Kent man honored at his alma mater, Saint Anselm College

MANCHESTER, NH (01/12/2012)(readMedia)-- Malachy T. Coghlan, Esq., of Kent, was honored by the Alumni Council of his alma mater, Saint Anselm College. He received the Justice Award for his concern for the well being of others and devotion to his country, which he displays in both his personal and professional life.

A 1972 graduate of Saint Anselm who studied sociology, he has worked for the Federal Aviation Administration for well over 30 years. He now serves as advisor to the director of technical operations. After 9/11, Coghlan volunteered to serve in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps and joined the Army Reserve, serving for more than eight years as an administrative and contract law attorney, a legal assistance attorney and a military magistrate.

Saint Anselm College is a liberal arts college in the Catholic, Benedictine tradition, which prepares nearly 2,000 undergraduates for graduate school and careers on a 400-acre campus outside Manchester, N.H.