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May 17, 2006

Johnson & Wales president honored by UConn

PROVIDENCE -- The president of Johnson & Wales University’s Providence campus has been named the 2006 Outstanding Higher Education Professional from the Neag School of Education Alumni Society of the University of Connecticut.

Irving Schneider, president of the Providence campus since 2004, earned his master’s degree in 1975 and a Ph.D. in technical and industrial education in 1982 from the University of Connecticut. He began his career as a teacher with Johnson & Wales in 1970.

Schneider serves on the advisory boards of the Salvation Army, United Way of Rhode Island, the Providence After School Alliance, Rhode Island for Community & Justice and the Rhode Island Children’s Crusade, according to Johnson & Wales University.

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