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Silas Bronson Library’s Waterbury Hall of Fame is comprised of Waterbury natives and residents who have made a significant impact on the history of Waterbury or who have achieved recognition for their accomplishments throughout the city, state, country or world.

The mission of the Hall of Fame is to honor these notable Waterburians, to educate the public about Waterbury’s rich past and present, to promote interest in Waterbury history and the local history resources of the Silas Bronson Library and other city institutions and, through the nomination process, to increase the library’s historical information about the city.

Hall of Fame members are elected annually by a nine-member committee appointed by the library Board of Agents.

Nominations are submitted by the general public as well as committee members. Candidates include – but are not limited to - civic, cultural, government and religious leaders, artists, writers, educators, historians, war heroes, industrialists, business and professional people, and sports figures. The emphasis is on diversity. 

Nomination forms are available online or may be obtained at the library’s Main Reading Room Reference Desk or by telephoning 203 574-8225.

The Hall of Fame was initiated by reference librarian Michael DeLeo, who died in December, 2001. While compiling the third edition of "The Waterbury Fact Book", a library publication of historical information on the city, Mr. DeLeo was impressed by the significant accomplishments of a considerable number of Waterburians. Although their achievements were often recognized throughout the state, nation and the world, they were frequently unknown and unsung locally. Mr. DeLeo’s proposal that these noteworthy individuals should be acknowledged publicly, prominently and permanently in a Waterbury Hall of Fame was adopted by the library Board of Agents in March, 1996.



James Croft (1774-1837) Unsung hero of Waterbury's brass industry

Charles H. Harrub (1830-1924) Waterbury benefactor

Peter Poskas (1939-) Artist

The Post Family of Post University (1867-2007)

Dr. Anthony P. Vastola (1889-1975) Founder of UNICO National 

 

Leila Plummer Alexander
Joseph Anderson
Paul Wayland Bartlett
Peter Bauby
Aaron Benedict
Edward Daniel Bergin, Jr.
George Edwin Bissell
Sando Bologna
Cicero B. Booker, Sr.
The Brass Worker
William Henry Bristol
Dr. Henry Bronson
Silas Bronson
Robert A. Cairns
Hayden Carruth
Henry Sabin Chase
Lucia Chase
Col. John L. Chatfield
Roger Connor
Lt. Thomas Michael Conway 
Bob Crane
Dr. Louis R. D'Abramo
Semina DeLaurentis
Michael J. DeLeo
John Driscoll
Arthur Harris Fenn
Stan Freeman
John William Gaffney
Robert Gallo
Mario Generali
The Goss Family
John Baptist Greco
 

Wilfred Griggs
George Harlamon
Hiram Hayden
David Hoadley
Frank Hogan
Israel Holmes
Lemuel Hopkins
Samuel Hopkins
Eugene L. Jacques
Joan Joyce
Sturges Morehouse Judd
Jacob Kainen
Stephen Wright Kellogg
Green Kendrick
Frederick Kingsbury
Mark Leavenworth
Annie Leibovitz
Harold Leever
Joakim Lehmkuhl
Rev. John N. Lewis
Winifred Weis Mcdonald
George Marinko
Richard Mastracchio
Mattatuck Drum Band
Rev. Michael McGivney
Conelius Maloney
Cornelius F. "Neil" Maloney
Chief Two Moon Meridas
John Monagan
Native Tribes
Captain Edwin Neville
Louis Nichole
Thomas Olsen
 

Ralph Paine
Morris Paine
Hank Paine

William J. Pape
 Dan Parker
Jimmy Piersall
Alfred Platt
Sarah Prichard
Rev. Jonathan Reed
John Rowland
Rosalind Russell
James & William Scovill
Martin Scully
Tadeusz Sendzimir
Dr. Lawrence Shea
John Sirica
Harold Webster Smith
John Southmayd
Morris Stein
Terry Anthony Tata
Charles Augustus Templeton
The Traurig Family
John Trumbull

J. Warren Upson
Dr. Adriano Seabra Veiga
Francis T. "Fay" Vincent
Ralph Thomas Walker
Anna Lydia Ward
Carrie Welton
Nelson J. Welton
Katherine "Kay" Wyrick

 


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