In 1960 he helped found the group's Connecticut chapter and became its first chairman.
She contacted the group, and in 1985 she formed the Connecticut chapter.
It is the only Connecticut chapter among 28 formed throughout the Northeast since 1922.
The Connecticut chapter, based in Middletown, has 14,000 members.
The show is sponsored by the Connecticut chapter of the Nature Conservancy.
Their donations made this spring a banner season for the Connecticut chapter of the conservancy, a nationwide nonprofit organization that preserves land.
Jack Batty, the paid director of the Connecticut chapters, said members provide tutoring, mentoring, time, talent and labor for various programs.
His father is a market research consultant and the chairman of the Connecticut chapter of the Special Olympics.
Her gift was the largest made to the Connecticut chapter in recent years, Mr. Corey said.
The last chapter casualty of this period was the Connecticut Chapter which remains closed to this day.
