The Patrick Francis Daly Memorial Awards for Excellence in Educational Leadership have been given to Comer school principals who have demonstrated both outstanding leadership and commitment to children.
In his many years of service to the students of P.S. 15 in Brooklyn, New York, Patrick Francis Daly (1944-1992) displayed the highest ideals of the school principalship. His commitment to the values inherent in the Comer Process earned him the admiration of his colleagues and the affection of the community of Red Hook who entrusted their children to his care.
On December 17, 1992, Patrick Francis Daly lost his life while going to the aid of a child. His legacy to his family, friends, fellow educators, and students includes the powerful idea that first and foremost, a school exists to support the development of every child within it.
The Aprtil 2010 issue of the SDP Newsline featured five Patrick Daly Award recipients and their reflections on impact of the Comer Process on them personally and professionally. They are:
Dr. Donna C. Peters, superintendent of the Montgomery County Schools in North Carolina; Joan Dameron Crisler, a managing director of CLASS Leadership Development in Chicago; Gary B. Bartee, principal of North Chevy Chase Elementary School in Montgomery County, Maryland; Malcolm Adler, interim principal of J. Harvey Rodgers School in Glassboro, New Jersey; and William Ryan, principal of River Hill High School in Howard County, Maryland.
Recipients of the Patrick Francis Daly Memorial Award for Excellence in Educational Leadership2004Elsi Capolongo
P.S. 191, The Paul Robeson School
Brooklyn, New York
Marie C. Chauvet-Monchik
P.S. 138, The Core Knowledge/Efficacy School
Brooklyn, New York
Mary Ellen Haynes
Westbury Middle School
Westbury, New York
Carol P. Ray
Claxton Elementary School
Asheville, North Carolina
Daryl Rock
Benjamin Banneker Academy for Community Development
Brooklyn, New York
Connie D. Thomas
William H. Brown Elementary School
Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Robert C. Thomas
Jamieson Elementary School
Detroit, Michigan
Dr. Freddie G. Young (Retired)
Ethel E. Beckford/Richmond Elementary ZOOMS Magnet School
Miami, Florida
2002Malcolm N. Adler
George Washington School
Camden, New Jersey
Michael Timothy Bracy
Bearfield Primary School
Ahoskie, North Carolina
Alford G. Bridges
Walter Q. Gresham Elementary School
Chicago, Illinois
Alexander Brown
Mott Elementary School
Trenton, New Jersey
Gloria P. Dingwall
Park Avenue School
Westbury, New York
Dr. Constance Gibb
Buck Lodge Middle School
Adelphi, Maryland
Dr. Carole A. Gupton
Jordan Park School of Extended Learning
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dr. Paul Lawrence Stephenson (deceased)
Francis X. McGraw School
Camden, New Jersey
2001Dr. Lane S. Anderson, III
Sedalia Elementary School
Sedalia, North Carolina
Richie Barber McDaneld
McCarter School
Topeka, Kansas
Dr. Ruth L. Baskerville
Norman S. Weir Elementary School
Paterson, New Jersey
Patricia DeRenzo
Clinton Avenue School
New Haven, Connecticut
Carmen S. Gonzalez
P.S. 46 - Edward C. Blum Elementary School
Brooklyn, New York
Maurice Harvey
Jordan Community School
Chicago, Illinois
Joyce C. Herron-Taylor, J.D.
