Achievers and Do-Gooders — There Are Many In Town

Paul D. Thompson, MD, director of cardiology at Hartford Hospital, has been selected to deliver the first-ever Kenneth L. Baughman, MD, Memorial Lecture for the Brigham & Women’s Hospital’s Cardiovascular Symposium on May 4.

Thompson will lecture on “The Role of Exercise in Modern Cardiology.” This lecture is part of the Brigham & Women’s course titled “Cardiovascular Medicine: Update for the Practitioner,” which will be presented every other year.

Thompson’s lecture is in memory of Dr. Baughman, a beloved cardiologist and director of the Brigham’s Advanced Heart Failure Management Program until his tragic death during the 2009 American Heart Association Meeting. Dr. Baughman was also an accomplished triathlete and had previously been the director of cardiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital before joining the Brigham staff. Thompson was chosen as the inaugural Baughman lecturer in recognition of his achievements as a leading sports cardiologist and his advocacy for the public health benefits of regular physical activity.

 Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has appointed six highly respected lawyers and jurists to the state’s Criminal Justice Commission, including Ann G. Taylor of Weatogue.

“These members will lead the effort to recruit a diverse group of highly qualified attorneys from around the state as candidates for appointment as prosecutors,” Malloy said. “I have no doubt these nominees understand the needs of our criminal justice system, specifically when it comes to selecting prosecutors who will lead the fight against crime, focus on the public safety needs of our state and the enforcement of crime victims’ rights.”

The Criminal Justice Commission is an autonomous body constitutionally charged with appointing all prosecutors of the Division of Criminal Justice, including the chief state’s attorney, deputy chief state’s attorney, and state’s attorneys for judicial districts, along with their deputies and assistants. It is composed of the Chief State’s Attorney and six attorneys nominated by the Governor, two of whom must be judges of the Superior Court.

Taylor has served as a member of the Criminal Justice Commission since 1999. She is General Counsel for the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford. She is a former commissioner of the Connecticut State Ethics Commission and also has served as an Alternate Member of the State of Connecticut Judicial Review Council.

announced the following academic honor awards for the winter 2011 term.

Briana Foley, Leigh Baldwin, Thomas Hovey, Gabrielle Christman, Bridget Eklund, Mallory Mason, Andrew Marco, Margaret Berry, Anastasia Eckerson, Kathryn Griffith, Stephanie Werner, Hannah Leathers, Thomas Kirsch, Joshua Kokulis, Marissa Mason, William Stevens, Samuel Pope, Shelby Cranshaw, Brooke Brazer, Margaret Hark, Andrea Cross, Nicholas Thompson, Dana Niland, Noah Zempsky, Lauren Darnis, Stanley Sandoval, Marissa Eklund, Eleanor Deveaux, Austin Pope, Thomas Griffith, Elizabeth Hark, Brittany Swanson, William Swanson, Jennifer Girard, Anish Chadalavada, Katharine Hovey, Kayla Foley, Darby Drake, Isha Garg, Margaret Garrison, Andrew Bell, Jordan Gowdy, Carlo Comia, James Pappas, Bradley Woodruff, Kathryn Polio, Brendan Sullivan, Jacob Lee, Gwendolyn Pastor, Colin Cross, Morgan Rubin, Michael McNally, Riley Bitterli and John Pappas.

Due to their charitable efforts, and specifically their collection and donation of food, toiletries and clothing for a local men’s shelter through , the Neagoy and Sisk families of West Simsbury and Simsbury, respectively, have been chosen as first-place winners in Disney FamilyFun Magazine’s sixth-annual National Volunteers Contest. The families will receive $1,000 from the Walt Disney Company and are featured in the April issue of Disney FamilyFun Magazine as well as on FamilyFun.com.

Firefighters Peter Hanley, Tariffville station; Chris Vargas, Main station; Chris Wilcox, Main station and Mathew Zipoli, West Simsbury station, of the Simsbury Volunteer Fire Company, have been certified Firefighter I by the State of Connecticut.

The 160-hour course covers fire suppression, breathing apparatus, search and rescue, ladders, ropes, hydrant hook-up, and salvage and overhaul. The class prepares students to become on-line firefighters, trained in all phases of fire suppression.

Ashley Cale was among the 11 undergraduate nursing students inducted in the Tau Rho Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, the honor society of nursing, during an April 7 ceremony at Quinnipiac University.

To be considered for induction, undergraduate students must have completed half of the nursing curriculum, achieve academic excellence with a GPA of 3.0 or higher, rank in the upper 35 percentile of their graduating class, and meet the expectation of academic integrity.