{"id":844,"date":"2019-09-27T19:15:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T19:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/alumniandfamilies\/?page_id=844"},"modified":"2025-12-19T17:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:37:43","slug":"tcohpoty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/alumniandfamilies\/celebrate\/alumni-awards\/tcohpoty\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trinity Club of Hartford Person of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This annual award is presented by the Trinity Club of Hartford to a graduate of the college who has given outstanding service to the community or to the college. He or she must have graduated from Trinity, and reside within the Hartford area.<\/p>\n<p>2025 Olusegun \u201cShay\u201d Ajayi \u201916<br \/>\n2024 Jacquelyn Santiago Nazario \u201900<br \/>\n2023 Melissa Bronzino Regan \u201987<br \/>\n2022 Jason Rojas M\u201912<br \/>\n2021 Paul H. Mounds, Jr. \u201907<br \/>\n2020 Essential Workers<br \/>\n2019 Erik Bloomquist \u201914<br \/>\n2018 Julie Mancuso Gionfriddo \u201996, M\u201905<br \/>\n2017 Jamie McDonald \u201900<br \/>\n2016 Robin Sheppard M\u201976<br \/>\n2015 Karraine Moody \u201901<br \/>\n2014 Peter Knapp \u201965<br \/>\n2013 Jeffrey M. Devanney \u201993<br \/>\n2012 Shawn Tylone Wooden \u201991 \u200b<br \/>\n2011 Larry Dow \u201973<br \/>\n2010 Samuel D. Kassow \u201966<br \/>\n2009 Henry M. Zachs \u201956<br \/>\n2008 Ernest Mattei \u201970, P\u201903<br \/>\n2007 Walter Harrison \u201968<br \/>\n2006 Judy Dworin \u201970<br \/>\n2005 Timothy Martin Curtis \u201986<br \/>\n2005 Gerald Hansen Jr. \u201951, P\u201978,\u201984,\u201988 (Lifetime Achievement Award)<br \/>\n2004 Kevin B. Sullivan \u201971<br \/>\n2003 Christine Siegrist Vertefeuille \u201973<br \/>\n2002 Robert Claflin \u201978<br \/>\n2002 Donald J. Viering Sr. \u201942, P\u201972 (Lifetime Achievement Award)<br \/>\n2001 Donna F. Haghighat \u201989<br \/>\n2000 John P. Clifford, Jr. \u201976<br \/>\n1999 Kevin A. North \u201974<br \/>\n1998 Charles E. Gooley \u201975<br \/>\n1997 Harold A. Smullen Jr. \u201976<br \/>\n1996 Eddie Alberto Perez \u201996<br \/>\n1995 Saundra Kee Borges \u201981<br \/>\n1994 Benjamin Foster, Jr. \u201971<br \/>\n1993 Richard N. Palmer \u201972<br \/>\n1992 Jeffrey J. Fox \u201967<br \/>\n1991 Stanley A. Twardy, Jr. \u201973<br \/>\n1990 William J. Eakins \u201966<br \/>\n1989 Alden R. Gordon \u201969<br \/>\n1988 Robert E. Brickley \u201967<br \/>\n1987 Francisco L. Borges \u201974<br \/>\n1986 Ronald E. Cretaro \u201971<br \/>\n1985 Susan M. Haberlandt \u201971<br \/>\n1984 Frank G. Kirkpatrick \u201964<br \/>\n1983 Charles E. Todd \u201964<br \/>\n1982 John L. Thompson \u201958<br \/>\n1981 Ward S. Curran \u201957<br \/>\n1980 Robert A. Pedemonti \u201960<br \/>\n1979 Karl E. Scheibe \u201959<br \/>\n1978 George P. Lynch, Jr. \u201961<br \/>\n1977 Borden W. 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