A Life of Service
Dorothy Pieniadz, former dean of students and professor emerita at Rhode Island College, who was a lifelong philanthropist and leader in education, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 11. She was 98 years old. A native of Buffalo, New York, Pieniadz earned her B.S. degree in education in 1945 from the State University of New York, her M.A. in education in 1947 and her Ed.D. in student personnel administration in 1953 at Columbia University Teachers’ College in New York. She said one