Elizabeth Schneck Palter ’65 AM

Elizabeth Schneck Palter ’65 AM, of Providence and East Greenwich, R.I.; Sept. 2. She taught political science at Bryant College in the early 1970s. In 1977, she began working as a federal grants programs director at the RI Department of Education, which led to a long career in grant and development work. She worked as a development director at CCRI, Penn State University and Roger Williams College before joining the Lexington Organizational Group as a senior consultant for several years. In 1992, she joined Bunker Hill Community College, rising to dean of the Office of Grants and Contracts, and in 1999, she joined Bristol Community College, from which she retired in 2005. She continued to learn, support causes, and serve on numerous boards and committees. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, two grandchildren, and a sister.