Patrick T. Conley

Background

Conley, Patrick T. was born on June 22, 1938 in Branford, Connecticut, United States. Son of William Lincoln Conley and Edith Mae De Stasio.

Education

AB, Providence College, 1959. Juris Doctor, Suffolk University, 1973. Master of Arts, University Notre Dame, 1963.

Doctor of Philosophy, University Notre Dame, 1970.

Career

Professor history and constitutional law Providence College, 1963—1988, director graduate research American history, 1964—1994, special lecturer history, 1988—1994. Special lecturer constitutional law Salve Regina College, 1972—1981. Teacher LaSalle Academy, Providence, 1961—1962.

Teaching assistant University Notre Dame, 1962—1963. Member corporation, law school advisory committee, chairman library advisory committee Roger Williams College. Proproetor P.T. Conley Books, 1963—1997.

Partner Foreseeable Development, Providence. Adjunct professor law Roger Williams University Law School, since 2008. President Phoenix Realty, Four Seas Realty, Hardscrabble Land Company, Sedona Associates, Options Realty, Phoenix Gambino, Zeus Realty Company, Rhode Island State Pier Properties, LLC.

Speaker in field; developer Conley's Wharf at State Pier No 1, Providence. Member editorial board Rhode Island Pioneers, 2010, Constitution Day: Random Reflections By Respected, 2010.

Achievements

• Patrick T. Conley has been listed as a reputable history professor, real estate, publisher, developer, educator, lawyer, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • South Providence (RI) (Images of America)

    (The themes of South Providence--urbanization, immigration...)

  • Liberty and justice: A history of law and lawyers in Rhode Island, 1636-1998

    (528 pages including index, history of courts, law, legal ...)

  • The Rhode Island State Constitution: A Reference Guide (Reference Guides to the State Constitutions of the United States (Numbered))

    ( The historical evolution of the Rhode Island Constituti...)

  • Providence: A Pictorial History

    (Book by Conley, Patrick T., Campbell, Paul)

  • Rhode Island in rhetoric and reflection: Public addresses and essays

    (Book by Conley, Patrick T)

  • An album of Rhode Island history, 1636-1986

    (1st ed., 2nd printing. Quarto. Cloth. Fine in Fine d/j, g...)

  • Eminent Rhode Islanders: Biographical profiles of the inductees to the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, 1965-2000
  • Neither Separate Nor Equal: Legislature and Executive in Rhode Island Constitutional History
  • First in War, Last in Peace: Rhode Island and the Constitution 1786-1790
  • Rhode Island profile

Membership

Board trustees Bicentennial Council Thirteen Original States, 1970—1992, vice chairman, 1986—1987. Chairman United States Constitution Council, 1988—1990. President Catholic Association College Alumni, 1976.

Chairman Cranston Historic District Commission, 1970—1972. Member Governor's Justice Commission, 1967—1969. Chairman Cranston Charter Review Commission, 1972—1973.

Policy advisor Governor Frank Licht, Governor Philip Noel, Lieutenant Governor J. Joseph Garrahy, Attorney General Herbert F. DeSimone, 1966—1976. Chairman Rhode Island Bicentennial Commission and Foundation, 1974—1977. Director Provicence Crime Commission, 1977—1984.

Vice president Human Relations Commission Diocese Providence, 1968—1969. Board trustees Rhode Island History Society. Chairman library advisory committee Roger Williams College, 1990—1993, member law school advisory board, 1991—1997.

President Rhode Island Heritage Hall Fame, since 2003. Chairman Rhode Island Senior Olympics, 2004—2010. Special assistant, chairman advisory council United States Congressman Robert O. Tiernan, 1967—1974.

Secretary, delegate Rhode Island Constitutional Convention, 1973, general counsel to president, 1986, since 2008. Member Heritage Harbor Museum, since 1999, president board directors, since 2008. Member of Bristol Train Artillery Foundation (board directors 2001-2008), Providence Maritime Heritage Foundation (vice president, director 1998—2006), Bristol Statehouse Foundation (founder, president 1995-1999), Rhode Island Publications Society (chairman since 1981), Bristol History and Preservation Society (life), Rhode Island History Society (life), American History Association (life), Organization American Historians (life), Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame (president since 2003, inducted 1995), Rhode Island Senior Olympics (chairman since 2004), Fabre Line Club (founding president since 2007), Elks, Delta Epsilon Sigma.

Interests

• Track and field, travel, interior decorating, book collecting.

Connections

Married Gail C. Cahalan-Conley, December 30, 1994. Married Virginia M. Anderson (divorced). Children: Patrick Junior, Kathleen, Carolyn, Sharon.

Married Donna L. Arruda (divorced). Married Ruth E. Trainor (divorced). Children: Thomas, Colleen.