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2008 Award Winners

Boys State 2008

Office Holders

State Officials
OfficeNameHometownSchool
Boys Nation SenatorsDan Kelly
Jon Roemer		Riverside
Pomfret Center		Greenwich High School
Woodstock Academy
GovernorDan KellyRiversideGreenwich High School
Lt. GovernorDarchell ClarkNorwalkNorwalk High School
Sec. of StateCory DiGiacomoTollandTolland High School
TreasurerSai KulidindiSalemEast Lyme High School
ComptrollerRyan BaldassarioNianticEast Lyme High Schol
Atty. GeneralMatthew PrescottHamdenNotre Dame West Haven
Federalist Party ChairmanEmmett GillesWest HartfordConard High School
Nationalist Party ChairmanJay Ghassem-ZadehSheltonShelton High School

Mayors
CityNameHometownSchool
JeffersonDarchell ClarkNorwalkNorwalk High School
MadisonTim JohnsonThomastonThomaston High School
PolkAndrew YellenWindsor LocksWindsor Locks High School
WashingtonConnor ToolePawcatuckStonington High School

First Selectmen
TownNameHometownSchool
AdamsJon RoemerPomfretWoodstock Academy
HayesJay Ghassem-ZadehSheltonShelton High School
LincolnChuck KosmanWethersfieldWethersfield High School
TylerChris McCloskeyGuilfordGuilford High School

Boys' State Legislative Leaders
OfficeNameHometownSchool
Senate President Pro TemporeNick GuertinThomastonThomaston High School
Senate ClerkTravis MorinWillimanticWindham High School
Senate Majority LeaderJoe GasserBurlingtonLewis S. Mills High School
Senate Minority LeaderNate BeattyMadisonDaniel Hand High School
Speaker of the HouseTorin BourkeWindsor LocksWindsor Locks High School
House ClerkBryan PasqualicciAnsoniaAnsonia High School
House Majority LeaderCharlie PillsburyLedyardLedyard High School
House Minority LeaderKevin CurtinRocky HillRocky Hill High School

Boys' State Awards
Connell Award
To the oustanding boy of 2008 Boys' State		Nick GuertinThomastonThomaston High School
Francis Burke Redick Award
For Parliamentary Procedure		James FayNaugatuckPlatt Tech
Eliot K. Burr Award
For advancing religious aspect of program		Joseph GasserBurlingtonLewis Mills High School
William Jordan Award
For advancing spirit of 'Semper Fi'		Phil AbrahamSheltonShelton High School
J. Dean Spencer Award
To the outstanding boy in the legislative program		Kevin MossBerlinBerlin High School
Joseph F. Tarrant, Jr Award
To the boy who best typifies the spirit of selflesness inherent in voluntary principles		Justin LacoursiereSheltonShelton High School
Benjamin Bamford Award
To the boy who demonstrates qualities of good citizenship through voluntary participation		John DearbornAnsoniaAnsonia High School
Harry R. Bartlett Award
To the boy who is outstanding in the senate		Nick GuertinThomastonThomaston High School
Mary Alice Cameron Award
To the boy who adheres to the highest political principles and ideals		Leigh MoskowitzGreenwichGreenwich High School
John R. Silvay Award
To the boy who contributes most to the law and order program		Greg RiceNaugatuckNaugatuck High School
Robert M. Robbins Award
To the boy who has demonstrated growth and responsibility through participation in the political process		Emmett GillesWest HartfordConard High School
Richard Wm. Anderson Award
To the boy whose adherence to high principals and dedication to the political process has helped to advance the ideal of American Government and the American Legion Boys State		Daniel KilburnMadisonDaniel Hand High School
Newspaper Award
To the boy who contributes most to the Boys' State newspaper		Collin Peck-GrayGreenwichGreenwich High School

Post 162 Awards
To the outstanding individual in each city or town
AdamsRyan BaldassarioNiantic
HayesJordan HegelGlastonbury
JeffersonJoe FolzNorth Branford
LincolnChuck KosmanWethersfield
MadisonAlex CasarontoNewington
PolkAndrew YellinWindsor Locks
TylerChris McCloskeyGuilford
WashingtonDiego AquilarGroton