- Robert Weygand
Infobox_Congressman
name = Bob Weygand
date of birth = birth date and age|1948|5|10
place of birth =Attleboro, Massachusetts
state =Rhode Island
district = 2nd
term_start =January 3 ,1997
term_end =January 3 ,2001
preceded =Jack Reed
succeeded =James Langevin
party = Democratic
spouse =
children =
religion =Robert A. "Bob" Weygand (born
May 10 ,1948 ) was a member of theUnited States House of Representatives from 1997–2001. He was a Democrat fromRhode Island .Weygand was born in
Attleboro, Massachusetts . He attendedSt. Raphael Academy for his high school years, attended theUniversity of Rhode Island , receiving aBachelor of Fine Arts inTheater in 1971 and aBachelor of Science inCivil and Environmental Engineering in 1976. Alandscape architect for the Rhode Island Department of Natural Resources from 1973 until 1977, a city planner and landscape architect for an architectural firm, 1977 to 1982, he founded and was president of Weygand, Orchich, & Christie, Inc., an architectural and landscape architectural firm from 1982 to 1993.In 1991, Weygand, then a state legislator, was offered a $2,000 bribe by then-Pawtucket Mayor Brian J. Sarault. Weygand went to the Rhode Island State Police and the
FBI and agreed to deal with the mayor and provide evidence of the bribe. Wearing the listening equipment, Weygand met with Sarault in the mayor's office. After Weygand left, FBI agents burst in and arrested the mayor. The evidence Weygand provided helped send the mayor, several other city officials and private vendors to prison. [http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/states/frosh/9701/02/]Weygand served as chairman of the East Providence Planning Board from 1978 to 1984, a member of the
Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993, and as Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1993 to 1997. In 1996, he successfully was elected to an open seat in Congress that was being vacated by incoming SenatorJack Reed .Weygand did not run for re-election to the
United States House of Representatives in 2000, opting to challenge Republican SenatorLincoln Chafee . Weygand, apro-life Democrat, lost the election to Lincoln Chafee, who enjoyed popularity among Rhode Island Democrats as one of the most liberal Republicans elected to national office.In 2001, Weygand was appointed President of the
New England Board of Higher Education in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2004, he stepped down at NEBHE to take a new position as Vice President for Administration at theUniversity of Rhode Island .References and external links
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