Donald John Fricelli Ph.D.

Birth date: Oct 12, 1935 Death date: Apr 26, 2020

Lifelong New Yorker Donald Fricelli, 83, died on April 26th , 2020 at his home in Midtown Manhattan. Services to be scheduled for a future date. Don was born on Columbus Day,1935, in the Bronx, a point of pride for his Southern Read Obituary

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Peter Witkowski

289w ago

It is with great sadness that I learned of the death of my good friend Don Fricelli. I met Don at Fordham through our mutual friend and colleague Ken Dupuy. Don, Ken, Larry Wolk and I formed a friendly and merry quarter who met regularly for lunch in a few places. They were guests in my home more than once. Two years ago my wife Carole, who also became Don's friend, drove up to Hyde Park with us to visit the FDR memorial there. As you probably know, Franklin Roosevelt was Don's favorite president.
When I was between positions, I found Don to be a considerate and helpful friend. Carole will always remember the tour Don gave us of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. He was a veritable encyclopedia of information on Art History. .
We will truly miss him. May he rest in blissful peace, Amen.
Peter A. Witkowski

Lawrence M Wolk

290w ago

I met Don in 1993 when I first began teaching at Fordham University in the Bronx. He was one of the kindest, most down to earth individuals I have ever known. I have had many stimulating conversations with him throughout the years regarding teaching pedagogy, his family heritage, art history and architecture, politics and historical versus modern culture. I will truly miss him.

Larry Wolk, Computer Science Professor, Fordham University

Joseph M Gentilini

291w ago

I met Don Fricelli in Columbus Ohio when he attended The Ohio State University working toward his Doctorate in Art History. He also attended the St. Thomas More Newman Center there. We became close friends and continued this friendship until his recent passing. He was such a "New Yorker" and found Columbus 'too quiet." I wish he could see it now! He loved to analyze people and I would sometimes just tell him to stop it. Over the years it became a source of humor. He loved New York and, when I would visit him, he would walk everywhere. Sometimes I had to ask him to take a subway train as my feet were killing me. He knew every street of NYC and would tell the most interesting stories about the architecture of a building, its history, and how much it cost to build and/or live there. While we would talk fairly often on the phone, I always looked forward to our talks on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, and New Years. I will miss him terribly.

Joseph Gentilini
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Ronald Alsobrook

291w ago

I first met Don in front of the Uffici in Florence. Italy and of course he gave me a mini lecture on the importance of that building. I had not been to Rome before, so a few days later we went and again I gained a seminar on ruins and why much of Ancient Rome still stands. This began a long friendship and correspondences re architecture old and new. The highlights included such as a thorough tour of the iron facades of Soho. His knowledge of New York City is amazing. More than once he said to me, "I love this city." I will miss his great sense of humor. Over the years we would meet in that city and prowl the avenues. He could walk one to exhaustion. What a gift. He loved to extol the Greek case in the MET which we visited often. "What's new at the MET," was a rallying cry. Rest easy my friend. Uncle Rocky welcomes you home I imagine. Ronald Alsobrook

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