has two daughters, Allie, 23, 
and Erica, 21, of whom he is enormously proud.For fun, he enjoys playing 
guitar and drums.Of his musical talent, Noah says he is far less proud 
and for good reason.

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/Located in the heart of a dynamic college town, ninety minutes from 
metropolitan New York City, the //State University of New York at New 
Paltz //is a highly selective college of about 
8,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
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/One of the most well-regarded public colleges in the nation, New Paltz 
delivers an extraordinary number of majors in / /Business/ 
/, //Liberal Arts & Sciences/ 
/, //Engineering/ 
/, //Fine & Performing Arts/ 
/and //Education/ 
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// /New Paltz embraces its culture as a community where talented and 
independent minded people from around the world create close personal 
links with real scholars and artists who love to teach. /