2009 Neary Award Winner: Marvin Gelfand
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The
Neary Award is presented each year to an Easton resident with a distinguished
record of public service in the true tradition of John and Phyllis Neary.
Marvin Gelfand is a long-standing and active member of the greater Bridgeport
business community. A Certified Public Accountant, Marvin is presently a member
of Fairfield CPA Group, LLC in Fairfield. Marvin was an original incorporator
of Citizen National Bank, serving as a Director and Chairman of its Loan Committee.
A graduate of the University of Bridgeport, where he earned the E. Everett
Cortright Scholarship was listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities,
Marvin served in the United States Army, and was Chief of the Cost Section,
Comptroller Division, at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
Today, Marvin's public service continues as Secretary of the Easton Police
Commission, and a member of the town's Senior Tax Relief Committee, Pension
and Employee Benefits Commission and Animal Shelter Committee. Marvin has
also been a valued member of Easton’s Democratic Town Committee and
has served as its Treasurer since 1989. Outside Easton, Marvin is a member
of the Connecticut Society of CPAs, the American Institute of CPAs, the Connecticut
Police Commissioners' Association and Congregation B'Nai Israel.
Marvin
and his wife Joann have lived in Easton for the past 30 years. Ron Kowalski,
Chairman of the Easton Democratic Town Committee, praised
Marvin Gelfand, “Marvin has served our community in so many valuable
ways, and has done so with grace. Everyone likes Marv. This night was a fantastic
celebration of all that he has done for Easton over the years.”
Prior winners of the award include John and Phyllis Neary, Verena Evans, John
and Jean Bromer and John Cunningham.
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© 2002 - 2005 Easton Democrats. Paid for by the Easton Democratic Town Committee, Marvin Gelfand, Treasurer
