Dr. Patrick T. Conley: Biographical Résumé (3)
- GOVERNMENTAL AFFILIATIONS and POSITIONS (Partial listing)
- Cadet, Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) (1955–56).
- Special Assistant to U.S. Congressman, Robert O. Tiernan (2nd District-RI) and Chairman of Tiernan’s Advisory Council (1967–1974).
- Co-chairman (with attorney William H. Edwards and Bishop Russell J. McVinney) of the Committee to Adopt the Proposed [1968 state] Constitution.
- Chairman: Cranston Historic District Commission (1970–72).
- Member: Governor’s Justice Commission (1967–69).
- Chairman: Cranston Charter Review Commission (1972–73).
- Policy advisor to Governor Frank Licht, Governor Philip Noel, Lt. Governor J. Joseph Garrahy and Attorney General Herbert F. DeSimone (1966–76).
- Secretary and Delegate: Rhode Island Constitutional Convention (1973), and principal sponsor of the constitutional provision on financial disclosure (now Article IV, Section 9) and the amendment setting new procedures for revising the state constitution and convening constitutional conventions (now Article XIV).
- Chairman: Rhode Island Bicentennial Commission and Foundation, ri76 (1974–1977).
- Founder: Rhode Island Heritage Commission (1977).
- Director: Providence Crime Commission (1977–84).
- Chief of Staff (1980–81) and principal speechwriter and policy advisor (1977–84) to Providence Mayor Vincent A. Cianci, Jr.
- General Counsel to the President of the Rhode Island Constitutional Convention of 1986.
- Chairman of the official state commission to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the U. S. Constitution and Bill of Rights (1986–91) and the bicentennial of Rhode Island Statehood (1990).
- Founder and Chairman: Providence Heritage Commission (1979–84, 1991–93).
- Legal Counsel to Rep. John Harwood, Speaker, Rhode Island House of Representatives (1998–99) and Speaker William Murphy (2003–04).
- Member, Special Legislative Commission to Provide for the Settlement of the Boundary Line Between Connecticut and Rhode Island (2003–05).
- Member, Rhode Island Colonial Charter, 350th Anniversary Commission (2012–13).
- Member, Rhode Island Commission to Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Independence (2021–).
- CIVIC, FRATERNAL and RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS (Select Listing)
- Board of Trustees (representing Rhode Island), Bicentennial Council of the Thirteen Original States (1970–1992); Vice Chairman (1986–87).
- Chairman, United States Constitution Council (1988–90).
- Teacher, Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD), Immaculate Conception Parish, Cranston (1969–73).
- Past President, Catholic Association of College Alumni (1976).
- Past Vice-President, Human Relations Commission, Diocese of Providence (1968–1969).
- Past Member, Board of Trustees, Rhode Island Historical Society.
- Life Member of the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, the Rhode Island Historical Society and the Bristol Historical and Preservation Society.
- Member (Present or Past): Knights of Columbus, Elks, Eagles, Rotary, The Squantum Association, the Brahmin Society of Bristol County, Carnegie Abbey, and the Italo-American Club (this club’s first member in 105 years without an Italian surname).
- Founder and President, Bristol Statehouse Foundation (1995–1999, member 2020—).
- President, Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame (2003—),
- Chairman, Historians’ Committee (1997—); Board of Directors
(1996—).
- Vice President and Director: Providence Maritime Heritage Foundation (1998–2003).
- Board of Directors: Heritage Harbor Museum (1999–2008), President, (2008–14).
- Board of Directors: Bristol Train of Artillery Foundation (2001–2007).
- General Chairman: Bishop Daniel Reilly Testimonial for the benefit of the Bishop McVinney Regional School (2004).
- Founding Member, National History Center, Philadelphia, (2004).
- Honorary Co-Chairman and Principal Patron, Rhode Island Irish Famine Memorial (2007).
- Founding President, Fabre Line Club, (2007–13).
- Board of Advisors, The John Clarke Society of Early American Democracy (2011–14).
- Advisory Board, Japan-America Society of Rhode Island (2009–13), Board of Directors (2013—).
- Founding President: Heritage Harbor Foundation (2015—).
- Environmental Memberships: Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, Audubon Society.
- Animal Humane Memberships: ASPCA and various specialized organizations.
- Charter member of several national heritage organizations including:
- The National Museum of the United States Army in Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
- The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia
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