The beacon shining atop the tower of Connecticut Light & Power’s offices in Berlin is glowing red in support of the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” awareness campaign for women’s heart health. Nightly through Feb. 24, the tower on the Berlin Turnpike and Northeast Utilities’ headquarters in downtown Hartford are among buildings and landmarks nationwide using red lighting to support the campaign.
“Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women in the U.S., and lighting our buildings in red is part of our efforts to build heart health awareness,” said Laurie Aylsworth, NU vice president of transmission projects, engineering and maintenance and chairperson of the fifth annual Go Red for Women Luncheon and Education Forum being held Feb. 24 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford.
The 2009 annual meeting at Hebrew Health Care marked the installation of its new chairman of the board of trustees, Gary R. Schwartz. Officers also installed with Schwartz were first vice chairperson, Gideon Rutenberg; vice chairperson, Linda F. Cohen; vice chairperson, Gene Rosenberg; assistant vice chairperson, Judith R. Rosenthal; vice chairperson/secretary, Brad M. Hutensky; president and CEO, Bonnie G. Gauthier; and executive vice president and CFO, David A. Houle. Nineteen other individuals were installed on the board of trustees to serve one-, two- and three-year terms. Two Hebrew Health Care Board Members, Roz Bobrow Hahn and John D. Shulansky, were recognized with the Spirit of Hebrew Health Care Award for their involvement and dedication to the organization. Staff recognition through this same award was given to Amina Weiland, administrative assistant, for her overall excellence in the workplace.
Trinity College has received a bequest valued at more than $500,000 from the late Lewis S. Keyes, a 1958 Trinity graduate, to establish two endowed funds that will support the college’s chemistry department. Income from the Lewis S. Keyes Fund will be used for chemistry laboratory and teaching equipment and income from the Lewis S. Keyes Scholarship Fund will provide tuition assistance to Trinity students, with a preference given to chemistry majors.g
