When Peter Tesei arrived at the University of Connecticut in 1987, he was a freshman in more than one sense of the word.
Back at home in Greenwich, he was a freshman legislator in the Representative Town Meeting, the start of a budding political career that has seen Tesei move on to serve on the municipal finance board and currently as the first selectman.
Now Tesei's alma mater is recognizing him as one of 40 distinguished alumni under the age of 40.
Tesei, 39, learned of the honor in a June 20 letter from UConn's Alumni Association, which is expected to host a ceremony honoring the Who's Who list of young alumni in mid-September at its Storrs campus.
"It's an honor to be recognized," said Tesei, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1991. "I certainly enjoyed my time at UConn. It'll be nice to see the campus and interact with some of the current students there."....
....On the list of distinguished young alumni, he will have company from Rep. Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., who just turned 35 and represents the state's fifth congressional district, according to a spokeswoman for the Democrat. Murphy, who unseated longtime incumbent Nancy Johnson in 2006, graduated from UConn Law School in 2002.
Other notable young alums who could make the list include Ray Allen of the NBA champion Boston Celtics, Richard "Rip" Hamilton of the Detroit Pistons, basketball player Rebecca Lobo and Diana Taurasi of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury.
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