Year Inducted: 2021
Ambassador William P. Mccormick - William McCormick was born in Providence. He attended Roger Williams Jr. College and Boston University while serving honorably in the Army Reserve until 1963. Mr. McCormick moved to San Francisco and worked for Connecticut General Life Insurance Company until 1965. At this time, he became a partner in the Refectory Steak House Restaurant chain. By…
Charles H. Butler - Charles “Charlie” Butler was a pioneer in integrated amateur baseball in Rhode Island. Butler was born in Providence on June 11, 1926, the second to last of six children of Clarence A. and Sarah L. (nee Morris) Butler. His parents raised the Butler siblings in what was then known as the West Elmwood section of…
Dr. William Oh - Dr. William Oh is one of the pioneers in neonatology. He has devoted his career to groundbreaking research, expanding patient care to improve the survival and out comes of high-risk preterm and term infants, and mentoring physicians in training. Dr. Oh was recruited in 1974 to be the Director of Perinatal Medicine at Providence Lying-In…
Elizabeth Morancy - Elizabeth "Liz" Morancy's life is a blueprint of service for others. As a graduate of Salve Regina, Liz was then known as Sister Michael Mary, a Religious Sister of Mercy. She taught at St Xavier's Academy, and then returned to Salve as a member of the political science faculty. Her love of political science stretched…
James Hess Leach - James Leach, a resident of Providence, is a corporate executive with over forty years of experience in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, holding leadership and Board of Directors positions. Leach's roles have spanned the globe, from operations in the Northeast, else where in the United States, China, and the United Kingdom. He is currently…
John M. Murphy, Sr. - John M. Murphy Sr. was born on June 19, 1938, in the Fox Point section of Providence. His parents, Jeremiah, and Catherine (Healy) Murphy, emigrated from Ireland and settled in Rhode Island in 1927. He was one of two siblings. John graduated from Hope High School in 1956 and attended Bryant College. He joined the…
Louis Yip - Louis Yip established authentic Chinese dining in Rhode Island before transitioning into real estate development. His proudest accomplishments are his marriage to his wife of 48 years, Florence, and this three sons, Herman, Damon, and Edmond, all successful in law and business. He was born outside Hong Kong in the fishing village of Tai-O, and…
Roland Hemond - Just in time for his 92nd birthday, Roland Hemond, legendary Major League executive and scout, has been inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Hemond, a native of Central Falls, is a product of that great Rhode Island baseball tradition called the Tim O’Neil Leagues, a comprehensive, age-graded, system of baseball leagues, devised…
Tim Gray - Timothy “Tim” Gray, a resident of South Kingstown, is a national award-winning documentary film director, producer, and writer operating from his base in Rhode Island. He is a 1989 graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a major in journalism. Tim has produced and directed 34 documentary films to date on the personal stories…
