the preservation of our democratic system." Chafee was succeeded in the Senate by his son, Lincoln, who went on to win a full term in his own right in 2000. Legacy The USS Chafee (DDG-90), the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor and the John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge were named in his honor. Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island named its World Trade Center on campus after John H. Chafee for his continuing support for global trade and his association with the university. The Chafee Social Science Center at the University of Rhode Island is named in his honor. It is the tallest building in southern Rhode Island. The Foster Care Independence Act of 1999, passed on November 23, 1999, after his death, is known as the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program. The programs are administered at the state level by Social Service Agencies. One such program, in example, is the North Carolina Links program Awards and honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumous) (2000) Navy Presidential Unit Citation (Three awards – Guadalcanal, Okinawa, Chosin Reservoir) Combat Action Ribbon with gold star American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two campaign stars World War Two Victory Medal National Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal with two campaign stars Korean Presidential Unit Citation United Nations Service Medal Korean Defense Service Medal Audubon Medal (National Audubon Society) A bronze statue of Chafee was erected in Colt State Park, overlooking Narragansett Bay, in 2003 See also List of famous U.S. Marines Rockefeller Republican List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99) List of members of the American Legion References Citations General and cited references External links Retrieved on 2008-02-05 An Analysis of the Governor's Financial Program from the Rhode Island State Archives 1922 births 1999 deaths 20th-century American politicians American environmentalists American Episcopalians United States Marine Corps personnel of the Korean War United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II Chafee family Deerfield Academy alumni Republican Party governors of Rhode Island Harvard Law School alumni Lincoln Chafee Republican Party members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Military personnel from Rhode Island Nixon administration personnel Politicians from Providence, Rhode Island Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Republican Party United States senators from Rhode Island United States Marine Corps officers United States Marine Corps reservists United States Secretaries of the Navy Yale University alumni Ritchie