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The Naugatuck Historical Society

P.O Box 317, 195 Water Street, Naugatuck, Connecticut 06770 USA
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DANA J. and VERNA A. BLACKWELL AWARD

Congratulations to Gina Salerno who was the 2005 winner of the Blackwell Award. She is the second winner of this Award.

FIRST BLACKWELL AWARD WINNER 2003 -- The first winner of the Dana J. and Verna A Blackwell Award, given by the Naugatuck Historical Society, is Miss Vanessa C. Wood, of Naugatuck. Tom Jablonowski, 2003 Presidentof the NHS, and Terry Swanson, the Blackwell Award chairperson, presented Vanessa with the award at the Society's meeting on May 21, 2003. Looking on in the picture are Dana and Verna Blackwell.

Vanessa is currently enrolled at Yale University, majoring in Engineering/Applied Physics. Vanessa aspires to be a Research Engineer in the field of Quantum Electronics. Currently, she is a student researcher in the quantum electronics lab. As a result of her superior academic abilities and commitment to engineering, she is enrolled in the spring '03 graduate seminar course. When she attended Taft School, she was a peer tutor, a gifted soloist, and a runner and a swimmer.

The Dana J. and Verna A Blackwell Award is a $500 award created to honor Dana Blackwell, the Naugatuck Historical Society's first president, and Verna Blackwell, a retired teacher from Hop Brook School. Both have been active members of the Society since its founding in 1959. Mr. Blackwell was Naugatuck's Historian Emeritus and Mrs. Blackwell has served as a museum docent and historical researcher.·

Applicants must be Naugatuck residents who are college or university students entering their third or fourth full year of study and majoring in History or Engineering. Completed applications and the required documentation must be received by September 13, 2008. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

An application is available at the Naugatuck Historical Society Museum, 195 Water Street, Naugatuck, CT 06770, on the Society's web site or by calling the Museum at ((203) 729-9039 or the chairperson Terry Swanson at (203) 729-1254.

The Blackwell Award is funded by donations. If you would like to contribute towards funding of this award, please send a check made out to the Naugatuck Historical Society and send it to the Society at the address at the top of the page, noting "Blackwell Award Donation" in the comments on the check. Thank You!

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Thanks to our Corporate Members

* New England Realty Group
* Buckmiller Funeral Homes
* Naugatuck Elks Lodge 967

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