Catherine Kay Flanagan

Our Thanks ... SIZE="-1" FACE="Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman"> In 1993, the Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall of Fame honored Catherine "Kay" Teresa Flanagan from Connecticut, for her service to our Country in the United States Navy and the Korean War, by registering her in the Women's Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery in our nation's capital.This is the only major national memorial honoring all servicewomen-past, present and future.The primary mission of the Foundation is to register the almost two million women who have served or are serving in all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.Some 350,000 women, almost 15% of those eligible, have been registered by family or friends.This memorial officially opened to the public on December 20, 1997.

Catherine Flanagan, a 1990 Honorary Inductee into the Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall of Fame was a leader in Connecticut.On the elementary, junio high, and high school levels, Flanagan taught Physical Education in Farmington and Woodbury, Connecticut for twenty years before retiring in 1977, coaching soccer, field hockey, basketball, softball and gymnastic teams.At the University of Bridgeport's Arnold College, where she received her Bachelor of Science Degree in 1949, she held the positions of Instructor of Health & Physical Education and Assistant Dean of Women.She also received her Masters Degree from Trinity College, Hartford, CT ... ALIGN=LEFT>Update on the CWBHOF website ... Inductees, the CWBHF constitution, a page on the banquet's ceremony, the committee members, newsletters and much, much more.