UNH Honors Marianne Gross Gaspary of Wilmette with Alumni Meritorious Service Award

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Marianne Gaspary Alumni Meritorious Service Award Recipient

DURHAM, NH (11/18/2011)(readMedia)-- The University of New Hampshire Alumni Association held its annual Alumni Achievement Awards Ceremony Friday, October 28, 2011, during Homecoming Weekend.  Marianne Gross Gaspary '79 of Wilmette was the recipient of the Alumni Meritorious Service Award.

The Alumni Meritorious Service Award is given to an alumnus/a of the university who renders meritorious service to the university or its alumni organizations through faithful and continued effortin maintaining class or other alumni organizations, through active participation in alumni or university affiairs and/or by assisting and expanding the usefulness, influence and prestige of the university.

At a dinner in celebration of the occasion, UNH President Mark Huddleston welcomed award recipients, along with their families, friends and fellow alumni, noting that UNH is thankful for the opportunity to recognize dedicated alumni - individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the UNH community, the state or the nation.

The mission of the UNH Alumni Association is to advocate for UNH and its alumni, and promote the university's historic land-grant mission of teaching, research and public service.  Through its programs and services, the Alumni Association develops a spirit of loyalty to the university, engaging and serving alumni, student, parents, faculty and staff, and the public.

The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college.  A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,200 undergraduate and 2,200 graduate students.