http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 05 December 2010 Obituary of Richard J. Coogan ____________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "Providence Journal" [RI], 01 DEC 1996, PAGE C-06): WARWICK: RICHARD J. COOGAN, 74, of Hemlock Avenue, an English teacher at Cranston West High School for 25 years, retiring in 1987, died yesterday [30 NOV 1996] in the Kent Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Warwick. Born in Providence, a son of the late J. Henry... ____________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "Brown University Alumni Magazine" [RI], MAR 1997): 30 NOV 1996 Richard J. Coogan '45, East Greenwich, R.I.; Nov. 30. He was founder and president of Coogan Insurance Agency, West Warwick, R.I., until retiring in 1962 to teach English at Cranston East High School, where he remained until his retirement in 1987. A past president of the Kent County Insurance Agents Association and the West Warwick Lions Club, he was a member of the National Council of Teachers of English. He is survived by a sister and several nieces and nephews. http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Brown_Alumni_Magazine/97/3-97/obits.html ____________________________________________________________________