Distinguished Citizen Award Honorees
The Distinguished Citizen Award recognizes extraordinary leadership in the Worcester county area of central Massachusetts. Honoring distinguished citizenship delivers a message to our youth that character counts. Highlighting the example of noteworthy citizens helps to inspire our youth to lead, to accept responsibility, and to care about principles and causes beyond self-interest.
Past honorees from Heart of New England Council and our legacy councils include:
1971 Marion R. Stoddart
1976 William E. Aubuchon Jr.
1977 Ronald M. Ansin
1978 P. Warren Keating
1979 Albert E. Anderson
1979 John Grado
1986 John A. Adams
1987 Jeanne L. Crocker
1988 Vincent J. Mara
1989 Albert Stone
1990 Thomas F. Bagley Jr.
1991 Norman Boudreau
1992 J. Parker Rice
1993 M. Marcus Moran Jr.
1994 Ann M. Racine
1995 John Clementi
1996 John Howard
1997 Charles A. Gelinas Sr.
1998 Kenneth S. Ansin
1999 Paul E. Cochrane, M.D.
2000 Thomas F. Bagley III
2001 Peter E. Bovenzi
2002 Richard W. Nobile
2003 Nedinia Latimer
2004 Frederick D. Healey
2005 Robert V. Antonucci
2006 Daniel M. Asquino
2007 Sheila Donnelly, M.D.
2007 Timothy Richards
2008 Calvin Moore
2009 Kimberly Ansin
2010 David Celuzza
2011 Gregg Lisciotti
2012 Joseph Cadette
2013 James Adams
2014 Edward F. Manzi, Jr.
2015 Suzanne Farias
2016 Martin Connors
2017 Doug Petersen
2018 Winfield Brown
2019 Deborah Weymouth
2022 John Zarrella
2023 Dr. Richard Lapidus & Barbara Mahoney