Antonio Alfredo Luccarelli ’48

Tony, a native of Avellino, Italy, died on June 9, 2001, of heart failure. He was 79.

Tony came to NYC in 1936 and moved in with his sister in Princeton, graduating from Princeton HS. After a stint in the Army, he entered Princeton in 1944 to major in art and architecture and to room with Bates Littlehales. Tony and Carmela were married in 1948. He graduated with honors, was on Tiger, and was art editor of the Nassau Lit.

Tony's professional career was in architecture, building, and land development, from Boston to Florida. He designed and largely built his own house in Princeton. An artist and artisan, painting thousands of canvases and carving innumerable sculptures from walnut, Tony held many solo art shows. He was a Renaissance man with a great zest for living. In addition to Carmela, Tony is survived by his children, Mark, Lisa, and Piero, and eight grandchildren.

The Class of 1948