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Looking to the future
PICTURED ABOVE: The Hobart family has been constant at conventions. From left: Dorothy, Elizabeth, Stella, Emily, Tom and Catherine. BELOW: Four generations includes Anne Molloy holding her first grandchild, Eric. Standing next to Tom is his oldest child, Elizabeth.
Hobart is proud of the union's many gains, including a strong focus on increasing diversity in NYSUT. Peggy Barmore, Tom's assistant since 1999, noted he "literally walked the walk to increase diversity within the union. He ensured staff and management were reflective of the membership by hiring more women and minorities and appointing them to senior-level positions."
 Typically, he reflects on his legacy in the way he has always approached his job: by sharing credit. "I've had so much help, it's not really my legacy," he says, ticking off a long list of fellow unionists with whom he's worked.
As NYSUT enters its 34th year, new challenges abound. But Hobart is confident that NYSUT is up to the task. When he announced his retirement in November, he promised to "devote all my energy and talents to ensuring a seamless transition."
"I had the best job in the world, I'm certainly not looking for a lesser job," said Hobart, whose term will conclude April 9 at the Representative Assembly,
He and Dorothy are looking forward to spending more time with family. Daughter Elizabeth is returning to the teaching profession in western New York; Catherine is a partner in a law firm in Atlanta, Ga.; and Thomas Y. Hobart III is an executive with a software firm in western New York. They have four grandchildren: Eric, Emily, Stella and Thomas Y. Hobart IV, who goes by his middle name, Yale.
"We're looking forward to playing golf in the summer and skiing in the winter, and traveling for pleasure, not business," Dorothy said from their home in Amherst. "It's hard to imagine what it's going to be like, because he's just been so busy all these years."
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