Providence Journal columnist to be inducted into RI Hall of Fame

Windfall Journal columnist Mark Patinkin is amongst 9 outstanding Rhode Islanders set to be inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Corridor of Fame on Sunday. 

Patinkin got here to The Journal in 1976 and is without doubt one of the nation’s longest-serving newspaper columnists. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in worldwide reporting for columns written from India, Belfast and Beirut in 1986 on spiritual violence. He’s written six books and holds honorary levels from Rhode Island School and Johnson & Wales College. In 2019, Mark was named “Columnist of the 12 months” for GateHouse Media, now a part of Gannett; and in 2020, he gained Gannett’s “Greatest Story-telling” award. 

Mark Patinkin’s newest column:Warmongering Windfall Journal editor is a part of an extended line of RI rogues

The opposite inductees are:

James “Jimmy” Burchfield, North Windfall restaurateur {and professional} boxing choose and promoter who based Traditional Leisure Sports activities. 

Robert I. Burke, proprietor of Windfall’s Pot Au Feu restaurant, who additionally established the Independence Path Academic Basis, which teaches native historical past through a 2.5-mile “Independence Path” by means of the middle of Windfall.

Arnold Buffum Chace Jr., main Windfall businessman and developer, philanthropist and neighborhood activist. 

Wilfred W. Greene (a.okay.a. “Chief Eagle Coronary heart”), an excellent all-around athlete who was as soon as the world’s seventh-ranked middleweight boxer and later grew to become chief of the Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe.

John B. Harwood, outstanding legal professional and former speaker of the Rhode Island Home of Representatives. 

Roberta Mudge Humble, professor emeritus of English at CCRI who’s finest identified for her preservation work with Rhode Island’s 18 historic armories. 

Dr. Edward A. Iannuccilli, former working towards doctor who has chaired quite a few well being care boards and committees, and authored a number of books on his native Italian-American heritage. 

Stanley Weiss, outstanding Windfall civic chief, businessman and developer and one of many nation’s most outstanding collectors of nice American antiques.

Extra from Mark:

The corridor was established in 1965 to honor “any particular person who has introduced credit score to Rhode Island, introduced Rhode Island into prominence and contributed to the historical past and heritage of the state.”

The induction ceremony is Sunday on the Crowne Plaza Pavilion in Warwick. A 5 p.m. social hour might be adopted by a 6:15 p.m. dinner, leisure and the induction ceremony.

Tickets are $100 per particular person or $950 for a desk of 10. They are often ordered by calling (401) 273-1787.