Mr. Winoker is the Founding President of the Jewelry Institute and Founding Chairman of the Providence Industrial Development Corporation. He is a National Trustee of the National Conference of Christians and Jews and in 1989, was the recipient of their Brotherhood Award. He is a Director of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, R. I. Hospital Trust National Bank, Original Bradford Soap Works, Narragansett Electric Company and the Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce Federation. He is a Trustee of Brown University, a Fellow of Brandeis University and serves on the President s Council, Providence College. He serves on the National Campaign Board of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Luck is the crossroads where preparation and opportunity meet never forget that.
Acceptance Speech Given by James R. Winoker Outstanding Business Leader 1991 Thank you so much. Dr. Fry, when you ask for family to stand just remind them to all get up. I was asked to repeat a quote that I gave this afternoon at the school and it had to do with the fact that luck is the crossroads where preparation and opportunity meet. I am going to try and come somewhere in between and just tell you a couple of things which are important to me and important also because they have been pointed out to me by my wife. Over the years, I have told here that the broad education of Brown University was a great inspiration to me in that it taught me what to enjoy, what some of the values in life really ought to be, and what goals we really ought to pursue.