Class of: 1944

Eileen Merullo

Eileen Merullo (SAR’44) of Revere, Mass., received the 2013 Deborah Sampson Award as the Outstanding Woman Veteran of the Year in Massachusetts, presented at a ceremony last November at the State House. A World War II veteran who served as a lieutenant in the Medical Corps, Eileen was the driving force behind the creation of a memorial on the American Legion lawn in Revere that honors the many local women who served in noncombat support roles during that war. In recognition of those efforts, she was named the Revere Journal’s 2013 Woman of the Year.

From the Fall 2014 issue.