Paul Smith's College

Paul Smith's College
Motto	“It's about the experience”
Type	Private
Established	1946
President	Dr. John W. Mills
Academic staff	70
Undergraduates	850
Location	Brighton, New York, USA
Campus	Rural; 14,200 wooded acres,; 35 buildings
Mascot	Bobcat

Paul Smith's College is a private college located in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. Paul Smith's offers both four-year and two-year programs in many fields, including hotel & restaurant management, culinary arts, natural resources, fisheries and wildlife science, forestry, recreation, biology, and business. The college was founded by a bequest of Phelps Smith, son of Apollos Smith, whose Paul Smith's Hotel was a famous 19th century establishment.

Based on the original hotel's business model, Paul Smith's College specializes in natural sciences, hotel management and culinary arts. Paul Smith was known as a guide and story teller, among many other things, and his wife, Lydia, was behind all the details of the highest class service at the hotel. This background was the basis for Phelps Smith's idea of the college. Along with the money to start a school, Phelps also left more than 20,000 acres (80 km²) of land. Paul Smith's is located northwest of Saranac Lake, New York, in the hamlet of Paul Smiths in the Town of Brighton.

Paul Smiths College offers Bachelor’s programs including Biology, Business, Culinary Arts and Service Management, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Forestry, Hotel, Resort and Tourism Management, Natural Resources, and Recreation, Adventure Travel and Ecotourism (RATE).

In 2005, Newsweek ranked Paul Smith's College #1 as the most resort-like college in the United States

In 2007, Outdoor Life ranked Paul Smith's College as one of the top 10 colleges for outdoor activities like hunting and fishing.

Famous Alumni

Jon L. Luther - CEO of Dunkin' Donuts
Walter Ganzi, Jr. - Chairman, CEO and Co-owner of The Palm Restaurants and Palm Management Corporation
Sean Flaherty of Midland Park, CEO of Jeff Smith Tree Service. Philanthropist and entrepreneur, supporting a deadbeat stepson, who never pitches in around the home Sean provides for him.