CAS Letter of Commendation
Letters of Commendation are awarded to practicing or recently retired school administrators who have served the association over an extended period of time or have made extraordinary contributions within a limited period.
LETTERS OF COMMENDATION
| 1977 | Nicholas D’Agostino – Superintendent of Schools, Wolcott Dr. Leonard Garber – State Department of Education J. Colin Pushee – RHAM High School, Hebron George T. Richards – Carrigan Middle School, West Haven (Formerly principal at West Haven High School) |
| 1978 | John Ball – Former principal of East Lyme High School J. Richard Silva – Ledyard Junior High School J. Milford Jeffrey – Asst. Superintendent of Schools, Madison Arden Curtis – Women’s Athletic Instructor, Norwich Free Academy |
| 1979 | Anthony Panciera – Asst. Secretary, CAS-CIAC Bernie O’Rourke – Recreation Director, Town of Middletown (deceased) |
| 1980 | Vincent Inglese – Lyman Hall High School, Wallingford Dr. Glenn Hightower – Bedford Junior High School, Westport |
| 1981 | Herbert W. DeVeber – Thomaston High School (deceased) Dr. Robert V. Fish – New Britain High School Br. John Paige – Notre Dame High School, West Haven Robert Duncanson – Daniel Hand High School, Madison (Athletic Director) |
| 1982 | H. Jean Kenney – Stonington High School, Pawcatuck Robert J. Cecchini – Suffield High School (Asst. Principal) Joseph C. Heap – Waterford High School (Asst. Principal) Philip Morton – East Windsor High School Joseph Bruno – Hamden High School (Athletic Director) David Larson – Asst. Superintendent of Schools, Southington |
| 1983 | Donald Gates – Portland High School John Gasecki – Southington High School Anthony Mosa – Plainville High School Armand Regalbuti – Kennedy Jr. High School, Enfield (Asst. Principal) Edward Shine – Roger Ludlowe High School, Fairfield |
| 1984 | Alvah R. Cramer – Newtown High School Joseph Tonelli – Notre Dame High School, West Haven (Athletic Director) John Hanley – Wheeler High School, No. Stonington Robert Summers – Avon High School (Athletic Director) Robert Wilde – Woodstock Academy (Asst. Principal) Donald Berkowitz – Windham High School J. Robert Ford – Ellington High School |
| 1985 | Gary Burgard – Wethersfield High School Jerome Auclair – Somers High School John Reardon – Waterbury Public Schools (Athletic Director) Salvatore Saitta – East Windsor High School (Asst. Principal) Arvid Anderson – Saxe Middle School, New Canaan Mario Gentile – Enrico Fermi High School, Enfield George Fitch – Haddam-Killingworth High School, Higganum (posthumously) |
| 1986 | Arthur Myjak – Old Saybrook High School Ann Fesenfeld – RHAM High School, Hebron Robert L. Strouse – West Side Junior High School, Groton Irving L. Black – New Britain High School (Track Coach) Dr. James Forcellina – Brien McMahon High School, Norwalk Lawrence P. Shea – Windsor High School Rev. Richard J. Shea – St. Joseph High School, Trumbull Ivan Wood – Retired Basketball Tournament Director of CIAC |
| 1987 | Thomas Galvin – Berlin High School Thomas Martin – Windsor High School (Asst. Principal) Norman Zlotsky – MD, Rockville Richard Danielson – Manchester Jacob Ludes, III – Manchester High School Janet Selavka – Wheeler High School, No. Stonington (Asst. Principal) Robert Healy – Ellington High School (Retired Asst. Principal) Robert Duncanson – Daniel Hand High School, Madison (Athletic Director) Karen O’Connor – Coach, Lewis Mills High School, Burlington Robert Johnson – Enfield High School (Asst. Principal) |
| 1988 | David Matthews – Berlin High School (Asst. Principal) Nicholas Zeoli – Wilton High School (Athletic Director) Richard Nabel – Naugatuck High School Matthew F. Shortell – Naugatuck Valley Official Van Snyder – Crosby High School, Waterbury (Asst. Principal) |
| 1989 | Paul Hoey – Rocky Hill High School Dr. Daniel Scoppetta – Bristol (Physician) |
| 1990 | NO LETTERS OF COMMENDATIONS AWARDED |
