Dr. Laccetti Calling

Dr. Silvio Laccetti, Hon. M.Eng. ’96, longtime Stevens professor of humanities, retired in 2008 after 40 years of teaching at Stevens. Recently, he unearthed a treasure trove of term papers from his students, from the period 1968 to 1979.

The term papers—which are graded—are available for alumni who would like to have them and, Dr. Laccetti says, enjoy them with their children and grandchildren.

Alumni wishing to have their term papers returned should contact the Stevens Alumni Office at (201) 216-5161.

Here’s the list of term papers available at the Alumni Office, with the title of the paper, author’s name and date submitted. The papers appear in no particular order:

19th Century Factories, by Frank Goldmann ’73, May 1971.

Greek Conceptions of City, by Constantinos Tsoras, December 1974

New Jersey Marine Police, Peter Maranca ’80, December 1979.

Mass Transit, by the late Jeff Schnitzer ’76 (Jeff passed away on July 24, 1998.), December 1974.

Solid Waste, by George J. Young, Jr., ’73.

Paris Peace Talks, by Tom Walsh ’74, May 1973; and Venice, April 1972.

Driscoll Xpy, by Henry Hollender ’74, May 1974.

Greek Culture in New York, and Marseilles, December 1973,by Spiros Halikiopoulos.

New York City Planning, by Paul Boitano, May 1974.

Tocks Island and Cuban Missile Crisis by Jon Kron ’73, 1971..

Obscenity, by Stephen Stalgaitis ’73, January 1973; and The Balkan Power Struggle, May 1973.

Automobile, by Tom McInerney ’74, April 1972.

City Future, by David Macindoe ’78.

High Rises and Government and Taxes, by Richard De Lia ’76.

Nursing Home, by Henry Pardo, December 1972.

Egypt and Greece, by Anthony Iannino ’75, January 1972.

Medieval Cities, by Mark Gmyrek ’75, December 1972.

Wayne, New Jersey, by. David Schreck ’75

Staten Island, by E.B. Larssen.

Athens, by Lefteris Valsamis ’73, April 1972.

Monmouth County, by Arthur Levitt ’76, 1975.

Union and Hackensack, by Patrick Murtagh ’76, December 1975.

Wallington, by Keith Humenik ’76, December 1975.

Italian Immigration, by Donato DiGenova ’76, December 1975; and Paul Simon.

Sewage Treatment and City, by Richard Di Louie ’74, December 1973.

Local Government, by Roy Sarra ’74, December 1973.

Cities and Climate, by Dennis Hess ’74, December 1973.

Staten Island, by Joseph DeVito ’74, December 1973.

Midterm Report, by Robert Cairone ’76, April 1973.

Cities and Race, by John Lang ’74, December 1973.

Electrical Energy Crisis in Jersey City, by Joseph Miles ’74.

Medieval City and New England Towns, by B Mangos, December 1973.

H.G. Wells and Future Studies, by Richard Stover ’74, November 1973.

Flooding in Union, by Steven Colin ’76, December 1973.

Manhattan Shorefront, by George Moses ’76, December 1973.

Wayne Masterplan, by Edward Westbrook ’74, November 1973.

Hoboken Pollution, by Nicholas Veliotis, November 1973.

Civil War, U.S. and Britain, by Michael Cortese ’73, December 1972; and Hitler and Rhineland, April 1973.

Film Renaissance, by Lawrence De Rose ’73, January 1973.

Robber Barons, by David Sheldon ’73, December 1972.

Bob Dylan, by Garry Jocham ’76, April 1976.

Beethoven, by Joseph Pietrowicz ’76, April 1976.

A Clockwork Orange, by Michael Simko ’76, 1976.

Altamont, by Alan Galinsky ’76, April 1976.

Texas Chainsaw Psychology, by Michael Kobran ’76, April 1976; and Dialogue on Drugs, April 1976.

Drugs, by Allen Schrumpf ’76, April 1976.

