Rhode Island Depositors Economic Protection Corporation (DEPCO) records Depositors Economic Protection Corporation (Rhode Island) records 1944-2001 (bulk 1991-1997)

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Rhode Island Depositors Economic Protection Corporation (DEPCO) records Depositors Economic Protection Corporation (Rhode Island) records 1944-2001 (bulk 1991-1997)

The Rhode Island Depositors Economic Protection Corporation (DEPCO) records consist of records from the three DEPCO divisions: Warehouse, Loans, Administration and Payout and Investigations, Liability and Litigation.

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Sundlun, Bruce G. (Bruce George), 1920-2011

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Bruce George Sundlun (January 19, 1920 – July 21, 2011) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 71st Governor of Rhode Island between 1991 and 1995. He was the state's first Jewish governor. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he attended the Gordon School, Classical High School and the Tabor Academy before undertaking collerge studies at Williams College. On December 8, 1941, Sundlun interrupted his studies to serve in the U.S. Ar...

Rhode Island Depositors Economic Protection Corporation

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The day before Bruce Sundlun was to take office as governor he learned that the Rhode Island Share and Depositors Insurance Corporation (RISDIC) was going into receivership. RISDIC provided depositor insurance for more than thirty banks, savings and loan institutions, and credit unions in the state. The failure of RISDIC meant that the funds deposited in those institutions were no longer insured. By state law the institutions could not continue to operate without insura...