2008
Dr. Jack Turco, A doctor, a businessman and a high school athletic administrator-coach will join 16 current scholar-athletes for special recognition at the annual awards dinner of the Joe Yukica/New Hampshire chapter of the National Football Foundation on May 6 in Manchester.
Dr. Jack Turco, head of the Dartmouth College Health Service and a physician at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) for nearly 30 years, will receive the Chapter's Distinguished American Award.
2007
Joe Yukica, former outstanding head football coach for 34 years, having coached at the University of New Hampshire, Boston College and Dartmouth College. He was also an outstanding football player at Penn State. He is also the Founding Director of the Joe Yukica New Hampshire Chapter of The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame.
2006
Steve Schubert, Outstanding
Manchester Central and UMASS football player; Most Valuable
Player Honors, UMASS, 1972; All-New England First Team and
All-Yankee Conference First Team; Kodak Small College
All-American First Team; 6 yrs. NFL with Chicago Bears and
New England Patriots; Manchester and Central High Halls of
Fame;1989-present, owner/operator of Schubert Football Camp
for Youth; managing partner of Manchester Wolves Arena2
Football League Team; 1990-present, consultant to Central
H.S. Football Program; 1991-present, Little Green Gridiron
Club Treasurer; 1974-90 Board Member, NH Easter
Seals;1989-92, President of Candia Youth Athletic
Association; 1995-2000, Chairman, Union Leader Athlete of
the Month Board of Directors; 1975-present, founder,
Panteli-Kotrotsios Memorial Golf Tournament.
2005
Jeanne
Shaheen, b. 1/28/47, BA, Shippensburg University, 1969; MA,
University of Mississippi, 1973; Governor of NH, 1996-2002; NH
State Senate, 1990-1996; Campaign Manager: Jimmy Carter
(1980); Gary Hart (1984); Paul McEachon (1986 &
1988)
2004
Hon.
Judge Walter L. Murphy, b. 12/11/1937; Boston
College HS, Dorchester MA, 1955; College of the Holy Cross,
Worcester MA 1959 (Varsity Football and Track); Varsity
Football Coach, Plymouth HS, 1964-69; Maple Shrine Game, 1968,
Plymouth State College, 1970-72 (First Varsity Football
Coach); Associate Justice, NH Superior
Court.
2003
Greg Landry, b. Nashua, NH; Nashua HS; 1964 (All State
Football, 1962-63, Buzz Harvey Memorial Award); Univ. of
Mass., BS 1968 (All-American, Football, 1967; Geo. Bulger Lowe
Award, BS Sports Management; Top Football Palyer, New England;
All Yankee Conf.; UMass, Hall of Fame); Detroit Lions
Quarterback, 1968-1978; NFK Pro Bowl, and NFL All-Pro, 1971;
Off. Coord., Univ. of IL Football, 1993-94; QB
Coach, Detroit Lions,
1995-96; QB Coach, Cleveland, 1985; Coach (Offense) Chicago
Bears, 1986-present).
2002
Dr. James O. Freedman,
b. Sept. 21, 1935, Manchester NH; Manchester Central HS, 1953;
BA, cum laude, Harvard University, 1957; LLB, Yale Law School,
1962; Law Clerk, US Supreme Court, Justice Thurgood Marshall;
Private Law Practice, New York City; Faculty Member and Dean,
U. of Pennsylvania Law School, 1964-1982, President, U. of
Iowa, 1982-1987; President, Dartmouth College, 1971-1998;
Recipient, William O. Douglas First Amendment Freedom Award,
from Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'Rith, 1991; Recipient,
Frederick W. Ness Book Award, Association of American Colleges
& Universities, 1996; Author, Crisis &
Legitimacy: The Administrative Process in American
Government (1978), and Idealism & Liberal Education
(1996); Member, American Law Institute, The American
Antiquarian Society; Board of Governors, Hebrew Union College;
Board of Directors, Salzburg Seminar; Dean's Advisory Council,
Radcliff Institute of Harvard
University.
