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By Ken Dooley Dr. Patrick T. Conley is a distinguished essayist with an elegant style and a rare ability to communicate complex ideas to a broad public. He is the author of thirty-three books, most of which focus directly on Rhode Island history. In his latest volume, Rhode Running: Random Rhode Island Reflections, he writes
William James Babcock was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor as a member of the Second Rhode Island Volunteers Infantry Regiment on April 4, 1865 at the pivotal Battle of Petersburg in Virginia. His brief Medal of Honor citation (common for the time) reads: “Planted the flag upon the parapet while the enemy still occupied
Artist, designer, advocate for preservation and civil rights, Morris Nathanson, was born on September 9, 1927 and raised in Pawtucket. His immigrant family, living in the Pleasant View neighborhood, witnessed the effects of eminent domain, which took and demolished their home and community to make way for Interstate 95. This experience inspired his dedication to
Johnny Egan along with teammate Lenny Wilkens (RIHHoF 1967) were the first two superstars of Providence College basketball in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Together, under the tutelage of legendary coach Joe Mullaney (RIHHoF 1970), they brought the college’s basketball program into national basketball prominence. John Francis Egan was born in Hartford, Connecticut on
Norman “Sandy” McCulloch was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1926 to Norman and Mary McCulloch. Many of his early summers were spent on Adams Point in Barrington until 1935 when his family moved to Barrington permanently. His education continued at Nayatt School, Providence Country Day School, Barrington High School ’43, and Phillips Academy, Andover
Mary Ann Lippitt devoted her life to many civic and charitable causes and for 26 years was an aviator and owner of Lippitt Aviation. Born on June 29, 1918 at Pride’s Crossing, Massachusetts, she died on Sunday, June 18, 2006 at age 87 at her Providence home where she had lived with her late brother,
Barnet Fain — known to many as “Bunny” — was a prominent businessman, artist, philanthropist, and community leader in Rhode Island. Barnet was born in Providence on March 31, 1932 to Irving I. and Miriam (nee Grossman). A resident of Providence in his youth, Barnet graduated from Classical High School and went on to Colby
Everett Gardner Weeden, Jr. (“Tall Oak”), a documented descendant of the Mashanticut Pequot, Narragansett, and Wampanoag tribes, was an artist, an activist, survivalist, and historian, He was born in Providence on September 4, 1936 to the late Everett G. Weeden, Sr, and Bertha (Ramos) Weeden Summers. At age nine Everett moved with his family to