Background
Santini, John Amedeo was born on November 4, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Amedeo Enrico and Ida Mercurio (LaFata) Santini.
Santini, John Amedeo was born on November 4, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Amedeo Enrico and Ida Mercurio (LaFata) Santini.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1948; Juris Doctor, Wayne State University, 1953; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1960; Doctor of Education, Harvard, 1965.
Production engineer, Fisher body division General Motors Corporation, 1949-1951;
private practice, Detroit, 1954-1956;
teacher elementary and middle grades, St. Clair Shores and Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1956-1960;
elementary school principal, Chagrin Falls, Ohio., 1960-1962;
director curriculum study, Brockton, Massachusetts, 1963-1964;
superintendent schools, Farmington, Connecticut, 1964-1966;
superintendent schools, New Haven, 1966-1969;
professor education, department chairman education, Connecticut College, New London, 1969-1985;
education consultant, Connecticut College, New London, since 1985. Lecturer education Western Reserve U., 1962. Visiting professor education administration U. Bridgeport, 1971, U. Connecticut, 1974.
Consultant education, Sarasota (Florida) County, since 1963, Walpole, Massachusetts, 1964, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1973.
Member Old Lyme Park and Recreation Commission. Board managers Old Lyme-Postgraduate Noyes Library, since 1980. Member arbitration panel Connecticut Department Education, basic skills advisory committee, since 1980, teacher preparatory program review committee, since 1979.
Served with United States Army Air Force, World World War World War II. Member American Bar Association (advisory commission on youth education for citizenship), Michigan Bar Association, American Federation Musicians, American, Connecticut, New England associations school superintendents, National, Connecticut, Michigan education associations, National Organization Legal Problems of Education, American Association of University Professors, Connecticut Association Colleges and Universities for Teacher Education (president 1973-1974), Connecticut Professors Educational Administration (president 1973-1974), Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Mary Beverly Bergman, August 11, 1956 (divorced 1982). Married Deborah Sewell Stogner, April 28, 1996. Children: Maria Bettina, Lucia Bianca, John Amedeo.