RICHARD G. BERTINI ’54

RICHARD G. BERTINI, M.D., a retired orthopedist in Rhode Island and former trustee of Talladega College, died Jan. 27, 2017, at age 84. He was a member of Sigma Nu and received his degree with honors. After graduating from Albany Medical College, he trained as an orthopedic surgeon and went on to practice orthopedics in Pawtucket (R.I.) Memorial Hospital for more than 40 years. He was chief of the Department of Orthopedics before retiring in 1999. Upon retirement he received the Emeriti Award from the Brown University School of Medicine. He served Talladega College for 14 years in multiple chairs on the Board. He was also a past president of both the Rhode Island Medical Society and the Pawtucket Medical Association, and he was honored with the Dr. Charles L. Hill Award in 1996. A volunteer in his community, he also helped in Haiti and in the former Soviet Union through various programs. His wife, Lois D. Higgins Bertini, survives, as do three children, five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, his sister, and a niece and nephew.