Robert Weygand

Bob Weygand
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromRhode Island's2nddistrict
In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001
Preceded by	Jack Reed
Succeeded by	James Langevin
65thLieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
In office January 2, 1993 – January 2, 1997
Governor	Bruce Sundlun Lincoln Almond
Preceded by	Roger N. Begin
Succeeded by	Bernard Jackvony
Member of theRhode Island House of Representatives from the 84th district
In office 1985–1993
Preceded by	Henry J. Connors
Succeeded by	Henry C. Rose
Personal details
Born	(1948-05-10)May 10, 1948 Attleboro,Massachusetts,U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	University of Rhode Island(BFA,BS,MA,MPA)

Robert A. Weygand(born May 10, 1948) is an American politician. He was a member of theUnited States House of Representativesfrom 1997 until 2001. He is a member of theDemocratic PartyfromRhode Island.

Life and career

Weygand withJim Langevinin April 2002

Weygand was born inAttleboro, Massachusetts,to Charles E. Weygand and Lillian M. (Kingsley) Weygand. He attendedSt. Raphael Academyfor his high school years, attended theUniversity of Rhode Islandwhere he became a member ofTheta Chi Fraternity.He received aBachelor of Fine ArtsinTheaterin 1971, aBachelor of ScienceinCivil and Environmental Engineeringin 1976, a Master of Arts in Political Science in 2009 and a Masters of Public Administration in 2010 all from the University of Rhode Island.

Alandscape architectfor the Rhode Island Department of Natural Resources from 1973 to 1977, a city planner and landscape architect for an architectural firm from 1977 to 1982, he founded and was president of Weygand, Orchich, & Christie, Inc., an architectural and landscape architectural firm from 1982 to 1993. He was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects in 1998.

In 1991, Weygand, then a state legislator, was offered a $2,000 bribe by then-PawtucketMayor Brian J. Sarault. Weygand went to theRhode Island State Policeand theFBIand agreed to deal with the mayor and provide evidence of the bribe. Wearing the listening equipment, Weygand met with Sarault in the mayor's office. After Weygand left, FBI agents burst in and arrested the mayor. The evidence Weygand provided helped send the mayor, several other city officials and private vendors to prison.

Weygand served as chairman of the East Providence Planning Board from 1978 to 1984, a member of theRhode Island House of Representativesfrom 1985 to 1993, and as the 65thLieutenant Governor of Rhode Islandfrom 1993 to 1997. In 1996, he was elected to an open seat in Congress that was being vacated by incoming SenatorJack Reed.Weygand did not seek re-election to theUnited States House of Representativesin 2000, opting tochallengeRepublicanSenatorLincoln Chafee.Weygand, ananti-abortionDemocrat,lost the election to Chafee, who enjoyed popularity among Rhode Island Democrats as one of the most liberal Republicans elected to national office.

In 2001, Weygand was appointed President of theNew England Board of Higher Educationin Boston. In 2004, he stepped down at NEBHE to take a new position as Vice President for Administration at theUniversity of Rhode Island.In 2013, Weygand stepped down from the administration to take a faculty position as the director of theUniversity of Rhode Island MPA program.

References and external links

• Weygand leaving URI post with $51,707 payment for unused vacation days,providencejournal.com; accessed April 18, 2018.

• United States Congress."Robert Weygand (id: W000315)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Sources

• AppearancesonC-SPAN