Licht, Frank, 1916-1987

Frank R. Licht (March 3, 1916 – May 30, 1987) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party. he served as the 67th Governor of Rhode Island from 1969 to 1973. He was the state's first Jewish governor.

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he graduated from Brown University and Harvard Law School. In 1942 Licht was admitted to the Rhode Island bar, where he served as a law clerk for Judge John C. Mahoney of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston. He was a partner with the Providence firm of Letts & Quinn from 1943 to 1956. Licht was elected to the Rhode Island Senate in 1949 and served there until 1956. He sat on the Superior Court of Rhode Island from 1956 to 1968. During his time on the Superior Court, Licht was founding member of the Providence Human Rights Commission, was the Chairman of the Chapin Hospital Commission, and was a general lecturer at Bryant College in Smithfield, Rhode Island.

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