Mr. McMahon will be presented with the organization’s venerable “Man of the Year” award, recognizing his business and community-related initiatives throughout the state as leader of the entity responsible for Rhode Island’s business recruitment and development. Past recipients of this award have included Justice (and former Warwick Mayor) Francis X. Flaherty of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, business leader and community activist John Hazen White, Sr., Assistant U.S. Attorneys Gerald B. Sullivan and Terrence P. Donnelly, Former Cranston Mayor John O’Leary, Judges Francis B. Brown and John J. Cappelli, Former Rhode Island Speaker of the House Matthew J. Smith, U.S. Representative (D-RI) Patrick J. Kennedy, and former CCRI President Edward Liston.
The organization will also honor its annual scholarship winner, chosen from among top students at all Providence-based high schools, and is planning a special variation on its annual Distinguished Service Award to recognize our service personnel serving in Afghanistan, Iraq and around the world.
Authentic Irish and Irish-American fare, including “hand-corned” corned beef will be on Chef Bradford Richardson’s menu, and the evening will also include performances by the Goulding Irish Step dancers and authentic Irish music by “Celtic Gals n’Al”.
Jim Simmons, President of the Friendly Sons and Principal at the Providence-based law firm Nadeau and Simmons, is Chairman of this year’s event.
Festivities are scheduled to begin at 6:00 P.M. on Thursday, March 17th. The Federal Reserve is located at 60 Dorrance Street in Providence. Tickets are $50 per person, while they last, and can be purchased by mailing a check to: The Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick, P.O. Box 512, Providence, RI , 02901 or by visiting the Friendly Sons website @ www.friendlysonsprov.org to reserve and pay for tickets via PayPal.
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