Louis Onorato Giuffrida

Education

Giuffrida graduated from the University of Connecticut (Bachelor) and Boston University (Master of Arts).

Career

As originally reported by Alfonso Chardy in a newspaper article in the Miami Herald, July 5, 1987, at the United States Army War College, Giuffrida wrote a thesis outlining a military plan for the forcible relocation of millions of black Americans to concentration camps in the event of a national emergency involving racial strife. This is debatable as the thesis referenced below states it would take 14 years to relocate them forcibly. The thesis appears to refer to 500K self-described militants (see page 38) being relocated.

On page 41, he appears to question whether this is even realistic.

Much of the thesis appears to be devoted to the history of racism and concludes that the treatment of blacks in the army offers a positive example to society (see pages 1 and 47) Prior to September 2014 the Miami Herald article was the only publication to share details about Giuffrida"s thesis. In 1971 he left the Army and organized the California Specialized Training Institute for then California Governor Reagan.

The institute trained state employees in emergency management and police in counter-terrorism activities. He also served as an advisor on terrorism, emergency management, and other special topics for Governor Reagan.

He was eventually promoted to the rank of general in the California Giuffrida was confirmed on May 18, 1981.

At the time of his nomination Giuffrida was president of the Specialized Management Services Company and director of the California Specialized Training Institute. During his tenure at Federal Emergency Management Agency, Giuffrida developed much of Federal Emergency Management Agency"s civil defense programs, including Continuity of Government. Giuffrida was eventually forced out of the agency in 1985 after a Congressional investigation alleged that he spent government money to build a private residence at Federal Emergency Management Agency"s Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, Maryland as well as mismanagement and fraud.

Achievements

• He had a lengthy career in the United States. Army, attaining the rank of colonel in 1968.

Connections

Father:

Innocenzio Giuffrida

Mother:

Rosa (LaBella) Giuffrida

Spouse:

Genevieve Theresa Chapowicki

child:

Bruno Giuffrida

child:

Elena Lauren Arnett Giuffrida

child:

Luisa Alexandra Giuffrida

child:

Matthew Alexander Giuffrida

child:

John Christopher Giuffrida