6th Annual Veterans Day Celebration
Honoring the Heroes Among Us
Monday, November 12, 2007
On Monday, November 12, 2007, the University of New Haven recognized the sacrifices of faculty, staff, alumni and current students who have or are currently serving in the Armed Forces of the United States at its 6th Annual Veterans Day Celebration.
For the first-time in the history of the Celebration, the University presented the Connecticut Wartime Service Medal. In it's inaugural year, 12 members of the UNH Community received the honor.
Dr. Linda Spoonster Schwartz, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans' Affairs, was on hand to award the Medals.
She reminded the crowd of more than 100 that on Veterans Day 2007, "we are reminded that those who made the ultimate sacrifice and those who stood with them to defend our liberties are a reminder that our Nation has been blessed with generation upon generation of Americans who have always answered the call to serve the cause of peace and freedom her in America and around the globe." Read more of Commissioner Schwartz' address .
View more photos from the 6th Annual Veterans Day Celebration.
UNH recipients of the Connecticut Wartime Service Medal
| Daniel Adams Current Student,'08 |
Sergeant Army |
Persian Gulf Era - Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) |
Milford, CT |
| Robert Morey BS '02 |
Staff Sergeant Air Force |
Persian Gulf Era - Operation Enduring Freedom |
West Haven, CT |
| Eugene Mascolo MS '90 |
Colonel Army |
Persian Gulf Era - Operation Iraqi Freedom |
Derby, CT |
| William Tinnel Friend of UNH |
Sergeant Army |
Persian Gulf Era - Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm |
Oakdale, CT |
| Andrew Poleshek BS '69 |
Lance Corporal Marine Corps |
Vietnam | Madison, CT |
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John McQuillan |
Specialist Army |
Vietnam | Seymour, CT |
| Ray Collins Friend of UNH, Former Student |
Quarter Master 2 Coast Guard |
Vietnam | Old Saybrook, CT |
| Robert Rychlovsky Laboratory Technician Chemistry |
Petty Officer Second Class Navy |
Vietnam | East Hampton, CT |
| William Tafoya Professor Criminal Justice |
Hospital Corpsman Second Class Navy |
Vietnam | West Haven, CT |
| Andrew Fish Professor Electrical Engineering |
Captain Air Force |
Vietnam | Suffield, CT |
| Noel Tomas EMBA '85 |
Army (Private), Air Force (Lieutenant Colonel), Coast Guard(Cadet) |
Korean Conflict | Glastonbury, CT |
| Charles Artese BS ‘73 |
Yeoman Third Class Navy |
World War II | Milford, CT |
