Naming Nomination Results Rober Laemel
| Phone | Your Full Name | Entry creation date | Please decribe your relationship to the facility… | Vote Yes or No for the proposed name | Please state 3 reasons why you support the nominee | Reason 2 | Reason 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201-602-5805 | Stuart Katz | skatz@elmcityinc.com | March 6, 2025 at 10:39 pm |
I am a 1979 graduate of Richard C. Lee High School, Bob was the athletic director for Lee and the NHPS while I was at Lee. |
Yes | His innovation in bringing high school basketball to the New Haven Coliseum. | His creation of an academic support program for New Haven high school athletes in the mid-1980s. | His lifelong commitment to teaching and coaching. |
| 2033766898 | Jeanne Cooper | jcooper411@comcast.net | March 7, 2025 at 5:45 pm |
I was a teacher, coach and athletic director under Bob. |
Yes | He was a great mentor | He promoted athletics for the City of New Haven | He loved the kids of the City of New Haven |
| 2038480425 | Erik Patchkofsky | ERIK.PATCHKOFSKY@new-haven.k12.ct.us | March 10, 2025 at 1:02 pm |
He was the Ad in New Haven when i was a PE/teacher coach |
Yes | Legendary AD | Always went extra to help our athletes and students | Created the SCC |
| 2036456976 | Marvin Christley | marvin.christley@new-haven.k12.ct.us | March 10, 2025 at 1:13 pm |
Bob hired me 33 years ago. He was very inspirational in the educator I am today. |
Yes | He gave a lot to New Haven | He was one of the most supportive administrators | He inspired many |
| 2034011255 | Pamela Kelley | pamela.monk.kelley@gmail.com | March 24, 2025 at 1:54 pm |
Mr. Robert Laemel significantly impacted my life both as a student and later as a teacher at Lee High School. As an athletic director, he served as a mentor and my direct supervisor when I was a cheerleader advisor. |
Yes | CT | Bob was instrumental in getting NH basketball games into the Coliseum, which resulted in sometimes up to 5,000 people attending a high school basketball game, which was amazing. | Mr. Laemel transformed young boys into young men. He went into the inner city and created a basketball dynasty. He trained many to become coaches. |
| 2036274426 | Michael Patterson | mgpatterson@hotmail.com | May 10, 2025 at 11:42 pm |
I am a former pe teacher, coach, |
Yes | Dedication to students | Strong supporter of Title IX | Moved New Haven Athletics into an era state-wide and national acknowledgement |
| 2038200048 | Sheena Carpenter | andrejuwan@gmail.com | December 18, 2025 at 12:37 pm |
Bob Laemel hired me as a Physical Education teacher in 1986. At that time, he was the Supervisor of Physical Education and Athletics. |
Yes | Bob Laemel was the VISION of New Haven. He was the vision of diversity, he communicated with all types of people, getting tasks done efficiently. | He was an awesome Basketball player, he attended a Bob Cousy Camp in his younger days. | He recruited many people for his staff who had the VISION for excellence. One program, Project Pride, took New Haven students to life long experiences at Springfield College (Drew Kaptain) and gave students valuable skills for resilience. |