LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending Julia and Albert Rosenblatt upon the
occasion of their designation for special recognition by the Community
Foundations of the Hudson Valley on October 2, 2011

WHEREAS, Individuals who give of their time and energies and serve the
best interests of their communities are an asset beyond remuneration and
cannot be sufficiently extolled; and
WHEREAS, Julia and Albert Rosenblatt have given not only of their time
and energies but also of their competence, intelligence and leadership
and consequently have been designated for special honor; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to commend Julia and
Albert Rosenblatt upon the occasion of their designation for special
recognition by the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley, to be
celebrated at its 2011 Garden Party on Sunday, October 2, 2011, in
Poughkeepsie, New York; and
WHEREAS, Julia and Albert Rosenblatt have been called upon to contrib-
ute their time and talents to countless civic and charitable endeavors
and have always given of themselves unstintingly; and
WHEREAS, Julia Rosenblatt has a PhD in psychology from the University
of Iowa and a BA in history from Upsala College; and
WHEREAS, For the past 25 years Julia Rosenblatt has written a ski
column for the POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL; for nine years, she was on the
board of the Poughkeepsie Savings Bank; and
WHEREAS, Julia Rosenblatt now serves on the board of the Locust Grove
Samuel Morse Historic Site; she has served on the boards of the Dutchess
County Association for Senior Citizens, Retired Senior Volunteer
Program, the Mid-Hudson Civic Center, and the Housing board of Wartburg
Lutheran Services, which includes the King apartments in Pawling and
Castle Court at Concord Village in Poughkeepsie; she is currently a
member of St. John's Lutheran Church; and
WHEREAS, Albert Rosenblatt earned a Bachelor's Degree in American
Studies from the University of Pennsylvania before entering law school;
and
WHEREAS, Albert Rosenblatt is presently of counsel to the law firm of
McCabe and Mack and teaches at the NYU Law School; he has served as
District Attorney of Dutchess County, and in a number of judicial posi-
tions including County Court, State Supreme Court and as Chief Adminis-
trative Judge of the State of New York; he also served for seven years
as a Judge of New York's high court, the Court of Appeals, in Albany;
since leaving the bench in 2007, he had done arbitrations and mediations
in New York and nationally; and
WHEREAS, An active member of his community, Albert Rosenblatt has
served on the board of the Bardavon and of the Dutchess County Histor-
ical Society and is the current President of the Historical Society of
the Courts of the State of New York; and
WHEREAS, Throughout the entire period of their community service, a
period of constructive involvement, Julia and Albert Rosenblatt have
stood constant in dignity, good grace and humor; and
WHEREAS, Rare indeed is the impressive dedication shown by individuals
for the benefit of others which Julia and Albert Rosenblatt have
displayed throughout their lives; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when individ-
uals of such noble aims and accomplishments are brought to our atten-
tion, they should be celebrated and recognized by all the citizens of
this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend Julia and Albert Rosenblatt upon the occasion of their desig-

nation for special recognition by the Community Foundations of the
Hudson Valley on October 2, 2011; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Julia and Albert Rosenblatt.