Susan Seal to Receive the Sy Schulman Award

Susan Seal, the President and founder of OHRH, will be given the Sy Schulman award on Sunday, May 23rd at the annual meeting of the Westchester County Historical Society. The award is given annually by WCHS to an individual or organization that has demonstrated a strong commitment to historical research, historic preservation, and/or the teaching of local history, and has, as a result, elevated the public’s appreciation of the history of Westchester County. Susan is receiving the award for her 20-year advocacy to preserve the Odell-Rochambeau house—culminating in the 2019 transfer of ownership to the town of Greenburgh—and for her efforts to continue to fundraise and to organize the many volunteers working with her to create a museum at OHRH.

The Sy Schulman award was inaugurated in 2014 to honor the life and work of WCHS trustee Sy Schulman, who died in 2012. Schulman had a significant role in shaping Westchester County as we know it today in his role as the county’s chief planner and planning commissioner in the 1960s. Throughout his life he championed the cause of preserving and promoting the history of the county. During Susan’s tenure as President of the Board of Trustees of WCHS, 2003-2007, Sy served as a trustee and shared his knowledge and expertise with her.