Newly renovated Doty Hall. (Photo Provided)
GENESEO — The ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly renovated Doty Hall, SUNY Geneseo’s new main entrance, has been announced and the public is invited to attend.
According to a press release from SUNY Geneseo the ribbon cutting ceremony will be March 1 at 2 p.m. with two days of exhibits and concerts to be included.
The building bears the name of Doty, a former Livingston County judge, known for his exemplary legal career in Geneseo and Livingston County and for his leadership in many local civic and social organizations. The building itself was the Geneseo Junior-Senior High School from 1932-73 and then became state property for various functions. The Office of People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) had been in the building prior to the renovation and has returned to Doty, where the office resides on the first floor.
Other offices now located in Doty Hall are the president’s office; the admissions office; college advancement, including college communications and alumni relations; virtually all of administration and finance, including purchasing, accounting and human resources.Event is free and open to the public.
The schedule of events is listed below.
March 1 Events:
2 – 4 p.m. — Continuous tours
2 p.m. — Ribbon-cutting ceremony in the building’s main lobby. During the ribbon-cutting will be the unveiling of a ceramic relief by Carl Shanahan, professor of art. The piece was donated to Geneseo by Drs. Arnold Matlin and Margaret Matllin, distinguished teaching professor emerita of psychology. Also during the ribbon-cutting ceremony will be a gift presentation by 1963 Geneseo graduate Molly McKeown of the “History of the Genesee Country,” a four-volume work by the late Lockwood R. Doty, published in 1925.
3 p.m. – “Reflections on Doty” – a panel and audience share memories of Doty Hall as a high school and work place, moderated by Wayne Mahood, distinguished service professor emeritus of education at SUNY Geneseo, in The Tower Room.
3:30 p.m. – Musical sampling by some of Geneseo’s most accomplished student musicians in the new state-of-the-art, 216-seat recital hall.
Also available to visit from 2 – 4 p.m. will be the Small Business Development Center, which offers business and entrepreneur advising services, and the Center for Inquiry, Discovery and Development, which cultivates relationships between the college and the wider community through student ambassadorships and other programs.
March 2 Event at 5 p.m.
Gala opening concert by Geneseo faculty members to celebrate the exceptional acoustics in the state-of-the-art Doty Hall recital hall. Tickets are $10 for the concert and reservations are required. A pre-concert reception is scheduled at 4 p.m. Call 245-5824 for reservations. Performers at the gala include Alan Case, piano; Glennda Dove-Pellito, flute; Beata Golec, piano, premiering an original composition, “Wings;” Jonathan Gonder, piano; James Kirkwood, cello; Pamela Kurau, soprano; Ernest Lascell, clarinet; Anne-Marie Reynolds, piano; Amy Stanley, piano; Joseph Werner, piano; the Geneseo String Band with Jim Kimball and Glenn McClure; the Geneseo Wind Quintet; David Gibson, Mark Collins and guests, jazz works; and the Tremont Quartet.