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 |