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2015 Board of Director’s Award – Walter “Wally” Alesse

October 6, 2023

Although Mr. Alesse says he has little memory of the beginning of his musical life, he does recall his mother telling him that one night around midnight, she and his father were awakened…

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2018 Board of Director’s Award – James Egbert

October 6, 2023

English Teacher West Babylon has been James Egbert’s professional home for more than two decades. Immediately after his hiring in 1996, he pioneered the district’s highly lauded inclusion program that stands today as…

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2013 Board of Director’s Award – Margaret (Peggy) Ehrensperger

October 6, 2023

Peggy began her teaching career at West Babylon High School in 1973, after graduating from Adelphi University in Garden City, NY. She started in the Physical Education Department. Three years later, she obtained…

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2019 Board of Director’s Award – Patricia Martin Farrell

October 6, 2023

Patricia Martin Farrell was born in Queens, NY and moved to Babylon in the third grade. After high school, she attended St. John’s University, University College in Brooklyn graduating with a BA in…

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2019 Board of Director’s Award – Douglas G. Hassell Jr.

October 6, 2023

Douglas G. Hassell Jr. is the owner of Hassell Auto Body of West Babylon in New York. He is the only son of Anne and Douglas Hassell and only brother of Kimberly and…

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2018 Board of Director’s Award – Christopher Haug

October 6, 2023

Elementary Physical Education Teacher. Chris grew up in nearby Islip Terrace and attended East Islip High School. He received a wrestling scholarship to the University of New Hampshire where he graduated with B.A.…

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2012 Board of Director’s Award – Frank Taplin

September 25, 2023

Frank “Tappy” Taplin was born January 15, 1933 in Lowell, Massachusetts, a tough mill town on the banks of the Merrimack River. He was the oldest of four boys born to Frank and…

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2015 Board of Director’s Award – Barry Titone

September 23, 2023

Born and raised in New York, Barry Titone attended PS 93 and Grover Cleveland High School. During his service in the US Marine Corp, he played with the Marine Band. He then went…

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2014 Board of Director’s Award – Russell VanBrunt (posthumously)

September 23, 2023

Russell D. Van Brunt was born and raised in Babylon He attended the Babylon schools and graduated from Babylon High School in 1921. Russell attended the prestigious Colgate College (now Colgate University) in…

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2011 Board of Director’s Award – Mathew Wilensky

September 23, 2023

Mathew Wilensky, a longtime resident of Amityville, was born in Staten Island to Leon and Rifka Wilensky, Jewish immigrants from Latvia. He attended public school in Staten Island and attended the University of…

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