USNPAA - United States Navy Public Affairs Association

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  • Notes from the Admiral
    • RADM Thompson
    • Jack MacKercher
    • Wendell Niles
    • Jack Mayo
    • Buzz Rizer
    • Mathews Wyld
    • McRaven Dawn Hope
    • Bruce Newell
    • Married to the Military
    • Roger Copeland
    • Rick Osial
    • Joe Ciokon
  • History
    • History of Navy Public Affairs
    • History of USNPAA
  • Awards
  • Membership
    • Address Change
  • Sightings

Awards

Norma B. Connelly Public Affairs Service Awards

USNPAAA and the Navy Chief of Information (CHINFO) established the Norma B. Connelly Public Affairs Service Award in 2008 to recognize individuals who have given extraordinary service to Navy Public Affairs.

The award is named after Norma Connelly, who served in the Navy Office of Information for 22 years, including extraordinary service as the Navy Chief of Information’s personal executive secretary from September 1978 to July 2000.

Recipients

2014: Dr. David Dozier, Professor, San Diego State University (see Sightings article p.3)

​Master Chief Mass Communication Specialist Terry Cosgrove, USN (Ret.)
Mary Ruth, Office of Information, Washington, D.C. 
Kathy Quinn, Navy PA Support Element, Norfolk
John Carman, Joint Forces Command
Susan Fallon, Navy League of the United States
LCDR Bruce Colkitt, Assistant PA Detailer
Mrs. Dorothy Thompson, wife of RADM Bill Thompson