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Dr. Eleanor M. McMahon - Dr. Eleanor McMahon, 1929-2002, was the Rhode Island Commissioner of Higher Education and former Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Rhode Island College. A Brown University Alumni Trustee, she has been the recipient of five honorary doctoral degrees and is the author of twenty treatises on education. Beginning her distinguished career as a…

Gerald (Gerry) W. Kilmartin - Gerry Kilmartin won the silver medal at the 1952 Olympic Games as a United States Hockey team member. In addition to playing at the 1952 Olympics, he was on the U.S. National team, which competed at the 1947 and 1949 World Championships. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on July 7, 1926. He grew…

Speaker Matthew J. Smith - In the 20th century, South Providence produced two governors and a chief justice. Still, the most constitutionally powerful position in state government eluded it until 1980, when Matt Smith became Speaker of the House of Representatives. Raised by Irish immigrant parents in a modest home at the corner of Potters Avenue and Ocean Street in…

Anna W. Spencer - Anna’s life is somewhat of a mystery, but her accomplishments are significant in the history of social reform, especially that for women’s equality and suffrage. In 1852 she began the publication in Providence of the newspaper The Pioneer and Woman’s Advocate; the newspaper’s motto was “Liberty, Truth, Equality, Temperance.” Anna’s newspaper is significant since it…

Dr. Joseph J. Loferski - Dr. Joseph J. Loferski, physicist and pioneer in the development of modern solar cells, hewas professor emeritus and chair of engineering at Brown. Born and educated in Pennsylvania, Dr. Loferski focused his career on photovoltaic cells and the properties of semiconductors. He joined the Brown faculty as an associate professor of engineering in 1961 and…

Dr. Carl R. Woodward - Born in Tennent, Monmouth County, New Jersey on July 20, 1890, Carl Raymond Woodward graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Science in 1914 and a Master of Arts in 1919. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1926 in agricultural economics, rural education, and rural sociology, and served in various capacities at…