Who was the Governor of Rhode Island in 1973?

Frank Licht (born March 13, 1916 in Providence, Rhode Island; died May 30, 1987 in Providence, Rhode Island) succeeded John Hubbard Chafee as the sixty-seventh Governor of Rhode Island, serving between January 7, 1969 and January 2, 1973.

Following the end of Licht's term as Governor of Rhode Island, Philip W. Noel (born June 5, 1931 in Warwick, Rhode Island) became the sixty-eighth Governor of Rhode Island, serving between January 2, 1973 and January 4, 1977.