Arthur K. Satz *57

Arthur Satz, president emeritus of the New York School of Interior Design (NYSID), died Nov. 10, 2018, at the age of 89.

Satz graduated with a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Rochester in 1951 and a master’s degree from the University of Southern California in 1953. In 1957 he earned an MFA degree in music from Princeton. He was a Fulbright scholar and later an instructor at Vassar and Yale.

He became affiliated with NYSID in 1963, and rose to president and chairman of the board in 1975. During his tenure, NYSID became a degree-granting college that grew into a top-ranked institution in its field.

To quote from his obituary, “Mr. Satz learned and taught about the unique ability of interdisciplinary arts education to open minds and widen the focus of design students.”

In 1995 the college named the 70th Street, Manhattan, campus auditorium Arthur King Satz Hall in his honor.

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