Each year the Hamden Education Foundation sponsor an Alumni Awards Dinner in the spring to recognize distinguished Hamden High School alumni from nearly all decades ranging from the classes of 1936 through 1998. 

Distinguished Alumni for 2010:

William Lavelle
John  Milone
Craig Henrici
Michael Beebe
Carl Secola
Kathy Cavanaugh
Richard Riccitelli
D. Michael Edge
Daniel Altman
Scott Trauner

Distinguished Service Awards

Joan Neckameyer
Micaela Degnan
Margaret Nowacki
Joan DiVincenzo

Alumni Award Recipients 2009

James S. O'Brien
Stuart E. Johnson, Ph. D.
Robert J. Westervelt
Christine Dellacamera Wilson
Jayne O'Donnell
Hamlet M. Hernandez
John P. Amodeo, M.D.
Paula Milone-Nuzzo, Ph. D.
Edward C. Burt, Jr. P.C.

Alumni Award Recipients 2008

Fred Sette
ROSE MENTONE
EDWARD WALSH, J.D.
RICHARD S. AVERY
REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES H. GODDARD, USN
GABE LUPO
ANTHONY BONADIES, J. D.
NATASHA CHANG, J. D.
GLENN ELLISON, PH.D.

Alumni Award Recipients 2007

Betty Opperman-Redway
Barbara DeNicola
Laura Rodriguez
William Etter
Eric Knight
Katherine Beals
Scot X. Esdaile
Marni Smith Katz
Edward Duel

Alumni Award Recipients 2006

Duane Wetmore
Joseph K. Dowley, J.D.
Kenneth Henrici
Anne DeMatteo
Lynn Washington
Richard Ciardiello
Judith Chevalier, Ph.D.
David Bouvier
Erik Kuselias, J.D.
Benjamin Sklaver

Alumni Award Recipients 2005

Nancy Lipovetz
Evelyn Skelly
John Carusone
John C. Severino
Anthony Carbone
Benedict Cozzi
Carleton Voos
Dennis Daniels
Peter Ciardiello
Maria Bimonte-Yerganian
Dr. Richard P. Salzano, Jr.

Alumni Award Recipients 2004

Jane R. Nolan
John Ambrogio
F. Wayne Stone
Patrick Healy, Ph.D.
Richard Balisciano
Barbara Ann Shailor, Ph.D.
Gail Grate
John A. Bonadies, M.D.
Kelly Stone
Erika N. Foster

Alumni Award Recipients 2003

Mary Fragola Livingston in memoriam
Raymond Peach
Mary M. Marrandino
Linda Greenhouse
Jack Kennelly
Marji Lipshez-Shapiro
Donald Weinbach
Laura DeGennaro Raftery
Scott Jackson
Jeffrey H. Tignor, J.D.

Alumni Award Recipients 2002

Louis F. Tagliatela
Helen Proto
Lawrence J. DeNardis, Ph.D.
Patricia Epps Taylor, J.D.
Vincent Iezzi
Artemis Theodos Simerson
Richard Diana, M.D.
Scott D. Burrell
Kori E. Wilson