CAS Citation

Citations, CAS’ highest honor, are awarded to practicing or recently retired school administrators who have made extraordinary and long-term contributions to CAS-CIAC. Recipients must have been actively involved in the association for a minimum of eight years.

RECIPIENTS OF CAS CITATIONS
1957 Raymond E. Claflin – Danbury High School
Roy W. Hill – Stamford Public Schools
Donald W. Fowler – Stratford High School
1958 Thomas J. Quirk – Hartford Public High School
Alexander A. Mackimmie – Bulkeley High School, Hartford
George E. Shattuck – Norwich Free Academy
Glenn W. Moon – Dolan Jr. High School, Stamford
1959 Paul D. Collier – State Department of Education
1960 Eric C. Malmquist – Norwalk High School
Eliot P. Dodge – Simsbury High School
Edson M. Bailey – Manchester High School
Harold A. Swaffield – Fairfield (Ex. Consultant)
Alice E. Dowling – Wethersfield
1961 Samuel J. Crockett – Windsor
Stanley H. Lorenzen – Westport
Thomas H. Skirm – Wethersfield
George R. Perry – Bristol
1962 William F. Aitken – Weaver High School, Hartford
Charles A. Bowes – Newington Sr. High School
Henry J. Adams – Ellsworth Memorial School, South Windsor
1963 Norman W. Flint – Bedford Junior High School, Westport
I. William T. Gruhn – University of Connecticut, Storrs
1964 Dr. George R. Champlin – State Department of Education
1965 Samuel M. Graves – NASSP President
1966 William H. Curtis – Superintendent of Schools, Manchester
Richard D. Williamson – Torrington High School
1967 A. Reed Walker – Alfred Plant Jr. High School
1968 James F. Quigley – Rocky Hill High School
Robert P. Long – Berlin High School
George D. Ritchie – Silas Deane Jr. High School, Wethersfield
Stewart B. Atkinson – Darien High School
1969 Edward P. Collins – Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Middletown
J. Milton Jeffrey – Daniel Hand High School, Madison
George T. Bennett – Farmington High School
A. Hyatt Sutliffe – Illing Junior High School, Manchester
John J. F. Ruddy – Birch Drive, Ansonia
1970 A. Merton Bozoian – Cromwell High School
Roger L. Warner – Roger Ludlowe High School, Fairfield
Robert A. McNeil – East Lyme Junior High School
Harold S. Kenney – New Canaan High School
1971 Ivan L. Wood – Plainville High School
Norman E. Hunt – Saxe Junior High School, New Canaan
Thomas R. Monahan, AD – Bristol Schools
1972 Allan D. Walker – Woodstock Academy
1973 David B. Nichols – The Gilbert School, Winsted
Joseph J. Fontana, AD – Southington High School
1974 Herbert W. DeVeber – Thomaston High School
Robert J. Mischler – Cheshire High School
1975 Kenneth R. Peterson – Andrew Warde High School, Fairfield
1976 Roy Briggs – Joel Barlow High School, Redding
Thomas R. Flanagan – Waterford High School
1977 Dr. Robert J. Gaucher – Ledyard High School
J. Colin Pushee – RHAM High School, Hebron
John T. Daly – Executive Director, CAS
1978 John F. Shine – Avon High School
Norman D. Fagequist – Pomperaug High School, Southbury
Alvah R. Cramer – Newtown High School
Harold G. Symington – Rocky Hill High School
1979 Arthur McGrath – Simsbury High School
Theodore Bartolotta – Glastonbury High School
D. Harold Goldberg – Clark Lane Junior High School, Waterford
Laurence E. Shapiro – Wolcott High School
1980 Michael H. Savage – Litchfield High School
Edward T. Barry – Branford High School
Nicholas D’Agostino – Superintendent, Wolcott Public Schools
1981 Douglas G. Christie – King Philip Jr. High School, West Hartford
Emanuel A. Merullo – Bethel High School
Anthony Panciera – CAS-CIAC Assistant to Executive Director
1982 John “Whitey” Piurek – West Haven
1983 H. Jean Kenney – Stonington High School, Pawcatuck
1984 Joseph C. Heap – Waterford High School (Asst. Principal)
1985 NO CITATIONS AWARDED
1986 Philip I. Morton – East Windsor High School (Dir. Of Sec. Ed.)
Anthony Mosa – Plainville High School
Thomas Monahan – Bristol (new format of Citiation — original 1971)
1987 Jerome A. Auclair – Somers High School
Gary Burgard – Wethersfield High School
Donald Berkowitz – Windham High School
Mario Gentile – Enrico Fermi High School, Enfield
1988 Jacob Ludes, III – Manchester High School
Donald Gates – Portland High School
Armand Regalbuti – Slade Middle School, New Britain
John Daly – Special Recognition (updated Citation)
1989 Richard Nabel – Naugatuck High School
John J. Hanley – Wheeler High School, North Stonington
