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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXTENDING SINCERE CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF DR. CLARK AUGUSTUS

SAMMARTINO

     Introduced By: Representatives Ajello, Shekarchi, Walsh, Filippi, and Lima

     Date Introduced: February 26, 2019

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with deep sadness that this House has learned of the passing of Dr.

Clark A. Sammartino, beloved husband of 57 years to his wife, Carole, and devoted father to

Catherine "Cassie" Berg and her husband, Andrew, Joanna Bailey and her husband, Thomas,

Michael Sammartino, and his wife, Pamela, David Sammartino, and his wife, Kimberly, and his

twin daughters, the late Lisa and Joanna Sammartino. He was also the proud grandfather of eight

grandchildren, Lucas Berg, Adam Berg, Nicolas Berg, Clark Sammartino, Emma Sammartino,

Isabelle Sammartino, Augustus Bailey and Ameline Bailey, and seven nieces and nephews; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Sammartino was the son of the late Dr. Agostino and Frances

Sammartino, and the brother of the late Frances Innis. He graduated from Classical High School,

and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University, where he served as his alumnae

class president for decades, co-chaired reunions, and was a board member of Brown's Athletic

Hall of Fame. Continuing his education, he received his Master of Science degree in bacteriology

from the University of Rhode Island, and graduated with honors from the Tufts School of Dental

Medicine, where he became an assistant clinical professor; and

     WHEREAS, For twenty-seven years, Dr. Sammartino was an oral and maxillofacial

surgeon. He also served as the Chief and Director of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery at Rhode

Island, Roger Williams, and St. Joseph's/Our Lady of Fatima Hospitals, as well as Roger

Williams Medical Center, and had published scholarly articles in various medical journals,

including the Journal of the American Dental Society, the Journal of the American Medical

Association, and the Journal of Oral Surgery; and

     WHEREAS, Upon his retirement as a surgeon, Dr. Sammartino founded Blue Fin

Capital, an investment advisory firm, with partners Rich Carolan and Mars Bishop. He had also

served as a boxing judge, presiding over more than 120 championship bouts on behalf of all four

major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Federation; and

     WHEREAS, Professionally, Dr. Sammartino was a past President of the Rhode Island

Dental Association and Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

He also served the community on numerous boards including, former Chairman of the Rhode

Island Health, Education and Building Corporation, former Board President of Saint Mary's

Home for Children, and former President of the American Cancer Society (Rhode Island

Division); and

     WHEREAS, Described as unassuming and generous, hard-working and ever-cheerful,

Dr. Clark Sammartino was widely-admired and loved by all who had the good fortune to be part

of his extraordinary life and he will be dearly missed; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby offers sincere condolences on the passing of Dr. Clark A.

Sammartino; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mrs. Carole Sammartino and Family.

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