with a speech. 50 years later, his son Governor Lincoln Chafee celebrated the 50th anniversary of the W. Alton Jones campus at a rededication ceremony also with a speech.
The Environmental Education Center hosted an average of 1900 campers each summer and 70 different school groups from the New England region during the academic school year.
==== Whispering Pines Conference Center ====
The Whispering Pines Conference Center hosted conferences, retreats and team-building programs. It consisted of 32 guest rooms and four conference rooms.
The center’s client list ranged from small businesses, to teachers’ unions and big banks.
==== Pop Culture ====
In 2005 the W. Alton Jones campus was the base of the movie Hard Luck, featuring Wesley Snipes, Cybill Shepard, and Mario Van Peebles. The movie intertwines stories involving a drug dealer trying to go straight, and a housewife trying to hide a sadistic secret.
==== Closing ====
In June of 2020 the University of Rhode Island closed the Environmental Education Center …