Judy T. Sylvester – CAS-CIAC Central Office
1990 Dr. James Aseltine – Robbins Middle School, Farmington
Dr. James J. Forcellina – Brien McMahon High School, Norwalk
Joseph J. Fontana – Southington (updated original citation of 1973)
Dr. Robert J. Gaucher – Ledyard High School (updated citation of 1977)
1991 Msgr. Richard Shea – St. Joseph High School, Trumbull
Robert Strouse – West Side Junior High School, Groton
Lawrence Shea – Windsor High School
Salvatore Saitta – East Windsor High School (Asst. Principal)
Dr. Richard Dempsey – UConn, Storrs
Charles Rogers – Memorial Middle School, Middlefield
J. Robert Ford – Ellington High School
1992 Thomas Galvin – Berlin High School
Thomas Martin – Windsor High School (Asst. Principal)
1993 Paul Hoey – Newington High School
Van Snyder – Crosby High School, Waterbury
1994 Rev. Bill Charbonneau – East Catholic High School, Manchester (President)
Armand Fabbri – Notre Dame Catholic High School, Fairfield
J. George Sneider – Cutler Middle School, Mystic
Earle Bidwell – Capt. Nathan Hale School, Coventry
V. Everett Lyons, Jr. – Bristol Eastern High School
Michael Buckley – Avon High School
1995 Dr. Alan B. Bookman – Glastonbury High School
Timothy Doyle – Winthrop Jr. High School, Deep River
1996 Carl Ohlin – JFK Middle School, Enfield
W. Scott Brown – Lyme-Old Lyme High School
Laura Boutilier – Griswold Middle School, Rocky Hill
1997 Elaine Bessette – Wm. Hall High School, W. Hartford
Catherine Costa – AP, Windsor High School
Robert Warren – Bacon Academy, Colchester
1998 David Manning – AP, Conard High School, W. Hartford
William Sanders – Sage Park Middle School, Windsor
Marjorie Bradley – Fawn Hollow Elementary School, Monroe
Robert Strouse (2nd Citation) – West Side Middle School, Groton
1999 David Larson – Superintendent, Middletown Public Schools
Arthur Myjak – AP, Wethersfield High School
Richard Hoffman – Burnham School, Bridgewater
2000 Anthony Molinaro – King Street Intermediate School, Danbury
E. Patricia Llodra – N.W. Reg. High School, Winsted
Joseph Tonelli – AD, Notre Dame High School, West Haven
Joseph Guay – Stratford High School
2001 William Barney – Morgan School, Clinton
Dennis Carrithers – Simsbury High School
2002 Marie Richard – Emerson-Williams School, Wethersfield
David Maloney – AP, Branford High School
Allen Fossbender – Joel Barlow High School, Redding
Jerry Auclair – Southington High School (2nd Citation)
2003 Richard Hadden – Litchfield High School
Michael Rafferty – Old Saybrook Middle School
Gary Rosato – Great Plain School
2004 Robert (Jiggs) Cecchini
Richard Huelsmann – East Hampton Middle School
Robert Hale – Westbrook High School
2005 Dr. David Perry – North Branford High School
Thomas Heffernan – East Granby Middle School
Katharine Bishop – Daisy Ingraham School, Westbrook
2006 Richard Cavallaro – Wilcox Technical High School, Meriden
Janet Garagliano – Jonathan Law High School, Milford
Louis Pear – Myrtle H. Stevens and Moser Schools, Rocky Hill
2007 Fred Balsamo – East Haven High School
Robert Pitocco – Rocky Hill High School
Dennis Siegmann – Bristol Central High School
2008 Dale Bernardoni – McKinley School, Fairfield
Eugene Horrigan – Shepaug Valley High School, Washington
Paul Stringer – Weaver High School, Hartford
2009 Michael Galluzzo – Assistant Superintendent, Farmington Public Schools
Fred Baruzzi – Superintendent, Mansfield Public Schools
Donald Macrino – Waterford High School
2010 Sally Biggs – Hartford Magnet Middle School
Loraine Giannini – Elmer-Thienes Mary Hall Schooll, Marlborough
George Synnott – Berlin High School
2011 Joe Scheideler – Canton Middle School
Gina Vance – Gideon Welles School, Glastonbury
Steve Wysowski – Bristol Eastern High School
2012 Andrienne Longobucco – Center School, Litchfield
Dr. Thomas Neagle – AP, Glastonbury High School
Donna Schilke – Smith Middle School, Glastonbury
2013 Butch Azzara, Sacred Heart High School, Waterbury
Dr. RoseAnne O’Brien Vojtek, Ivy Drive School, Bristol
2014 Francis Kennedy, Berlin High School
2015 Paul Newton, Enrico Fermi High School, Enfield
2016 Paul Cavaliere, Jr., Sage Park Middle School, Windsor
Tom Moore, Wethersfield High School
2017 Dr. Beth Smith, Shelton High School
Dr. Richard Dellinger, Amity Middle School, Bethany
Victoria Reed, Highland School, Wallingford
2018 Deane Renda, Whisconier Middle School, Brookfield
Margaret Williamson, St. Mary’s School, Simsbury