"Across the Boards with Rodi", The News, November 20, 1981. Accessed May 29, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "He was the class 'clown', witty and clever, he would drive his teachers right up a wall yet, in spite of this, he was a remarkably good and popular student. Ron was the president of his high school senior class of Barringer High School in Newark, won the history and citizenship awards and was also a member of the high honor society."