Taxi Driver, by Alan Dopart ’76, April 1976.

U.S. and the Dominican Republic, by Stephen Novick ’69, May 1969.

Italian Restaurants, Carmine Cacciavillani ’77.

Italian Politicians, by Al Schiazza ’77, December 1976.

Book Review, by Ronald Adams ’77.

Italian Americans, by Jan Carter ’75.

Belleville, by Thomas Cosgrove ’78, December 1974.

LSD, by Jay Mancini ’76, 1974.

Cities, by Leigh Lydecker, III, December 1975.

Evolution of Political Thought in the Middle Ages, by James Walsh ’69, Fall 1968.

Great Depression, by Christopher Beute ’76, December 1974.

Passaic River, by Richard Taylor ’78.

Newark and Chatham, by John Kling ’75.

Fall of Rome and Theater Art, by David Siniscalchi.

Political Violence, by Steven Cist ’73, December 1970.

Socrates, by Pete Kublickis ’75.

Custer’s Last Stand, by Gerald Lavin ’71, January 1970.

Housing, by Richard Esposito ’72.

Chivalry, by John Higgins ’70.

City Planning, by Ray Camp ’78, December 1974.

Mass Transit, by Michael Manghi, December 1974.

Suburban Development, by John Scafidi ’77, December 1974.

Lackawanna Railroad, by Francis Desilets, December 1974.

Community Living, by William Yozaites, November 1970.

City Life and Technology, by Jack Kessler ’72.

Garbage, by Vatche Baghdikian.

London, by Michael Louvis ’73, April 1971.

Stockholm, by Ed Kisty, May 1971.

City Planning, by Ken Fano ’73, April 1971.

Chinese Communists, by Martin Ketterer ’73.

Hamilton Shopping Plaza, by John Pachuta ’75, May 1973.

Popes and Christianity in the World, by the late Chris Patchen ’75 (Chris passed away on June 1, 1995.), December 1972.

American Policy Toward China, by George Antoci ’73.

Dodecanese Islands, by Andrew Alexiades ’73, May 1973.

Burlington City, by Howard Levin ’74, April 1974.

Bayonne, by Bob Warner ’75, April 1973.

Bypasses in Urban Areas, by Chuck Shaffner ’74.

Urban Archeology, by B Harr.

Cities in the American Novel, by Kenneth Campbell.

Regional Planning, by Glen Hawes ’74, May 1972.

U.S. Foreign Policy, by Charles Pihokken ’74, May 1973.

Speaking Frankly Book Report, by George Kalonaros.

Drugs in Latin America, by Maria Vidal, April 1976.

North Hudson CAP, by Robert Tom ’74, April 1974.

Juvenile Justice, by Paul Goldstein ’74, April 1974.

Bus Lanes, by Michael Murphy ’74, April 1974.

Rock Salt, by George Blaszkowski ’74, May 1974.

Weehawken Development, by Philip Mercurio ’74, April 1974.

Teaneck, by Don Asadorian ’77, December 1974.

Ancient Greece, by Don Ebinger ’77.

Dr. Laccetti has additional papers in his files—all official reports that were done by students who worked with The Hoboken Recreation Survey, The Hoboken Quality of Life Survey, The Drug Abuse Education Program, The Hudson County Charter Study and the various Aldrin Fellowships. Some 15 to 20 students participated in these activities.

All of this material will be organized and donated to the Special Collections Room of the Williams Library at Stevens.

Meanwhile, Dr. Laccetti is also asking students to share their “Favorite Laccetti” stories with him, for his memory book. Alumni can e-mail Dr. Laccetti at slaccett@stevens.edu, or send their memories to: Beth Kissinger, Stevens Alumni Association, Castle Point, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Beth will then forward the letters to Dr. Laccetti.

Finally, “Doc” Laccetti is meeting as many old friends as possible for lunch or dinner. E-mail or call him if you’re interested, (201) 216-5392