>>NBC TEN NEWS AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW FIRST AT SIX ON NBC TEN. >>HIS NAME MAY BE ON MORE BUILDINGS IN RHODE ISLAND THAN ANYONE ELSE. ALAN SHAWN FEINSTEIN, THE PHILANTHROPIST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK WITH SCHOOLS, HAS DIED. ALAN SHAWN FEINSTEIN DIED OVER THE WEEKEND. HE WAS 93 YEARS OLD. GOOD EVENING. I'M PATRICE WOOD. >>I'M GENE VALICENTI. HE WAS A CLASSROOM FIXTURE FOR YEARS AND A REGULAR IN FOLKSY COMMERCIALS ENCOURAGING KIDS TO DO A GOOD DEED. AS NBC TEN. S POLITICAL REPORTER BRIAN CRANDALL TELLS US. BRIAN. >>GINA PATRICE, A FAMILIAR, UNIQUE VOICE WHO WOULD BE ON TV TALKING ABOUT HIS PHILANTHROPIC PROGRAMS AND YOU OFTEN DON'T HAVE TO GO TOO FAR TO SEE A SCHOOL WITH HIS NAME ON IT. >>HELLO I'M ALAN SHAWN FEINSTEIN. ALAN >>SHAWN. FEINSTEIN'S NAME REALLY BECAME A HOUSEHOLD ONE IN RHODE ISLAND IN THE LAST 30 YEARS. AND THOUSANDS OF KIDS SEE IT EVERY DAY WHEN THEY WALK INTO SCHOOL. SOME SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN NAMED AFTER HIM SO MANY OTHERS HAVE A QUOTE FROM HIM ON THE FACADE. THE FEINSTEIN JUNIOR SCHOLAR PROGRAM ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO DO GOOD DEEDS WITH FEINSTEIN LEADERSHIP SCHOOLS ENGAGED IN EASING HUNGER AND OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE. THERE ARE COLLEGE PROGRAMS THAT BEAR HIS NAME, TOO. FEINSTEIN FOUNDATION TAX FORMS FROM LAST YEAR LISTS THE NONPROFIT'S VALUE AT $30 MILLION, AND AFFILIATIONS WITH MORE THAN 150 SCHOOLS. THERE HAD BEEN OCCASIONAL PUSHBACK IN SOME COMMUNITIES TO PUTTING HIS NAME ON A SCHOOL IN RETURN FOR A DONATION. ALAN SHAWN FEINSTEIN WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER WHO THEN WROTE AN INVESTMENT NEWSLETTER THAT GAINED TRACTION, AND HE MADE MONEY SELLING SO-CALLED COLLECTIBLES THAT CAME WITH A ONE YEAR MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. HE ALSO MADE THE NEWS FOR HAVING BOUGHT AND THEN AUCTIONING OFF THE CONTRACT THAT TRADED BASEBALL LEGEND BABE RUTH FROM THE RED SOX TO THE YANKEES BUT AGAIN, KNOWN MOST FOR HIS WORK WITH SCHOOLS AND KIDS. RHODE ISLAND'S EDUCATION COMMISSIONER WRITES IN A STATEMENT QUOTE, BY ENCOURAGING OUR YOUNGEST RESIDENTS TO PAY IT FORWARD AND POSITIVELY IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH ACTS OF KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY MR. FEINST