| 1991 | Dr. Ernest Perlini – Newington (Asst. Superintendent) Carl Ohlin – Kennedy Jr. High School, Enfield (Asst. Principal) Dr. Richard Lindgren – Illing Jr. High School, Manchester Norman Winnerman – Danbury High School (Athletic Director) Armand Fabbri – Notre Dame Catholic High School, Fairfield Earle Bidwell – Strong Middle School, Durham James Steenstra – The Gilbert School, Winsted Rev. William Charbonneau – East Catholic High School, Manchester (President) J. George Sneider – Cutler Middle School, Mystic |
| 1992 | V. Everett Lyons – Bristol Eastern High School Virginia Rebar – Haddam-Killingworth Middle School, Higganum Dr. Alan Bookman – Glastonbury High School |
| 1993 | Dr. Robert Lindgren – Litchfield (Acting Superintendent) Dr. Richard Lindgren – Illing Junior High School, Manchester (Retired) Fred Balsamo – Middletown (Athletic Director) Timothy Doyle – Winthrop Middle School, Deep River Dr. Elaine Bessette – Wm. Hall High School, West Hartford Raymond DeFrancesco – Retired SCSU Consultant to CIAC Board Salvatore Randazzo – South Windsor High School (Asst. Principal) Dr. Robert F. Carroll – Wakelee School, Wolcott |
| 1994 | Dr. Marjorie Bradley – Fawn Hollow School, Monroe Richard Hoffman – Burnham School, Bridgewater Timothy Neville – JF Kennedy Middle School, Enfield Catherine Costa – Windsor High School (Asst. Principal) Dr. W. Scott Brown – Lyme-Old Lyme High School William Baron – East Hartford (Coach and Athletic Director) |
| 1995 | Dr. Dennis Carrithers – Simsbury High School Raymond Nicolletta – Glastonbury High School (Athletic Director Evelyn Gobstein – Cross Street School, Naugatuck Robert Warren – Bacon Academy, Colchester John Pelchat – Southwest School, Torrington Laura Boutilier – Griswold Middle School, Rocky Hill Richard Carmelich – Haddam-Killingworth High School, Higganum Dr. William Sanders – Sage Park Middle School, Windsor Nicholas Salvatore – Canton Jr.-Sr. High School Richard Lucas – Hayestown Avenue School, Danbury |
| 1996 | Dr. David Perry – Stafford High School William Barney – The Morgan School, Clinton Anthony Molinaro – King St. Elementary School, Danbury Robert Flanagan – Bethel High School Bruce Fox – Torrington High School Dr. David Manning – Conard High School, West Hartford (Asst. Principal) |
| 1997 | Geraldine Andrew – Johnston School, Colchester Richard Hadden – Litchfield High School (Asst. Principal) Joseph Guay – Stratford High School (Asst. Principal) Robert Broderick – Simsbury High School (Ath. Director) Maureen Fitzpatrick – Killingworth Elementary School Art Sajecki – Tolland High School (Asst. Principal) |
| 1998 | Allen Fossbender – New Fairfield High School Patricia Llodra – N.W. Reg. High School, Winsted Edward Goldstone – Warren Harding High School, Bridgeport Paul Cavaliere, Jr. – Middle School of Plainville Patricia Charles – Farm Hill School, Middletown Bruce Jaffee – Fairfield College Prep. School (Teacher) |
| 1999 | Thomas Neagle – Cheshire High School David Maloney – Branford High School (Asst. Principal) Ken Edwards – Silas Dean Middle School, Wethersfield Edie Franzi – Griswold School, Kensington |
| 2000 | Marie L. Richard – Emerson-Williams School, Wethersfield Richard T. Huelsmann – East Hampton Middle School Robert Hale – Westbrook High School Dr. Lawrence Nocera – AP, Glastonbury High School Laura Ferrante-Fernandes – AP, Masuk High School, Monroe Dr. John H. Voss – Pomperaug High School, Southbury |
| 2001 | Gary Rosato – Great Plain School, Danbury Andrienne Longobucco – Litchfield Center School Michael Rafferty – Old Saybrook Middle School Paul Berkel – King Philip Middle School, West Hartford Art Arpin – AP, Hamden High School Joseph Fleming – Bolton High School Gladys Labas – Maloney High School, Meriden Walter Zalaski – AP, Simsbury High School |
