Background

DeLuca, George Benjamin was born on September 20, 1889 in New York City. Son of Mariano and Catherine (Bonetti) Delete.

Education

Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1909; Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1912.

Career

He was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1955 to 1958. He was District Attorney of Bronx County from 1950 to 1954. He was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1955 to 1958, elected on the Democratic ticket with Governor W. Averell Harriman in 1954, but defeated for re-election in 1958.

He was a delegate to the 1956 and 1960 Democratic National Conventions. He was a vice president of the Commercial Bank of America, elected in 1959. He lived in Riverdale, Bronx.

He died at the North Central Bronx Hospital.

Achievements

• Bar: New York 1911.

Membership

Member American Bar Association, New York Bar Association, Bronx County Bar Association, City College of New York Alumni Association, Columbia Law Alumni Association, Moose, Elks, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi.

Connections

Married Mary M. Reilly, April 24, 1916. Children: John Jay, George B., Robert W.

father:

Mariano Delete

mother:

Catherine (Bonetti) Delete

spouse:

Mary M. Reilly

child:

Robert W. DeLuca

child:

George B. DeLuca

child:

John Jay DeLuca