Thomas D. Ritter '77 and Louise S. Berry '80 have been named among the recipients of the 2013 New England Higher Education Excellence Awards.
Ritter, former speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives and a trustee of the University of Connecticut, will be honored with the Governor Walter R. Peterson Award for Leadership. Berry, former chair of the board of trustees of the Connecticut Community College system, will receive the David C. Knapp Award for Trusteeship. They will be recognized at an award ceremony on March 8 in Boston.






