2021 HOF

Martin Looney currently is in his fourteenth term having been elected to the State Senate in 1992. In January of 2015, Senator Looney was elected by the members of the State Senate to serve as President Pro Tempore, the highest-ranking legislator in the Connecticut General Assembly. Prior to his election as Senate President, Senator Looney…

Franklyn Reynolds currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of UIL Holdings Corporation. He oversees the electricity and natural gas operating companies of Avangrid Networks in Connecticut and Massachusetts. These include United Illuminating of Connecticut, Southern Connecticut Gas, Connecticut Natural Gas and Berkshire Gas of Massachusetts. From January 2019 to October 19, 2020,…

Quote: “I am honored to receive the Gateway Community College Foundation Hall of Fame Alumni Award. This recognition reminds me of the critical role education plays in creating pathways to equity. True equity is about ensuring that every individual, regardless of their background, has access to the tools, opportunities, and support they need to succeed.…

In his first career, Bill Graustein worked for 25 years in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University: originally as a graduate student, and later as a research scientist after earning his Ph.D. in 1981.  His early training as a scientist instilled two habits that continue to inform Bill’s work, today, in the…