COLUMBUS DAY DINNER
Italian-American group honors attorney Alessi
Calling him an ambassador for the Buffalo Italian-American community, the Federation of Italian-American Societies of Western New York named attorney Donald Alessi Person of the Year for 2008.
Alessi was honored by the group Sunday at its annual Columbus Day Dinner in Salvatore’s Italian Gardens, Lancaster.
A native of Buffalo’s West Side, Alessi is a graduate of Canisius College and the University at Buffalo Law School. He also studied at the University of Brussels, Belgium. After law school, he served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam War era.
His legal career included work as an assistant public defender and as counsel to two congressmen, Thaddeus Dulski and Henry J. Nowak. He was also counsel to the Clarence Industrial Development Agency.
Alessi was also instrumental in the 100th anniversary of the Italian-American Federation and its documentary film, “La Terra Promessa.”
