MANCHESTER, NH — Former New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch will be honored Feb. 3 during an award ceremony at the Radisson Hotel, 700 Elm St., as recipient of the Robert Frost Contemporary American Award. The event begins at 6 p.m., with a reception and dinner.
Boston Red Sox President and CEO Larry Lucchino is keynote speaker for the event at the Radisson Hotel, was originally scheduled for Jan. 27, but was rescheduled due to last week’s snowstorm.
Proceeds support the Plymouth State University Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship Funds for the benefit of New Hampshire students.
About the Robert Frost Contemporary American Award
In 1970, the Plymouth State Alumni Association instituted what has become one of the most prestigious awards made by a New England college or university – the Robert Frost Contemporary American Award. The award is named in memory of America’s late poet laureate, Robert Frost, who taught at Plymouth Normal School early in the 20th century. The Alumni Association created the award to recognize those individuals whose service to the people of New England best exemplifies Robert Frost’s values of individuality, hard work, humanitarianism, and devotion to the country “North of Boston.”
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Award Recipients
2015 John Lynch, former governor, business leader, USNH Trustee
2007 Richard Ober ’83, conservationist and writer
2005 Valerie Cunningham, author, historian, activist
2003 Stacey Cole, author, politician, advocate
2001 Maxine Kumin, Pulitzer Prize winning poet and author
1999 John D. Harrigan, journalist
1997 Donald Hall, poet and essayist
1995 Warren B. Rudman, former Attorney General of NH, served two terms in the United States Senate
1993 Walter R. Peterson, former Governor of NH, leader in higher education, politics, and civic affairs
1991 Paul J. Holloway, philanthropist and former University System of NH trustee
1989 Mary Louise Hancock, former director of NH State Planning and State Senator
1987 John W. King, former Governor of NH and Chief Justice NH Supreme Court
1985 Margaret Quill Flynn, NH Superior Court
1983 Jere A. Chase, University System of NH trustee
1981 James C. Cleveland, United States Representative
1979 J. Duane Squires, the prominent NH historian
1977 Harold Hyde, Plymouth State College President Emeritus
1976 Anna L. Philbrook, pioneering child psychiatrist
1973 Frank R. Kenison, Chief Justice, NH Supreme Court
1972 Norris Cotton, former United States Senator
1971 Amos N. Blandin Jr., State Supreme Court Justice
1970 Sherman Adams, former Governor of New Hampshire
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