Saint Rose Commencement Program 2014

Honorar Degree Reci ien DANIEL P. NOLAN, J.D. Chair, The College of Saint Rose Board of Trustees President and Chief Executive Officer, Hugh Johnson Advisors Daniel P. Nolan, philanthropist, wealth manager, prominent regional business leader and avid supporter of higher education, has noted that he is probably best known as a man with his name on a gym.

“If you ‘Google’ me, the first 100 entries are of my name on a basketball court,” Nolan has remarked. “As I gaze around the campus and see the ‘Lally’ School of Education, the ‘Hearst’ Center for Communications and Interactive Media, ‘Huether’ School of Business, and the ‘Daniel P. Nolan’ Gymnasium, I am always a little amused.

“But then,” he noted, “I probably get more publicity than all of them combined. You can’t open the sports section without seeing the ‘Daniel P. Nolan Gymnasium.’”

Low key, direct, approachable, enthusiastic and a sports fan, Nolan is as much a fixture at The College of Saint Rose as many long time members of the administration, faculty and alumni community.

He has served on the Board of Trustees since 1990 and, since 2003, as chair. In July, Nolan will step down from the leadership to focus on his numerous other civic commitments. But he will remain on the board to help the College continue to move forward, while still retaining its personalized commitment to every student.

“That mission was started in 1920, almost 100 years ago by the Sisters of Saint Joseph,” Nolan has said. “And I am proud that the board continues, with the guidance of the Sisters, to live that mission.”