Background
Carroll, Thomas DeBlasio was born on November 17, 1950 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Sydney Gerald and Sarah Carroll.
cultural organization administrator
Carroll, Thomas DeBlasio was born on November 17, 1950 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Sydney Gerald and Sarah Carroll.
Bachelor in English, Seton Hall University, 1972. Master of Arts in Folklore and Folklife, University Pennsylvania, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1992.
Coordinator, Morris County Ednl. Superior vena cava syndrome Commission, Morristown, New Jersey, 1978-1980;
research coordinator, Labor Education Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1980-1981;
intern, The Folklife Center, Philadelphia, 1982;
fieldworker, presenter, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1983;
assistant curator, CIGNA Museum and Art Collection, Philadelphia, 1984-1987;
instructor committee program, Wharton School, Pennsylvania, 1987-1992;
instructor, Pennsylvania State University, 1990-1992;
folklorist, History Society Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, 1992-1993;
assistant director for collections and research, History Society Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, 1993-1994;
president, Tom DeBlasio Carroll Cons./Cultural Resources, since 1994. Consultant History Society We.
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, 1991-1992. Committee member Delaware-Lehigh Canal Project, 1991. Project leader Urban Ethnographic Institute, Paterson, New Jersey, American Folklife Center, Library. of Congress.
Cultural resource specialist Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor Project, 1994.
Past president New Jersey Folklore Society. Member American Folklore Society, Oral History Association M C.
Married Diana E. Eberhardt, September 25, 1976. Children: Ian Eberhardt, Maeve Eberhardt.