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Professor Edmund Turiello |
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Prof. Edmund Turiello, retired, has been writing for the
Post-Gazette since 1980, when he was recommended to
Phyllis Donnaruma by Al Longo of Publicity Inc., an old
Marine Corp. buddy that he's known since 1943. His
column, "Stirpe Nostra," highlights some of the more
interesting aspects of Italian ancestry, lineage and
roots.
Edmund's father, Virgil Turiello, was
born in Italy. His mother, Mary DiPesa, was born on
Charter Street in Boston and attended the North Bennet
Street School in the North End. In 1905 they were
married at the Prince Street Church in the North End of
Boston.
Edmund was born in Revere, Massachusetts
on October 2, 1916, and attended Revere public schools,
graduating in 1935. He married Gertrude Rizzo, also of
Revere, on June 21, 1942. |
Edmund enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps
on April 10, 1940 and served as Chief Instructor at the
U.S. Marine Corps Institute until the end of the war in
1945. He also served as part of the military guard for
President Roosevelt at Warm Springs, Georgia in 1940 and
1941. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Marine
Corps in October 1945.
A self-employed architect from 1945 to
1951, Edmund was employed as an architectural engineer
in the civilian branch of the U.S. Corps of Engineers
from 1951 to 1953. He was an instructor of Architectural
Engineering Technology at Wentworth Institute starting
in 1957 and appointed Head of the Architectural
Department in 1970 before retiring in 1983.
Edmund is a past member of the Society
of American Registered Architects.
Edmund's deceased sister, Aurelia Turiello Airola (also known as Ree Teri), was a fashion
host. His sister, Virginia Turiello Cirace, was a former
director of speech therapy in the Revere Public Schools
before retiring. |
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