Cheshire — Harold Goldberg of Waterford is one of seven being honored by the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference in its fifth class to be inducted into the Connecticut Association of Schools-CIAC Hall of Honor.

Goldberg, who passed away at the age of 91 in 2018, served as the principal of the Clark Lane Middle School in Waterford for nearly 40 years. He will be honored during the ceremony on May 26 at the Aqua Tuft Club in Southington. Also being honored will be Earle Bidwell, Art Kohs, Tom Murray, Armand Regalbuti, George Synnott and Margaret Williamson.

Goldberg was a trailblazer in several venues during a lengthy career. He served a variety of CAS-CIAC roles including becoming the second middle school principal to be CAS President. He was later selected CAS Principal of the Year among many CAS honors, and he also was an instrumental figure in the early years of the highly-successful CIAC Unified Sports program later in his career.

Bidwell was a longtime middle level principal he was named the CAS Middle Level Principal of the year while serving in that role at Capt. Nathan Hale Middle School in Coventry. He supported the expansion of Middle Level programs and oversaw several recognition events for more than a decade as a CAS Assistant Executive Director.

Kohs, who will also be inducted posthumously, founded the athletics program at Xavier High School. He was a longtime and highly successful coach and athletic director at Xavier, while also serving as a longtime member of CIAC boys' basketball and boys' tennis committees.

Murray was involved in the highly successful boys and girls basketball tournaments for three decades, and was a highly-successful teacher and coach at Branford High School which earned him spots in both the Branford and Connecticut High School Coaches Association Halls of Fame.

Regalbuti was an administrator at the middle school level. He was the first person to hold the position of CAS-CIAC Assistant Executive for Middle Level Education after a distinguished career as an educator and administrator that earned him numerous accolades from CAS including the coveted CAS Citation and a letter of commendation. 

Synnott will also be honored posthumously. He was a fixture on CAS-CIAC boards and committees and as a staff member for CIAC Unified Sports. As a principal at Berlin High School he served as chair of the CIAC Board of Control and earned CAS Citation and letter of commendation. 

Williamson is still serving CAS-CIAC in a variety of roles, continuing a long history of work with the organization. The current Principal of the St. Mary’s School and longtime principal at Northwest Catholic, she is the chair of the CIAC girls' basketball and girls' lacrosse committees.