SOME STATISTICS SINCE INCEPTION
Here is a list of the citizens of Groton who sacrificed their time and energy to better our Light Department.

We have had 36 different commissioners who have served an average of eight years on the Board of the Light Department.

In addition to Messrs. Frank F. Waters, Myron P. Swallow and George H. Bixby, Messrs. Henry K. Richards and John H. Robbins served on the initial committee to form the Light Department
LIGHT COMMISSIONERS
1909-1917
Frank F. Waters
1909-1916
Myron P. Swallow
1909-1912
George H. Bixby
1913-1915
Arthur W. Lamb
1916-1921
Fred Carpenter
1917-1925
Henry K. Richards
1919-1920
Fred G. May
1921-1925
Charles J. Wright
1922-1928
Andrew J. Blood
1926-1945
Fred W. Coburn
1926-1934
Arthur A. Wood
1928-1935
Harold N. Sargent
1935-1937
James D. McNeill
1935-1939
Andrew J. Blood
1938-1944
Charles Z. Southard
1939-1949
James T. Bennett
1945-1955
Clarence L. Thompson
1946-1966
Walter R. Anderson
1950-1955
A. Leon Hurd
1956-1971
Roland W. Sawyer
1956-1961
Charles W. Lehrbach
1962-1967
Leon R. Briggs
1967-1969
James K. Gilson
1968-1985
Calvin T. Frerichs
1970-1978
Norman B. Grant
1972-1974
Arthur Bissell
1975-1977
David J. Connolly
1978-1982
Bobby Bennett
1979-1981
Barry Cunningham
1982-1984
Norman Robertson
1983-1989
Barry C. Cunningham
1985-1988
Constrance L. Whitney
1986-1991
James K. Gilson
1989-1995
David S. Harvey
1990-1994
Thomas Whitney
1992-present
Rodney R. Hersh
1995-1998
John F. McGaffigan Jr.
1996-2008
Dr. John M.R. Bruner
1999-present
Kevin J. Lindemer
2008-present
Chris Christie
Our three longest serving commissioners were
1946-1966
Walter R. Anderson
1926-1945
Fred W. Coburn
1968-1985
Calvin T. Frerichs