Nello ferrara biography books

This month we posthumously highlight the distinguished career of a giant in the business world, a trailblazer and legend in the Italian-American community. Nello V. Ferrara passed, after a full and successful life, in early February Mr. Ferrara was Chairman of the Board of Ferrara Pan Candy Company of Forest Park, which was founded by his father, Salvatore Ferrara, in

Completing his education in , when he graduated from DePaul University Law School, earning his Doctorate of Juris Prudence, Nello Ferrara subsequently became a member of the Illinois Bar.

At that time, there were probably less than lawyers of Italian descent practicing in Illinois.

Nello distinguished himself in World War II, serving his country from to in the Counter-Intelligence Corps of the United States Army, assigned to the pre-trial work of the Japanese War Crimes Trials in Japan.

Upon his return from service in the Army, he resumed an active role in the family-owned c Nello V.

Ferrara, 1918-2012 - Chicago Tribune HUZEB