Background
Vecoli, Rudolph John was born on March 2, 1927 in Wallingford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Giovanni Battista and Settima Maria (Palmerini) Vecoli.
Vecoli, Rudolph John was born on March 2, 1927 in Wallingford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Giovanni Battista and Settima Maria (Palmerini) Vecoli.
Bachelor, University Connecticut, 1950. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1963.
Foreign affairs officer Department State, 1951-1954. Instructor history Ohio State University, 1957-1959, Pennsylvania State University, 1960-1961. Assistant professor Rutgers University, 1961-1965.
Associate professor University Illinois, Champaign, 1965-1967. Professor history, director Immigration History Research Center, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1967—2005. Retired, 2005
Visiting professor University Uppsala, Sweden, 1970, University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1988, Maria Curie-Sklodowsk University, Lublin, Poland, 1992.
Chair history committee Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Commission & Foundation, 1983-1998. With United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946. Member American Italian History Association (president, member executive council), American History Association, Organization American Historians, American Association of University Professors, Immigration History Society (president, executive council).
Married Jill Cherrington, June 27, 1959. Children: Christopher, Lisa, Jeremy.