sentences:  Peters was the first recipient of the Ella T. Grasso Distinguished Service Medal, and has received a number of other awards, including the Connecticut Trial Lawyers' Association Judiciary Award, the Yale Law School Distinguished Service Medal, the Hartford College for Women's Pioneer Woman Award, and the National Center for State Courts' Warren E. Burger Award (2002).March 21, 2015, was declared "Ellen Ash Peters Day" in Connecticut by Governor Dannel P. Malloy of Connecticut.Peters' first marriage was to Robert Peters, a psychiatrist.