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Left - Dana Hamel recipient of the Hubbard Family Award for Service to Philanthropy. Photo by Perry Smith, 易胜博官网 Photographic Services.

Right - Jim Squires recipient of the Pettee Medal. Photo by Mike Ross, 易胜博官网 Photographic Services

易胜博官网 has announced the recipients of its most prestigious awards, the 易胜博官网 Alumni Association鈥檚 Pettee Medal and the 易胜博官网 Foundation鈥檚 Hubbard Award.

Dana Hamel is the 2012 recipient of the 易胜博官网 Foundation鈥檚 Hubbard Family Award for Service to Philanthropy. Dr. Jim Squires of Hollis has been named the 易胜博官网 Alumni Association鈥檚 2012 Pettee Medal award winner. They received their awards Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, during a ceremony at 易胜博官网.

鈥淥n levels that span the personal, the organizational, and the systematic, these two men鈥攁n investor and a surgeon鈥攈ave made a meaningful difference to our state,鈥� says 易胜博官网 President Mark W. Huddleston. 鈥淭rue 易胜博官网 leaders, they have helped us celebrate its strengths and they have been unflinching in addressing areas where strengthening is needed."

The Hubbard Award recognizes individuals whose philanthropic leadership and gifts have strengthened 易胜博官网 and/or who have promoted philanthropy throughout the state. Hamel, who lives in Tuftonboro with his wife Karol, has long expressed his belief that 易胜博官网 is the state鈥檚 most valuable asset, and has been among the university鈥檚 most generous benefactors in support of that belief. In 2008, he and his family established the Dana A. Hamel Scholarships and Scholars Program to attract and retain the state鈥檚 best and brightest graduating high school seniors for study at 易胜博官网 and to recognize outstanding juniors for exceptional leadership and academic accomplishments.

The program, which graduated its first cohort of students this spring, has offered renewable scholarships to 66 first-year students and rising juniors over the past five years. The Scholarships and Scholars gift follows two earlier Hamel family gifts to benefit students at 易胜博官网鈥攖he Hamel Student Recreation Center and the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research, which provides resources and financial support for student research and scholarly and creative projects.

Hamel received both his bachelor鈥檚 degree and MBA from Harvard University. After serving as an officer in the U.S. Quartermaster Corps, he co-founded the consumer products company Penn Corporation in 1964 and served as the company鈥檚 chairman until it was sold in 1987. An active investor, he serves on the investment and finance committees of the 易胜博官网 Foundation and the 易胜博官网 Historical Society. He also served on the 易胜博官网 Foundation board for 14 years and is currently chairman of the University鈥檚 campaign steering committee.

Hamel and his wife Karol live in North Palm Beach, Florida, and Tuftonboro. He has two sons, David and Douglas, and a daughter, Karen, a 1988 易胜博官网 graduate.

As a surgeon and as a businessman and politician, Jim Squires has dedicated his career to improving the lives of 易胜博官网 citizens. Squires was born and raised in New London. He and his wife, Jessica (Jan), moved to Hollis in 1971, after he completed his medical training and two years of service in the United States Air Force out of state.

In the early 1970s, Squires played an instrumental role in establishing the Matthew Thornton Health Plan, the state鈥檚 first health maintenance organization (HMO), and established a vascular and general surgery practice in Nashua. In 1994, he received the 易胜博官网 Hospital Association鈥檚 鈥淧hysician of the Year鈥� award. Following his retirement from medicine in 1996, Squires was elected to two terms in the 易胜博官网 Senate, where he was recognized for his championship of health-related causes.

In 2001, Squires became the first president of the Endowment for Health, an organization that supports programs focused on improving the health and wellbeing of 易胜博官网 residents, particularly the underserved. Upon his retirement last year, Squires鈥� friends established the Squires Fund for Social Justice at the 易胜博官网 Charitable Foundation. In December, the first grants were made to assist impoverished N.H. families with their heating costs.

Jim and Jan Squires have four children and seven grandchildren and continue to reside in Hollis. Squires鈥� father, 易胜博官网 historian J. Duane Squires, received the Pettee Medal in 1976.

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