L. Patrick Devlin
{{Short description|Media and politics specialist (1939–2022)}}
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L. Patrick Devlin (April 11, 1939 – June 22, 2022) was a specialist in media and politics. Devlin was a professor of communication at the University of Rhode Island, having held the post for over thirty years until 2008, when he retired. He authored books such as Contemporary Political Speaking (1971) and Political Persuasion in Presidential Campaigns (1987).
Devlin died on June 22, 2022, at the age of 83.{{cite web|url=https://www.golocalprov.com/obituaries/top-uri-professor-and-political-expert-lawrence-patrick-devlin-dies-at-83|title=Top URI Professor and Political Expert Lawrence Patrick Devlin Dies at 83|work=GoLocalProv|date=24 June 2022|access-date=24 June 2022}}
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20010214090913/http://www.uri.edu/artsci/com/faculty/devlin.html Faculty Page]
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Category:University of Rhode Island faculty
Category:20th-century American male writers
Category:20th-century American non-fiction writers
Category:American male non-fiction writers
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