Hotelier to speak at event

Some 600 students are slated to receive their degrees during the ceremony.
YOUNGSTOWN -- Stephen Bartolin Jr., a graduate of Youngstown State University and chairman, president and chief executive of The Broadmoor, a hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., will be the speaker at YSU's fall commencement Dec. 18.
Approximately 600 students will receive their degrees and the university will present Bartolin with an honorary doctor of humane letters degree during the 2 p.m. ceremony in Beeghly Center.
Bartolin, a native of Hubbard, was a junior on the YSU baseball squad when he was drafted to play minor league baseball in the Detroit Tigers organization. A shoulder injury cut short his baseball career, and he returned to YSU to receive a bachelor's degree in business in 1975.
Speaker's background
Between 1975 and 1991, Bartolin held management positions at The Greenbrier in West Virginia and The Opryland Hotel in Nashville before being appointed president of The Broadmoor in 1991. He was named chief executive in 1999 and chairman in 2002.
He also holds the title of president and chief executive of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway Co., Cog Land and Development Co. and The Broadmoor Golf Club, and he sits on the board of The Broadmoor's parent company, the Oklahoma Publishing Co.
Founded in 1918, The Broadmoor is a 700-room, 3,000-acre resort and the longest-running recipient of the Mobil Five-Star and AAA Five-Diamond awards. The Broadmoor is known as the "Grand Dame of the Rockies" and is considered to be one of the most picturesque places in the United States.
In 1997, Bartolin was recognized as North America's Resort Executive of the Year. He was inducted into the YSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987 and was honored in 1999 as "Penguin of the Year." In 2005, he was named Colorado Hotelier of the Year.