The Seaford 9/11 Memorial Committee is proud to announce the 2026 Honorary Patriot Award recipients are
Dawn Haskell Carbone (class of 1984), Robert Powell (class of 1967) and Bob Valvano (class of 1975).
These individuals have made significant contributions to the Seaford schools and community.The new Honorary Patriots are representative of the lives and spirit of the school’s alumni who perished on September 11, 2001. Seaford’s five alumni are Tommy Haskell (FDNY, SHS ‘82), Timmy Haskell (FDNY, SHS ‘85), John Perry (NYPD, SHS ‘82), Robert Sliwak (Cantor Fitzgerald, SHS ‘77) and Michael Wittenstein (Cantor Fitzgerald, SHS ‘85).
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HONORARY PATRIOTS 2002- present
2002 Michael Interrante
2003 Raymond J. Buckley, Patrick E. Gallagher
2004 Msgr. Steven R. Camp, Congressman Peter T. King, Julie Oliva
2005 Stephen M. Bongiovi, Thomas G. Condon, John Murray
2006 Peter Scalamandre, Patrick J. Butler
2007 Michael DiSilvio, Angela Egan
2008 Ken Haskell, Marty Lyons, Lynda Schachner
2009 Curtis Schmitt, Capt. Marko Kostovic
2010 Linda Hurley, Donald J. Paulson
2011 William Arnold, Brian L. Conboy, Wilbur Erb
2012 John F. Capano, Susan D. Ward, Charles J. Wroblewski
2013 Kenneth Jacobsen, John Theissen, Carla & William Powell
2014 Patricia Gelling, Cliff Miller, James J. O’Donnell Sr.
2015 Sal & Joan Bulone, Thomas Cleary, Cindy Schaaf
2016 Frank Allaire, Rev. Ronald M. Klose, Robert Podesta
2017 Rev. Msgr. R. Hayden, Barbara Richko, William Sims
2018 Judy C. Bongiovi, John E. Brooks, James J. O’Donnell Jr.
2019 Phil & Sue Nicola, Jim O’Hara, Joe Viscio
2021 Donna Jebaily, Erin King Sweeney, Marianne Pensa
2022 Scott A. Bersin, Sean A. Rhatigan, John A. Striffolino
2023 Nick Bilotta, Joseph M. Mottola, Elaine S. Tamsen
2024 Sergio DeCiantis, Kevin P. O’Reilly, Rev. Joseph H. Fitzgerald
2025 Lisa Garcia, Shari Raduazzo, Peter J. Ruffner
2026 Dawn Haskell Carbone, Robert Powell, Bob Valvano