CCA’s Alan Seidman Recognized for Leadership, Dedication to Vets

Alan Seidman, Executive Director of the Construction Contractors Association of the Hudson Valley, was recently recognized by a local university and a veterans’ organization.

Dominican University New York honored Seidman along with the Beckerle family of Beckerle Lumber Supply Co. at the university’s 29th Annual Grand Reception, held in October at the Old Tappan Manor. The honorees were chosen for their outstanding professional leadership, community involvement, and philanthropic works.

“Having gotten to know Alan over the past several years, I have come to admire his wit, his sense of ethics and loyalty and his dedication to making the Hudson Valley a better place to live and work,” said Joseph Valenti, Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Dominican University, as he presented the award. “He and his family are people that we are fortunate to have in our community.”

The Rumshock Veterans Foundation, an Orange County non-profit working to improve veterans’ physical, mental, and emotional health, also honored Seidman at their Second Annual Reception. The proceeds from the event, which was held at the Walden Firehouse Social Hall, will help house local homeless veterans, beginning with the foundation’s first project in Port Jervis.

In presenting the award, Seidman’s strong patriotic beliefs, his chairing of the Military Appreciation Picnic at Stewart Airport and service on the Board of the Purple Heart Hall of Honor were noted.

Marine Corps Maj. Gen. James Everett Livingston, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroic actions during the Vietnam War, was also honored at the reception.

“This thing is emotional for me because it’s about taking care of our brothers and sisters who have worn the cloth of the nation,” Livingston said. “When you go all over the country and see organizations willing to take care of those who have served and sacrificed, that is the American spirit, the America we all dreamed to live in.”

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