2001
John Grappone,
Concord, NH; Founder, Grappone Auto Dealerships; Dist. Citizen
Award, Concord Chamber of Commerce, 1992; Sponsor, Concord
Little League; Supporter, Boys & Girls Club, Boy Scouts of
America, Boston Children's Hospital, FRIENDS Program,
Salvation Army, NH Attorney General's Task Force on Drug
Abuse, Concord Hospital, Trust for NH Lands, St. Anselm
College Football; Hon. Degree, St. Anselm College,
1999.
2000
Atty. David
Nixon, b. March 19,
1932, Concord, MA; Leominister Mt. H.S., 1949; Scholar Athlete
Award; Co-Capt., football; Wesleyan U., 1953, Hon. Grad., Sr.
Class Pres., Co-Capt., football; U. of Mich., L.L.B., 1958;
Vol., U.S. Army, 1953-55; DAV; Am. Legion; Pres., NH Senate,
1973-74; Past Pres., NH, Manchester, New England Bar
Associations; Pres. Int'l Soc. of Barristers, 1990-91; Dist.
Svc. Award, NH Bar Assoc., 1982; NH Trial Lawyers Assoc.
Lawyer of the Decade; Manch. Bar Assoc. Lifetime Achievement
Award; Outstanding Professional Award, NH Bar Assoc.; Legal
Counsel and Dir., Mane. Crimeline, Inc.; Town Counsel, New
Boston, NH; Pres., Nixon, Raiche, Manning, Casinghino &
Leach, P.A., Founding Dir., Joe Yukica - NH Chapter, National
Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame.
1999
Robert
Tewksbury, b. November 30, 1960; Merrimack
Valley Regional H.S.; graduated St. Leo University May 2000;
Major League pitcher with N.Y. Yankees 1986-1987, Chicago Cubs
1987-1988, St. Louis Cardinals 1989-1994, Texas Rangers 1995,
San Diego Padres 1996, Minnesota Twins 1997-1998; Major Legue
record 110 wins 102 losses 3.93 era; St. Leo University hall
of Fame 1998; Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame 1998; Leo
Cloutier Award 1999
1998
Judge
William F. Batchelder, b. October 15, 1926;
Plymouth H.S.; two semesters UNH; enlisted U.S. Navy October,
1944; discharged 1946, and re-enrolled at UNH; graduated UNH
1949; Boston University (L.L.B. 1952); private practice in
Plymouth; appointed as a superior court justice in 1970, by
then Governor Walter Peterson; appointed to N.H. Supreme Court
in 1981, by then Governor Hugh Gallen; over the years he has
been the recipient of numerous awards for service to his
community and his profession including the Granite State Award
granted by Plymouth State College as well as awards from the
NH Bar Association and the N.H. Trial Lawyers
Association.
1997
Charies
J. Quinn, b. April 26, 1919; Manchester H.S.
West (football and basketball; All-State Guard Honors; Rotary
Cup Award); Saint Anselm College, BA, 1942 (four-year football
scholarship); Boston University, MA, 1949; U.S. Marine Corps
26 years, Lt. Col. U.S.M.C.R. (ret.), received Air Medals,
Distinguished Flying Cross, and various area ribbon awards;
Town ofDerry, NH, teacher-coach, 1946-47; West H.S., teacher
and varsity basketball coach, 1947-50, line football coach,
1947-65, golf coach until 1964, Social Studies Dept. head,
1958-68, assistant principal, 1968-72, principal, 1972-80;
assistant coach NH Shrine football team, 1961; Board of
Directors, Anselmian Athletic Board, 1980- ; President,
Intervale Land Company, 1980- ; recipient Distinguished
Alumnus Award, Manchester H.S. West,
1993.
1996
Atty.
