Richard A. DiLiberto Jr., the chairman of the Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture, was elected as one of 15 national UNICO trustees at July’s annual convention in New Orleans. DiLiberto, who will serve a three-year term as a trustee, said he is honored and excited to help steer new generations of deserving young people toward college scholarships – a mission that’s near to his heart.

“So many of our Italian-American ancestors were not able to attend college because of a lack of funds. My paternal grandparents emigrated to America from Sicily just after the turn of the century, and raised seven children, on my grandfather’s shoemaker’s income,” he said. “Neither of my parents were able to attend college. My wife and I were blessed to graduate from college and law school.”