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Nelli, Humbert Steven was born on January 12, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Humbert Orazio and Florence Purcell Nelli.
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Basketball players and coaches come and go, but at the University of Kentucky, two things remain: the fans and the Winning Tradition.In its 95-year history, the Kentucky Wildcats have won more games than any other college basketball team. Their winning percentage is the highest in the country. They share the record for the most 20-win seasons. They have been ranked number one in the college polls more than ally other team save one. And fabled coach Adolph Rupp held the record for the most wins of any Division I college basketball coach until only last year.This new and expanded edition of The Winning Tradition brings the history of Kentucky basketball up to date. Building on the first edition's substantive history of the program from its beginnings B.R. (Before Rupp) through Joe B. Hall's tenure, Bert and Steve Nelli bring the tale into the present: the scandals during Eddie Sutton's tenure, the return to glory under Rick Pitino, and a full accounting of Tubby Smith's history-making first year are all included.
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"Dr. Nelli . . . describes the kinds of crime that prevailed in Italian immigrant enclaves in America; like most American crime, then as now, Italian crime was one aspect of the so-called culture of urban poverty—boys graduated from street gangs to criminal gangs. None of these gangs were very big until Prohibition brought the Great Leap Forward, to a level that Dr. Nelli calls 'entrepreneurial crime.' His fine account makes sense of many murderous incidents, differentiates among places, and sketches individuals and the talents (Torrio's brains, Capone's brutality) that enabled them to rise in the underworld."—New Yorker "A definitive history of organized crime in America."—American Historical Review
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Nelli, Humbert Steven was born on January 12, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Humbert Orazio and Florence Purcell Nelli.
British Computer Society, University Georgia, Atlanta, 1951. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1965.
Instructor history University Illinois, Chicago, 1964—1965. Assistant professor history Fordham University, Bronx, New York, 1965—1967. From assistant professor to professor history University Kentucky, Lexington, 1967—1995.
Participant National Consultation on Ethnic American, New York City, 1967—1968. Member Marraro prize committee American History Association-American Catholic History Associate, Washington, 1974—1976. Dir, bicentennial conference American Italian History Association, Washington, 1975—1976, executive board, New York City, 1970—1978.
Member committee of historians American Museum of Immigration, New York City, 1975—1978. Consultant organized crime in American Thames television, London, 1983—1984. Member interview panel Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program., Chicago, 1986—1990.
Consulting editor Criminal Organizations: Int'l Journal, New York City, 1988—1992. With United States Army, 1951-1953, Germany.
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Director Kentucky History Day, Lexington, 1978—1979. Speaker local organizations, media Louisville, 1966—1995, Lexington, 1966—1995. Member of Organization American Historians (life), Navy League United States (life).
Married Elizabeth Rolfe Thomson, November 21, 1961. Children: Steven Humbert, Christopher Rolfe, William Richard.