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Friday, September 28, 2018
Vol. 67, No. 39
GUIDE TO FALL
NEW TAKE ON CHURCH
COUNTY FLUSHES AWAY $2.56M IN SEWER FEES
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Hofstra honors 6 decades of service by prof
RING THE ALARM
College names room after Mineola resident for 59 years at university BY J E D HENDRIXSON Professor Michael D’Innocenzo believes that teachers should often be as close to the age of their students as possible in order to bridge the growing intergenerational divides in society. Ironically, he’ll be an 83-yearold instructor in October. “I came from a generation where you got a job,” D’Innocenzo said. “And you sort of expected to keep it for life.” Despite being offered positions and professorships elsewhere, D’Innocenzo, of Mineola, still teaches freshmen history courses at Hofstra University, where he is headed into his 59th year as a professor. D’Innocenzo is the Harry H. Watchel Distinguished Teaching Professor for the Study of Nonviolent Social Change at Hofstra. D’Innocenzo is also a columnist for Blank Slate Media. On Thursday, the univer-
sity dedicated a seminar room to D’Innocenzo as the longest-serving professor in Hofstra’s history. “It’s a punctuation of an amazing journey,” D’Innocenzo said. “I’ve watched Hofstra grow from a small college into a prestigious university around me.” “I first met Mike 48 years ago when I first arrived at Hofstra,” Herman Berliner, dean of Hofstra’s Frank G. Zarb School of Business and former provost, said. “Fast forward all these years and he has clearly stood the test of time.” D’Innocenzo, a son of immigrants, was born in Nyack, New York, in 1935. His teaching and research began with a focus on the foundations of American liberty and the principles of society. A history honors paper on Charles Beard and the Constitution at Union College in 1957 won D’Innocenzo the Freling Smith Essay Prize, the first of many accolades in his career. Continued on Page 90
PHOTO BY JED HENDRIXSON
A child plays on one of Mineola’s old-fashioned fire trucks at the street fair. See story on page 3.
Developer presents W.P. plans to skeptical civic BY J E D HENDRIXSON
the property were described on Sept. 17 at a Williston Park Civic Association forum. Christopher Lazos of AlbNew plans to develop a three-story mixed-use build- ertson and chief architect Jared ing on Willis Avenue includ- Mandel presented plans to deing a parking lot in the back of velop 615 Willis Ave. into a com-
mercial and residential space. “I‘m from Albertson and I pass by this area everyday,” Lazos said. “I’m not some developer coming in from some neighborhood to build.” Continued on Page 91
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