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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING AND RECOGNIZING BARBARA J. DISANTO ON THE JOYOUS OCCASION

OF HER 90TH BIRTHDAY

     Introduced By: Representatives Tanzi, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale, Stewart,
Voas, Casimiro, Solomon, Boylan, and McNamara

     Date Introduced: January 04, 2024

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Barbara J. DiSanto was born on December 27, 1933, in the City of

Providence, the oldest of four children born to Lucia and John Cicilline; and

     WHEREAS, A brilliant student, Barbara graduated with high honors from Mt. Pleasant

High School in Providence, where she earned the Anthony Medal and won acceptance to

Pembroke College at Brown University; and

     WHEREAS, Barbara chose to interrupt her educational aspirations in order to marry and

start a family. She later returned to academia, earning her Baccalaureate degree from the

University of Rhode Island; and 

     WHEREAS, Barbara has always been a devoted mother to her six children, Michael,

Kevin, David, Terry, Gerry Ann, and Peter. She has also been blessed with 11 grandchildren and

5 great grandchildren who bring her much delight and frequent baby-sitting duties. Sadly, she

recently faced the loss of two of her children, Terry and Gerry Ann; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to raising her family, Barbara was employed at the New England

Telephone Company in her younger years. She later began a long and efficacious career with the

State of Rhode Island, first as a Probation Counselor, and subsequently, as a Researcher for the

General Assembly’s Office of Legislative Council, where through talent and diligence, she rose

to the position of Chief of the Office of Legislative Research; and

     WHEREAS, During her tenure in Legislative Research, Barbara was responsible for

assisting in the crafting of hundreds of pieces of legislation that would eventually become Rhode

Island law; and

     WHEREAS, Barbara is the Family Matriarch and Family Historian, and is a voracious

reader and especially adept at solving the most challenging of crossword puzzles; and

     WHEREAS, Barbara is a devout Catholic and a person who truly embraces the principles

of justice and equality. She genuinely cares about the well-being of others, and is a kind, patient,

understanding, and thoughtful woman who is eminently deserving of our recognition and praise;

now, therefore be it

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

recognizes and congratulates Barbara J. DiSanto on the joyous occasion of her 90th Birthday and

moreover offers our gratitude for her outstanding citizenship and service to the people of our

State; 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. Barbara J. DiSanto.

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