[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 22]
[Senate]
[Pages 30806-30807]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      REMEMBERING JOSEPH O'DONNELL

 Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, it is with great sadness that today 
I reflect upon the life of Joseph O'Donnell. Mr. O'Donnell dedicated 
his life to his family and to public service. He served alongside my 
father as Lieutenant Governor in the 1960s, and is, in fact, the last 
Republican elected to the position. He remained active in politics 
until his passing. In addition to his tenure as Lieutenant Governor, 
Joe O'Donnell has served his community and the State of Rhode Island 
for over 55 years, including as State Director of Administration, as 
Chairman of the North Smithfield Water Authority, and in a number of 
other capacities. In addition, Mr. O'Donnell served the business 
community as a founding partner and chairman of the board of Keough 
Kirby Associates, Inc., as a trustee of

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Landmark Health Systems, and in other board positions for numerous 
business and civic organizations. As a panelist on the `Coffee-An' 
radio program in his later years, Joe O'Donnell contributed his 
knowledge of politics, his great sense of humor, and his penchant for 
gourmet cooking to a larger audience. His name is on the Wall of Honor 
at the Marine Maritime Academy for outstanding lifetime achievement, 
and he was a recipient of the Admiral Joel R.P. Pringle Society Award 
from the Naval War College Foundation in Newport. It is with heavy 
hearts that Stephanie and I send our deepest sympathies to Mrs. Yolande 
O'Donnell and their six children. Of all his accomplishments, I know he 
is most proud of the closeness of his family.

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