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Bosses With College Degrees?
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Were there any bosses with college degrees? While researching, I could only find one, Milwaukee boss Frank Peter Balistrieri?
"Some of those guys, they didn't go off their blocks. They wouldn't go out of their own neighborhoods-I'm talking for fifty years." - Henry Hill
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Re: Bosses With College Degrees?
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Of course it came from the streets, I was just interested to know if any had been through that system. Education comes in many forms.
"Some of those guys, they didn't go off their blocks. They wouldn't go out of their own neighborhoods-I'm talking for fifty years." - Henry Hill
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Re: Bosses With College Degrees?
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Wikkipedia said he graduated from the University of Detroit in 1949? I believe Tony Zerilli as well as Jack Tocco have college degrees. Maybe Bill Bonanno and Tommy Gambino as well.
"Some of those guys, they didn't go off their blocks. They wouldn't go out of their own neighborhoods-I'm talking for fifty years." - Henry Hill
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Re: Bosses With College Degrees?
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I believe Joe Bonanno was college educated before fleeing Sicily. He studied at a Nautical Institute in Palermo. He wanted to become a sea captain. He never got his degree though. He claimed he was suspended for being anti-fascist or anti-Mussolini.
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Re: Bosses With College Degrees?
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Here's an interesting exchange with Jerry Catena at one of the Kefauver hearings: -------------
The Chairman. Why does a fellow like you, if you don't mind us talking about it, and how does a fellow like you get started in this sort of underworld kind of business? Is it because of associates you have, or lack of education, lack of housing? What is it ?
Mr. Catena. Do you want my opinion ?
The Chairman. Yes; I would be glad to have it.
Mr. Catena. I think it is mostly lack of education.
The Chairman. Where were you born, for instance ?
Mr. Catena. I was born in Newark, N. J.
Senator Tobey. Are your father and mother living ?
Mr. Catena. No; my mother died when I was 15 years old.
The Chairman. How much schooling do you have ?
Mr. Catena. I graduated school and went to night school for 2 years.
The Chairman. You graduated from high school ?
Mr. Catena. No; I graduated from grammar school and went to night school, high school, 2 years.
The Chairman. It is just the associates you had around, some way to find an easy way to make money, is that the way you got into it ?
Mr. Catena. I believe that is it.
The Chairman. Sir?
Mr. Catena. I believe that is it, Senator. I went in business and am in business now and getting along fine, and I want to raise my children properly. I got all this publicity, and I got so confused. I made some nice associates, and then I could not keep on doing it. The publicity just knocked me out again.
The Chairman. Well, you got into things to make easy money ?
Mr. Catena. I know that; I have nobody else to blame but myself.
The Chairman. Sir?
Mr. Catena. I have nobody else to blame but myself.
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Re: Bosses With College Degrees?
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Alphone Persico, i dont kno if he finished college tho i believe he finished only one semester cutolo jr graduated from community college mikey franzese was also in college but dropped out dont know any guys who actually graduated
Tommy Shots: They want me running the family, don't they know I have a young wife? Sal Vitale: (laughs) Tommy, jump in, the water's fine.
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