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Connecticut Association of Boards of Education

Philip S. Fenster Distinguished Service Award

The CABE Board of Directors established the following criteria for the Philip S. Fenster Distinguished Service Award:

  • The recipient shall be a present or past member of a local or regional board of education.
  • He/She has had leadership responsibilities both locally and statewide, as a local board chairperson or a chairperson of the local negotiating committee, member of a statewide study committee or commission, a panelist at a statewide or national convention, etc.
  • He/She shall be an effective advocate for public education through local control.

The 2021 Philip S. Fenster Distinguished Service Award will be presented at the CABE/CAPSS Convention, November 12, 2021. The deadline for nominations is no later than October 8, 2021. Please return the completed nomination form to Liz Brown at brown7489@att.net In the subject of the email, please write: Distinguished Service Award Nomination. 

2021 Philip S. Fenster Distinguished Service Award Nomination Form

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The Philip S. Fenster Distinguished Service Award has been presented to:

1977
Ruth O.Truex
     
1978
Dr. Catherine V.A. Smith
     
1979
Barbara D. Reimers
     
1980
Margaret K. Silberstein
     
1981
Rita Cantor
Alice Crosby
     
1982
William W. Westervelt, III
Leonard Rovins
     
1983
Margaret  W. Becker
     
1984
Dr. Raymond J. Dry
     
1985
June K. Goodman
     
1986
M. Adela Eads
     
1987
A. R. Canzonetti
     
1988
Patricia B. Luke
     
1989
Alyce Hild
     

1990
Raymond Lenoue

     
1991-92
Philip S. Fenster
2017
Bonnie Carney
1994
Muriel W. Scoler
2018
Ann Gruenberg
1997
Robert S. Daves
 
1998
Phyllis DeChello
 
1999
Timothy J. Moynihan
 
2000
Fidelia Lane
 
2003
Beverly R. Bobroske
 
2005
Mary Broderick
 
2006
J. Callender Heminway
 
2008
Robert Hale
 
2010
Shirley Thompson
 
2013
Gavin B. Forrester, III
 

2015
Lydia Tedone
Richard Murray
2016
Gary Brochu