ANNOUNCING THE CLASS OF 2026

The Meriden Hall of Fame is proud to announce our class of 2026 inductees:
 Gary “Tex” Burt, in the category of Community Service
 Justin Piccirillo, in the category of Literature
 Michael Roberts, in the category of Sports
 Ashbil Griswold, in the category of Historic Persons

Join us for the 2026 Induction Ceremony on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 2:00pm at the Meriden Public Library. The event is free and open to the public. 

Featured Inductee

Mollie Stickles Katz (Community Service)

1917 – 1965

Mollie Stickles Katz, wife to Irving and mother to David and Richard, was born in 1917 and raised in Waterbury, graduating from Wilby High School in 1935. She worked at Loews Poli Palace from an early age and by 1941 was the first woman in the country to manage a Loew’s theater. She was also a manager at Waterbury’s Poli Strand Theater and in 1943 became the first woman to win the motion pictur...

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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE STAMPS HONORING HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Rosa Ponselle
Inducted: 1977   |   Stamp released: 1997


Thomas Anthony "Tomie" dePaola
Inducted: 1985   |   Stamp released: 2023

 

 

 

 

2023 U.S. Postal Service stamp honoring 1985 inductee Thomas Anthony “Tomie” dePaola and his Caldecott Medal–winning children’s book Strega Nona.