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Citizen of the Year
The Citizen of the Year has been an annual tradition since 1979.
The Citizen of the Year is honored by:
- Riding in the Bedford Day Parade
- Being honored at a reception at Old Town Hall coupled with the annual Bedford Minutemen Change of Command Ceremony
- Participating in the Annual Tree Lighting each December on the Common
- Participating in Pole Capping Day
Nominations for the 2024 Citizen of the Year will be accepted beginning in July, 2024.
The complete list of prior Citizens of the Year is below. Where possible you can read a biography of past winners by selecting their names.
Citizen of the Year Recipients
Year | Citizen |
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2023 | Angelo Colao |
2022 | Sarah Dorer |
2021 | Lois and Brown Pulliam |
2019 | Jeffrey Hoyland (PDF) |
2018 | Meredith McCulloch (PDF) |
2017 | John Linz (PDF) |
2016 | Julie McCay Turner (PDF) |
2015 | Peter Grey (PDF) |
2014 | Alma Pomponi (PDF) |
2013 | Ralph Hammond (PDF) |
2012 | Roberta Ennis (PDF) |
2011 | Donald Marshall (PDF) |
2010 | Robert F. Slechta (PDF) |
2009 | Joseph Piantedosi (PDF) |
2008 | Mary Narcisi (PDF) |
2007 | John Filios (PDF) |
2006 | Robert Mead (PDF) |
2005 | John Brown (PDF) |
2004 | Judith McConnell (PDF) |
2003 | Nick Genetti |
2002 | Donald Corey (PDF) |
2001 | James Shea (PDF) |
2000 | Nancy Moore |
1999 | James F. Sullivan, Jr. |
1998 | George F. Dalrymple |
1997 | C. Emerson Fox |
1996 | Betsey Anderson |
1995 | Doris (Mickey) Webber |
1994 | Michael Rosenberg |
1993 | Kenneth Sheldon |
1992 | Marcelle Schnitger |
1991 | Donna Argon |
1990 | Miriam Adler |
1989 | Charles W Kespert |
1988 | Mary Hafer |
1987 | Lawrence Kimball |
1986 | Fay Russo |
1985 | John F. Perkins, Jr. |
1984 | Louise E Maglione |
1983 | Harold I. Wellington |
1982 | John Earl Dick |
1981 | William J. Beecy |
1980 | Alice E Thompson |
1979 | Louis H. Smith |