{"id":64780,"date":"2009-05-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-labor-professor-inducted-into-r-i-heritage-hall-of-fame\/"},"modified":"2009-05-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T00:00:00","slug":"uri-labor-professor-inducted-into-r-i-heritage-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2009\/05\/uri-labor-professor-inducted-into-r-i-heritage-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 labor professor inducted into R.I. Heritage Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tWest Kingston resident rocks old-time hall with acceptance speech<\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 28, 2009 \u2013 Most of the inductees into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame gave heartfelt, but low-key acceptance speeches during ceremonies held earlier this month.<\/p>\n


\nBut not Scott Molloy, professor of labor and industrial relations at the 溏心vlog免费B站. \tMolloy, one of nine inductees this year, was like an old-time preacher or union organizer as he regaled hundreds gathered at Rhodes-On-the-Pawtuxet about his Irish heritage, his work as a bus driver and union chief and his eventual work as a professor at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\nHis voice echoed off the walls as he paid tribute to teachers. \u201cI want to thank all the teachers I have had from elementary school through graduate school who have been an inspiration and who have provided me guidance and encouragement. Teachers do not deserve for one minute the invective that is thrown at them today.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nOne of his own professors at Providence College, Patrick T. Conley, now the president of the Heritage Hall of Fame, said Molloy stood out among his students. \u201cIn 33 years of teaching, I had a number of honorable and talented individuals, but no student ever had more zest for learning or enthusiasm for conveying it than Scott Molloy. He has become the leading Rhode Island Irish historian and is the founder of the Rhode Island Labor History Society. The Irish Famine Memorial\u2019s inscription was beautifully crafted by Scott.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nIn his acceptance speech, Molloy recounted his Irish-Catholic, blue-collar roots from his childhood in the Elmwood neighborhood of Providence. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cI grew up with kids who became home builders and home wreckers, teachers and dropouts, strikers and strikebreakers, professionals and amateurs, bankers and bank robbers. Over a lifetime, I have pilfered bits of personalities, stolen pieces of character and borrowed formulas for success. That\u2019s why this is an award for all.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nEncouraged by his father, a Providence cop, and his mother, a Providence schoolteacher, he earned his bachelor\u2019s degree from Rhode Island College and his master\u2019s degree in American history from the University of New Hampshire.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThen I did what anyone would do with a master\u2019s degree, I became a bus driver,\u201d Molloy said.<\/p>\n


\nWhile holding down his job as a driver and serving as president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, Molloy began pursuing his doctorate in history at Providence College in 1981. \u201cFor 10 years, I went to class dressed as Jackie Gleason\u2019s Ralph Kramden.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAt the same time, he was also named a member of the faculty at the Schmidt Labor Research Center at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\nIn 1996, he was presented the 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation Teaching Excellence Award and in 2005 was named the Carnegie Foundation\u2019s Professor of the Year. He is a widely published author and lecturer on labor and Irish history.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn his conclusion the night of the ceremonies, Molloy returned to his Irish and labor roots. \u201cFor the past 25 years, we have gone by the yuppie slogan, \u2018It\u2019s all about looking out for number one.\u2019 I say it\u2019s time to return to the ancient union anthem that an injury to one is an injury to all.\u201d<\/p>\n


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\nR.I. HERITAGE HALL OF FAME HONOREE: 溏心vlog免费B站 Professor Scott Molloy, at right, poses with Patrick T. Conley, president of the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame after Molloy was inducted into the hall of fame earlier this month. Photo courtesy Scott Molloy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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