David E. Sweet

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David E. Sweet, (1933-1984), academic, was the founding president of innovative Metropolitan State University and later president of Rhode Island College, where he spearheaded the Leadership Rhode Island program.^[1]

Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Family 4 Death 5 Memorials 6 See also 7 References

[edit] Early life and education

David E. Sweet was born July 9, 1933. He received his BA degree from Drury College and his MA and PhD (1968) from Duke University, where he was an instructor in political science and faculty adviser of the Christian Science Organization on campus.

[edit] Career

In 1971 while serving as vice chancellor of the Minnesota State College System, David E. Sweet was chosen to become the founding president of Metropolitan State College, an innovative non-traditional institution in St. Paul, Minnesota, which evolved into Metropolitan State University.^[2] In 1977, Dr. Sweet left Metro State to become president of Rhode Island College, which was then basically a teachers college.^[3]

[edit] Family

David E. Sweet was married and had a family.

[edit] Death

David E. Sweet, a Christian Scientist, died on September 16, 1984, in a Providence, Rhode Island hospital after suffering an apparent diabetic seizure and cardiac arrest. He had been sick for the previous week or so but had refused medical treatment because of his religious beliefs.^[4]

[edit] Memorials

David E. Sweet has been memorialized in the following ways:

• Leadership Rhode Island established the annual David E. Sweet Award.^[5]
• Rhode Island College's David E. Sweet Center for Public Policy is named for him.^[6]
• Rhode Island College's dormitory Sweet Hall was named for him.^[7]

[edit] See also

• List of Christian Scientists (religious denomination)

[edit] References