The Norwich Rotary Clubs and the Norwich Woman’s City Club are proud to announce the 2024 Norwich Native Son is filmmaker Andrew Gernhard of Synthetic Cinema International, LLC. Born and educated … Read more
The Norwich Rotary Clubs and the Norwich Woman’s City Club are proud to announce the 2023 Norwich Native Son is author Wally Lamb. Lamb is the author of six bestselling … Read more
1978 Norwich Native Son Dr. Richard Quintiliani published over 450 scientific articles and has given numerous scientific presentations worldwide. He has written chapters in standard textbooks of medicine, pharmacology, surgery, and … Read more
1979 Norwich Native Son Robert Brand served as an officer in the U.S. Army First Infantry Division in World War II during the North Africa and Sicily campaigns. Mr. Brand graduated from … Read more
1984 Norwich Native Son Lewis Randall was educated in the Norwich School system graduating from Norwich Free Academy in 1955. Lew excelled at an early age as a scholar and athlete as well … Read more
The 1989 Norwich Native Son Rev. Avery Post served as president of the United Church of Christ from 1977 to 1989. Through his work with the church, Post meet Rev. Martin Luther … Read more
The 1990 Norwich Native Daughter was Dr. Marie Farrell. She has over 40 years progressive experience in organizational administration, hospital –based research, health care consulting, administration in higher education, counseling psychology and networked … Read more
The 1992 Norwich Native Son was AIDS researcher William Darrow, PhD. He served as Chief of the Behavioral and Prevention Research Branch, Division of STD/HIV Prevention, at the National Center for Prevention … Read more
The 1993 Norwich Native Son, Brigadier General Thomas Mikolajcik was the son of Teofila and Roy Mikolajcik. Upon graduating from Norwich Free Academy and after a year at the University of … Read more
The 1996 Norwich Native Son was Howie Dickenman. He is a retired college basketball coach and the former men’s basketball head coach for the Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils. He was the … Read more