2025 Wall of Distinction Induction
Seven new inductees will be added to the Southampton Union Free School District Wall of Distinction at an induction ceremony on May 9.
During the ceremony, the district will honor 2025 inductees Bruno David Dull, Judy Johnson, Herman Lamison, Kathleen Masterson, Kara Romanosky Williams and Terry Stubelek. Also being honored is the 1982 field hockey team.
The late Bruno David Dull was born on April 1, 1937, in Southampton to Bruno Andrew Dull, who was a supervisor in the Southampton Town Highway Department, and Helen Adamkowski Dull, who was a nurse at Southampton Hospital. David was an altar boy for many years and a county champion at table tennis. He was also valedictorian of his class at Southampton High School in 1955 and received a full scholarship to Carnegie Mellon University for college and graduate school.
In 1962, he married Margaret Rose Spock, a mathematics major at Carnegie Mellon, and they had one daughter, Nancy, in 1964. He was a keen golfer and member of the Southampton Golf Club for over 50 years, as well as an overseas member of Walton Health Golf Club in England, which he joined while working in the country.
Following graduation, Dull was hired by Esso (now ExxonMobil) and worked in several departments and roles, including aviation sales and strategic planning. As a senior executive, he worked in New York, London and Dallas, with extensive travel in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America, but always maintained a home in Southampton. His final years and the highlight of his career were spent writing speeches for then CEO Lee Raymond.
Dull was a devout Catholic, from his childhood as an altar boy at Our Lady of Poland through his role as a trustee at the same church. He was one of the major contributors to the funding needed for the church’s major renovation and restoration in 2008, at a time when many Catholic churches were struggling for funding. He was also instrumental in organizing the donations and the plaques that honored those who had helped to fund the church’s restoration.
In other philanthropic efforts, Dull worked with the Southampton High School Science Department to identify equipment that would have the most impact for science students. In 2013, he donated $150,000 to the department for state-of-the-art science equipment. It was the single largest gift ever received by the school and was used to purchase electron microscopes, among other science equipment.
Dull placed a high value on his college education, having earned both his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering and his master’s at Carnegie Mellon University, which was only possible due to a full Union Carbide Scholarship. Because the scholarship made such a difference to his career, Dull established funding for an annual scholarship at Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business, where he founded the B. David Dull Endowment Fellowship. The endowment is awarded each year to an outstanding student who plans to study engineering.
After his retirement, Dull traveled extensively around the world and focused on giving back to the communities that supported him in his early years – his school, his church and his university.
Judy Johnson dedicated her life to education and community service. Following her graduation from Adelphi University, she served as a secondary mathematics teacher in the Rockville Centre and Southampton school districts for a total of 33 years. During her tenure at Southampton, she served as adviser to the Classes of 1971, 1973, 1975, 1979 and 1984. She was also a Southampton Teachers Association representative and treasurer and served on the Principals Advisory Committee.
Along the way, she continued her education through post-degree courses at Cornell University, Rutgers University, LIU Southampton (now Stony Brook Southampton) and Molloy University.
Johnson is an active member of St. John’s Episcopal Church, where she has served on various committees. She has also volunteered at Heart of the Hamptons for the past 28 years with food and clothing drives and has been on the Southampton Historical Museum Education Committee for 20 years, for which she is the chair of annual events. For 12 years, she has served the Southampton Village Senior Committee by organizing events for seniors at the Southampton Historical Museum and Hampton Care Center. She was also elected to two terms on the Rodgers Memorial Library Board of Trustees. For her dedication to the community, she was awarded a proclamation on May 16, 2023, by Southampton Village.
Herman Lamison has served as Southampton High School’s varsity basketball coach since 1991, earning more wins than any other coach in Southampton High School history. He also ranks fifth on Long Island for his winning totals and third among current coaches.
Lamison has led his teams to 14 league titles, 12 Suffolk County class titles, eight Long Island titles, three New York State Final Four appearances and one New York State title.
Lamison was also named Coach of the Year, an honor for which he was selected 23 times in his career by his colleagues and was named a Newsday All-Long Island Coach for the 1999-2000 school year.
When not coaching, he serves as the commanding officer of criminal investigations and juvenile aid services for the Southampton Village Police Department, with a rank of detective sergeant.
Kathleen Masterson has spent over two decades shaping the landscape of high school athletics on Long Island. She is currently the athletic director of the East Hampton School District and previously served as the athletic director of the Westhampton Beach School District from 2006–2022.
She began her career in 1999 as a physical education teacher in the Westhampton Beach School District and was promoted to director of health, physical education and athletics in 2006. Under her leadership, Westhampton Beach became one of the most respected athletic programs in Suffolk County and New York State, capturing numerous championships and earning the New York State Public High School Athletic Association’s prestigious School of Distinction award in 2019, with all 21 varsity teams achieving a GPA of 90 or higher. In 2022, Masterson accepted the position of athletic director in the East Hampton School District. Her leadership again brought swift results — by the 2023–2024 academic year, every varsity team had earned scholar-athlete status, and the district was honored with its own NYSPHSAA School of Distinction award, a testament to her ability to inspire excellence on the field and in the classroom.
