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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF COMMANDER WILLIAM F.

BUNDY, PH.D., US NAVY RET.

     Introduced By: Senators Ruggerio, Seveney, and DiPalma

     Date Introduced: January 15, 2020

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, It is with utmost sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of

Commander William F. Bundy, Ph.D., US Navy Ret., devoted husband of Jeanne Bundy, beloved

father of William, Raymond, and Andrena, and the proud grandfather of Matthew, Eleanor and

Annalise; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Bundy was a graduate of the Baltimore City College and held advanced

degrees from Salve Regina University, the Naval War College, and the University of Hawaii; and

     WHEREAS, For more than forty years, Commander Bundy served our country with

honor and distinction. After enlisting in the Navy, he rose to the rank of Chief Sonar Technician

(Submarines) and was subsequently commissioned as a Naval Officer. During his tenure in the

Navy, he held various positions including Command of a submarine, the Director of the Naval

Officer Candidate School, and upon his retirement from active duty, had been a Commander and

later served as an Associate Provost at the US Naval War College; and

     WHEREAS, Commander Bundy achieved numerous recognitions during his service. He

was a member of the Centennial Seven - one of the first seven African Americans to command

one of our nation's submarines in the first 100 years of the nation's submarine force, earned a

Defense Meritorious Service Award and a Meritorious Service Award in addition to over twenty

other personal, unit, campaign, and service medals, and was recognized with the 1993 Black

Engineer of the Year Award and honored with the US Navy League's Dalton L. Baugh Award;

and

     WHEREAS, In addition to his military service, Dr. Bundy had served as the Director of

the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, was a FleetBoston Financial Executive, and was

an adjunct professor at Providence College and Salve Regina University. He had also served on

numerous local and national boards of directors; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Bundy was a devoted family man, a mentor to all, and a role model to

many. He will be dearly missed; now, therefore be it

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

hereby extends deepest condolences on the passing of Commander William F. Bundy, Ph.D., US

Navy Ret.; 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. Jeanne Bundy and Family.

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