RI Heritage Hall of Fame to Host 2nd Annual "Helping Heritage" Gala
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RI Heritage Hall of Fame to Host 2nd Annual "Helping Heritage" Gala
The gala will take place on Sunday, September 23 at 5 p.m. in the Garden Room at the Biltmore Hotel.
Tickets for the event are $175 per person and $250 per couple.
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The gala will feature the Providence Police Mounted Command and the Pawtuxet Rangers Honor Guard with fife and drums.
This year’s honorary chairpersons are Alfred Carpionato and his wife Sheryl.
Carpionato is a 2017 Hall of Fame inductee.
Music will be provided by Michael Dutra and there will be a silent auction.
2018 RI Heritage Hall of Fame Inductees
JUDGE FRANCIS J. DARIGAN, JR., South Providence native who became District Court judge and then Superior Court justice, South Side community leader and activist, former national president of the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO), and co-founder and first president of Justice Assistance.
Inducted by Dr. Patrick T. Conley (1995 Inductee)
KENNETH R. DOOLEY, Cranston native, prolific author, playwright, and biographer, publishing executive, literary critic, political consultant, and the author of the play that led to the posthumous pardon of unjustly executed Irish immigrant John Gordon.
Inducted by Dr. D. Scott Molloy (2009 Inductee)
CONGRESSMAN PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Eight-term congressman from Rhode Island, state legislator, and crusader for mental health, both as a congressman and afterward as the founder of two international mental health advocacy organizations.
Inducted by Dr. Patrick T. Conley (1995 Inductee)
CONGRESSMAN RONALD K. MACHTLEY, Attorney, naval officer, three-term congressman from Rhode Island, and then long-time president of Bryant University, a school that has enjoyed unprecedented growth and development under his leadership.
Inducted by Albert R. Beauparlant (HOF Vice President)
RONALD R. S. PICERNE, Cranston native, who became one of the nation’s leading real estate developers with projects in Rhode Island and twenty-three other states, and who leads a family foundation granting hundreds of college scholarships to deserving students.
Inducted by General James J. D’Agostino (Director)
JAMES P. RILEY, Labor organizer, chairman of the Occupational and Environmental Center of Rhode Island, civic leader, and a major fundraiser for a variety of charitable organizations, especially the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Inducted by Dr. D. Scott Molloy (2009 Inductee)
DR. RUDOLPH E. TANZI, Cranston native, who is the Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology at Harvard University, Director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital and one of the world’s leading authorities on Alzheimer’s Disease, genetics, and brain health.
Inducted by Dr. Arun K. Singh (2017 Inductee)
SPENCER W. VINER, ESQ., South Providence born and Pawtucket raised, high-ranking labor attorney, winner of the Bronze Star in Vietnam, civic leader, president of the Rhode Island Japan-American Society, and recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun Medal from the Emperor of Japan.
Inducted by Arlene Violet, Esq. (1996 Inductee)
PATRICE WOOD, Born Holly Patrice Wood in Ohio, she began her Rhode Island tenure in February, 1980 and has become the longest-serving female newscaster in Rhode Island television history, using her celebrity not only to win numerous professional honors but also to promote a variety of charitable endeavors, especially in the area of child adoption.
Inducted by Michael E. Lyons (Director)
