Connick closes iconic career combining education, history

Hampton native brings out history of Camp Algona in Iowa

Brian Connick and his wife Cari (center) retired from Algona Community Schools in May. Pictured with them is their family.
Brian Connick and his wife Cari (center) retired from Algona Community Schools in May. Pictured with them is their family.

After officially finishing his 30-plus-year career as a high school teacher and coach in Algona, Iowa, this year, Hampton grad Brian Connick hasn’t slowed his dedication to preserving history at the Camp Algona POW Museum. Connick spoke positively about the people who shaped him growing up in Hampton. Among them were former high school ag teacher and now Aurora Mayor Marlin Seeman, and Connick’s f…