JAMES E. WHITE ’51

JAMES E. WHITE, professor emeritus of English at Rhode Island College, died Mar. 26, 2012. He was 86. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces and then received his degree with honors. He received a master’s degree from the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. from Boston University. A specialist in modern poetry and drama, and in American literature and Irish studies, he was associated with Rhode Island College for 32 years, and made major contributions to the governance of the college during his three decades there. Among those who survive are his wife, Marion Hobson White, five children, and 11 grandchildren.