SUNY New Paltz Grad Among Pulitzer Prize Winners
04/13/1999
NEW PALTZ -- Alex Storozynski, a 1983 graduate of the State University of New York at New Paltz, was among the winners of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. Storozynski is a member of the editorial board at the New York Daily News that earned the prestigious award for its "Showdown at the Apollo" series, a campaign to save Harlem's legendary theater.
While a New Paltz student, Storozynski majored in political science and minored in journalism, was arts editor for the Oracle and held an internship at The Legislative Gazette, the weekly newspaper of New York State government, in Albany. His hometown was Rockaway Beach.
Since graduating from SUNY New Paltz, Storozynski served as editor of Empire State Report magazine, was deputy director of public information for the New York State Thruway Authority, and was a press spokesman for former state Attorney General Dennis Vacco. He has worked for the Daily News for the past three years
The Pulitzer Board cited The News for "its effective campaign to rescue Harlem's Apollo Theatre from financial mismanagement that threatened the landmark's survival."
The News' editorial board began a campaign to rescue the theater, which is now owned by the state and run by a foundation. A series of editorials exposing financial mismanagement at the foundation prompted the Attorney General to file a civil suit to try to remove the board of directors, and led state officials to take a more active role in revitalizing the landmark theater.
Located in the heart of a dynamic college town, 90 minutes from metropolitan New York City, the State University of New York at New Paltz is a highly selective college of about 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
One of the most well-regarded public colleges in the nation, New Paltz delivers an extraordinary number of majors in Business, Liberal Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Fine and Performing Arts and Education.
New Paltz embraces its culture as a community where talented and independent minded people from around the world create close personal links with real scholars and artists who love to teach.
