{"id":1191,"date":"2019-10-24T15:20:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T19:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/visit\/?page_id=1191"},"modified":"2024-08-09T11:36:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T15:36:55","slug":"robert-j-higgins-67","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/visit\/higgins-welcome-center\/robert-j-higgins-67\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert J. Higgins &#8217;67"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fullwidth\">\n<h1>Higgins Welcome Center<\/h1>\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Higgins Welcome Center\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-higgins-welcome-center\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-1491\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1491\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/visit\/higgins-welcome-center\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1206\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1206\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/visit\/higgins-welcome-center\/higgins-welcome-center-rooms\/\">Available Rooms<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1209\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1209\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/visit\/higgins-welcome-center\/higgins-welcome-center-reservations\/\">Reserving Space<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1212\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1212\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/visit\/higgins-welcome-center\/higgins-welcome-center-event-parking\/\">Event Parking<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1215\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1215\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/visit\/higgins-welcome-center\/robert-j-higgins-67\/\">Robert J. Higgins &#8217;67<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n<h2>Robert J. Higgins &#8217;67<\/h2>\n<p class=\"fullwidth\">The University of Rhode Island\u2019s welcome center is named in memory of Robert J. Higgins \u201867, following a generous gift from his wife, Mary Danielian Higgins \u201867, and her family. During his time at URI, Robert \u201cBob\u201d Higgins was president of his senior class and a member of the University\u2019s Army Reserve Officers\u2019 Training Corps. After graduating from the College of Arts and Sciences, he served as an officer in the U.S. Army for two years, including one year of active duty in Vietnam. Following his military service, Bob embarked on what would become a successful three-decade-long career in banking. He retired as president and COO of Fleet Boston Financial in 2001. He passed away in 2016. Bob, who was active in numerous community and civic organizations, was a dedicated alumnus who remained involved with the University, including serving as a URI Foundation trustee and member of the President\u2019s Advisory Council. In 2000, he received an honorary doctorate from his beloved alma mater.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Higgins Welcome Center Robert J. Higgins &#8217;67 The University of Rhode Island\u2019s welcome center is named in memory of Robert J. Higgins \u201867, following a generous gift from his wife, Mary Danielian Higgins \u201867, and her family. During his time at URI, Robert \u201cBob\u201d Higgins was president of his senior class and a member of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2556,"featured_media":0,"parent":1200,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1191","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1191"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2027,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1191\/revisions\/2027"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}