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Woodbury,
Connecticut
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Judy Frew Memorial Scholarship Established December 2013 By Allan (Whitey) Frew Judy Frew was
born and raised in Waterbury and graduated from
Middlebury College in Vermont with a bachelor's degree
in American Literature. She and her husband
Whitey were classmates there. She later pursued
a master’s degree in American Literature from Southern
Connecticut State University. After college, Judy
worked as an assistant editor at Simon & Schuster
in New York. Judy was
passionately involved in the greater Woodbury
community and early on was a full time teacher at the
former Woodbury High School. She served as
president of Planned Parenthood of Connecticut, as
president of the Waterbury YWCA, and as vice president
of the Woman’s Auxiliary at Waterbury Hospital. Judy
volunteered at the Avon School Rehabilitation Center
for wounded veterans during World War II. She actively
participated in the Junior League of Waterbury and the
League of Women Voters. Judy became an EMT at age 65
and served on the Woodbury Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
Additionally, she volunteered at the former Waterbury
Hospital abortion clinic. She served on the advisory
board of The Banking Center formerly the Waterbury
Savings Bank. |