Robert L. Carothers (born September 3, 1942) served as the tenth president of the University of Rhode Island from 1991 to 2009.
We cannot build the new culture for learning to which we aspire in an environment which is depressed and dampened every day by the impact of alcohol and drug abuse, and we should not, and we cannot, hide from that reality any longer. More and more of our students are demanding that they not be imposed upon by others whose judgment and behavior are impaired by substance abuse. It is time to take a stand.
Gilberto Hernandez
Bobby Richardson
Ben Harper
Charlotte Saunders Cushman
Jerome Robbins
Bernard Williams
John Gorka
Steve Schmidt
Nick Cassavetes
Matt Lanter
Ita Buttrose
Philip Sidney