A view of Hubbard Hall, on left, in December 2019, in Cambridge, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)
Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionCAMBRIDGE — The performing-arts venue Hubbard Hall will be able to purchase artist housing, replace its HVAC system, retire debt and establish a scholarship endowment courtesy of a bequest of approximately $850,000 from Curt Strand, who was chairman of the Hilton International hotel chain from 1968 to 1987 and a longtime support of Hubbard Hall.
The gift was in honor of Strand's daughter Karen Strand, who started as a volunteer for the hall in the late 1990s, later becoming manager of its Village Store and a props assistant for Hubbard Hall productions, according to an announcement from David Snider, the arts center's executive and artistic director. Karen Strand died in 2006; Curt Strand, whose financial support had in the past had helped fund the installation of an elevator at Hubbard Hall, died in July 2020, four months shy of his 100th birthday.
"The Karen Strand Endowment will help students in need access all of our classes," Snider said in a statement. "It will also allow us to continue to support world-class fellowships here on campus for students and recent graduates."
A 1943 graduate of the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University, Curt Strand served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946, was named superintendent of service for the famed Plaza Hotel in Manhattan in 1947 and by 1958 had become general manager of the Berlin Hilton. When Strand retired neatly 40 years later, during 19 of which he was head of the hotel chain, Hilton had more than 100 properties and 35,000 employees in 60 countries.
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