[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 205 (Friday, December 4, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H6818]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      REMEMBERING DR. ROGER MANDLE

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, last week the arts and education 
communities lost a giant when Dr. Roger Mandle, the former president of 
the Rhode Island School of Design for more than a decade, passed away 
in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, at the age of 79.
  I was fortunate to work closely with President Mandle during my time 
as mayor of Providence. He was a passionate advocate for the humanities 
and a visionary leader who ensured that Rhode Island remained home to 
the leading arts and design school in the world.
  Most of all, he was an extraordinary human being and talented leader 
who sought to leave our world in better shape than he found it.
  He recognized the influential post he held as a civic leader in the 
city of Providence, he understood fully the importance that great 
universities and colleges have to the success of cities, and he worked 
to ensure that RISD was an asset for Rhode Island's capital city.
  He will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
  My thoughts and prayers are with Roger's wife, the renowned abstract 
artist Gayle Wells Mandle, and their entire family today.

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