Shrewsbury Education Foundation announces winner of Community Service Award

The Shrewsbury Education Foundation (SEF) is pleased to announce its annual Community Service Award. Shrewsbury Town Manager, Daniel J. Morgado, will join a stellar list of past recipients which include State Representative Hannah Kane, the late Ted Coghlin, Mark Murray, Tom Kennedy, Dr. Joseph Sawyer, and Beth Casavant. Mr. Morgado will formally receive this honor at the foundation’s Annual Awards and Recognitions Dinner which takes place Saturday, January 21, 2017, at Cyprian Keyes Golf Club in Boylston.

Mr. Morgado has worked in municipal administrative offices since 1978, first as Executive Secretary to the Selectmen of Swansea, before first coming to Shrewsbury briefly as an Administrative Assistant to the long-time Town Manager, Richard Carney. He then served as Town Administrator in three towns: Blackstone, Easton, and Grafton. In 1997 he returned to Shrewsbury to succeed Carney as Town Manager, becoming only the third person holding the job since the position was created in 1953. He holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Clark University, a program he now teaches. He is also a member of the Massachusetts Water Resources Management Advisory Committee, the Massachusetts 495/Metro West Suburban Edge Community Commission, and the Massachusetts Joint Labor-Management Committee for Municipal Police and Fire (having previously served as its Management Chairman.)

“It’s an honor to be selected for this award. I know that several other people have received the award previously that I very much admire their careers and their work in Shrewsbury and it’s an honor, but it also means a lot relative to all the work that people are able to do in this community, the volunteers and the like.”

—Daniel Morgado, when asked about his selection for the Award

Born in Fall River and raised in Swansea, Mr. Morgado currently resides in Shrewsbury with his wife, Luanne, where he attends Trinity Episcopal Church. He is an advocate for libraries, and education and has managed the town of Shrewsbury with firm fiscal principles. According to SEF co-president, Mark Adler, “Dan Morgado is recognized for his tremendous impact on the Town of Shrewsbury as Town Manager”. The SEF Community Service Award, now in its seventh year, honors a special community leader. The SEF presents it to a person who has shown leadership and outstanding community values. This individual is dedicated to Shrewsbury and goes above and beyond in delivering outstanding contributions to the Shrewsbury community and the Shrewsbury Public Schools.

The awardee is selected for having a significant impact on the Shrewsbury community and the Shrewsbury public schools directly or peripherally; for being visible in the community; and for being a steward of the Shrewsbury community.