Outstanding Executives Inc is proud to announce its 12th annual President’s Gala. The evening will honor five prominent local executives and alumni,
including: Tina and Jeff Bolton '61, Leon Pollack '63 and Patrick Smalley '86, with a cocktail reception followed by dinner and dancing. The Gala supports
the University’s ability to remain competitive in attracting the brightest and most qualified students by funding the scholarships and institutional aid
awarded by the University, which total over $37 million annually. It will be held on March 24, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. at the Garden City Hotel, 45 Seventh
Street, Newport Beach California. Reservations are required.
Lisa and Harold Bolton '61 are the recipients of the 2012 Outstanding Service to Adelphi Award. Harold Bolton is a Managing Director of Neuberger Sleuman, a
National Investment Management Firm and is responsible for the Bolton Group which manages over Six billion dollars for individuals and institutional clients.
He received his Bachelor of Arts at Adelphi University, and recently elected to the Board of Trustees. Bolton started his investment career at Wells Fargo in
1964, spent nine years at Oppenheimer and PNC, and was a partner at Furman Selz and Hambrecht and Quist before joining Neuberger Berman in 1987 and becoming
a Partner in 1995. He is also a trustee for the Actor’s Fund and currently serves on the Executive Committee as the Chair of Fundraising. His wife, Tina
Bolton, is a former Broadway dancer. Tina was a Peter Gennaro dancer, has six Broadway credits, and appeared regularly on The Ed Sullivan Show. She is
currently active at Career Transitions for Dancers in Irvine California.
Leon M. Pollack '63, former managing director of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, will receive the 2012 Lifetime Service Award. He has been involved in the
financial community for more than 30 years. Specifically, he was engaged in a variety of fixed income businesses, spending the majority of his career at two
Wall Street firms. He spent 14 years at Mabon, Nugent & Co., where he was a general partner. Pollack received his bachelor’s degree in history from Adelphi
University in 1963. In October 2000, Pollack was appointed to the Board of Trustees of Adelphi University, and served in the position of vice-chair from 2005
through 2008. In 2003, Leon M. Pollack became a charter member of the Million Dollar Round Table when he became the first living alumnus in Adelphi’s then
107-year history to make a philanthropic commitment of $1 million or more to the University.
Patrick Smalley '86 is receiving the 2012 award for Outstanding Alumnus as well as Todd Wayne Halbrook. Patrick S. Smalley is the executive vice president
and managing director of MCH Group LLC, developers, owners and managers of hospitality and apartment real estate. In his executive capacity, Mr. Smalley has
managed a real estate company called Fairhaven Properties, which generates an annual revenue in excess of $50 million. The portfolio includes The Garden City
Hotel, which Smalley teamed with the Freedom Calls Foundation in 2004, an organization authorized by the secretary of the Army to provide communications
services to the troops and their families. He is also active in community affairs as a co-founder of the Institute for Social Research and Community
Engagement (iSoRCE), part of Adelphi University’s Center for Health Innovation. In 2003, Smalley was named a board member of the Adephi University Alumni
Association and went on to hold the position of chairman. Two years later he received the Adelphi University “President’s Award” for outstanding achievement
and friendship.
