President emeritus

April 12, 2005

With laudatory remarks by AFT Executive Vice President Toni Cortese - a former NYSUT officer - setting the stage, newly elected NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi broke in his gavel by acknowledging unanimous passage of a special order of business honoring Tom Hobart as president emeritus.

Cortese saluted Hobart by calling him "a man of intellect, intelligence and vision and all that made this a mighty, mighty union." She noted that Hobart's tenure as president was framed by "kind words, a humble heart and warm friendship."