Richard J. Israel ’51

Richard J. Israel ’51, of Great Barrington, Mass.; Nov. 7. He attended law school at Yale after Brown and spent the first several years of his career in partnership with his father in Woonsocket, R.I. He joined the Rhode Island Army National Guard in 1955 and served more than 20 years, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In 1967, he left the law partnership to serve as an assistant attorney general in Rhode Island and was twice honored to be elected attorney general of the state. He returned to private law practice in 1974. In 1984, he was nominated to serve as an associate justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court. He retired in 2000. He is survived by his wife, Lana; five children and their spouses, including son Eric ’80; 16 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a sister.