George Alanson Blauvelt graduated from Cornell in 1890, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He also graduated from Columbia University with a LL.B. degree. In 1911, he was elected to the New York State Assembly, and in 1912 to the New York State Senate. He was the principal backer of the State university cash scholarships (known as the Blauvelt scholarships), 750 cash scholarships of $100 to be awarded annually to high school students in the various districts in the state. He then went into private law practice, and in 1915, served on the New York State Constitutional Convention. He was appointed a Trustee of Cornell University by Governor Al Smith in 1919, and reappointed in 1924. In 1920, he was appointed to the Board of Commissioners of the Enfield State Reservation, given to New York State by Robert H. Treman '78 and his wife. Blauvelt died in October 1924.