Home: Albany, N.Y. and Palm Beach, Fla.
Degree: A.B., Union, chemistry, 1936
Profession: Retired president and chairman, Sealy Mattress Company
Professional/community involvement: Has taken a lifelong philanthropic role, particularly in the arts, with service on many national and local boards; charter
member, Saratoga Performing Arts Center; sponsor,
“I Have a Dream” scholarship program, Albany
Union honors: Served for many years as a Trustee, now Trustee Emeritus; Alumni Gold Medal, 1980; Founders Medal, one of the College's highest honors, 1988
Legacy on campus: In 1992 Mike and Helen Yulman made a gift to Union to construct the Morton and Helen Yulman Theater. This theater, dedicated in 1995, includes a performance center, offices, classrooms and production support space. The building is the College's first real
theater – a building designed and constructed for
theater. It is the home of Mountebanks and is currently used by local theater groups. “Helen and I are pleased to be able to help my alma mater in this way,” Yulman said. “Union means a great deal to us, and we are happy that students, faculty and members of the Capital District benefit from
the theater.”
Richard Yulman and Nedra Oren established
the Morton H. Yulman Annual Scholarship at
Union College more than 10 years ago in honor
of their father. This scholarship has provided
financial support to many Union students living
in the Capital District.
As an undergraduate: A member of Phi Sigma Delta, Chemical Society, German Club, Philomathean Society, Psychology Club and Varsity Debating
Hobbies: Golf, travel, reading