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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE

CHARLES R. MANSOLILLO, ESQ.

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Filippi, Hull, Costantino, J
Lombardi, McGaw, Shallcross Smith, Fellela, and Ajello

     Date Introduced: March 10, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

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

Honorable Charles R. Mansolillo, Esq., a long-time distinguished public servant; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Mansolillo was born in Providence, a son of the late Nicholas and

Adeline Mansolillo. He graduated from Classical High School, and was a cum laude graduate of

Saint Michael’s College in Vermont. He received his law degree from Suffolk University Law

School, was admitted to the Rhode Island Bar Association, and pursued graduate studies in

theology at the former Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Mansolillo began his distinguished public service career in 1973 when

he was elected to serve in the Rhode Island General Assembly. In 1975, he was elected to the

Providence City Council, and shortly thereafter served as the Chief of Staff to Mayor Vincent

Cianci and as a member of the Commission that authored the Providence Home Rule Charter; and

     WHEREAS, In 1986, Mr. Mansolillo was the Republican nominee for Mayor of

Providence. He returned to state government to serve as legal counsel in the Department of

Children, Youth and Families. Soon thereafter, he was appointed to serve as the Director of the

Governor’s Office of Housing, Energy and Intergovernmental Relations by Governor DiPrete,

and later as the Governor’s Policy Director; and

     WHEREAS, In 1991, Mr. Mansolillo returned to municipal government, serving as the

Deputy City Solicitor for Providence, and was appointed City Solicitor by Mayor Cianci in 1992.

After completing his service in 1993, the Providence City Council, in recognition of his

meritorious service to the City, conferred on him the title of City Solicitor Emeritus; and

     WHEREAS, In his free time, Mr. Mansolillo was very active in community affairs. He

served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Providence anti-poverty agency ProCAP,

Inc., and as a trustee of the Providence Public Library. He also served as the Chairman of the

Board of the Providence Catholic Schools Collaborative. He was a communicant of Saint Pius

Church, and served there as a lector; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Mansolillo leaves behind his brothers, Robert Mansolillo and his wife,

Nancy, John Mansolillo and his wife, Marlene, Nicholas Mansolillo, and James Mansolillo and

his wife, Lauren. He also leaves behind his nieces, Marissa Mansolillo and Stephanie Peluso, and

his nephews Jared Mansolillo, Michael Martin, and Andrew Martin; now, therefore be it

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

expresses its deepest condolences on the passing of the Honorable Charles R. Mansolillo, Esq.,

and be it further

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

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Robert Mansolillo, John Mansolillo, Nicholas

Mansolillo, and James Mansolillo.

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