| 2002 | Fred Baruzzi – Asst. Superintendent, Mansfield Public Schools Richard Bishop – St. Joseph High School, Trumbull Adam Burrows – Center School, Old Lyme William Farrington – Montville High School Janet Garagliano – Wamogo Reg. High School, Lichfield Thomas Heffernan – East Granby High School Edmund Higgins – Branford High School Nena Nanfeldt – Nathan Hale School, Meriden |
| 2003 | Robert Pitocco – Rocky Hill High School Eugene Horrigan – Shepaug Valley High School, Washington Anne Jarvis – Glastonbury High School Richard Cavallaro – H.C. Wilcox V-T School, Meriden Ann Richardson – Strong Middle School, Durham Katharine Bishop – Daisy Ingraham School, Westbrook |
| 2004 | George Synnott – Berlin High School Thomas Moore – Wethersfield High School Preston Shaw – Griswold Middle School, Griswold Regina Birdsell – Academy School, Madison |
| 2005 | Thomas Murray – Branford High School Sally Biggs – South Windsor High School Jody Goeler – Avon Middle School Louis Pear – Myrtle Stevens School, Rocky Hill |
| 2006 | Dale Bernardoni – McKinley School, Fairfield Margaret Borger – Wamogo Regional High School, Litchfield Don Macrino – Waterford High School Norma Possocco – Mansfield Middle School Dennis Siegmann – Bristol Central High School |
| 2007 | Anthony “Butch” Azzara – Kennedy High School, Waterbury Susan Dumas – Mystic Middle School Michael Galluzzo – East Farms School, Farmington Paul Stringer – Weaver High School, Hartford |
| 2008 | Jeff Cryan – Mansfield Middle School Paul Newton – Enrico Fermi High School, Enfield RoseAnne O’Brien Vojtek – Ivy Drive School, Bristol Jackie Sullivan – Norwich Free Academy Gina Vance – Gideon Welles School, Glastonbury |
| 2009 | Loraine Giannini – Elmer Thienes-Mary Hall School, Marlborough Francis Kennedy – Stafford High School Karissa Niehoff – Lewis Mills High School, Burlington Donna Schilke – Smith Middle School, Glastonbury Steve Wysowski – Coginchaug High School, Durham |
| 2010 | Joseph Bacewicz – Tolland High School Tim Breslin – Farmington High School Lauren Elias – Tinker Elementary School, Waterbury Susan Homrok-Lemke – Henry James Memorial Middle School, Simsbury Jeffry Mathieu – Bacon Academy, Colchester Joseph Scheideler – Canton Middle School |
| 2011 | Donna Hayward – Suffield High School Jordan Grossman – Canton Intermediate School David Russell – John Winthrop Middle School, Deep River Barbara Startup – AD, Glastonbury High School |
| 2012 | Karen Brimbecombe – John Lyman Elementary School, Middlefield Richard Dellinger – Amity Middle School, Bethany Matthew Dunbar – Glastonbury high School Scott Leslie – RHAM High School, Hebron |
| 2013 | Dr. Beth Smith, Headmaster, Shelton High School Norma Fisher-Doiron, Principal, Southeast School, Mansfield Deborah Sullivan, Principal, Hall Memorial School, Willington Margaret Williamson, Principal, Northwest Catholic High School |
| 2014 | Missy Bavaro-Grande, Principal, East Granby Middle School Karen Fitzsimmons, Principal, Duffy Elementary School, West Hartford Mike Pitruzello, Athletic Director, Middletown High School Richard Watson, Principal, Griswold Middle School, Rocky Hill |
| 2015 | Judy Abrams, Teacher, Leonard Tyl Middle School, Montville Andre Hauser, Principal, Waterford High School Tom Malin, Athletic Director, East Catholic High School, Manchester Victoria Reed, Principal, Highland School, Wallingford |
| 2016 | Roxanne Augelli, Principal, Washington Elementary School, Waterbury Kevin Brough, Principal, Memorial Middle School, Middlefield Pam Lazaroski, Principal, Lewis Mills High School, Burlington Dan Scavone, Athletic Director, Berlin High School |
| 2017 | Jon Capone, Athletic Director, West Haven High School Deane Renda, Principal, Whisconier Middle School, Brookfield Laurie Boske, Principal, Brownstone Intermediate School, Portland |
| 2018 | Lisa Eells, Wintonbury Early Childhood Magnet School, Bloomfield Ralph Mayo, Principal, Eastern Middle School, Greenwich Neil Rinaldi, Principal, Ellington High School |