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Third president inaugurated at Roger Williams College
Miss Virginia V. Sides was installed as the third president of Roger Williams College on the Bristol campus, seven years to the day after the campus dedication. The ceremony drew about 400 guests from New England colleges, with Justice Thomas J. Paolino presiding. Mildred McAfee Horton of Wellesley College delivered the guest address and the new president announced two scholarships, honoring Harold Payson and Roland Shappy, and awarded an honorary Doctor of Education to William H. Rizzini. Horton predicted a dynamic era ahead and urged proactive change, while guests included Bishop Louis E. Gelineau and Admiral Julien J. Le Bourgeois.
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Roger Williams College
Virginia V. Sides
Bristol
Miss Sides
New England
Thomas J. Paolino
Mildred McAfee Horton
Wellesley College
William H. Rizzini
Roger Williams
di Rizzini
Harold Payson
Roland Shappy
Capt Payson
Shappy
Portsmouth
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