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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING AND THANKING MR. ROGERIO DE OLIVEIRA MEDINA FOR HIS MANY

CONTRIBUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE RHODE ISLAND DAY OF PORTUGAL AND

THE PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN RHODE ISLAND OVER THE PAST

FORTY YEARS

     Introduced By: Senators DaPonte, Satchell, Felag, Algiere, and Raptakis

     Date Introduced: June 08, 2017

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, June 17, 2017, is the 40th Anniversary of the Day of Portugal in Rhode

Island. It is a day when we reflect upon and celebrate the significant contributions the Portuguese-

American community has made to the cultural and economic well-being of the State of Rhode

Island; and

     WHEREAS, Rogerio de Oliveira Medina was born in Granja do Ulmeiro, Coimbra,

Portugal, on December 22, 1940, son of Antonio Pereira Medina and Maria Isabel de Oliveira.

He is married to Celeste Marques Mendes and is the father of Lillian Medina Travis, Leonor

Marques Medina, and the late Fernando Jorge Marques Medina, and has eight grandchildren; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Medina is a learned man who has completed numerous high-level

courses at universities and colleges across the globe in a myriad of subject matters, including

Industrial Technology Teaching, Industrial Planning, English Language and Literature, a course

in Economics at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, professional courses at the Community

College of Rhode Island, a course in General Studies at the University of Rhode Island, and a

course entitled "English and Citizenship of the Province of Ontario, Department of Provincial

Secretary and Citizenship". In 1970, he was awarded an official degree of the Order of Infante D.

Henrique by the President of the Portuguese Republic; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Medina moved to Canada in 1967, and was a Founding Member of the

Portuguese School of Lusitania Portuguese Club of Ottawa, serving in the positions of Professor

and Director until 1975. He also served in the Cultural Services and Consular Section of the

Embassy of Portugal in Ottawa, Canada, from 1972 to 1975, when he was nominated to serve as

Vice-Consul of Portugal in Providence, Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, For more than forty years, Mr. Medina has been an enthusiastic, tireless and

faithful supporter of the Portuguese-American community in Rhode Island and has contributed

much in support of the Rhode Island Day of Portugal. He was a founding member in 1976 of the

Portuguese Heritage Choir and a member incorporator of the Portuguese Cultural Foundation. In

2007, he was the President of the Day of Portugal and the Portuguese Heritage in Rhode Island

Celebrations. He also served as the General Secretary and President of the General Assembly of

the Labor Union of Administrative Agents of Diplomatic and Consular Missions of Portugal in

the United states and Canada; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby honors and thanks Mr. Rogerio de Oliveira Medina for his many contributions in support

of the Rhode Island Day of Portugal and the Portuguese-American community in Rhode Island

over the past forty years; 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 Mr. Rogerio de Oliveira Medina.

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