Bill Green, b. December 21, 1917; Manchester
Central H.S.; Dartmouth College, 1939; Harvard University
(L.L.B., 1947); NH Ass't Atty Gen., 1949-50; Dep. Atty. Gen.,
1950-51; NH Legislative Council, 1951-57; NH Ballot Law Comm.,
1964-69; Chair, NH Bd. ofEduc., 1969-73; Pres., Elliot Hosp.;
Director, New England Circle; Trustee, Manch. Hist. Assoc.;
Trustee, NH College; Manchester "Citizen of the Year", 1960;
Pres., Manch. United Way; Acting Chancellor, NH College,
1986-87; Recipient, Honorary Doctor of Laws Degrees, NH
College, Saint Anselm College, Franklin Pierce College, and
Notre Dame College; Member, NH, Manchester, and American Bar
Assns; U.S.M.C., Major, South Pacific,
1942-45.
1995
Tom
Hardiman, one of the most sensational of all NH
Athletes, b. 1929; starred in three sports at St. John High of
Concord, football, baseball and basketball; grad. St. John,
1947. He was graduated by Georgetown 1951 where he excelled in
football and baseball and frosh basketball. Tommy was a
ranking officer at ChubbLife America, and Chairman of Concord
Savings Bank and Community Bankshares Inc. He is 66 and the
father of six children. He was married to the former Regina
Minuitti, who died several years ago.
1994
Hon.
Dick Swett, b. May 1, 1957; Laconia H.S.,
Laconia, NH, 1975 (Quarterback, All-State Football Player);
Prep and Scholastic Football All-American; NH Shrine Football
Team; Captain Football Team and Track Team; Class L State Pole
Vault Champion, 1974 and 1975; President, National Honor
Society; Yale University AB, 1979, Captain, Yale Track Team,
and holder of Yale Decathlon record, and winner of Yale-
Masters Cup for Excellence; Congressman, Second District, NH.,
1991-95.
1993
Robert F. (Bob)
MacLeod, b. October 15, 1917; Glenbard H.S.,
Glen Ellyn, IL, 1935; Dartmouth College, BA, 1939; Outstanding
Student/Athlete Medal, All American Football Consensus
Selection, All Ivy Basketball Selection, No. 1 Draft Choice
NFL, played for Chicago Bears NFL, Chicago Bruins, NBA
Basketball 1939-40, El Toro Marines 1944; Senior
Vice-President, Peterson Publishing Col; Publisher Teen
Magazine.
1992
Hon. Martin F.
Loughlin, b. March 11, 1923; St. Joseph's H.S.,
St. Anselm College, AB, 1951; Suffolk LawSchobI, LLB, 1951;
Justice, NH Superior Court, 1963-78; Chief Justice, NH
Superior Court, 1978-79; Senior Judge, United States District
Court, Concord, NH'.
1991
Endicott "Chub"
Peabody, b. February 15, 1920; William Penn
Charter School, Philadelphia, PA, 1928-32; Groton School,
1932-38; Harvard University, BA, 1942; Harvard Law School,
LLB, 1948; All-American Left Guard, Harvard, 1941; Knute
Rockne Memorial Trophy/Outstanding Lineman, 1941; Governor's
Council, 3rd District/Massachusetts, 1955-56; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1963-64; Law Firm of Endicott Peabody, Nashua,
NH.
1990
Walter R.
Peterson, b. September 19, 1922; Nashua H.S.,
1942; Dartmouth College, 1947; Speaker of the NH House of
Representatives, 1965-69; Governor of NH, 1969-73; President
of NH Constitutional Convention, 1974-75; President, Franklin
Pierce College, Rindge, NH.
1989
James "Red"
Hayes, b. August 19, 1908; Quincy S.S., 1926;
Thayer Academy, 1928; UNH, 1932; Harvard University Graduate
School, 1937; UNH Hall of Fame; Member of Governors Council,
1959-76; Associate Chairman of the Board, New Hampshire
Distributors, Inc., Concord,
NH.
