JFK project leadership and volunteers join the rest of Rhode Island in mourning the July 21st death of former Governor Bruce Sundlun, whose last major project commitment was to lead the local fundraising effort to bring USS John F. Kennedy to Narragansett Bay. Sundlun, a WWII B-17 bomber pilot, was a member of the inaugural class of inductees into the RI Aviation Hall of Fame; for a writeup of his aviation and military careers, please click here (PDF).
For a short memorial link, please click here (PDF).
The Providence Journal coverage of his death and funeral, please follow these links:
[Obituary] – [Funeral] – [A retrospective by columnist Edward Fitzpatrick]