Amica CEO DiMuccio Receives Honorary Doctorate from Bryant
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Amica CEO DiMuccio Receives Honorary Doctorate from Bryant
Robert A. DiMuccio
DiMuccio is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Amica Insurance.
DiMuccio was also the event’s keynote speaker.
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“Some days, it may seem that pessimism is all around us, that the world is in disarray, budget deficits will never be cured and the economy will never be fixed,” DiMuccio said. “But before we let the doom and gloom take over, I’d like to level set the situation: Advances in energy, food production, communication and other areas too numerous to mention are moving forward at breakneck speed. What does all of this mean? It means your business skills are needed now more than ever.”
Bryant University
Bryant, a private university in Smithfield, R.I., offers undergraduate and graduate programs. Its president, Ronald Machtley, is a member of Amica’s Board of Directors.
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Brown University
Sunday, May 25
Commencement speakers:
- Caroline Bologna ’14, Brown tour guide and managing editor for post-Magazine
- Josh Block ’14, Brown tour guide and managing editor for post-Magazine
Honorary degrees:
- Beatrice E. Coleman ’25, schoolteacher, church musician, and former secretary of the NAACP’s New England Regional Conference (awarded posthumously);
- Jeffrey Eugenides ’82, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and author;
- Arthur Horwich ’72, M.D.’75, physician, geneticist, and cellular biochemist;
- Mary Lou Jepsen ’87, Ph.D. ’97, electrical engineer and innovator of computer-driven graphic displays;
- Debra L. Lee ’76, chairman and CEO of BET Networks;
- Lois Lowry ’58, award-winning children’s author;
- Nalini Nadkarni ’76, forest ecologist and science communicator; and
- Thomas Perez ’83, civil rights attorney and U.S. secretary of labor.
Bryant University
Saturday, May 17
Commencement speaker: Richard W. Fisher, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee
Honorary degrees:
- Richard W. Fisher will address graduating seniors and guests at Bryant's undergraduate exercises on May 17;
- Robert A. DiMuccio, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Amica Mutual Insurance Company. DiMuccio will speak at the Graduate School of Business and Graduate Programs in Arts and Sciences ceremony on May 15;
- Joyce M. Roché, president and CEO of the 150-year-old nonprofit organization Girls Inc.;
- Scott C. Donnelly, the chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Textron Inc.
Johnson & Wales University
Saturday, May 24
Commencement speaker: Robert J. Palleschi, Global Head, Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Hilton Worldwide
New England Institute of Technology
Sunday, May 4
Commencement speaker: Kathy Ireland, former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model
Honorary degrees: Cheryl Merchant, president and chief executive officer of Rhode Island’s Hope Global
Providence College
Sunday, May 18
Commencement speaker: Dr. Temple Grandin, autism awareness advocate, leading innovator in the livestock industry, bestselling author and engineer
Honorary degrees:
- Dr. Temple Grandin
- The Honorable Francis J. Darigan, Jr. ’64, retired justice from the Superior Court of Rhode Island
- Raymond M. Murphy, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Sister Margaret Ormond, O.P., prioress of the Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Peace
- Carolyn Rafaelian, acting CEO of Alex and Ani
Rhode Island College
Saturday, May 17
Commencement speaker: Valerie Tutson, founder and director of both Rhode Island Black Storytellers and FUNDA Fest: A Celebration of Black Storytelling
Honorary degrees:
- Valerie Tutson
- Oscar Herbert, CEO of the Warwick-based Atrion
- Peter Arpin, partner in Arpin International Group and president of Arpin Renewable Energy and Arpin Broadcast Network.
- Centenarian Irene Kenny, RIC Class of 1935
- Dr. Charles MacDonald, chair of the Department of Dermatology at Brown University
- John Hazen White Jr., CEO and president of Taco Inc.
RISD
Saturday, May 31
Commencement speaker: Bruce Mau, innovator, designer, author, and co-founder of Massive Change Network
Honorary degrees:
- Bruce Mau
- Todd Oldham, author and founder of Todd Oldham Studio
- Jean Kennedy Smith, former US Ambassador to Ireland
Roger Williams University
Saturday, May 17
Commencement speaker: Governor Lincoln D. Chafee, Rhode Island
Honorary degrees:
- Governor Lincoln D. Chafee, Rhode Island
- Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian
Salve Regina University
Sunday, May 18
Commencement speaker: Richard Saul Wurman, founder of TED conference
Honorary degrees: Richard Saul Wurman
University of Rhode Island
Saturday, May 17:
Commencement speaker: Richard Blanco, inaugural poet for President Obama’s second inauguration
Honorary degrees:
- Richard Blanco, U.S. Inaugural Poet who will speak at commencement will receive an Honorary Doctor of Letters
- LTG Michael T. Flynn, director of Intelligence, United States Defense Intelligence Agency, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
- Bernard LaFayette Jr., Civil Rights leader, Candler School of Theology at Emory University, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
- Anne Nolan, president and chief executive officer of Crossroads Rhode Island, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
