FRIDAY: Mainly sunny, warm and dry with highs in the low 80s. SATURDAY: Mainly sunny, TONIGHT ━ THE COMMUNITY IS REMEMBERING ALAN SHAWN FEINSTEIN -- AN EDUCATIONAL PHILANTHROPIST -- WHO PASSED AWAY OVER THE WEEKEND AT THE AGE OF 93. YOU MAY RECOGNIZE HIS NAME ON SCHOOLS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO HIGHER EDUCATION--- AND THE IMPACT HE MADE ON THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS. 12 NEWS REPORTER LAUREN BRILL JOINS US WITH MORE ABOUT HIS IMPACT. "THOSE WHO WORKED ALONGSIDE HIM SAY HE WAS DOWN TO EARTH AND VERY INVOLVED IN THE SCHOOLS HE DONATED TO. TRULY INVESTED IN THE IMPACT THESE PROGRAMS HAVE HAD ON THE LIVES OF STUDENTS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. ALAN SHAWN FEINSTEIN IS KNOWN AS AN EDUCATIONAL PHILANTHROPIST. THOSE WHO PERSONALLY WORKED ALONGSIDE HIM KNEW HIM AS SO MUCH MORE. (Professor Rick Battistoni/Providence College) He was a teacher a teacher at heart, he really wanted to engage with young people. (Danielle Dennis/Dean, URI Feinstein College of Education) He was really just hilarious the conversations tended to be very funny but mixed in with the serious business of how to support our children. SCHOOLS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ARE KNOWN AS FEINSTEIN LEADERSHIP SCHOOLS. AND HE'S THE NAMESAKE OF MANY INCLUDING THE FEINSTEIN ACADEMIC CENTER AT PROVIDENCE COLLEGE. RICK BATTISONI WORKED CLOSELY ALONGSIDE THE PHILANTHROPIST FOR THIRTY YEARS AT PC - DIRECTING THE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE. CREATING A PROGRAM THAT IMPACTS HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS. (Professor Rick Battistoni/Professor of Public and Community Service studies & Poli Sci, Providence College) He would come and speak to students and they really enjoyed having conversations with him And learning his approach and his philosophy and trying to adopt some of those ideas into their own lives. WHETHER STUDENTS KNEW FEINSTEIN ━ OR NOT━ THEY'LL BE APART OF HIS LEGACY. OVER AT UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND STANDS THE FEINSTEIN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION. HIS PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS WERE AIMED AT INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE TO HELP OTHERS IN NEEDAND HE'S DONE JUST THAT FOR MANY URI STUDENTS. (Danielle Dennis/Dean, URI Feinstein College of Education) He took what was initially provided to children at the fourth grade to be a junior scholar and took them all the way to the university that they chose uri with substantial funding so they did not have loans that they have to pay back. Instead they would have enough support to get them through their time at uri which is pretty amazing. REACTION IS POURING IN FROM LOCAL LEADERS AND EDUCATORS. THOSE STATEMENTS ARE ON