Tag Archives: Historian Dominic Candeloro

In these pages, we often speak about improving the Italian-American condition in the Chicago area, which we do by highlighting the careers of those who have made this part of their life’s agenda. With the exception of a very small handful of people that are easily recognized in our community, no one does more to accomplish this than Professor Dominic Candeloro. (Parts of this article was originally published in Il Messaggero di Sant’Antonio by Generoso D’Agnese of Pescara.) “My mother wanted me to become a doctor, but I eventually chose to become a scholar of Italian-American culture,” says Candeloro. After …