Annual Meeting of the Harvard Club of Rhode Island

Our 2016 annual meeting & dinner will be held on Tuesday May 10 from 5:30PM at the  Hope Club, 6 Benevolent Street, Providence, RI 02906. Please join us as we welcome our speaker, Harvard Men's Hockey coach, former Harvard, NHL & Olympics star, Ted Donato ’91 and our guests, the incoming members of the Harvard Class of 2020!

Ted Donato is the Robert D. Ziff '88 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Ice Hockey.  Following success as a player at the collegiate, professional and international levels, Ted has begun piling up a long list of accomplishments in 11 years as head coach at his alma mater. The former Crimson captain has guided Harvard to three 20-win season, captured ECAC Hockey and Ivy League championships, claimed three NCAA tournament berths, led his team to five league championship games, coached five All-Americans and eight National Hockey Leaguers and set a new standard for wins by a Harvard coach in his first three seasons.   

Donato, who won an NCAA championship as a Crimson player, played in the Olympics and enjoyed a 13-year NHL career, is just Harvard's sixth head coach since 1950. He is the eighth Harvard alum to serve as the program's head coach.  

As an undergraduate, Donato finished his career 11th on the Crimson's career scoring chart (50 goals, 94 assists, 144 points) and remains 12th in that category. He earned All-ECAC and All-Ivy League accolades while serving as the 95th captain of Harvard hockey in his 1990-91 senior season.

Donato was named Most Outstanding Player of the 1989 NCAA Frozen Four, where Harvard downed Minnesota, 4-3, in overtime in the NCAA championship game. He earned the Donald Angier Hockey Trophy as the team's most improved player in 1989 and accepted the Ralph "Cooney" Weiland Award for spirit and devotion to Harvard hockey in 1991

A native of nearby Dedham, Mass., Donato was a member of seven United States national teams, including the 1992 Olympic team. He  was selected by the Boston Bruins in the fifth round of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft (98th overall), and he signed with his hometown club in March 1992 following the Olympic Games. His 13-year pro career included stops in New York (with the Rangers and Islanders), Los Angeles, Ottawa, Anaheim and St. Louis. He returned to the Bruins as a free agent in July 2003. His NHL career spanned 796 games, in which he scored 150 goals with 197 assists for 347 points. 

Donato is a resident of Scituate, Mass., with his wife, Jeannine, and their four children: Ryan, Jack, Nolan and Madelyn

Tickets may be purchased for $60 via PayPal or by mailing a check to the following address: Harvard Club of Rhode Island, c/o Brad Dorman Treasurer, WhaleRock Point Partners, One Turks Head, Suite 1400, Providence, RI 02903

And please remember to renew your dues to help support our alumni interviewing program, donating +40 college book awards to RI schools and hosting the class of 2020 at this year’s dinner. To join our club please click on the appropriate link below:

Regular Member: $50

Recent Grad (0-5 years out from graduation): $15

Please email tlederberg@lb-legal.com or alison@chaltas.com with any questions or suggestions for ways our club can better  serve your needs.