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December 6, 2006

Wake tonight, funeral tomorrow for former PC president

The wake for former Providence College president the Rev. John F. Cunningham is this afternoon at St. Thomas Aquinas Priory Chapel on the Catholic college’s campus.

The chapel is just to the left once you enter the campus via the River Avenue gate.

Cunningham was a philosophy professor who spent almost 50 years at the institution and was the college’s 10th president, serving in that capacity from 1985 to 1994. He helped the college emerge into the well-regarded regional academic institution it is today from its roots as a commuter college serving Rhode Islanders.

Cunningham died Monday at Rhode Island Hospital. He was 78.

Today’s visitation, from 4 to 7, will be followed by a 7 o’clock chanting of the Office of the Dead by the Dominican Community.

Cunningham’s funeral is tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. in St. Dominic Chapel at Providence College.

Sign an online guestbook for Cunningham.

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 4:50 PM | Permalink

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