Little Falls, N.Y, teacher honored by Union College

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A. Richard Harris, Samuel Salamone and Therese McCarty, Vice President of Academic Affairs at Union, after the award presentation during Founders Day.

SCHENECTADY, NY (02/27/2012)(readMedia)-- Samuel Salamone, a high school chemistry teacher at Little Falls High School and 2000 graduate of Union College, was recently honored with the Gideon Hawley Teacher Recognition Award at the College's Founders Day convocation. 

Salamone was nominated by A. Richard Harris '14, a biology major also from Little Falls. 

The award, named for the 1809 graduate of Union who was New York state's first superintendent of public education, is given to secondary school teachers who have had a continuing influence on the academic life of Union students. 

Salamone was presented his award at the College's Founders Day convocation, which marked the 217th anniversary of the granting of the College's charter by the state. Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Russo was the event's keynote speaker. Congressman Paul Tonko also spoke. 

Union College, founded in 1795 as the first college chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, offers programs in the liberal arts and engineering to 2,100 undergraduates of high academic promise and strong personal motivation. Union, with its long history of blending disciplines, is a leader in educating students to be engaged, innovative and ethical contributors to an increasingly diverse, global and technologically complex society.