Masterson’s dedication to student-athletes has been recognized throughout her career. In 2017, she received the Apple Award, which honors individuals who have contributed significantly to the success of athletics at the local league and chapter levels. She was named Suffolk County’s Athletic Director of the Year in 2023. A native of Southampton and a graduate of Davis & Elkins College, she holds degrees in sports management and sports medicine, along with master’s degrees in physical education and educational administration from Stony Brook University. She has also served in various leadership roles within Section XI, including as president and numerous committee chairs, as well as the chapter representative for the New York State Athletic Administrators Association and the NYSPHSAA female representative for Section XI, further amplifying her impact across the region.
Masterson’s legacy is one of commitment, leadership and a relentless pursuit of excellence. Her vision and passion have elevated entire school communities because she puts kids first.
Kara Romanosky Williams was born and raised in Southampton and has dedicated her life to leadership, service and advocacy.
As a Southampton Mariner, she earned All-State honors in both tennis and volleyball in the same year. She was also an instrumental member of the Long Island Power Club volleyball team, a top-ranked club team, and started for the Empire State Games team her senior year, winning the state championship in Buffalo.
A former Division I volleyball player at the United States Naval Academy, Romanosky Williams carried her passion for excellence from the court to the classroom and beyond. After college, she moved to Texas, where she taught high school English and became a successful high school volleyball coach, earning the Division 5A Coach of the Year award.
In 2014, driven by a commitment to serve others and inspired by her early work with veterans, Romanosky Williams founded the Brain Treatment Foundation (BTF), a nonprofit organization based in Dallas, Texas. The foundation is devoted to supporting brain health through treatment, rehabilitation, research and public education. Its mission is to transform the lives of individuals suffering from traumatic brain injuries (TBI), cognitive and neurological disorders in children, age-related cognitive decline in the elderly, and post-traumatic stress and/or TBI in military service members.
Romanosky Williams’ journey in brain health advocacy began in 2013, when she partnered with Governor Rick Perry and the state of Texas to explore effective treatments for combat-related brain injuries. Since then, BTF has helped more than 800 veterans access critical medical services and therapeutic support, restoring hope and improving the quality of life for those who have given so much to preserve the freedom we all enjoy.
Today, Romanosky Williams lives in Dallas, blessed with two children, Christian (20) and Kayla (18). She is honored to continue to serve as the executive director of BTF. Under her guidance, the organization partners with treatment providers and institutions nationwide to be a catalyst for change in the field of brain health.
Terry Stubelek was born on Jan. 25, 1950. She grew up in North Sea and attended the Southampton School District, graduating in 1968. She went on to earn an Associate of Applied Science from the Fashion Institute of Technology and continued her education at LIU Southampton (now Stony Brook Southampton), graduating with her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in early childhood education. She later earned a second master’s in special education at C.W. Post (now LIU Post).
Stubelek began working with children at the Bridgehampton Child Care Center as a volunteer under the direction of Marvin Dozier. She worked in Bridgehampton until the birth of her son, Michael, and was later hired by the Southampton Youth Association and the STAR Foundation (Southampton Township Academic Resources) under the direction of Marvin and Juni Wingfield. She began her public school employment as a substitute and soon after became a teacher assistant at the high school. After completing her master’s in special education, she was appointed to teach in the intermediate school, where she remained for many years. Her dream to be a kindergarten teacher was realized when she was appointed to work in the elementary school. Stubelek retired in 2019, having worked in all three buildings of the district. In her final year, she was teaching the grandchildren of her first groups of children.
Following her retirement, Stubelek began working for the First Presbyterian Church as its children’s education director. Throughout the years, she continued her work as a community helper. In 1982, John Halsey recruited her as a founding member of the Peconic Land Trust. She is very proud of the work being done by the trust and the land they have protected.
Stubelek is passionate about the work done by Heart of the Hamptons, for which she has served as a board member and presently helps collect donations of food, toys and clothing. Mission trips sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church took her to the Dominican Republic many times to help build a school and teach English. She also traveled with her church to Cuba several times to bring medical supplies, clothing, food and household items to those in need. She will never forget the people she has met in the small town of Los Palos. Community work and children have always been a part of Stubelek’s life, and she is grateful for the opportunities she was given and everyone who helped her along the way.
The 1982 field hockey team competed at a time when girls’ sports had few opportunities for postseason play, but the team took their season as long as possible. Their win/loss/tie record of 17-2-4 still stands tied for the highest number of wins in 50 years of organized league and county play.
They accomplished this with just four returning starters — seniors Carol Gulija, Honey Labrador and Julie Muller and junior Gail Lewis. They faced the prospect of two freshmen — Jenn Beck and Kathy Schlientz — starting, as well as a junior transfer, Patty Brennan. Little did they know that the mix of new varsity players Julie Armusewicz, Megan Ashe, Diane Burrell, Vicky Colina, Annie Grzbowski, Athena Hairsign, Dana Havrilla, Susan Maran, Nancy Phillips, Erin Sadowski, Aileen Stephens and Lillian Tyree would help them to become a championship squad.
The team won the highly competitive League 7 title, earning a place in the Section IX tournament. With wins over Lindenhurst, Smithtown and Commack in the tournament, they faced Miller Place for the overall Section XI Championship. With a 3-1 victory, the 1982 team became the first and only Southampton team to win the overall county championship. The team went on to win the Long Island Class C title and advance to the first-ever New York downstate regional field hockey final.
The squad produced six players who continued their hockey careers in college, extending Southampton’s field hockey legacy. Two earned athletic scholarships to Division I institutions and one went on to compete in the Olympic training program.
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