Boys State 2005
Office Holders
State Officials
Office | Name | Hometown | School |
Boys Nation Senators | Joshua ShulmanKurtis Taylor | NewingtonBurlington | Newington High SchoolLewis S. Mills High School |
Governor | Joshua Shulman | Newington | Newington High School |
Lt. Governor | Kurtis Taylor | Burlington | Lewis Mills High School |
Sec. of State | John D'Angelo | Woodbridge | Amity Regional High School |
Treasurer | Tyler Bristol | Clinton | The Morgan School |
Comptroller | Travis Ferguson | Hamden | Hamden High School |
Atty. General | Ben Schreff | Greenwich | Greenwich High School |
Federalist Party Chairman | Sam Ritter | West Hartford | Hall High School |
Nationalist Party Chairman | Mike Cancelliere | Wethersfield | Wethersfield High School |
Mayors
City | Name | Hometown | School |
Garfield | Chris Halloran | Thomaston | Thomaston High School |
Jefferson | Travis Ferguson | Hamden | Hamden High School |
Madison | Sam Edandison | Madison | Daniel Hand High School |
Polk | John D'Angelo | Woodbridge | Amity Regional High School |
First Selectmen
Town | Name | Hometown | School |
Adams | Andrew Breglio | Hebron | RHAM High School |
Hayes | Joshua Shulman | Newington | Newington High School |
Lincoln | Andrew Norton | Berlin | Berlin High School |
Monroe | Pete Lynch | Seymour | Seymour High School |
Boys' State Legislative Leaders
Office | Name | Hometown | School |
Senate President Pro Tempore | David Saunders | Greenwich | Greenwich High School |
Senate Clerk | Jeff Bartlett | East Lyme | East Lyme High School |
Senate Majority Leader | Kurtis Taylor | Burlington | Lewis Mills High School |
Senate Minority Leader | Ben Schreff | Greenwich | Greenwich High School |
Speaker of the House | Dan Siegel | South Windsor | S. Windsor High School |
House Clerk | Josh Thompson | Berlin | Berlin High School |
House Majority Leader | Avi Lessner | Willimantic | Windham High School |
House Minority Leader | Jeremy Cohn | Bethel | Bethel High School |
Boys' State Awards
Connell AwardTo the oustanding boy of 2005 Boys' State | Sam Ritter | West Hartford | Hall High School |
Francis Burke Redick Award
For advancement in Parliamentary Procedure | Sam Ritter | West Hartford | Hall High School |
Eliot K. Burr Award
For advancing religious aspect of program | Cameron Fuchs | Guilford | Guilford High School |
William Jordan Award
For advancing spirit of 'Semper Fi' | Tyler Bristol | Clinton | The Morgan School |
J. Dean Spencer Award
To the outstanding boy in the legislative program | Josh Thompson | Berlin | Berlin High School |
Yeoman (F) Award
To the boy who best typifies the spirit of selflesness inherent in voluntary principles | Grant Cuprek | Coventry | Coventry High School |
Benjamin Bamford Award
To the boy who demonstrates qualities of good citizenship through voluntary participation | Josh Kwassman | Newington | Newington High School |
Harry R. Bartlett Award
To the boy who is outstanding in the senate | Ben Schreff | Greenwich | Greenwich High School |
Mary Alice Cameron Award
To the boy who adheres to the highest political principles and ideals | Chad Ciocci | Trumbull | Trumbull High School |
John R. Silvay Award
To the boy who contributes most to the law and order program | David Saunders | Greenwich | Greenwich High School |
Robert M Robbins Award
To the boy who has contributed to the overall success of the Boys State program | Zach Ruchman | Cos Cob | Greenwich High School |
Wm. Richard Anderson Award
To the boy has made the greatest contrubtion to the political aspect of the program | Frank Spizzoucco | Cheshire | Cheshire High School |
Newspaper Award
To the boy who contributes most to the Boys' State newspaper | Sean Ghassem-Zadeh | Shelton | Shelton High School |
Newspaper Graphics Award
To the boy who contributes the best graphics to the Boys' State newspaper | Julian Norman | Windsor Locks | Windsor Locks High School |
Post 162 Awards
To the outstanding individual in each city or town | ||
Adams | Mike Cancelliere | Wethersfield |
Garfield | Christopher Halloran | Thomaston |
Hayes | Robert Hodgson | Avon |
Jefferson | Greg Petropolous | Southington |
Lincoln | Eric Pesale | Shelton |
Madison | Mark Sascovich | Naugatuck |
Monroe | Jeremy Cohn | Bethel |
Polk | John D'Angelo | Woodbridge |