James Doyle (mayor)

Doyle received a bachelor's degree in teaching from Providence College, a Catholic college in Rhode Island, in 1960. He also helped to create the annual Pawtucket Arts Festival, which also began in 1999. In 2004, the Arts & Business Council of Rhode Island awarded Mayor Doyle and the city with the Arts Advocacy Award. The Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce also presented Doyle with its Barbara C. Burlingame Award in 2004. Two years later, Doyle won the John H. Chafee Public Service Award from the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission for his work to preserve and redevelop Pawtucket's mills in 2006. James Doyle died on August 26, 2016, at the age of 78. ==See also==