Capt. Declan O'Malley

Off the Court

Rhode Island alumni, as Capt. Declan O'Malley tells it on the shows. Each story was checked against its source.

• George Wileycivil rights leader and chemist

  George Wiley, class of fifty-three! A chemist with a Cornell doctorate who founded the Syracuse chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality in sixty-one, and was a founder of the National Welfare Rights Organization. A fine captain, that one!

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• William B. Gould IVchaired National Labor Relations Board

  William Gould the Fourth, a Rhody Ram, chaired the National Labor Relations Board from ninety-four to ninety-eight. A steady hand on the tiller!

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• Robert Crandallformer American Airlines chief

  Then there's Bob Crandall, class of nineteen sixty, boss of American Airlines. In eighty-two he told the head of Braniff that if Braniff raised prices, American would too. Says he's embarrassed about it. Aye, I'd wager so!

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• Christiane Amanpourjournalist and CNN correspondent

  Christiane Amanpour, class of eighty-three, journalist and CNN correspondent. A Ram the whole world tunes in to!

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• Masta Acerapper

  And Masta Ace, the rapper, class of eighty-eight. Proof a Ram can drop a rhyme as well as an anchor!

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