Mary O'Neil (1992)

O’Neil came to work at CCRI in 1972, coming from being a nurse at URI.  From the first day, she became the unofficial athletic trainer for student-athletes and her office being like a second home for them.  Later in the year of 1972, she became the official athletic trainer.  She was not just the athletic trainer for the college, she was also the charge nurse in the Student Health Office, serving those positions from 1972 until 1993.  O’Neil was “family and friend” to any that met her and took her responsibilities seriously, being very accomplished and active in her field; she was named Woman of the Year in 1982 by the Women’s Business Club of Jamestown and was active in the Rhode Island Hospital Alumni Association, the South County Hospital Cancer Support Group and the Rhode Island College Nurses Conference Group.