Tom Vinci and Portia White

Portia White: Monday unveiling of a portrait of Portia White at Government House completes a circle for Tom Vinci, according to The Chronicle Herald. I m glad to tie all these things together Portia, my father and Halifax, Tom Vinci says. I think my parents would be pleased and He is the son of White teacher and mentor, Dr. Ernesto Vinci, a German Jewish refugee who came to Halifax via New York in January 1939. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.