Anthony Wayne Elementary School
Detroit, Michigan
Pamela Sanders-White
Orchard Villa Elementary School
Miami, Florida
Robyn Frances Zgorski-Clifton
Fort Foote Elementary School
Fort Washington, Maryland
2000Susan J. Allen
Fairview Elementary School
High Point, North Carolina
Gary B. Bartee
Ardmore Elementary School
Landover, Maryland
Antoinette Lindsey Boissiere
Sherwood Forest Elementary School
New Orleans, Louisiana
Julio T. Carrera
South Hialeah Elementary School
Hialeah, Florida
Catherine Davis Hammond
Allenbrook Elementary School
Charlotte, North Carolina
Olga H. La Luz
Chase Elementary School
Chicago, Illinois
David C. McCalla
Golden Gate Middle School
Naples, Florida
William Harrison Ryan III
High Point High School
Beltsville, Maryland
Margie Young Thompson
Montlieu Elementary School
High Point, North Carolina
1999Patricia Betty Brandenberg
Greenfield Park Elementary School
Detroit, Michigan
Jean Miles Burwell (deceased)
Pulaski School No. 8
Passaic, New Jersey
Felicia D. Gil
Charles R. Hadley Elementary School
Miami, Florida
Elizabeth R. Goldiner
Cainhoy Elementary School
Huger, South Carolina
Susan D. Greenberg
Clinton Grove Elementary School
Clinton, Maryland
Gilbert Gutierrez
Emerson/Bandini Elementary School for Marine Science
San Diego, California
Deborah E. Jones
Hampton Year-Round Elementary School
Greensboro, North Carolina
Deborah I. Knight
Public School 44 - Marcus Garvey School
Brooklyn, New York
Carolyn L. McCalla
Banyan Elementary School
Miami, Florida
Verlene H. Tatum
North Forestville Elementary School
Forestville, Maryland
1998Debra Garner Barham
Western Guilford High School
Greensboro, North Carolina
Marilee Bylsma
Samuel Gompers Elementary School
Detroit, Michigan
Katherine Reilly Corbett
Ronald Edmonds Learning Center/Junior High School 113
Brooklyn, New York
Joan Dameron Crisler
Arthur Dixon Elementary School
Chicago, Illinois
Robert R. Golden
Mount Auburn Elementary School
Cleveland, Ohio
Fred Hernandez
The Foxfire School
Yonkers, New York
Regina M. Lilly-Warner
Cooperative Arts & Humanities Magnet High School
New Haven, Connecticut
Mary E. Manti
P.S. 15 - The Patrick Daly School
Brooklyn, New York
Donna Cox Morrison
McLeansville Middle School
McLeansville, North Carolina
Lola W. Nathan
Davis Street Magnet School
New Haven, Connecticut
Ann Van Sickle
Euclid Elementary School
San Diego, California
Charles J. Williams
Career High School
New Haven, Connecticut
Lloyd G. Wimberley, Jr.
Myers Park High School
Charlotte, North Carolina
1997Martha Wollin Carpenter
West Mecklenburg High School
Charlotte, North Carolina
Doris Thomas Davis
Washington Elementary School
Greensboro, North Carolina
Lynn Sigmon Foes
Howe Hall Primary School
Goose Creek, South Carolina
Jeffery F. German
Welborn Middle School
High Point, North Carolina
Gloria Hagopian (deceased)
Norman S. Weir Elementary School
Paterson, New Jersey
Doris Roché-Hicks
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School for Science and Technology
New Orleans, Louisiana
1996Rodger J. Cunningham
Jackson Academic Enrichment Academy
San Diego, California
Yvette Douglass
Bedford Village School - P.S. 3K
Brooklyn, New York
Gandy A. Heaston
John C. Haines School
Chicago, Illinois
Edward O. Jefferson
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School
Seattle, Washington
Sharon Quarles
Barnaby Manor Elementary School
Oxon Hill, Maryland
Nancy R. Shannon
Merritt Elementary School
Washington, D.C.
1995Herman D. Clark, Jr.
Bowling Park Elementary School
Norfolk, Virginia
John F. Cooke
E. Morris Cox Elementary School
Oakland, California
Alan L. Harris
J.L. Long Middle School
Dallas, Texas
Grace D. Nebb
Fienberg/Fisher Elementary School
Miami Beach, Florida
Princess Dupont Whitfield
Hine Junior High School
Washington, D.C.
1994Richard Cansdale
Marshall Elementary School
San Diego, California
Brian Fitz-Harris
Emma Booker Elementary School
Sarasota, Florida
Marlene Guy
Richardson Elementary School
Washington, D.C.
Edna Negrón
Dr. Samuel Betances School
Hartford, Connecticut
Dennis Williams
West Mecklenburg High School
Charlotte, North Carolina
1993Patrick Francis Daly (posthumously)
P.S. 15 - The Patrick Daly School
Brooklyn, New York
