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Charles A. “Rip” Engle - Charles “Rip” Engle rates with Tuss McLaughry as one of Brown’s most successful and famous football coaches. Engle was an assistant at Brown to Skip Stahley before becoming head coach in 1944. He immediately installed his version of the explosive Wing-T offense and achieved something the first year that no Brown football team had been…
Mayor and Captain Thomas Willett - Captain Thomas Willett (1611-1674) was the principal early settler of Wannamoisett (present-day Riverside and northern Barrington) and the first English mayor of New York City. Willett was born in England and embraced Calvinist theology as a young man. Like many of the Pilgrim fathers, he left England for Holland, where Calvinism flourished, and like many…
Ben-Hur “Ben” Baddikian - Ben Bagdikian, a major American journalist, had long and significant ties to Rhode Island. As a young man he worked for the Pro^^'ide'nce Journal for 15 years from 1947 to 1962. As an "on-the-spot" reporter he rode on an Israeli tank during the Suez Crisis, covered the civil rights struggle including the Little Rock, Arkansas…
John J. McCauley Jr. - John loved the schools he attended and his close relationships with his coaches and teammates. Through football, John discovered his passion for coaching. He began teaching and coaching football at St. Bernard's High School in Fitchburg, Massachusettes, from 1953 to 1958. He earned his master's degree in Education from nearby Fitchburg State University. Later, he…
Sidney S Goldstein - Some individuals have been recognized for Hall of Fame induction because of the success and prominence of their business creations. Joseph Banigan, in whose building we conduct this ceremony, is one local example. He was a co-founder of U. S. Rubber Company (Uniroyal) and its early president. Today we honor another creator of a mammoth…
Holly Patrice Wood - Award-winning journalist Patrice Wood has been delivering the news to Southern New England on WJAR-TV, Channel 10, since February, 1980, making her the longest-serving female newscaster in Rhode Island television history. She currently anchors the main evening newscasts, Monday through Friday, at 5:00, 6:00, 10:00 and 11:00.Holly Patrice Wood grew up on a farm in…
