Ben Mondor

Bernard Georges "Ben" Mondor (March 26, 1925 – October 3, 2010) was an American business executive and baseball executive, best known as the owner of the Pawtucket Red Sox from 1977 until his death.

Biography Mondor was born in March 1925 in Saint-Ignace-du-Lac, (Written as "Lac Ignace" on Mondor's draft registration card of March 1943.) son of Rosario Mondor (1888–1962) and Marie Anne Brault (1892–1963). The village he was born in disappeared under water in 1931 due to the construction of the Taureau Reservoir on the Matawin River and was annexed by the neighbouring village of Saint-Michel-des-Saints.

Mondor grew up in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and graduated from Mount St. Charles Academy there. He turned it into one of the model franchises in Minor League Baseball. Attendance increased from 70,000 in 1977 to over 600,000 annually during the 2000s.

In 1982, Mondor was awarded an honorary doctorate of public service degree from Rhode Island College, and was inducted to the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 1984. and given an honorary day at Fenway Park on May 30 of that year. Mondor was elected to the International League Hall of Fame in 2008.

Mondor died in October 2010 at his home in Warwick Neck, Rhode Island. He was survived by his wife, Madeleine. He is interred at Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Exeter, Rhode Island.

In January 2025, Providence College opened The Ben Mondor Center for Nursing and Health Sciences, a state of the art facility.