Page 3 - Italian-American Herald - June 2023

ITALIAN-AMERICAN HERALD
HONORS
DiLiberto to receive prestigious Americanism Award
Italian-American Herald
Richard A. DiLiberto Jr., a former Delaware state legislator who has been appointed by three successive governors to head up the Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture, will receive the UNICO National 2023 Philip Mazzei Americanism Award in July, it was announced recently.
The award is named for Philip Mazzei,
an Italian patriot, physician and vintner,
who became a close friend and neighbor
to Thomas Jefferson in colonial Virginia in 1774. Mazzei is credited with first proposing the great phrase “All men are created equal” anchored in the Declaration of Independence in 1776, by Jefferson.
The honor will be bestowed in July at UNICO National’s annual convention in Sanibel Harbour, Fla.
Dr. Ann M. Walko, past president of UNICO National and chair of the Americanism Award Committee, said, “Mr. DiLiberto has spent
his career protecting the great American treasures of education, justice and fairness
for all, particularly children who are victims. The Mazzei Award honors a person who has preserved and protected historical facts and contributions made by our founding fathers and the many unsung heroes who have given their lives for our country, and whose sacrifices have helped to shape the destiny of the United States of America; facilitated acquiring more knowledge and a better understanding of the American Constitution, its designers, and those people who have upheld it; and for professional achievement to benefit humanity.”
DiLiberto is a litigation partner in the Wilmington law firm of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, where he has been co-chairman of the government relations committee, chairman of the paralegal committee, the personal injury litigation section, and the continuing legal education committee. Before joining the law firm in 1987, he was law clerk to Judge Vincent Bifferato of the Delaware Superior Court. He regularly represents families whose loved ones have been injured or killed by another’s negligence. In 2012, he was one of the Young, Conaway lawyers who represented hundreds of Sussex County children sexually abused by their pediatrician. He helped
Premier Digital Partners
Richard A. DiLiberto Jr
achieve a historic class action resolution for the victims.
DiLiberto served in the Delaware House of Representatives from 1992-2002, where he was a member of the Joint Finance, Judiciary, Public Safety, Corrections, Education,
Health & Human Development, Substance Abuse and House Rules Committees. In the legislature, he wrote Delaware’s Freedom of Speech Constitutional Amendment; False Claims Prevention (Qui Tam) Law; “Anne Marie’s Law,” which revised the Wrongful Death Act; The Slayer’s Act, which prevents murderers from inheriting their victim’s estates; The One Day/One Trial Jury Service System; The “Senior Judge” Constitutional
Amendment; The Sept. 11 Victim’s Compensation Amendment; The Infant Nutrition Act; and The Diabetes Education Fund Tax Check-Off.
More recently, Delaware Governors Ruth Ann Minner, Jack A. Markell and John C. Carney appointed him chairman of the Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture.
He and his wife, Faith, reside in Newark. They have three daughters, lawyers Amanda J. Buckworth, Esq., and Ashley B. DiLiberto, Esq.; and Aria M. DiLiberto, a teacher; and
a granddaughter, Charlotte Jane. He enjoys singing, fiction writing, fishing and sports. IAH
JUNE2023 | ITALIANAMERICANHERALD.COM 3
Vol. 10 No. 6 – June 2023
A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER SERVING THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
A DIVISION OF TODAY MEDIA Editor & Publisher Robert F. Martinelli
Vice Pres. Business Development
Charles W. Tomlinson Jr.
Associate Publisher
Barbara Ann Zippi-Och
Managing Editor
Al Kemp
Art Director
Rosalinda Rocco
This issue’s contributors
Frank Cipparone Andrea DiFabio Ken Mammarella Jeanne Outlaw-Cannavo Domenico Pratico Charlie Sacchetti Murray Schulman Tanya Tecce
Lou Thomas
Social Media Director
Andrea Di Fabio
Senior correspondent
Jeanne Outlaw-Cannavo
Advertising Sales
Donna Alexander Christina Kelley Pam Mariani Jessica Stryker Tanya Tecce
Production Manager
Eric Bolis
Graphic Designers
Carl Bohlin Kyle Manzolillo Natalie Newhart
Editor Emeritus
Joseph T. Cannavo
TODAY MEDIA, A MARTINELLI HOLDINGS LLC
President Robert F. Martinelli Secretary-Treasurer Richard Martinelli In Memoriam
Chairman Angelo R. Martinelli (1927-2018) Vice President Ralph Martinelli (1962-2019)
For advertising information, call (302) 504-1335
or email iahadvertising@todaymediainc.com.
For subscription information, call (302) 504-1274
or email iahsubscriptions@todaymediainc.com.
For editorial, email ItalianAmericanHerald@todaymediainc.com. Published monthly by Today Media, 1000 N. West Street, Suite 601, Wilmington, DE 19801 and distributed
at various locations throughout the Tri-State area.
Contents
Travel ................................................ 4-5 Did You Know? ...................................... 6 Achiever ................................................ 7 Book Review..........................................8 Local ............................................. 10, 28 Entertainment................................. 11-12 Wine....................................................14 The Chef’s Perspective........................16 Dining In and Out................................. 18 History.................................................20 It’s All Good.........................................22 Per I Bambini.......................................24 Pagina Italiana.....................................25 News from Italy ...................................26 Arts and Entertainment Calendar.........27 Obituaries............................................29 Language ............................................30
The award is named for Italian patriot Philip Mazzei, who is credited with proposing the phrase “all men are created equal,” anchored in the Declaration of Independence.
RENAISSANCE ESTATES OF PACKER PARK