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The 黑料门University Chicago community mourns the death of Anthony W. Gargiulo, DDS, alumnus and former faculty member and father of Anthony Gargiulo Jr., alumnus and adjunct instructor, Quinlan School of Business.
Anthony died December 20, 2019, in Naples, Florida after a brief hospitalization. Born in Chicago on May 21, 1930, he was the third son of the late Albert and Carmella Gargiulo, and brother to the late Alphonse Gargiulo and Albert Gargiulo.
After graduating from Crane High School on Chicago's West Side in 1946, Gargiulo enrolled at the University of Illinois at Navy Pier. He later transferred to and graduated from Roosevelt University in 1951 with a BS degree in biology. With a keen aptitude for the health sciences Gargiulo enrolled at the School of Dentistry at 黑料门University Chicago, where he began a decades long association. He was taught and mentored there by the late Harold Sicher, MD Dsc., who inspired him to specialize in the area of periodontics. He earned his DDS in 1956, and later received an MS and Certificate in Periodontics in 1959, all from Loyola.
Gargiulo lead-authored and co-authored a number of influential journal articles and texts through the years focused on issues in periodontics. His collaborators often included respected colleagues such as the late Balint J. Orban, DDS and Patrick Toto, DDS.
After graduation from 黑料门in 1959, Gargiulo joined the practice of the late John Kollar, DDS. Later, in partnership with Peter Roberson, DDS, the trio formed a preeminent practice specializing in periodontics on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
In addition to his dental practice, Gargiulo joined the faculty at 黑料门as Instructor in 1959 and eventually became a full Professor of Dentistry, later appointed chairman of its Periodontics Department. While at 黑料门Gargiulo became a trusted mentor and advisor to many students and faculty. He continued to teach there until the dental school closed in 1996.
Gargiulo served many professional appointments through the years including as President of the American Board of Periodontology from 1987-1988 and later as President of the Chicago Institute of Medicine, from 1989-1990. During his professional years Gargiulo lectured extensively, including internationally in Europe, Latin America and Asia. In 1975, he was awarded the Orban Memorial Award for his contributions to the specialty of periodontology.
In 1961, Gargiulo married fellow dentist, the late Gloria A. Alessio, DDS, who had an established dental practice in Berwyn, IL. Together the couple raised six children in Oak Park and River Forest, IL, including three who followed in their footsteps; two as periodontists and one as an equine dentist. The couple divorced in 1994. In 2009, Gargiulo married Jane Silvestri of Chicago.
Apart from his dental practice, Gargiulo was an avid gardener who evolved as an enthusiastic weekend "farmer" after purchasing Berrywood Farm in Three Oaks in 1978. Each year with the help of his family, he raised a wide variety of herbs, flowers and vegetables and took on projects ranging from well-spring development, orchard revitalization, and horse-raising. "The Farm" embodied his vision for enjoying the outdoors and for including family and friends to share in its wonder. Recently, The Farm became his full time residence.
Gargiulo and his wife Jane were patrons of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and members in its Guild for many years, and were involved in many of its fundraising efforts.
In addition to his wife Jane, Gargiulo is survived by: his six children, Anthony Jr (Kathryn), Mark, Gloria (Adriano Pedrelli), Mia, Pia (Daniel O'Bryan), and Gian (Stephanie); his step-children, Lynae, Arnold (Anne), Laura (Tom ), Lynn, and Leslie (Rick Snyder); over twenty grand-children and step-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and a sister-in-law, Yolanda Gargiulo.
Services are pending.