Gaspee Days CommitteeMembers of Distinction

George E. C. Allen *	Henry A. L. Brown
Mrs. William Belconis, Jr.	Donald R. Conlon
Manuel Cooney *	Mary A. Duffy
John Florence *	Connie Gagnon
Earl Gagnon	Joseph Hackett
Lemuel Jackson *	Arthur Johnson *
Hazel Kennedy *	Jeanne Knowles
L. Hazard Knowles *	Walter Kraus, Jr.
Richard A. Marshall	Eugene J. McCaffrey
Marcylyn McKenna	Forrest Morgan *
Mrs. Forrest Morgan *	Mrs.Edith Paulson *
George Paulson *	Marcelyn Perrier
Arlene Russell *	William Rymell *
John E. Sahigian	Willet Schaefer *
Forrest R. Sprague *	Richard Sullivan
David L. Stackhouse *	Lewis A Taft *
Kenneth Tombs	Paul C. Toy, Jr.
Annie Totten *	Maurice Turcotte
Willard Winchester *	Mrs. Willard Winchester *
Edward Yatsko *	*Deceased
Compliled from the files of Arlene Russell, Secretary, 1965

        

Forrest Sprague *	1966-1967
Forrest Sprague *	1966-1967
L. Hazard Knowles *	1968
Rene O. Bellevance *	1969
Anthony Moretti *	1970-1971
Edward Yatsko*	1972
Zack C. Terzian *	1973-1974
James A. Collinson, Sr.*	1975-1976
Richard Beneduce	1977-1978
Arthur R. Cole*	1979
Marguerite Dube *	1980-1981
W. Terrance Murphy	1982-1983
Milton Wrath	1984-1985
David Walker	1986-1987
Mark Russell	1988-1989
Jack Hutson	1990-1991
Michael McManus	1992-1993
Scott H. Avedisian	1994-1995
Patricia Peshka	1996-1997
Bernie Long	1997-1998
Karleen Wrath	1998-2000
Diane Longtin	2000-2002
Daniel Rooney	2002-2004
Elizabeth Fournier	2004-2006
Tina S. Bingham	2006-2008
Richard F. Hentz, Esq	2008-2009
Dr. John Concannon	2009-2011
Carol Deming	2011-2013
Erin Flynn	2013-2015
*Deceased
	Left: Gaspee Past Presidents at Installation Dinner, September 2002.  L to R: Milton Wrath, Jim Collinson*, Diane Longtin, Karleen Wrath, Pat Peshka, Scott Avedisian, Bernie Long.

The Abraham Whipple Award celebrates members of the Gaspee Days Committee whose service
is recognized as being above and beyond the call of duty and in the spirit of Commodore Abraham Whipple
who was both the tactical leader of the raid on the Gaspee, and hailed a true hero of the American Revolution.

Nick* & Virginia Agresti	Milton Wrath	Donald* & Pat McLeod
Mark Russell	Hazel Kennedy*	Jeanine Thompson*
John & Mary* Concannon	Tina S. Bingham	Karleen Wrath

Our latest recipient of the Abraham Whipple Award is: Karleen Wrath Karleen Wrath, a 35 year veteran volunteer of the Gaspee Days Committee was excited to receive the honor for her years of service and commitment to her current position of recording secretary.  Her experience doing most of the jobs on the committee was a valuable asset.  She was someone the committee could always count on and she does a lot of things that are not always recognized as she does them quietly.  Mrs. Wrath formerly held the position of committee President in the 1999-2000 parade years and has since continued to be a very active member.