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Lou, '81, is a trustee of the college |
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In 1986, Lou Ricciardi,
'81, became a founding member of the Alumni Association's Investment Committee
and later was elected to serve as the Alumni Trustee on the college's Board
of Trustees. In 1990, he was the first Alumni Trustee to be elected chairman
of the eleven-member Board of Trustees and, at age 30 at the time, the youngest
person ever elected to that position at Bridgewater. He was reelected chairman
three times for a total of four years, the longest anyone has ever served
as chairman. In 1994, he led the effort to plan an annual Chairmen's Dinner
to be co-hosted by the chairmen of the Board of Trustees and the Bridgewater
Foundation to raise money for major projects (the first Chairmen's Dinner
helped make possible the construction of the Alumni Park baseball and softball
complex).
Lou was reelected Alumni Trustee in 1993, and will serve on
the Board until 1999. A former treasurer of the Alumni Association and twice
chairman of the Annual Fund, Lou is also a longtime member of the Bridgewater
Foundation, whose officers elected him chairman in June, succeeding David
Messaline, '65. Lou began his new term as chairman of the Foundation on July
1, 1996.
In addition to his service to BSC, Lou is a member of the Board
of Trustees of Bristol County Savings Bank, Morton Hospital, and a trustee
and treasurer of the Taunton Development Corporation (developer of the acclaimed
Myles Standish Industrial Park). He was also president of the Taunton Rotary
Club in 1991-1992. He has been selected for Who's Who in the World, Who's
Who in Finance and Industry, and Who's Who in the East, 1994-95,
95-96, and 96-97 editions.
Cindy has been teaching part-time as a visiting lecturer in
the Department of English at Bridgewater since 1984. She has been an officer
of the Alumni Association since 1990, and chair of programming. She currently
serves as First Vice President of the Alumni Association and in June, 1997,
she will become president of the association, succeeding Martha Drinkwater
Jones, '64. Cindy holds a master's degree from Boston College and at present
is completing her Ph.D. in English at Brandeis University.
Theirs is a special partnership which began when they met as
students at Bridgewater. Now, because of their individual achievements, Lou
and Cindy have been chosen by their separate constituencies to lead the two
largest volunteer organizations at Bridgewater State College. This is a unique
situation indeed - one member of a married couple heading the Foundation
while the other partner is president-elect of the Alumni Association - and
Bridgewater magazine is pleased to present interviews with each of them.
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