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Meet Ed Rutkowski: A State Parks (and Buffalo Bills) MVP

The story of New York’s state parks and historic sites is not just one of properties, but of people. During our Centennial year, we introduced you to some of them. In this new series, we take our scrapbook of memories down from the shelf and open it to share their stories in more detail.


His resume reads like the start to that old joke: “A quarterback, a politician and a parks administrator walk into a restaurant…” but it’s no joke. Former Western District Director Ed Rutkowski’s career took him through all those careers, and he was a champion at each one.

Ed Rutkowski, right, with his wife Marilou and fellow Buffalo Bills and CFL veteran Doug Flutie. Rutkowski is also a former Erie County Executive and Parks Western Region Director.
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